Sheldon Cohen

Cohen received a Bachelor of Philosophy degree from Monteith College at Wayne State University (Detroit) in 1969, and a Ph.D. in social psychology from New York University in 1973.{{Cite web|url=http://www.psy.cmu.edu/~scohen/vita.html|title=SHELDON COHEN, PH.D. – CURRICULUM VITAE|date=May 2018|website=PSY.CMU.edu|access-date=February 9, 2019|language=en-US}}{{Cite work|url=http://cohen.socialpsychology.org/|title=Sheldon Cohen|last=Plous|first=Scott|work=Social Psychology Network|access-date=February 9, 2019|language=en-US}} He was Assistant to associate professor of psychology at the University of Oregon from 1973 through 1982, and has been a professor of psychology at Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh) since 1982.{{Cite web|url=https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2248-4600|title=Sheldon Cohen – ORCID|website=ORCID.org|access-date=February 9, 2019|language=en-US}} He was named the Robert E. Doherty Professor of Psychology in 2003. Since 1990 he has also been an adjunct professor of Pathology and Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine as well as a member of the Pittsburgh Cancer Institute; from 1999 to 2010 he served as a member of the executive board of the National Institutes of Health Pittsburgh Mind-Body Center. In 1992 he served as the interim director of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute's Behavioral Medicine Program and was the co-director of Pittsburgh's Brain, Behavior, and Immunity Center from 1990 to 1999. He was also a member of the core groups of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Socioeconomic Status and Health and of the Fetzer Institute's Working Group on Psychosocial Factors in Asthma, and served as chair of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's [http://www.rwjf.org/en/grants/grant-records/2001/08/studying-the-relationship-between-social-connectedness-and-healt.html/ Planning Group on Social Connectedness and Health].

Cohen was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences in 2004. He is the recipient of the American Psychological Association's (APA) Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology (2004), the American Psychological Society's (Now Association for Psychological Science) James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contribution to Research in Applied Psychology (2002), the APA's (Division 38) Award for Outstanding Contributions to Health Psychology as a Junior (1987) and Senior (2008) Investigator, the American Psychosomatic Society's Patricia R. Barchas Award for Significant Contributions to the Study of the Impact of Social Behavior on Physiology (2006). He has received the National Institute of Mental Health's Research Scientist Development (1987–1997), and Senior Scientist Awards (1997–2002). He was an American Psychological Association Distinguished Lecturer, and a British Psychological Association Senior Fellow Lecturer. His paper entitled "Social Support, Stress and the Buffering Hypothesis"{{cite journal|last=Cohen|first=S|author2=Wills TA |title=Stress, social support, and the buffering hypothesis|journal=Psychological Bulletin|date=September 1985|volume=98|issue=2|pages=310–357|pmid=3901065|doi=10.1037/0033-2909.98.2.310|s2cid=18137066}} was named a Current Contents Citation Classic; in 2003 he was named one of Science's Most Cited Authors by the Institute for Scientific Information.

Cohen's work focuses on the roles of stress, emotions, social support systems and personality{{cite news|last=O'Neil|first=John|title=VITAL SIGNS: TESTING; Right Attitudes Keep Colds at Bay|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/29/health/vital-signs-testing-right-attitudes-keep-colds-at-bay.html?scp=15&sq=sheldon+cohen&st=nyt|access-date=28 March 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 29, 2003}} in health and well-being.{{cite journal|last=Bails|first=Jennifer|title=Stressed Out|journal=Carnegie Mellon Today|date=April 2008|volume=5|issue=2|url=http://www.carnegiemellontoday.com/article.asp?aid=538&page=0|access-date=31 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928161650/http://www.carnegiemellontoday.com/article.asp?aid=538&page=0|archive-date=28 September 2011}}Cohen, S., & Syme, S. L. (Eds.) (1985). [https://www.amazon.com/Social-Support-Health-Sheldon-Cohen/dp/0121788202/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1298643957&sr=1-1/ Social support and health]. New York: Academic Press.