David S. Krantz, Ph.D.

David S Krantz

Phone: 301-295-3273
E mail: dskrantz@usuhs.mil
Professor and Chair, Medical & Clinical Psychology
Education: B.S. (1971) in Psychology, City College of New York; Ph.D. (1975) in Psychology, University of Texas at Austin
 
Curriculum Vitae
 
Research and Teaching
Recent Publications
Professional Activities

Research and Teaching

Research Topics: Dr. Krantz studies the role of behavior in cardiovascular disorders and on various aspects of psychosocial stress and health. The focus of Dr. Krantz's research is on behavioral factors in coronary heart disease, using both laboratory and field approaches to study the role of mental stress as a trigger of cardiac ischemia (the inadequate supply of blood flow) in coronary patients. This work, in collaboration with researchers at several other institutions, has been funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the MacArthur Foundation. His most recent project examines the role of acute stress as a trigger of life-threatening heart failure.
 
Methods and Approach: clinic-based and laboratory-based human experiments with cardiovascular patients and healthy volunteers; ambulatory monitoring
 
Current Grant Support: NHLBI, NIH
 
Medical Student Teaching: lectures on Medical Psychology and Cardiovascular Diseases
 
APA Convention 2006 picture Graduate Student Teaching: graduate courses on Research Methods, Personality, Behavioral Factors in Chronic Disease.
 
Mentoring: Dr. Krantz has supervised eight doctoral dissertations in Medical Psychology and has trained six post-doctoral fellows. He currently is training four Ph.D. students in his laboratory. Dr. Krantz also mentors junior faculty.

Selected Recent Publications

Kop WJ, PhD, Weissman NJ Zhu J, Bonsall RW, Doyle M, Stretch MR, Glaes SB, Krantz DS, Gottdiener JS, Tracy RP. Effects of Acute Mental Stress and Exercise on Inflammatory Markers in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease and Healthy Controls. American Journal of Cardiology, 2008, 15;101(6):767-73.
 
Rutledge T, Linke SE, Olson MB, Francis J, Johnson BD, Bittner V, York K, McClure C, Kelsey SF, Reis SE, Cornell CE, Vaccarino V, Sheps DS, Shaw LJ, Krantz DS, Parashar S, Merz CNB. Social Networks and Incident Stroke among Women with Suspected Myocardial Ischemia. Psychosomatic Medicine, 2008, 70: 282-287.
 
Scher AI, Stewart WF, Krantz DS, Lipton RB. Major Life Changes Before and After the Onset of Chronic Daily Headache: A Population-Based Study. Cephalalgia, 2008; 28:868-876.

Professional Activities

Selected Professional Activities: Dr. Krantz is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, and the Society of Behavioral Medicine. He also is a member of the American Psychosomatic Society. He has served as president of the Health Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association, president of the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, Editor-in-Chief of Health Psychology, as a Council Member of the American Psychosomatic Society, and as a member of many scientific review panels.
 
Selected Awards and Honors: American Psychological Association's Early Career Scientific Award (1982), American Psychological Association’s Award for Outstanding Contributions to Health Psychology (1981, 2000).

Contact Information

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
4301 Jones Bridge Road
Bethesda, Maryland 20814-4799


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