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Co-Director ~ PMBC
Leader ~ Faculty Development Component
Co-Leader ~ Core A: Administration
Co-Leader ~ Innovative Pilot Research
Professor and Department Head, Psychology
Carnegie Mellon University
Email: scheier@cmu.edu
Phone: 412-268-3791
Fax: 412-268-3464
Assistant:
Ginger Placone
412-268-4238

Research Program
Dr. Scheier’s work focuses on adjustment to chronic disease and personality and
health, especially with respect to the impact of dispositional optimism on physical
well-being.  He is also interested in how life engagement and purpose in life influences
quality of life and health in diseased populations.
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Leadership Positions and Honors
Outstanding Scientific Contribution Award (Senior Level), Division 38
(Health Psychology), American Psychological Association, 1998
Prior President, Division 38 (Health Psychology) of the American
Psychological Association, 2003
Associate Chairperson, Behavioral and Outcomes Committee,
National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project Foundation, Inc.
Fellow, American Psychological Association, Divisions 8 and 38
Fellow, American Psychological Society
Fellow, Society of Behavioral Medicine

Representative Publications
Scheier MF, Matthews KA, Owens JF, Schulz R, Bridges MW, Magovern
GJ, Jr, Carver CS.  Optimism and re-hospitalization following coronary artery
bypass graft surgery.  Arch Intern Med 159:829-835, 1999.View Adobe .pdf File . . .
Scheier MF, Carver CS.  Adapting to cancer:  The importance of hope and purpose.
In Baum A, Andersen BL (eds) Psychosocial Interventions for Cancer (pp. 15-36).
Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2001.View Adobe .pdf File . . .
Scheier MF, Carver CS.  Self-regulatory processes and responses to health threats:
Effects of optimism on well-being.  In Suls J, Wallston K (eds.) Social Psychological
Foundations of Health (pp. 395-428).  Oxford UK: Blackwell, 2003.View Adobe .pdf File . . .
Scheier MF, Helgeson VS, Schulz R, Colvin S, Berga S, Bridges MW, Knapp J,
Gerszten K, Pappert WS.  Interventions to enhance physical and psychological
functioning among younger women who are ending nonhormonal adjuvant treatment
for early stage breast cancer.  J Clin Oncol 23(19):4298-4311, 2005.View Adobe .pdf File . . .

Click here to watch this presentation . . ."Personality and Emotions" ~ June 5, 2008 (Summer Institute)
Click here to watch this presentation . . ."Coping" ~ June 4, 2008 (Summer Institute)
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