Cheryl Koopman

Administrative Appointments

• Past President, International Society of Political Psychology (2009 - 2010)
• President, International Society of Political Psychology (2008 - 2009)
• President-Elect, International Society of Political Psychology (2007 - 2008)
• Faculty Research Affiliate, Institute of Research on Women and Gender (2004 - 2009)
• Senator, Stanford University School of Medicine Faculty Senate (2003 - 2009)
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Honors and Awards

• Multi-Method Examination of Diverse Manifestations of Lyme Disease, Turn the Corner Foundation (5/08-8/10)
• Multi-Method Examination of Diverse Manifestations of Lyme Disease, California Lyme Disease Association (4/08-4/10)
• Expanding Rural Access: Distance Delivery of Support (Randomized Clinical Trial), California Breast Cancer Research Program (7/07-6/10)
• Methamphetamine and HIV Prevention in Santa Clara County, Santa Clara County Meth Task Force (1/06-6/08)
• Expanding Rural Access: Distance Delivery of Support (Pilot Study), California Breast Cancer Research Program (7/04 – 6/06)

Professional Education

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Psychiatry and Behavioral Science

Web Site Links

• Psychosocial Treatment Lab

Research Interests

Dr. Koopman's research focuses on survivors of a variety of stressful events that include political and interpersonal violence, natural disasters and serious illness. In these studies, Dr. Koopman examines relationships between the severity of traumatic exposure and disease, previous life history, risk and resilience factors, and demographic characteristics with the symptoms of acute and other stress reactions. Dr. Koopman's research also focuses on social interventions that promote physical and mental health in communities. Dr. Cheryl Koopman's funded research focuses on people living with serious illness, including breast/gynecological cancer, Lyme disease, and HIV/AIDS. Currently, her Stanford team is collaborating with community-based partners from Northern Sierra Rural Health Network to evaluate the effects of providing support groups via videoconferencing on improving quality of life for women living with breast cancer in rural areas. Also, Dr. Koopman is collaborating with experts in Lyme disease and biostatistics to investigate the diverse manifestations of Lyme disease in relation to symptoms, signs, and diagnostic tests.

Clinical Trials

• Sleep, Circadian Hormonal Dysregulation, and Breast Cancer Survival Recruiting

Publications

• Mindfulness and rumination: does mindfulness training lead to reductions in the ruminative thinking associated with depression? Deyo M, Wilson KA, Ong J, Koopman C. Explore (NY). 2009 Sep-Oct; 5 (5): 265-71
• The relationship between acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder in the neonatal intensive care unit. Shaw RJ, Bernard RS, Deblois T, Ikuta LM, Ginzburg K, Koopman C. Psychosomatics. 2009 Mar-Apr; 50 (2): 131-7
• Shame, guilt, and posttraumatic stress disorder in adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse at risk for human immunodeficiency virus: outcomes of a randomized clinical trial of group psychotherapy treatment. Ginzburg K, Butler LD, Giese-Davis J, Cavanaugh CE, Neri E, Koopman C, Classen CC, Spiegel D. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2009; 197 (7): 536-42
• Posttraumatic growth and adverse long-term effects of parental cancer in children Wong, M.L., Cavanaugh, C.E., MacLeamy, J.B., Sojourner-Nelson, A., & Koopman, C.. Familes, Systems, and Health. 2009; 27 (1): 53-63
• The relationship of posttraumatic growth to peritraumatic reactions and posttraumatic stress symptoms among Sri Lankan university students McCaslin, S.E., de Zoysa, P., Butler, L. D., Hart, S., Marmar, C. R., Metzler, T. J., & Koopman, C.. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 2009; 22 (4): 334-339