Cheryl Koopman
Academic Appointments
- Professor (Research), Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychosocial
- Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
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Professional Overview
Administrative Appointments
- Member, Executive Committee, PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium (2006 - 2012)
- Member, Program 9, Population Science, Stanford University Cancer Center (2005 - 2013)
- Member, Caucus of Concerned Scholars: Committee on Ethics and Morality, International Society of Political Psychology (2005 - 2012)
- Associate Editor, Associate Editor, Journal of Trauma and Dissociation (2004 - 2013)
- Member of International Advisory Board, The British Journal of Health Psychology (2004 - 2013)
- Faculty Research Affiliate, Institute of Research on Women and Gender (2004 - 2013)
Honors and Awards
- Multi-Method Examination of Diverse Manifestations of Lyme Disease, Kathleen O'Rourke and Jack Sheridan (8/12 -)
- The Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) Research Fund, Anonymous (6/12 -)
- At Home Group Video Calling to Support Rural Women, California Breast Cancer Research Program (8/11-1/13)
- Multi-Method Examination of Diverse Manifestations of Lyme Disease, Anonymous (12/11-10/12)
- Multi-Method Examination of Diverse Manifestations of Lyme Disease, John and Nancy Jo Cappetta Foundation (10/10-10/12)
- Multi-Method Examination of Diverse Manifestations of Lyme Disease, Turn the Corner Foundation (5/08-4/12)
Professional Education
| Ph.D.: | University of Virginia, Program Evaluation; Educational Psychology (1979) |
| M.A.: | Univ. of California, Los Angeles, Educational Psychology (1974) |
| B.A.: | Univ. of California, Berkeley, Psychology (Honors Program) (1972) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Community and International Work
- TeachAIDS, Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA
- Expanding Rural Access: Distance Delivery of Support, 12 rural counties in N. California
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Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Dr. Koopman's current research includes the following:
1) As Principal Investigator, collaborating with experts in Lyme disease and biostatistics to understand diverse manifestations of Lyme disease and their relationships to demographic and medical characteristics and diagnostic tests.
2) As Principal Investigator, collaborating with a Stanford-based biostatistician and project coordinator and community-based partners at the Sierra Streams Institute, Nevada City, to develop and evaluate an intervention using at-home group video conferencing to improve quality of life among women in rural communities who have been diagnosed with breast cancer.
3) As Principal Investigator, currently developing a protocol to study Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS).
4) Collaborating (as Co-PI) with Dr. David Spiegel (PI) and colleagues on a study of the relationships among sleep disturbance, diurnal stress hormone patterns, and breast cancer survival.
5) Collaborating (as Co-Investigator) with Dr. Cheryl Gore-Felton (PI) and colleagues on research to evaluate psychotherapy interventions to reduce chronic stress as well as enhance positive health behaviors to reduce morbidity and mortality among patients coping with chronic medical illness.
Clinical Trials
- Not Recruiting Expanding Rural Access: Distance Delivery of Support Groups (Main Study)
- Not Recruiting Sleep, Circadian Hormonal Dysregulation, and Breast Cancer Survival
- Recruiting Phase I: At-Home Support for Rural Women Using Group Video Calling
- Recruiting Efficacy of Group Intervention to Reduce Stress Symptoms
Publications
- Utilization of psychiatric services among low-income HIV-infected patients with psychiatric co-morbidity AIDS Care. DOI:10.1080/09540121.2011.565024.
- Attachment style and coping in relation to posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among adults living with HIV/AIDS. J Behav Med. 2013; (1): 51-60
- Breast cancer: Post-traumatic stress disorder-prevalent and persistent. Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2013; (5): 252-4
- Access to mental health care in rural communities among women diagnosed with breast cancer. Breast J. 2012 Nov-Dec; (6): 630-1
- Recruiting women with breast cancer in rural communities for a community initiated clinical trial: effective strategies. Breast J. 2012 Mar-Apr; (2): 188-90
- Ethical and scientific considerations of traumatic stress in the international context. In Monroe, K. R. (Ed.), Science, ethics, and politics: Conversations and investigations.. 2012: 163-184
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