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- PHD, UNIV OF UTAH, 2001
- MS, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, 1998
- BS, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, 1994
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- My program of research is guided by the social neuroscience and biopsychosocial perspectives. Social neuroscience is characterized by the use of physiological principles and events to inform theory and generate research on social psychological phenomena (Cacioppo & Berntson, 1992). This perspective assumes that there are multiple levels of influences relevant to social behavior and well-being and that social processes that are conscious or verbally reportable provide information at just one level. Therefore, an examination of physiological processes may shed light onto social processes that complement traditional social psychological methods and thus foster a more integrative approach to the study of social behavior. Complementary to the social neuroscience perspective, the biopsychosocial perspective posits that there are multiple levels that shape health and disease;social processes being one level. My current research focuses on the association between one's close relationships and mental and physical health.
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- Fulton Young Scholar Award, Brigham Young University, 2012
- Citation Award for Excellence in Research, Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2010
- Citation Award for Excellence in Research, Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2008
- Citation Award for Excellence in Research, Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2006
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- Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Timothy Byron Smith, Bradley Layton (2010). Social relationships and mortality risk: A meta-analytic review. PLoS Medicine.
- Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Patrick R Steffen, P Pickard, Jonathan G Sandberg, W Pederson (2010). Marital quality and risk factors for CHD. Psychosomatic Medicine.
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