Cheryl Ann Koopman (June 14, 1950—May 14, 2019) was an American social psychologist, behavioral scientist, and international relations scholar.
As a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University and the Stanford University School of Medicine, Koopman was an expert on the social and political context of diseases and diagnosis, quality of life interventions among people living with cancer, and the psychology of problems in international relations like nuclear war prevention.
[1] She spent much of her career studying the social and political context of human health, including studying how demographics affect the diagnosis and medical characteristics of Lyme disease, and working on interventions to support the well-being of women in rural areas who had been diagnosed with breast cancer.
[1] She also studied individuals' responses to stressful events, the psychology of natural disasters, and political violence.
[5] Koopman retired from the Stanford University School of Medicine, becoming Professor Emerita of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, in 2015.