[2][3] Her research on stress associated with caregiving and marital relationships has been featured in The New York Times,[4][5][6] The Wall Street Journal,[7][8] and many other news outlets.

[9] Her award citation acknowledged her "outstanding contributions to our understanding of the roles of psychological and social factors in endocrine, immune, and metabolic responses.

[12] Kiecolt-Glaser, who has written more than 250 publications (often in collaboration with her late husband, virologist Ronald Glaser[13]), is a clinical psychologist working in the field of psychoneuroimmunology.

She led the study at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center[15] that showed both stress and diets high in saturated fat lead to inflammation.

[16] Her work focuses on ways stress and depression influence the immune and endocrine system and includes research on the relationship between physical fitness and inflammation, a reliable predictor of all-cause mortality in older adults.