Dr. Stoney is a health psychologist and psychophysiologist in behavioral cardiology, health disparities and implementation science. She has wide ranging expertise in the area of stress and cardiovascular disease with special interest in studying the behavioral, physiological and psychological pathways by which stress and diseases of the heart and cardiovascular system are linked and modified, as well as understanding disparities in such responses. Previously, she held several leadership positions at the National Institutes of Health. Prior to joining NIH, she was a professor of psychology at Ohio State University, where she conducted laboratory and clinical investigations of phenotypes associated with patterns of coping with psychosocial stress, examinations of how psychological factors impact metabolic and inflammatory processes, clinical interventions to reduce physiological stress responses, and investigations uncovering stress and health disparities.