Isaac Lipkus

Professor in the School of Nursing
Isaac Lipkus
Isaac Lipkus

Overview

Research Interests
Dr. Lipkus is interested in how: 1) dispositional (e.g., hostility) and attitudinal variables (e.g.,
belief in a world) affect coping with negative life events (e.g., cancer, conflict in interpersonal
relationships), and 2) the impact of risk perceptions (e.g., optimistic and pessimistic biases) on
modifying precautionary behaviors (e.g., early prevention and detection of cancer,etc.).

Positions

Professor in the School of Nursing in the School of Nursing

2009 School of Nursing

Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health in the School of Medicine

2009 School of Medicine

Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the School of Medicine

2021 School of Medicine

Member of the Duke Cancer Institute in the School of Medicine

1995 School of Medicine

Education

M.A. 1988

1988 University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Ph.D. 1991

1991 University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Publications, Grants & Awards

Offices & Contact

307 Trent Dr., School of Nursing
Durham, NC
27701-2054
DUMC 3322, School of Nursing
Durham, NC
27710