Julianne Holt-Lunstad

Julianne Holt-Lunstad is a psychologist at Brigham Young University.[1] She is a fellow of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology and Association for Psychological Science.

Research

Holt-Lunstad specializes in psychology and neuroscience.[2][3] 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.[4][5] That research has linked loneliness to deteriorating health.[6]

Holt-Lunstad was the first US-based researcher to publish studies connecting poor social support to morbidity.[7]

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.[8] She has also been called to testify in front of the United States Congress Special Committee on Aging regarding her research.[7][9]

In 2018, Holt-Lunstad was awarded BYU's Karl G. Maeser Research & Creative Arts Award.[10] She is also a fellow of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology and the Association for Psychological Science.[11]

References
  1. "Popular People Live Longer". New York Times. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
  2. "Nobody likes to admit being lonely, but you should". USA Today. Retrieved 2017-04-30.
  3. "To Counter Loneliness, Find Ways to Connect". New York Times. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  4. "You Can Be Surrounded by People and Still Be Lonely". Bottom Line Publications. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  5. "Epidemic of Loneliness: Julianne Holt-Lunstad & Tim Bono". Spark Conversations Podcast. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  6. "Our elders are lonely do we care?". Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  7. Frame, Shelby (October 18, 2017). "Julianne Holt-Lunstad Probes Loneliness, Social Connections". apa.org. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  8. "Scientific Advisory Committee". endloneliness.com. June 14, 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  9. Jon McBride (September 7, 2017). "BYU professor is spearheading big changes in how the world views social relationships and loneliness". news.byu.edu/. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  10. "College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences - Fall 2018" (PDF). fhss.byu.edu. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  11. "Biography". socialhealth.byu.edu. Retrieved April 5, 2019.


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