HONORS AND AWARDS
Distinguished Scientist Award, American Psychosomatic Society, 2018
Top 1000 Researchers (across all disciplines) according to the number of Citations in Google Scholar Public Profiles, 2017
Named one of the 100 Extremely Eminent Psychologists of the Modern Era, Archives of Scientific Psychology, Vol 2(1), Aug 25, 2014, 20-31
Elected to the National Academy of Medicine (formerly Institute of Medicine), National Academy of Sciences, 2004
Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, American Psychological Association, 2004
James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award in recognition of distinguished achievements in psychological science, American Psychological Society (now Association of Psychological Science), 2002
Patricia R. Barchas Award for significant contributions to the study of the impact of social behavior on physiology, American Psychosomatic Society, 2006
First Contributions in Positive Health Award, International Positive Psychology Association, 2009
World’s Most Cited Authors by Current Contents (Institute for Scientific Information), 2003. In both Psychology/Psychiatry and Social Sciences, General
Senior Scientist Award, 1997-2002; Research Scientist Development Awards, 1987-1992; 1992-1997, National Institute of Mental Health
British Psychological Society Visiting Fellow, 2000
Distinguished Scientist Lecturer, American Psychological Association, 1997
One of the 20 psychologists with the greatest impact on the field, 1990-1994, Institute for Scientific Information, American Psychological Society Observer, January, 1996
Citation Index Classic (Institute of Scientific Information), 1992, Cohen, S. & Wills, T. A. (1985), “Stress, social support and the buffering hypothesis,” Psychological Bulletin
Award for Outstanding Contributions to Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division of Health Psychology (38), Junior Investigator Award,1987; Senior Investigator Award, 2008
Fellow, American Psychological Association
Fellow, Association of Psychological Science
Fellow, Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research
Fellow, Society of Behavioral Medicine
Member, Society of Experimental Social Psychology
Executive Council, Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, 1989-1992
Executive Committee, International Commission on the Biological Effects of Noise, 1978-1983; 1983-1988
Executive Council, Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society, 1994-1995
Founder’s Award for Outstanding Scholarship, New York University, 1974
Listed in Who’s Who in America, 2006 and subsequently