DR. TRACEY REVENSON

TRACEY REVENSON, PhD

LAB DIRECTOR

TRACEY A. REVENSON, PhD is Professor of Psychology at Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and a faculty member in the Health Psychology & Clinical Science and Basic and Applied Social training areas at the Graduate Center of the City University. She received a B.A. from Yale University in theatre and psychology, a Ph.D. in psychology from New York University, and postdoctoral training in social ecology at the University of California, Irvine.

Trained as one of the first generation of health psychologists, Dr. Revenson brings a social-ecological perspective to the study of how stress and coping processes affect psychological adjustment to chronic physical illness, and how these processes are influenced by the social context. Her research on coping processes among individuals, couples, and families facing serious physical illnesses such as rheumatoid arthritis and cancer as well as the influence of gender and race/ethnicity on psychosocial adaptation.

Dr. Revenson is the author of over 100 empirical articles, 45 book chapters, and the co-author or co-editor of 14 books, including the Handbook of Health Psychology (2019), Caregiving in the Illness Context (2015), volume III of the APA Handbook of Heath Psychology (2024) and Couples Coping with Stress (2005). She also co-authored Becoming a Health Psychologist (2020), a guide for getting into graduate school in health psychology.

She is the past Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed journals Annals of Behavioral Medicine and the International Journal of Behavioral Medicine and a Past-President of the Society for Health Psychology and, along with former graduate student, Caroline Zimmerman Stuhlmann, the current United States delegate to the European Health Psychology Society.

Dr. Revenson was awarded the Nathan Perry Award for Career Contributions to Health Psychology from the Society for Health Psychology (2013) and the Distinguished Career Contribution Award from the International Society of Behavioral Medicine (2025). She has received two national awards for mentoring: the Award for Excellence in Mentoring from the Society for Health Psychology in 2019 and the Distinguished Mentor Award from the Society for Behavioral Medicine in 2020.

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Research Gate

Link to Dr. Revenson's CV
Updated 01-26-2026

Active Research Projects

Biographical Disruption in AYA Cancer Survivors

Project Lead: Lexi Karas, MA

RAs: Rebecca Rendon, BA, Alexandria Aho (honors thesis), Bailey Lisker

Making the transition to adult care for teens with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis JIA)

Project Lead: Lexi Karas, MA

Research Assistant: Aldiona Daulle

Attitudes towards tumor genomic profiling (TGP) testing, genetic testing, and medical mistrust among Latinx patients

MPIs: Sarah Bass, PhD (Temple University) Michael Hall, JD (Fox Chase Cancer Center), & Prof. Revenson

Project Coordinators: Katie Singley, MPH, Temple University & Yana Chertok, Fox Chase Cancer Center

Selected Publications (see CV for Complete List)

BOOKS

Revenson, T. A., & Abraído-Lanza, A. F. (Eds.). (2024). APA Handbook of Health Psychology: Vol. 3. Health psychology and public health. American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000396-000

Revenson, T.A., Saab, P.G., Zoccola, P. M., & Traeger, L. (2019). Becoming a Health Psychologist. New York: Routledge/Taylor & Francis.

Revenson, T.A., & Gurung, R.A.R. (Eds.) (2019). Handbook of Health Psychology. New York: Routledge/Taylor & Francis.

Llewellyn, C., Ayers, S., McManus, C., Newman, S., Petrie, K.J., Revenson, T.A., & Weinman, J. (Eds.) (2019). The Cambridge Handbook of Psychology, Health & Medicine, 3rd edition, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

Revenson, T.A., Griva, K., Luszczynska, A., Morrison, V. Panagopoulu, E., Vilchinsky, N., & Hagedoorn,

M. (2016). Caregiving in the Illness Context. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/9781137558985.0005

Wiley, S., Philogène, G., & Revenson, T.A. (Eds.) (2012). Social Categories in Everyday Experience. Washington DC: American Psychological Association.

Revenson, T.A., Kayser, K., & Bodenmann, G. (Eds.) (2005). Couples Coping with Stress: Emerging Perspectives on Dyadic Coping. Washington DC: American Psychological Association.