{{cite journal|last=Pressman|first=SD|author2=Cohen S |title=Does positive affect influence health?|journal=Psychological Bulletin|date=November 2005|volume=131|issue=6|pages=925–971|pmid=16351329|doi=10.1037/0033-2909.131.6.925|s2cid=7069750}}Cohen, S., Evans, G. W., Krantz, D. S., & Stokols, D. (1986). [https://www.amazon.com/Behavior-Health-Environmental-Stress-Sheldon/dp/0306421380/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1298643912&sr=1-1/ Behavior, health and environmental stress]. New York: Plenum. He published pioneering theoretical and empirical work on the effects of aircraft noise on health and development of schoolchildren,{{cite journal|last=Cohen|first=S|author2=Evans GW |author3=Krantz DS |author4=Stokols D |title=Physiological, motivational, and cognitive effects of aircraft noise on children: moving from the laboratory to the field|journal=American Psychologist|date=March 1980|volume=35|issue=3|pages=231–243|pmid=7377650|doi=10.1037/0003-066x.35.3.231|url=https://escholarship.org/content/qt50d8c9b7/qt50d8c9b7.pdf?t=owj7nr}}{{cite news|last=Brody|first=Jane|title=Noise Poses a Growing Threat, Affecting Hearing and Behavior|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/16/science/noise-poses-a-growing-threat-affecting-hearing-and-behavior.html?scp=76&sq=sheldon+cohen&st=nyt|access-date=28 March 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 16, 1982}} and on the roles of stress and social networks{{cite news|last=Gilbert|first=Susan|title=Social Ties Reduce Risk of a Cold|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/25/us/social-ties-reduce-risk-of-a-cold.html?scp=49&sq=sheldon+cohen&st=nyt|access-date=28 March 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 25, 1997}}{{cite news|last=Gilbert|first=Susan|title=Make a Friend and Fight a Cold|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/29/weekinreview/make-a-friend-and-fight-a-cold.html?scp=51&sq=sheldon+cohen&st=nyt|access-date=28 March 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 29, 1997}} in physical and mental health.{{cite journal|last=Cohen|first=S|title=Psychosocial models of the role of social support in the etiology of physical disease|journal=Health Psychology|year=1988|volume=7|issue=3|pages=269–297|pmid=3289916|doi=10.1037/0278-6133.7.3.269|s2cid=25317964}}{{cite journal|last=Cohen|first=S|title=Social relationships and health|journal=American Psychologist|date=November 2004|volume=59|issue=8|pages=676–684|pmid=15554821|doi=10.1037/0003-066X.59.8.676}}{{cite journal|last=Cohen|first=S|author2=Janicki-Deverts D |title=Can We Improve Our Physical Health by Altering Our Social Networks?|journal=Perspectives on Psychological Science|date=July 1, 2009|volume=4|issue=4|pages=375–378|pmid=20161087|doi=10.1111/j.1745-6924.2009.01141.x|pmc=2744289}}{{cite news|last=Goleman|first=Daniel|title=New Light on How Stress Erodes Health|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/15/science/new-light-on-how-stress-erodes-health.html?scp=75&sq=sheldon+cohen&st=nyt|access-date=28 March 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 15, 1992}} With colleagues he has developed a number of scales assessing psychological and social variables including the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), the Interpersonal Support Evaluation Scale (ISEL), the Social Network Index (SNI), the Partner Interaction Questionnaire (PIQ) and the Cohen-Hoberman Inventory of Physical Symptoms (CHIPS).Cohen, S., Underwood, L., & Gottlieb, B (Eds.) (2000). [https://www.amazon.com/Social-Support-Measurement-Intervention-Scientists/dp/019512670X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1298643803&sr=1-1/ Social support measurement and interventions: A guide for health and social scientists]. New York: Oxford.Cohen, S., Kessler, R. C., & Underwood Gordon, L. (Eds.) (1995). [https://www.amazon.com/Measuring-Stress-Health-Social-Scientists/dp/0195121201/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1298643868&sr=1-1/ Measuring stress: A guide for health and social scientists]. New York: Oxford. Over the last 30 years he has studied the effects of psychological{{cite news|last=Raube|first=Shilo|title=The Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill on Long-Term Health|url=http://www.hss.cmu.edu/pressreleases/pressreleases/cohenoilspill.html|access-date=29 March 2011|newspaper=H&SS News|agency=Carnegie Mellon University, College of Humanities & Social Sciences}} stress,{{cite journal|last=Pedersen|first=A|author2=Zachariae