James Alan Blumenthal

Psychosocial factors and coronary heart disease, including such factors as social support, Type A behavior and hostility, and depression, exercise training and depression in the elderly; behavioral approaches to the treatment of hypertension (e.g., weight loss and exercise); cardiac rehabilitation; neuropsychological outcomes following cardiac surgery; psychosocial aspects of heart and lung transplantation; exercise training and osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia; compliance.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

J. P. Gibbons Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry · 2024 - Present Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine & Neurosciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Professor Emeritus in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 2024 - Present Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine & Neurosciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience · 2008 - Present Psychology & Neuroscience, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Senior Fellow in the Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development · 1977 - Present Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Institutes and Centers

In the News

Published March 22, 2016

Dr. James Blumenthal: Stress management training may help cardiac rehab patients

Published May 1, 2015

Duke Announces 2015 Distinguished Professors

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Recent Publications

Telehealth interventions to improve outcomes in lung transplant recipients: Primary results of the INSPIRE-III randomized clinical trial.

Journal Article J Heart Lung Transplant · April 1, 2025 BACKGROUND: There is growing evidence that many patients undergoing lung transplantation report significant distress and low physical activity (PA), which might not improve despite lung transplantation and may be associated with worse clinical outcomes. Fe ... Full text Link to item Cite

Depression and Adverse Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes: Cause or Consequence?

Journal Article Heart and Mind · March 1, 2025 Full text Cite

Neurocognitive Dysfunction After Short (<20 Minutes) Duration Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest.

Journal Article Ann Thorac Surg · February 2025 BACKGROUND: It has long been held that the safe duration of hypothermic circulatory arrest (HCA) is at least 25 to 30 minutes. However, this belief is based primarily on clinical outcomes research and has not been systematically investigated using more sen ... Full text Link to item Cite

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Recent Grants

Improving Lung Transplant Outcomes with Coping Skills and Physical Activity

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2026

Duke Creating ADRD Researchers for the Next Generation - Stimulating Access to Research in Residency Program (CARiNG-StARR)"

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

Sleep Quality and Mechanisms of Cardiovascular Risk in Adults with Hypertension

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2024

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Education, Training & Certifications

University of Washington · 1975 Ph.D.