Singer, D.G. & Revenson, T.A. (1996). A Piaget Primer: How a Child Thinks, revised edition. NY: International Universities Press [hardcover] and EP Dutton [paperback].

JOURNAL ARTICLES (last 10 years)

*indicates doctoral student co-author. ** indicates undergraduate student co-author

Epel, E.S., White, K., Rodin, J., Hollis, A.L., Brownell, K.D., Diefenbach, M.A., Alegria, K.E., Fromer, E., Czajkowski, S.M., Bacon, S.L., Revenson, T.A., Ruiz, J., & Maibach, E. (2025). Transforming Behavioral Medicine to Address the Climate Crisis: A Call for Strategic Research and Advocacy. Health Psychology, 44(6), 563–577. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001431

Published simultaneously in Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Health Psychology, and Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine.

Albright, C.L., Diefenbach, M.A., Dunbar-Jacob, J., Fisher, E.B., Hayman, L., Hesse, B., Hunter, C., Kaufmann, P., Nigg, C.R., Ostroff, J., Revenson, T.A., Sallis, J.F., Schneider, M., Sheinfeld Gorin, Spring, B., & Stokols, D. (2025). The U.S. is facing unprecedented challenges in the field of health and health care: What can and should we do about it? A call to action. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 59 (1), https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaaf030.

*Mindlis, I., *Millar, B., **Chkhaidze, A., **Fernández Sedano, B., **Noel, J., & Revenson, T.A. (2024). Adaptation of a sleep hygiene intervention for individuals with poor sleep and their companions: Results of a randomized controlled pilot trial, Translational Behavioral Medicine, 15 (1), https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibae055.

**Chkhaidze, A., *Millar, B.M., Revenson, T.A., & *Mindlis, I. (2024). Scrolling your sleep away: The effects of bedtime device use on sleep among young adults with poor sleep. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-024-10326-x.

*Wirtz, M. R., Revenson, T. A., Ford, J. S., & *Karas, A. N. (2024). Effective Interventions for Idiopathic chronic pelvic pain: A Systematic Review. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 31, 819–832. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-024-10309-y

*Marín-Chollom, A.M., **Beaucant, P. King, C., *Pervil, I, Rubin L.R., & Revenson, T.A. (2024). The integration of the cancer experience into identity: Perspectives from young adults. Journal of Health Psychology, 30 (2), 1-14. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13591053241240932.

*Mindlis , M. & Revenson, T.A. (2024). Above and beyond number of illnesses: A two-sample replication of current approaches to depressive symptoms in multimorbidity. Clinical Gerontologist, Advance publication online. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07317115.2024.2324323

*Panjwani, A.A., Applebaum, A.J., Revenson, T.A., Erblich, J, & Rosenfeld , B. (2024). Intolerance of uncertainty, experiential avoidance, and trust in physician: A moderated mediation analysis of emotional distress in advanced cancer. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 47, 71–81. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-023-00419-5

*Mindlis, I., Revenson, T.A., Erblich, J., & **Fernández Sedano, B. (2023). Multimorbidity and depressive symptoms in older adults: A contextual approach. The Gerontologist, 63 (8), 1365–1375. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnac186

Ford, J. S., & Revenson, T. A. (2023). Cancer prevention and survivorship research (Introduction to the Special Section). Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 57 (9), 693-695. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaad046

*Mindlis, I., **Kop, M., Teng, M., & Revenson, T.A. (2023). "Your cancer is no longer cancer”: Psychological reactions to reclassification information and communication preferences. PEC Innovation, 2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecinn.2023.100165

Bryan, A.D., & Revenson, T.A. (2023). Emerging studies of sleep as a critical target of behavioral medicine intervention. (Introduction to the Special Section). Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 57 (6), 425–427. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaad021

Ruiz, J. M., Bacon, S. L., Bennett, G. G., Brondolo, E., Czajkowski, S. M., Davidson, K. W., Epel, E. S., & Revenson, T. A., on behalf of the Behavioral Medicine Research Council (2023). Behavioral Medicine Research Council (BMRC) Statement Papers: A New Approach to Consensus Building in Behavioral Medicine Science, Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 57 (5), 355-356. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaac038

Published simultaneously in Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Health Psychology, and Psychosomatic Medicine.