R |author3=Bovbjerg DH |title=Influence of Psychological Stress on Upper Respiratory Infection—A Meta-Analysis of Prospective Studies|journal=Psychosomatic Medicine|date=October 2010|volume=72|issue=8|pages=823–832|pmid=20716708|doi=10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181f1d003|s2cid=205978469}}{{cite news|last=Brody|first=Jane|title=To Avoid Catching a Cold, Don't Worry About It|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/29/us/to-avoid-catching-a-cold-don-t-worry-about-it.html?scp=82&sq=sheldon+cohen&st=nyt|access-date=28 March 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 29, 1991}}{{cite news|last=Brody|first=Jane|title=A Cold Fact: High Stress Can Make You Sick|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/12/science/a-cold-fact-high-stress-can-make-you-sick.html?scp=48&sq=sheldon+cohen&st=nyt|access-date=28 March 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 12, 1998}}{{cite news|last=Parker-Pope|first=Tara|title=Giving Stress More Respect|url=http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/12/giving-stress-more-respect/?scp=9&sq=sheldon+cohen&st=nyt|access-date=28 March 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 12, 2007}} social support,{{cite news|last=Ramirez|first=Anthony|title=You Were Right in Saying Some People Make You Sick|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/15/weekinreview/you-were-right-in-saying-some-people-make-you-sick.html?scp=13&sq=sheldon+cohen&st=nyt|access-date=28 March 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 15, 1996}} and social status on immunity and susceptibility to infectious disease.{{cite journal|last=Cohen|first=S|author2=Williamson GM |title=Stress and infectious disease in humans|journal=Psychological Bulletin|date=January 1991|volume=109|issue=1|pages=5–24|pmid=2006229|doi=10.1037/0033-2909.109.1.5}}{{cite journal|last=Adler|first=NE|author2=Boyce T |author3=Chesney MA |author4=Cohen S |author5=Folkman S |author6=Kahn RL |author7=Syme SL |title=Socioeconomic status and health. The challenge of the gradient|journal=American Psychologist|date=January 1994|volume=49|issue=1|pages=15–24|pmid=8122813|doi=10.1037/0003-066x.49.1.15|citeseerx=10.1.1.336.6204|s2cid=14676607 }}{{cite journal|last=Adler|first=Jerry|author2=Kalb C |author3=Rogers A |title=Stress|journal=Newsweek|date=June 14, 1999|url=http://www.newsweek.com/1999/06/13/stress.html|access-date=28 March 2011}} This work attempts to identify the neuroendocrine, immune,{{cite news|last=Weiss|first=Rick|title=Linking Physical and Emotional Health; Researchers Share Ideas on How the Mind Affects the Body's Immune System|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/72216237.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jan+11%2C+1994&author=Rick+Weiss&pub=The+Washington+Post+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&edition=&startpage=z.08&desc=Linking+Physical+and+Emotional+Health%3B+Researchers+Share+Ideas+on+How+the+Mind+Affects+the+Body%27s+Immune+System|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712094329/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/72216237.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jan+11,+1994&author=Rick+Weiss&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=z.08&desc=Linking+Physical+and+Emotional+Health;+Researchers+Share+Ideas+on+How+the+Mind+Affects+the+Body's+Immune+System|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 12, 2012|access-date=28 March 2011|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=January 11, 1994}} and behavioral{{cite news|last=Brody|first=Jane|title=Alcohol and Cold Risk|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/20/opinion/alcohol-and-cold-risk.html?scp=91&sq=sheldon+cohen&st=nyt|access-date=28 March 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 20, 1993}}{{cite web|last=Associated Press|title=Preventing colds may be as easy as vitamin ZZZ|url=http://www.keprtv.com/news/health/37512679.html|access-date=29 March 2011|date=January 13, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927215456/http://www.keprtv.com/news/health/37512679.html|archive-date=27 September 2011}}{{cite web|last=CBS News|title=Poor sleep increases risk of getting sick|url=http://www.cbs12.com/news/sleep-4712902-cold-time.html|access-date=29 March 2011|agency=Associated Press|date=January 12, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003035844/http://www.cbs12.com/news/sleep-4712902-cold-time.html|archive-date=3 