Co-Leader - Summer Institute Professor of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University Email: vh2e@andrew.cmu.edu Phone: 412-268-2624 Fax: 412-268-8280 Assistant: Helena Dabrowsky, 412-268-8205 Research Program Dr. Helgeson's work is focused on how people adjust to chronic illness, such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.  She studies the extent to which traits that are socialized in men and women pose hazards for health.  In general, she studies the influence of both personal and social resources on psychological and physical health outcomes. Leadership Positions and Honors Society of Behavioral Medicine, Fellow Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research (Member)

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Associate Editor: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (2004-present) Division 38 Research Chair (2002-2005) Representative Publications  Helgeson VS, Fritz HL.  A theory of unmitigated communion. Pers Soc Psychol Rev 2:173-183, 1998. Helgeson VS, Cohen S, Schulz R, Yasko J. Education and peer discussion group interventions and adjustment to breast cancer. Arch Gen Psychiatry 56:340-347, 1999. Helgeson VS, Fritz HL. Cognitive adaptation as a predictor of new coronary events following percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. Psychosom Med 61:488-495, 1999. Helgeson VS.  Psychology of Gender (2nd edition). Upper Saddle River, NJ:  Prentice Hall, 2005.

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