Robert E. Doherty Professor of Psychology
Area: Social

Contact information:
Email: scohen@cmu.edu
Psychology office: 335D Baker Hall
Psychology phone: 412-268-2336

Director,
Laboratory for the Study of Stress,
Immunity and Disease
Lab link: http://www.psy.cmu.edu/~scohen

Research Interests:

Dr. Cohen's work focuses on the roles of stress and social support systems in health and well-being. He has published pioneering theoretical and empirical work on the effects of aircraft noise on health and development of school children, and on the roles of stress and social networks in physical and mental health. During the last 25 years, he has been studying the effects of stress, affect, and social support on immunity and susceptibility to infectious disease. His experimental laboratory work focuses on establishing the neuroendocrine (hormonal) pathways that may link psychological states to alterations in the immune system, while his correlational work focuses on identifying neuroendocrine, immune, and behavioral pathways that link stress, personality, and social networks to disease susceptibility. His classic work on the role of psychosocial factors in susceptibility to the common cold has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of the American Medical Association.
 

Publications:

Click HERE for here a Complete list of Publications

Assistants to Dr. Cohen:

Ellen Conser,  conser@andrew.cmu.edu
Denise Janicki-Deverts,  djanicki@andrew.cmu.edu

Current Graduate Students:

Crista Crittenden,  ccritten@andrew.cmu.edu
Rodlescia Sneed,  rsneed@andrew.cmu.edu

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Related Links:

Curriculum Vitae (pdf file)

Laboratory for the Study of Stress, Immunity and Disease

Pittsburgh Mind-Body Center

APS James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award

APA Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award

MacArthur Network on SES & Health

ISI Highly Cited Author

IOM Member (Institute of Medicine)

CMU Directory Information

Wikipedia Bio

Wikipedia: Perceived Stress Scale

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