GFS Contributing Authors
Minnie and Harold Fierman Professor of Psychology
Brandeis University
Margie E. Lachman is the Minnie and Harold Fierman Professor of Psychology at Brandeis University, where she directs the Lifespan Lab and the Boston Roybal Center for Active Lifestyle Interventions. Her research focuses on lifespan development with an emphasis on midlife and aging, examining how psychosocial factors such as sense of control and behavioral factors such as physical exercise can protect against cognitive and health decline. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Gerontological Society of America.
Characterizing the childhood roots of adult sense of mastery across 22 countries in the global flourishing study
Scientific Reports · 2025
Mapping demographic variations in sense of mastery across the world a cross-national analysis of 22 countries in the global flourishing study
Scientific Reports · 2025