Author Correction: Prosociality should be a public health priority.
Kubzansky LD, Epel ES, Davidson RJ.
Nat Hum Behav. 2023 Nov 09. PMID: 37945810
Dr. Laura Kubzansky is Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences and Director of the Society and Health Laboratory at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She also serves as co-Director of the JPB Environmental Health Fellowship Program and is a sitting faculty member at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies. Dr. Kubzansky received her Ph.D. (social psychology) from the University of Michigan, and completed a two year postdoctoral fellowship in social epidemiology as well as obtained her M.P.H. at the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Kubzansky has published extensively on the role of psychological and social factors in health, with a particular focus on the effects of stress and emotion on heart disease. She also conducts research on whether stress, emotion and other psychological factors help to explain the relationship between social status and health. Other research projects and interests include a) studying the biological mechanisms linking emotions, social relationships, and health; b) relationships between early childhood environments, resilience, and healthy aging, and; c) how interactions between psychosocial stress and environmental exposures (e.g., lead, air pollution) may influence health.
Dr. Kubzansky has advised numerous masters, doctoral and postdoctoral students as a mentor, academic advisor and dissertation committee member. She is a Fellow in the American Psychological Association, and the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research. She has served as Senior Advisor to the Robert Wood Johnson funded Positive Health Research program, as a member of the Healthy People 2020 Health-Related Quality of Life and Well-Being Workgroup, and of the American Heart Association, Science of Well-Being Expert Panel. She is PI or co-investigator on a wide variety of grants funded through the Veterans Administration, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, EPA, NIH and others.
Kubzansky LD, Epel ES, Davidson RJ.
Nat Hum Behav. 2023 Nov 09. PMID: 37945810
Kubzansky LD, Epel ES, Davidson RJ.
Nat Hum Behav. 2023 Oct 19. PMID: 37857873
Liu J, Roberts AL, Lawn RB, Jha SC, Sampson L, Sumner JA, Kang JH, Rimm EB, Grodstein F, Liang L, Haneuse S, Kubzansky LD, Koenen KC, Chibnik LB.
Psychol Med. 2023 Aug 14. 1-12. PMID: 37577959
Balasubramanian R, Shutta KH, Guasch-Ferre M, Huang T, Jha SC, Zhu Y, Shadyab AH, Manson JE, Corella D, Fitó M, Hu FB, Rexrode KM, Clish CB, Hankinson SE, Kubzansky LD.
Brain Behav Immun. 2023 11. 114:262-274. PMID: 37557964
Hathaway CA, Townsend MK, Conejo-Garcia JR, Fridley BL, Moran Segura C, Nguyen JV, Armaiz-Pena GN, Sasamoto N, Saeed-Vafa D, Terry KL, Kubzansky LD, Tworoger SS.
Brain Behav Immun. 2023 11. 114:52-60. PMID: 37557966
Delaney SW, Cortes Hidalgo AP, White T, Haneuse S, Ressler KJ, Tiemeier H, Kubzansky LD.
Dev Psychobiol. 2023 07. 65(5):e22398. PMID: 37338254
Roberts AL, Ratanatharathorn A, Chibnik L, Kubzansky LD, Tworoger SS.
Cancer Med. 2023 07. 12(14):15404-15413. PMID: 37326414
Lee HH, Okuzono SS, Trudel-Fitzgerald C, James P, Koga HK, Sims M, Grodstein F, Kubzansky LD.
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2023 Sep. 58(9):1317-1327. PMID: 37193908
Macchia L, Farmer J, Kubzansky LD.
J Psychosom Res. 2023 Jun. 169:111325. PMID: 37037156
Kim ES, Moskowitz JT, Kubzansky LD.
Affect Sci. 2023 Mar. 4(1):1-9. PMID: 37064817
Laura Kubzansky, professor of social and behavioral sciences, argues that prosociality is a critical, but underappreciated, factor affecting population health—and that public health researchers and practitioners should invest more resources to better understand it.
A new study from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Chan School investigated the relationship between PTSD, diet, and the gut microbiome, and found that participants who adhered to a Mediterranean diet experienced decreased PTSD symptoms.
Long-term exposure to air pollution may lead to higher risk of depression later in life, according to a new study led by Harvard Chan School.
Researchers affiliated with the Work and Well-Being Initiative served as advisors for a new Surgeon General’s Framework on workplace mental health and well-being.
For immediate release: September 7, 2022 Boston, MA – Psychological distress, including depression, anxiety, worry, perceived stress, and loneliness, before COVID-19 infection was associated with an increased risk of long COVID, according to researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan…