About the Authors

Sarah Patterson

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Patricia Moran

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Elissa Epel

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Elizabeth Sinclair

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Margaret E. Kemeny

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Steven G. Deeks

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Peter Bacchetti

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Michael Acree

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Lorrie Epling

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Clemens Kirschbaum

Affiliation Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Frederick M. Hecht

rhecht@php.ucsf.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FMH SP PM EE ES MEK SGD. Performed the experiments: FMH PM ES LE CK. Analyzed the data: SP PB MA FMH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CK. Wrote the paper: SP FMH.