Segerstrom, S. C., Diefenbach, M. A., Hamilton, K., O’Connor, D. B., Tomiyama, A. J., & Behavioral Medicine Research Council Bacon Simon L Bennett Gary G Brondolo Elizabeth Czajkowski Susan M Davidson Karina W Epel Elissa S Revenson Tracey A Ruiz John M. (2023). Open science in health psychology and behavioral medicine: A statement from the Behavioral Medicine Research Council. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 57(5), 357-367.

Published simultaneously in Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Health Psychology, and Psychosomatic Medicine.

*Panjwani, A. A., Erblich, J., Revenson, T. A., Badr, H., Federman, A. D., Wisnivesky, J. P. (2023). The indirect influence on “invisible” support on pulmonary function among adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 28 (4), 831-842. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2022.2061720

Szczuka, Z., Kulis, E., Boberska, M., Banik, A., Siwa, M., Zaleskiewicz, H., Knoll, N., Revenson, T. A., & Luszczynska, A. (2023). Dyadic reciprocal associations between self-efficacy and planning predict sedentary behaviour. British Journal of Health Psychology, 28, 451–466. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12633

Seo, G.T., Urken, M.L., Wein, L.E., Saturno, M.P., Kapustin, D., Xing, M.H., Yue, L.E., Dowling, E.M., Revenson, T.A., Roberts, K.J., &Tuttle, R.M. (2023). Psychological adjustment to initial treatment for low-risk thyroid cancer. Head and Neck, 45 (2), 439-448; https://doi.org/10.1002/hed.27265

Revenson, T.A., & Zoccola, P.M. (2022). New author guidelines emphasize open science, transparency, full reporting of sociodemographic characteristics of the sample, and avoidance of piecemeal publication. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 56 (5), 415–417. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaac013

Bacon, S. & Revenson, T.A. (2022). The importance of behavioral medicine in the COVID-19 pandemic response. (Introduction to the special section). Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 56 (4), 321-324. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaac007

*Marín-Chollom, A.-M., & Revenson, T.A. (2022) Cultural values as a resilience resource for Latino/a adolescents and young adults coping with parental cancer, Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 40 (1), 26-44. https://doi.org/10.1080/07347332.2021.1881197

Davidson, K., Bacon, S., Bennett, G., Brondolo, E., Czajkowski, S. Diefenbach, M., Epel, E. Matthews, K., Revenson, T.A., Ruiz, J., Segerstrom, S. (2021). Accomplishing breakthroughs in behavioral medicine research. Nature Human Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01134-4

Starks, T.J., *Doyle, K.M., Bosco, S.C., & Revenson, T.A. (2021). Partners’ consensus about joint effort predicts COVID-19 prevention among sexual minority men. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 51, 217–230. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02063-z

*Panjwani, A.A., *Millar, B.M. & Revenson, T.A. (2021). Tolerating uncertainty in the dark: Insomnia symptoms, distress, and well-being among parents of adolescents and young adults with cancer. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 28, 14–20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-020-09869-6.

Byrne, M., & Revenson, T.A. (2021). The role of behavioral medicine in improving outcomes for people with Type 2 diabetes (Introduction to the special section). Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 55, 935–937.

https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaab076

Ruiz, J. M., & Revenson, T. A. (2020). Behavioral medicine in the Covid-19 era: Dawn of the golden age. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 54(8), 541-543. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaaa057

*Mindlis, I., *Livert, D., Federman, A. D., Wisnivesky, J. P., & Revenson, T. A. (2020). Racial/ethnic concordance between patients and researchers as a predictor of study attrition. Social Science & Medicine, 225, 113009. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113009

*Gupta, S.K., Mazza, M.C., Hoyt, M.A. & Revenson, T.A. (2020). The experience of financial stress among emerging adult cancer survivors. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 38 (4), 435-448. https://doi.org/10.1080/07347332.2019.1707928

Hoyt, M.A., *Frost, D.M., Cohn, E., *Millar, B.M., Diefenbach, M.A, & Revenson, T.A. (2020). Gay men’s experiences with prostate cancer: Implications for future research. Journal of Health Psychology, 25(3), 298-310. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105317711491 PMID: 28810471.

