Judith Moskowitz, PhD
Professor, Medical Social Sciences; Feinberg School of Medicine
Research Program
Cancer-Focused Research
I am a Professor of Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Director of the Behavioral, Social, and Implementation Sciences (BSIS) Core for the Third Coast Center for AIDS Research (TC CFAR), and Director of Research at the Northwestern Osher Center for Integrative Health. Trained as a social psychologist, for the past 20 years I have conducted patient-oriented research regarding behavioral and psychosocial factors in the context of significant illness or other life stress. My current research is focused on the unique adaptive role of positive emotion in the process of coping with various types of health-related and other life stress and, through randomized trials, my team tests whether a positive emotion regulation intervention can increase positive emotion, reduce stress and depression, and improve health behaviors in at risk samples including 3 trials in people living with HIV. Currently, I am PI or MPI on 5 tests of the positive emotion regulation intervention in people coping with various types of stress with funding from NCCIH, NIMH, NIA, and NCI.