October 2011}}{{cite news|last=Fiedler|first=Julie|title=Want to Avoid a Cold? Sleep|url=http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/health/Want-to-Avoid-a-Cold-Sleep.html|access-date=29 March 2011|date=January 15, 2009|agency=NBC Philadelphia}} pathways that link stress, personality,{{cite news|last=Hitti|first=Miranda|title=Study: Happiness Is Good For Health: Research Shows Happy People Resist Colds And Flu Better Than Others|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/study-happiness-is-good-for-health/|access-date=29 March 2011|date=November 10, 2006|agency=WebMD}}{{cite news|last=Cohen|first=Jamie|title=Happy People More Immune to Common Cold: New Study Shows Happiness Fights the Common Cold|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/ColdFlu/story?id=116714&page=1|access-date=29 March 2011|date=July 22, 2006|agency=ABC News}}{{cite news|last=Snyderman|first=Nancy|title=Is happiness more than a state of mind? Science suggests it's also a matter of health|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/17488273|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323073138/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/17488273|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 23, 2013|access-date=29 March 2011|date=March 6, 2007|agency=NBC News}} and social networks to disease susceptibility.{{cite news|last=Bakalar|first=Nicholas|title=Vital Signs: Patterns: Trying to Avoid a Cold? Go Back to Bed|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/13/health/research/13patt.html?scp=8&sq=sheldon+cohen&st=nyt|access-date=28 March 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 12, 2009}}{{cite journal|last=Herbert|first=TB|author2=Cohen S |title=Depression and immunity: a meta-analytic review|journal=Psychological Bulletin|date=May 1993|volume=113|issue=3|pages=472–486|pmid=8316610|doi=10.1037/0033-2909.113.3.472}}{{cite journal|last=Cohen|first=S|author2=Doyle WJ |author3=Alper CM |author4=Janicki-Deverts D |author5=Turner RB |title=Sleep habits and susceptibility to the common cold|journal=Archives of Internal Medicine|date=January 12, 2009|volume=169|issue=1|pages=62–67|pmid=19139325|doi=10.1001/archinternmed.2008.505|pmc=2629403}} He is also involved in studies of the effects of psychosocial factors on the onset and progression of asthma, and on the effectiveness of social support interventions in facilitating psychological adjustment and disease progression in women with breast cancer. His current work focuses on how interpersonal dispositions and behaviors influence immunity, host resistance to infectious disease, and on identifying biological pathways linking stress to disease.{{cite journal|last=Cohen|first=S|author2=Doyle WJ |author3=Turner R |author4=Alper CM |author5=Skoner DP |title=Sociability and susceptibility to the common cold|journal=Psychological Science|date=September 2003|volume=14|issue=5|pages=389–395|pmid=12930466|doi=10.1111/1467-9280.01452|s2cid=18742285|url=https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/6618116}}{{cite journal|last=Cohen|first=S|author2=Janicki-Deverts D |author3=Turner RB |author4=Casselbrant ML |author5=Li-Korotky H |author6=Epel ES |author7=Doyle WJ |title=Association between telomere length and experimentally induced upper respiratory viral infection in healthy adults|journal=Journal of the American Medical Association|date=February 20, 2013|volume=309|issue=7|pages=699–705|pmid=23423415|doi=10.1001/jama.2013.613 |pmc=3786437}}{{cite journal|last=Cohen|first=S|author2=Janicki-Deverts D |author3=Doyle WJ |author4=Miller GE |author5=Frank E |author6=Rabin BS |author7=Turner RB |title=Chronic stress, glucocorticoid receptor resistance, inflammation, and disease risk|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|date=April 17, 2012|volume=109|issue=16|pages=5995–5999|pmid=22474371|doi=10.1073/pnas.1118355109 |pmc=3341031|bibcode=2012PNAS..109.5995C|doi-access=free}} His research has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine,{{cite journal|last=Cohen|first=S|author2=Tyrrell DA |author3=Smith AP |title=Psychological stress and susceptibility to the common cold|journal=New England Journal of Medicine|date=August 1991|volume=325|issue=9|pages=606–612|pmid=1713648|doi=10.1056/NEJM199108293250903|s2cid=26065898|doi-access=free}} the Journal of the American Medical Association,{{cite journal|last=Cohen|first=S |author2=Doyle WJ |author3=Skoner DP |author4=Rabin BS |author5=Gwaltney JM Jr|title=Social ties and susceptibility to the common cold|journal=Journal of the American Medical Association|date=June 25, 1997|volume=277|issue=24|pages=1940–1944|pmid=9200634|doi=10.1001/jama.277.24.1940}}{{cite journal|last=Glaser|first=R|author2=Rabin B |author3=Chesney M |author4=Cohen S |author5=Natelson B |title=Stress-induced immunomodulation: implications for infectious diseases?