Laura D. Kubzansky

Laura D. 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 holds a PhD in social psychology from the University of Michigan and an MPH from Harvard, and is a founding director of the Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness. Her research investigates the role of psychological and social factors — particularly stress, emotion, and positive well-being — in cardiovascular and other chronic disease outcomes. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research.