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American psychologist
Julianne Holt-Lunstad
Born1971 (age 52–53)
Minneapolis, U.S.
Alma materBrigham Young University (B.S., M.S.)
University of Utah (Ph.D.)
Children2
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology
InstitutionsBrigham Young University

Julianne Holt-Lunstad (born 1971) is a psychologist and professor of psychology and neuroscience at Brigham Young University. She is a fellow of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology and Association for Psychological Science.

Life and career

Holt-Lunstad was born in 1971 in Minneapolis. She earned her bachelor's degree and master's degree from Brigham Young University in 1994 and 1998, respectively, and her Ph.D. from the University of Utah in 2001. After completing her Ph.D., Holt-Lunstad joined the faculty of the department of psychology at Brigham Young University as an assistant professor.

Research

Holt-Lunstad specializes in psychology and neuroscience. Her research focuses on the long-term health effects of social connections and includes a meta-analysis on the effects of loneliness and social isolation on mortality. That research has linked loneliness to deteriorating health.

Holt-Lunstad was the first US-based researcher to publish studies connecting poor social support to morbidity.

As a result of her in-depth research, Holt-Lunstad was selected to serve as a scientific advisor for the Australian Coalition to End Loneliness in 2017. She has also been called to testify in front of the United States Congress Special Committee on Aging regarding her research.

In 2018, Holt-Lunstad was awarded BYU's Karl G. Maeser Research & Creative Arts Award. She is also a fellow of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology and the Association for Psychological Science.

References

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