Judith Moskowitz, Ph.D.
Professor of Medical Social Sciences
Northwestern University
Judith Moskowitz, PhD, MPH, is a Professor and Vice Chair for Scientific and Faculty Development in the department of Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Trained as a social psychologist, for the past 20 years she has conducted patient-oriented research regarding behavioral and psychosocial factors in the context of significant illness or other life stress. Her 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, her team tests whether a positive emotion regulation intervention can increase positive emotion, reduce stress and depression, and improve health behaviors in at risk samples. Her recent work has expanded toward hybrid implementation-effectiveness trials in close partnership with community organizations.