Member ~ PMBC External Advisory Board James L. Knight Professor of Psychology, Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Biomedical Engineering. / Director, University of Miami Behavioral Medicine Research Center. / Director, Division of Health Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Miami Email: nschneid@miami.edu Phone: (305) 284-6634 Fax: (305) 284-6825 Assistant: Rosanne Kolaczynski (305) 284-5467 Research Program Dr. Schneiderman’s work is focused on the psychosocial and biobehavioral bases and/or chronic disease management of coronary heart disease, HIV/AIDS and prostate cancer. He is currently conducting research on: metabolic syndrome and the prevention of type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease; psychosocial factors involved in the attenuation of atherogenesis in Watanabe heritable hyperlipidemic rabbits; cognitive behavioral therapy and adherence training in the management of HIV/AIDS; and improving cancer treatment related quality of life following radical prostatectomy.

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Leadership Positions and Honors Recipient of the International Society of Behavioral Medicine Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award, the Society of Behavioral Medicine Distinguished Scientist Award, the American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientist Award, and the American Psychological Association Division of Health Psychology’s Outstanding Contribution Award Former Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Health Psychology, 1984-1989 Former President of the International Society of Behavioral Medicine, the Division of Health Psychology of the American Psychological Association, and the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research Member (1992-2002) and Chair (2000), Board of Scientific Affairs, American Psychological Association  Chair, University of Miami General Research Center (NIH) Advisory Committee, 2002-present Director, University of Miami Behavioral Medicine Research Center, 1986-present Director, NIMH Program Project “Behavioral Management & Stress Responses in HIV/AIDS”, 1993-2004 Director, NHLBI Program Project “Biobehavioral Bases of CHD Risk and Management”, 1986-present Director, NHLBI Training Grant “Behavioral Medicine Research in Cardiovascular Disease”, 1979-present Director, NHLBI Training Grant “Psychoneuroimmunology and HIV/AIDS”, 1994-present Representative Publications Schneiderman N, Antoni MH, Saab PG, Ironson G: Health psychology:  Psychosocial and biobehavioral aspects of chronic disease management.  Annu Rev Psychol 52:555-580, 2001. Schneiderman N, Saab PG, Catellier DJ, Powell LH, DeBusk RF, Williams RB, Carney RM, Raczynski JM, Cowan MJ, Berkman LF, Kaufmann PG: Psychosocial treatment within gender by ethnicity subgroups in the Enhancing Recovery In Coronary Heart Disease (ENRICHD) clinical trial.  Psychosom Med 66:475-483, 2004. Schneiderman N: Psychosocial, behavioral, and biological aspects of chronic diseases. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 318, 247-252, 2004. Schneiderman N, Ironson G, Siegel SD: Stress and health: Psychological, behavioral and biological determinants.  Annu Rev Clin Psychol 1:607-628, 2005.

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