Tracey Revenson | |
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Occupation | Professor of Psychology |
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Academic background | |
Alma mater | Yale College; New York University |
Thesis | Stressful life events, coping, and illness course among middle-aged and elderly diabetics: a prospective study. |
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Institutions | Hunter College; CUNY Graduate Center |
Tracey A. Revenson is a health psychologist known for her research on how people cope with chronic illness and how people's lifestyles can affect their health and influence their coping mechanisms.[1] She holds the position of Professor of Psychology at Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York,[2] and directs the Coping and health in context (CHiC) lab.[3]
Revenson was awarded the Nathan Perry Career Service Award in Health Psychology from the American Psychological Association (APA) Division 38 in 2013,[4][5] the Society for Health Psychology Excellence in Health Psychology Mentoring Award in 2019,[6][7] and the Society of Behavioral Medicine's 2020 Distinguished Mentor Award.[8] In 2020 she was named a Fellow of the European Health Psychology Society.[9]