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Overview

Eli Puterman is a researcher affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research spans psychology and medicine, with a notable focus on applied and clinical psychology, physiology, general health professions, and social psychology. The concentration of their work lies at the intersection of behavioral health, physical activity, mental health, and stress response mechanisms.

The core topics of their research include:

  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol

Puterman has contributed to several academic journals recognized for publishing behavioral medicine, psychology, and health-related research. The most frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • Health Psychology
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Annals of Behavioral Medicine
  • PLoS ONE
  • Affective Science

Among their recent papers are studies addressing stress, health disparities, mortality predictors, and exercise impacts on mental health. Notable publications include:

  • "Predicting mortality from 57 economic, behavioral, social, and psychological factors" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "The effects of exercise intensity on the cortisol response to a subsequent acute psychosocial stressor" (2021), published in Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • "Racial discrimination and telomere shortening among African Americans: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study" (2020), published in Health Psychology
  • "Online-Delivered Group and Personal Exercise Programs to Support Low Active Older Adults' Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Randomized Controlled Trial" (2021), published in Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • "Efficacy of exercise combined with standard treatment for depression compared to standard treatment alone: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials" (2021), published in Journal of Affective Disorders

Puterman frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. Coauthors with whom they have worked extensively include:

  • Mark R. Beauchamp
  • Benjamin A. Hives
  • Guy Faulkner
  • Yan Liu
  • Geralyn R. Ruissen

Overall, Puterman's scholarly contributions focus on understanding complex interactions between behavioral, social, psychological, and physiological factors affecting health, with emphasis on interventions related to physical activity and mental well-being.

Best Publications

  • More than a feeling: A unified view of stress measurement for population science.

    Elissa S. Epel;Alexandra D. Crosswell;Stefanie E. Mayer;Aric A. Prather

  • The Power of Exercise: Buffering the Effect of Chronic Stress on Telomere Length

    Eli Puterman;Jue Lin;Elizabeth Blackburn;Aoife O'Donovan;Aoife O'Donovan

  • Stress and Telomere Biology: A Lifespan Perspective

    Idan Shalev;Sonja Entringer;Pathik D. Wadhwa;Owen M. Wolkowitz

  • Cumulative Inflammatory Load Is Associated with Short Leukocyte Telomere Length in the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study

    Aoife O'Donovan;Aoife O'Donovan;Matthew S. Pantell;Eli Puterman;Firdaus S. Dhabhar

  • Dysregulated relationship of inflammation and oxidative stress in major depression

    B.J. Rawdin;S.H. Mellon;F.S. Dhabhar;E.S. Epel

  • Dynamics of telomerase activity in response to acute psychological stress.

    Elissa S. Epel;Jue Lin;Firdaus S. Dhabhar;Owen M. Wolkowitz

  • Race, life course socioeconomic position, racial discrimination, depressive symptoms and self-rated health

    Darrell L. Hudson;Eli Puterman;Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo;Karen A. Matthews

  • Does cellular aging relate to patterns of allostasis? An examination of basal and stress reactive HPA axis activity and telomere length

    A. Janet Tomiyama;Aoife O'Donovan;Jue Lin;Eli Puterman

  • Daily Cognitive Appraisals, Daily Affect, and Long-Term Depressive Symptoms: The Role of Self-Esteem and Self-Concept Clarity in the Stress Process:

    Sharon C. Lee-Flynn;Georgia Pomaki;Anita DeLongis;Jeremy C. Biesanz

  • Stress appraisals and cellular aging: A key role for anticipatory threat in the relationship between psychological stress and telomere length

    Aoife O’Donovan;A. Janet Tomiyama;Jue Lin;Eli Puterman

  • Couples coping with stress: The role of empathic responding.

    Tess Byrd OBrien;Anita DeLongis;Georgia Pomaki;Eli Puterman

  • Lifespan adversity and later adulthood telomere length in the nationally representative US Health and Retirement Study.

    Eli Puterman;Alison Gemmill;Deborah Karasek;David Weir

  • Determinants of telomere attrition over 1 year in healthy older women: stress and health behaviors matter

    Eli Puterman;Jue Lin;Jeffrey Krauss;Elizabeth H. Blackburn

  • A null mutation in SERPINE1 protects against biological aging in humans.

    Sadiya S. Khan;Sanjiv J. Shah;Ekaterina Klyachko;Abigail S. Baldridge

  • Chronic stress increases vulnerability to diet-related abdominal fat, oxidative stress, and metabolic risk

    Kirstin Aschbacher;Sarah Kornfeld;Martin Picard;Eli Puterman

  • An intricate dance: Life experience, multisystem resiliency, and rate of telomere decline throughout the lifespan.

    Eli Puterman;Elissa Epel

  • Maintenance of a positive outlook during acute stress protects against pro-inflammatory reactivity and future depressive symptoms.

    K. Aschbacher;E. Epel;O.M. Wolkowitz;A.A. Prather

  • Physical activity moderates effects of stressor-induced rumination on cortisol reactivity

    Eli Puterman;Aoife O'Donovan;Nancy E. Adler;A. Janet Tomiyama

  • Meditation and vacation effects have an impact on disease-associated molecular phenotypes

    E S Epel;E Puterman;J Lin;E H Blackburn

  • A Mitochondrial Health Index Sensitive to Mood and Caregiving Stress.

    Martin Picard;Aric A. Prather;Eli Puterman;Alexanne Cuillerier

  • Shorter Leukocyte Telomere Length in Midlife Women with Poor Sleep Quality

    Aric A. Prather;Eli Puterman;Jue Lin;Aoife O'Donovan

Frequent Co-Authors

Elissa S. Epel
Elissa S. Epel University of California, San Francisco
Elizabeth H. Blackburn
Elizabeth H. Blackburn University of California, San Francisco
Nancy E. Adler
Nancy E. Adler University of California, San Francisco
Anita DeLongis
Anita DeLongis University of British Columbia
Mark R. Beauchamp
Mark R. Beauchamp University of British Columbia
Aoife O'Donovan
Aoife O'Donovan University of California, San Francisco
Ryan E. Rhodes
Ryan E. Rhodes University of Victoria
Karen A. Matthews
Karen A. Matthews University of Pittsburgh
David H. Rehkopf
David H. Rehkopf Stanford University
Guy Faulkner
Guy Faulkner University of British Columbia

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