Revenson, T.A., & Diefenbach, M.A. (2019). New questions about a long-standing model. Health Psychology Review, 13(4), 484-486. https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2019.1642790 PMID:31303125

Meier, F., Cairo Notari, S., Bodenmann, G., Revenson, T.A., & Favez, N. (2019). We are in this together – aren’t we? Congruence of common dyadic coping and psychological distress of couples facing breast cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 28 (12), 2374-2381. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.5238

**Mikrut, E.E., *Panjwani, A.A., **Cipollina, R., & Revenson, T.A. (2019). Social constraints and distress among parents of adolescents and young adults with cancer: The roles of cognitive processing and fear of recurrence. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 43(2), 237-245. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-019-00072-x PMID: 31267408

*Panjwani, A.A., *Marín-Chollom, A.-M., *Pervil, I.Z., Erblich, J., Rubin, L., Schuster, M.W., & Revenson, T.A. (2019). Illness uncertainties faced by young adult hematological cancer survivors. Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, 8 (2), 149-156. https://doi.org/10.1089/jayao.2018.0024 PMID: 30489197

Lin, J., Revenson, T., Neugut, A., Rundle, A., Mohan, S., & Wisnivesky, J. (2018). Association of weight perception, race and readiness to quit smoking amongst a cohort of workers. Journal of Smoking Cessation, 13(1), 11-17. https://doi.org/10.1017/jsc.2016.26

*Panjwani, A.A., Gurung, R.A.R., & Revenson, T.A. (2017). The teaching of undergraduate health psychology: A national survey. Teaching of Psychology, 44(3), 268-273.

https://doi: 10.1177/0098628317712786

Badr, J., Federman, A.D., Wolf, M., Revenson, T.A., & Wisnivesky, JP. (2017). Depression in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and their informal caregivers. Aging and Mental Health, 21 (9), 975-982. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2016.118615 PMID: 27212642

Rundle, A.G., Revenson, T.A, & Friedman, M. (2017). Business travel and behavioral and mental health. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. https://doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001262

Zemp, M., Bodenmann, Backes, S., Sutter-Stickel, D. & Revenson, T.A. (2016). The importance of parents’ dyadic coping for children. Family Relations, 65 (2), 275–286. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12189

*Travagin, G., Margola, D., Dennis, J.L., & Revenson, T.A. (2016). Letting oneself go isn’t enough: Cognitively oriented expressive writing reduces preadolescent peer problems. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 26 (4), 1048-1060. https://doi.org/ 10.1111/jora.12279 PMID: 28453210

Roberts, K.J., Revenson, T.A., Urken, M., **Fleszar, S., **Cipollina, R., Rowe, M.E., Dos Reis, L.L. & Lepore, S.J. (2016). Testing with feedback improves comprehension in multimedia medical informed consent. Patient Education and Counseling, 99(8), 1377-1381. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2016.03.014

Haser, G., Tuttle, R.M., Su, H., Alon, E. Bergman, D., Bernet, V., Brett, E., Cobin, R., Dewey, E., Doherty, G., Dos Reis, L., Harris, J., Klopper, J., Lee, M., Levine ,R., Lepore, S., Likhterov, I., Lupo, M., Dr. Machac, J., Mandel, S., Mechanick, J., Mehra, S., Milas, M., Orloff, L., Randolph, G., Revenson, T.A., Roberts, K., Ross, K., Rowe, Smallridge, R., Terris, D., Tufano, R., & Urken, M. (2016). Active surveillance for papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: New challenges and opportunities for the health care system. Endocrine Practice, Endocrine Practice, 22 (6), 602-611. https://doi.org/10.4158/EP151065.RA

Teaching and Mentoring

Doctoral Classes (Graduate Center)

