Judith Moskowitz, PhD, MPH

Vice Chair for for Scientific & Faculty Development, Department of Medical Social Sciences
Professor, Medical Social Sciences (Intervention Science)
Professor, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Trained as a social psychologist, I study the impact of positive emotion on adjustment to health-related and other life stress. I am the Principal Investigator of several NIH-funded trials of an intervention designed to increase positive emotion and improve psychological and physical well-being in people experiencing various types of life stress. My research team is currently conducting trials of the intervention aimed at improving health and health behaviors in dementia caregivers, high school students, people with type 2 diabetes, women with stage IV breast cancer, and people living with HIV.