|journal=Journal of the American Medical Association|date=June 23, 1999|volume=281|issue=24|pages=2268–2270|pmid=10386538|doi=10.1001/jama.281.24.2268|s2cid=36068877|language=en-US}}{{cite journal|last=Cohen|first=S|author2=Janicki-Deverts D |author3=Miller GE |title=Psychological stress and disease|journal=Journal of the American Medical Association|date=October 10, 2007|volume=298|issue=14|pages=1685–1687|pmid=17925521|doi=10.1001/jama.298.14.1685|s2cid=12159960}} the Journal of the National Cancer Institute,{{cite journal|last=Cohen|first=S|author2=Rabin BS |title=Psychologic stress, immunity, and cancer|journal=Journal of the National Cancer Institute|date=January 1998|volume=90|issue=1|pages=3–4|pmid=9428772|doi=10.1093/jnci/90.1.3|s2cid=43055606|doi-access=free}} and the American Journal of Public Health{{cite journal|last=Cohen|first=S|author2=Tyrrell DA |author3=Russell MA |author4=Jarvis MJ |author5=Smith AP |title=Smoking, alcohol consumption, and susceptibility to the common cold|journal=American Journal of Public Health|date=September 1993|volume=83|issue=9|pages=1277–1283|pmid=8363004|pmc=1694990|doi=10.2105/AJPH.83.9.1277}} in addition to other medical, public health, and sociology journals as well as in numerous psychology journals.{{cite journal|last=Cohen|first=S|author2=Lichtenstein E |author3=Prochaska JO |author4=Rossi JS |author5=Gritz ER |author6=Carr CR |author7=Orleans CT |author8=Schoenbach VJ |author9=Biener L |author10=Abrams D |title=Debunking myths about self-quitting. Evidence from 10 prospective studies of persons who attempt to quit smoking by themselves|journal=American Psychologist|date=November 1989|volume=44|issue=11|pages=1355–1365|pmid=2589730|doi=10.1037/0003-066x.44.11.1355|s2cid=27409978}}

• 1987: [http://www.health-psych.org/ American Psychological Association's (Division 38)] Junior Investigator Award for Outstanding Contributions to Health Psychology
• 2002: American Psychological Society's (Now Association for Psychological Science) James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contribution to Research in Applied Psychology [http://www.psychologicalscience.org/members/awards/cohen.html]
• 2003: [http://isihighlycited.com/ Highly Cited Author, ISI (Institute for Scientific Information)]
• 2004: [http://www.cmu.edu/PR/releases04/041018_cohen.html Elected to IOM (Institute of Medicine)]
• 2004: [http://www.apa.org/ American Psychological Association], Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology [http://www.scienceblog.com/community/older/2003/D/20031831.html]{{cite journal|title=Sheldon Cohen: award for distinguished scientific contributions|journal=American Psychologist|date=November 2004|volume=59|issue=8|pages=673–675|pmid=15554820|doi=10.1037/0003-066X.59.8.673a}}
• 2006: American Psychosomatic Society's Patricia R. Barchas Award for Significant Contributions to the Study of the Impact of Social Behavior on Physiology
• 2008: [http://www.health-psych.org/ American Psychological Association's (Division 38)] Senior Investigator Award for Outstanding Contributions to Health Psychology
• 1996-2010: [http://www.macses.ucsf.edu/ Member, Core Group John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation], [http://www.macfound.org/networks/research-network-on-socioeconomic-status-health// Network on Social Economic (Socioeconomic) Status and Health.]
• 2014: [http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/arc/2/1/20// Named one of the 100 Extremely Eminent Psychologists of the Modern Era]{{cite journal|title=An incomplete list of eminent psychologists of the modern era|journal=Archives of Scientific Psychology|date=August 2014|volume=2|issue=1|pages=20–31|doi=10.1037/arc0000006|last1=Diener|first1=Ed|last2=Oishi|first2=Shigehiro|last3=Park|first3=Jungyeun|doi-access=free}}

• Perceived Stress Scale

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• [http://www.psy.cmu.edu/~scohen/index.html Laboratory for the Study of Stress, Immunity, and Disease]
• [http://cohen.socialpsychology.org/ Sheldon Cohen] at Social Psychology Network

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