PSYCH 85300 Health Psychology

PSYCH Psychosocial Determinants of Health Disparities

PSYCH 8000

PSYCH 77300

Undergraduate Classes (Hunter College)

Psych 24200 Health Psychology

Psych 36200 Psychological Determinants of Health Disparities

Psych 36500 Coping with Chronic Illness

BP-Ensure Winter Course

Communicating Science

Dissertations Chaired (Year and Current Position)

David G. Altman (1984), Chief Operating Officer, Center for CreativeLeadership, Greensboro, North Carolina
Kathleen M. Schiaffino (1989) (Deceased) Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Psychology, Fordham University
S. Deborah Majerovitz (1993) Professor and Chair, Behavioral Sciences, York College, City University of New York
Ana F. Abraído-Lanza (1995) Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs, College of Global Public Health, New York University
Pamela J. Degotardi (2000) Last position: Honors Advisor, Macauley Honors College, CUNY
Suzanne M. Johnson Vickberg (2000) Research Scientist, Women’s Initiative, Deloitte Touche
Arthur Fox (2000) Clinical psychologist in private practice
Ida Jeltova (2002) Licensed Psychologist, Center for Cognitive-Developmental Assessment and Remediation,
Kim A. Gallelli (2003) Private Practice, Mill Valley.
David E. Livert (2004) Associate Professor, Applied Social Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, Lehigh Valley
Ronni M. Greenwood (2005) Lecturer above the Bar, Psychology, University of Limerick, Irelan
Danielle Beatty Moody (2007) Associate Professor, Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Karen K. Giuliani (2009) Psychotherapist in private practice
Sara I. McClelland (2009). Associate Professor, Psychology & Women’s Studies, University of Michigan
Julie Pranikoff (2009) Yoga Instructor and Business Owner
Federica Facchin (2010) Assistant Professor, Psychology, Catholic University, Milan, Italy
Leora Trub (2011) Associate Professor, Psychology, Pace University, NY, NY
Rachel Manes (2013) Individual and Family Therapist, Brooklyn Heights Counselin
Kristi Gamarel (2014) Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Ian Z. Pervil (2015) School Psychologist, Horace Mann School, Riverdale, N
Justine Calcagno (2016) Senior Research Associate, Pew Charitable Trust, District of Columbia
Amanda Marín-Chollom (2017) Assistant Professor, Central Connecticut State University
Aliza A. Panjwani (2020) Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto & Clinician Investigator, Dept of Supportive Care, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Hospital Network, Toronto, CA
Sugandha K. Gupta-Louis (2023) Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Psychology, Yeshiva University
Irina Mindlis (2023) Assistant Professor, Parker Health Division of Geriatrics and Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Caroline F.Z. Stuhlmann (2025) Research Scientist, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany

Postdoctoral Fellows

Sharon Danoff-Burg, PhD, Senior Principal Research Scientist, SleepScore Labs, Carlsbad, CA
Joanne DiPlacido, PhD, Associate Professor of Health Psychology, Central Connecticut State University (retired)
Melanie Greenberg, PhD, Private Practice, Mill Valley, CA

Social Media

Genetic Testing Drives Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Patient Care. April/May 2026

Monitor on Psychology, American Psychological Association

The science of stress and how to outsmart it. April 30, 2025

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Meet the Editor: CUNY Faculty STEM Journal Editors, March 25, 2022

Advanced Science Research Center

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Selecting a Venue for Journal Publication September 25, 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1zey8K_eNc

If Life Is a Movie, It’s Called ‘Closed Until Further Notice’

New York Times, May 19, 2020.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/19/nyregion/coronavirus-uncertainty.html

A version of this article appears in print on May 19, 2020, Section A, Page 8 of the New York edition with the headline: A Dystopian Thriller, Now Playing on a Loop in a City Near You.

Diversity: More than number, 2007

https://www.apa.org/gradpsych/2007/03/cover-numbers

Building mentorships for success, 2005. Association.https://www.apa.org/gradpsych/2005/01/mentor-success

How is a mentor different from your adviser or dissertation chair? 2005 https://www.apa.org/gradpsych/2005/01/mentor-diff