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James Alan Blumenthal

James Alan Blumenthal

J. P. Gibbons Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry I
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine & Neurosciences
blume003@mc.duke.edu
Box 3119 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
4567 Hosp South, Durham, NC 27710

Overview

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 of Psychiatry I · 2014 - Present Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine & Neurosciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 1993 - Present Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine & Neurosciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Assistant Professor in Medicine · 1999 - Present Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine
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

Education, Training & Certifications

University of Washington · 1975 Ph.D.