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David S. Krantz
Born	1949 (age 76–77)
Education	City College of New York (B.S., 1971) University of Texas at Austin (Ph.D., 1975)
Known for	Research on psychosocial stress and cardiovascular disease Krantz Health Opinion Survey (KHOS)
Awards	APA Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology (1982) Society for Health Psychology Annual Award for Outstanding Contributions to Health Psychology (1981, 2000)
Scientific career
Fields	Health psychology Behavioral medicine
Workplaces	University of Southern California Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Doctoral advisor	David C. Glass

David S. Krantz (born 1949) is an American health psychologist and professor emeritus of medical and clinical psychology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) in Bethesda, Maryland. His research concerns the effects of psychological stress on cardiovascular disease. He is a past president of the Society for Health Psychology (Division 38 of the American Psychological Association) and was editor of the journal Health Psychology.

Education

Krantz received a B.S. in psychology from the City College of New York in 1971 and a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Texas at Austin in 1975, where his doctoral advisor was David C. Glass.

Career

Krantz was an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Southern California from 1975 to 1978. He joined USUHS in 1978 and was a professor of medical and clinical psychology there until 2023; he chaired the Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology from 1999 to 2014. From 2006 to 2015 he was principal investigator of the USUHS Center for Deployment Psychology, a Department of Defense program that trains clinicians to treat military service members.

He was president of the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research from 1994 to 1995, editor-in-chief of Health Psychology from 1995 to 1999, and president of the Society for Health Psychology from 2005 to 2006.

Research

A 1984 review by Krantz and Stephen Manuck evaluated evidence that exaggerated cardiovascular reactivity to psychological stress is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. With cardiologists including Alan Rozanski, Krantz studied mental stress–induced myocardial ischemia in patients with coronary artery disease. A 1988 study found that mental stress tasks such as public speaking could provoke ischemia, often without chest pain, and a 1991 study found that coronary arteries narrowed by atherosclerosis constricted during mental stress. Both studies were reported in The New York Times and other newspapers. Later studies examined whether mental stress–induced ischemia was associated with ischemia during daily life and with later adverse cardiac events.

In 1980 Krantz developed the Krantz Health Opinion Survey, a questionnaire measuring patients' preferences for information and for involvement in their own health care. It has been translated into other languages and is listed in psychological test reference works.

Honors

• APA Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology (1982)
• Society for Health Psychology research award (1981, 2000)
• Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, and the Society for Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine

Selected publications

• Krantz, D. S.; Baum, A.; Wideman, M. V. (1980). "Assessment of preferences for self-treatment and information in health care". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 39 (5): 977–990. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.39.5.977.
• Krantz, D. S.; Manuck, S. B. (1984). "Acute psychophysiologic reactivity and risk of cardiovascular disease: A review and methodologic critique". Psychological Bulletin. 96 (3): 435–464. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.96.3.435.
• Rozanski, A.; Bairey, C. N.; Krantz, D. S.; et al. (1988). "Mental stress and the induction of silent myocardial ischemia in patients with coronary artery disease". New England Journal of Medicine. 318 (16): 1005–1012. doi:10.1056/NEJM198804213181601.
• Yeung, A. C.; Vekshtein, V. I.; Krantz, D. S.; et al. (1991). "The effect of atherosclerosis on the vasomotor response of coronary arteries to mental stress". New England Journal of Medicine. 325 (22): 1551–1556. doi:10.1056/NEJM199111283252205.

External links

• Faculty profile, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
• ORCID 0000-0002-1671-1355

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