Keely A. Muscatell, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Dr. Keely A. Muscatell is a social neuroscientist and psychoneuroimmunologist who studies how social experiences influence the brain and the immune system. Her research examines how stress, economic deprivation, racial discrimination, and social support are represented in the brain and lead to physiological changes that influence health and well-being. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, having previously completed her PhD at UCLA and post-doctoral training at UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley.

This presentation will focus on research that has attempted to understand the biological mechanisms through which psychological processes influence infectious disease outcomes. Dr. Muscatell will review past work that has shed light on how psychological factors such as stress, depression, discrimination, and social relationships influence the functioning of the immune system. The goal is to understand how, biologically, psychological factors may confer risk for and resilience to viral infection.  

Keely A. Muscatell, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Dr. Keely A. Muscatell is a social neuroscientist and psychoneuroimmunologist who studies how social experiences influence the brain and the immune system. Her research examines how stress, economic deprivation, racial discrimination, and social support are represented in the brain and lead to physiological changes that influence health and well-being. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, having previously completed her PhD at UCLA and post-doctoral training at UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley.

This presentation will focus on research that has attempted to understand the biological mechanisms through which psychological processes influence infectious disease outcomes. Dr. Muscatell will review past work that has shed light on how psychological factors such as stress, depression, discrimination, and social relationships influence the functioning of the immune system. The goal is to understand how, biologically, psychological factors may confer risk for and resilience to viral infection.  

Anna L. Marsland, PhD

Professor of Psychology

University of Pittsburgh

Dr. Anna L. Marsland’s research program focuses on pathways linking psychosocial, demographic and environmental factors to immune function and immune-related health. In particular, she has contributed to current understanding of the impact of psychological stress on immune function and on magnitude of response to vaccination. She has also collaborated with Sheldon Cohen on his work examining behavioral, psychosocial and environmental factors that relate to susceptibility to respiratory infectious disease.

Over the past 35 years, Dr. Sheldon Cohen has studied factors that predict susceptibility to respiratory infectious disease. His work uses a viral challenge model that exposes research participants to upper repiratory viruses and then monitors them closely to determine factors that predict infection and severity of disease. Results of these studies identify a number of factors that relate to increased risk of infection and clinical illness. Dr. Marsland will summarize the results of these clinical trials and comment on their implications for identifying those at increased risk in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  

Anna L. Marsland, PhD

Professor of Psychology

University of Pittsburgh

Dr. Anna L. Marsland’s research program focuses on pathways linking psychosocial, demographic and environmental factors to immune function and immune-related health. In particular, she has contributed to current understanding of the impact of psychological stress on immune function and on magnitude of response to vaccination. She has also collaborated with Sheldon Cohen on his work examining behavioral, psychosocial and environmental factors that relate to susceptibility to respiratory infectious disease.

Over the past 35 years, Dr. Sheldon Cohen has studied factors that predict susceptibility to respiratory infectious disease. His work uses a viral challenge model that exposes research participants to upper repiratory viruses and then monitors them closely to determine factors that predict infection and severity of disease. Results of these studies identify a number of factors that relate to increased risk of infection and clinical illness. Dr. Marsland will summarize the results of these clinical trials and comment on their implications for identifying those at increased risk in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  

Rodlescia S. Sneed, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Division of Public Health, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University

Dr. Rodlescia Sneed is a social and health psychologist whose work focuses on community-engaged research in marginalized communities.  She is particularly interested in evaluating and improving how minority and economically vulnerable older adults age successfully.  Her work utilizes mixed methods approaches to understand and potentially modify social and psychological factors that contribute to health inequities.

In this talk, Dr. Sneed will describe racial/ethnic disparities in health outcomes, present models that discuss how social and psychological factors could contribute to these disparities, and offer potential strategies that the field of psychology could utilize to address these disparities.  

Rodlescia S. Sneed, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Division of Public Health, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University

Dr. Rodlescia Sneed is a social and health psychologist whose work focuses on community-engaged research in marginalized communities.  She is particularly interested in evaluating and improving how minority and economically vulnerable older adults age successfully.  Her work utilizes mixed methods approaches to understand and potentially modify social and psychological factors that contribute to health inequities.

In this talk, Dr. Sneed will describe racial/ethnic disparities in health outcomes, present models that discuss how social and psychological factors could contribute to these disparities, and offer potential strategies that the field of psychology could utilize to address these disparities.  

Adam Geraghty, PhD

Associate Professor in Psychology and Behavioural Medicine

University of Southampton

As an academic psychologist working in primary care medicine, Dr. Adam Geraghty has a broad range of interests particularly focusing on the following: The nature of stress, its relation to depression and impacts in primary care medicine; development and evaluation of behavioral interventions for long-term symptoms; development and evaluation of preventative interventions, including prevention of respiratory tract infection, and prevention of relapse following discontinuation of antidepressants; psychological impacts of COVID-19.

Dr. Geraghty will present a summary of international work in progress, led by the University of Southampton exploring the impact of COVID-19 infection on mental health symptoms. In addition, he will summarize key aspects and findings from international published data focusing on the psychological and behavioral impacts of COVID-19.  

Adam Geraghty, PhD

Associate Professor in Psychology and Behavioural Medicine

University of Southampton

As an academic psychologist working in primary care medicine, Dr. Adam Geraghty has a broad range of interests particularly focusing on the following: The nature of stress, its relation to depression and impacts in primary care medicine; development and evaluation of behavioral interventions for long-term symptoms; development and evaluation of preventative interventions, including prevention of respiratory tract infection, and prevention of relapse following discontinuation of antidepressants; psychological impacts of COVID-19.

Dr. Geraghty will present a summary of international work in progress, led by the University of Southampton exploring the impact of COVID-19 infection on mental health symptoms. In addition, he will summarize key aspects and findings from international published data focusing on the psychological and behavioral impacts of COVID-19.  

Kavita Vedhara, PhD

Professor of Health Psychology

University of Nottingham

Dr. Kavita Vedhara is a behavioral scientist whose research focuses on whether our emotional health affects our physical health and whether psychological interventions can provide an effective way to improve disease and treatment outcomes. Her work to date has examined the role of stress hormones in the success of IVF; psychological influences on the healing of acute and chronic wounds and the role of positive and negative mood on how well vaccines work. Her amazing team have worked tirelessly during the pandemic. Together they have designed studies to look at how the pandemic has affected mental health in the UK and New Zealand; whether mental health has influenced our stress biology and how likely we are to get COVID-19; psychological and behavioral influences on how well COVID-19 vaccines work and also developed a website to support people in making decisions about having a COVID-19 vaccine (www.covidvaxfacts.info).

This presentation will review some of the research which has looked at whether and how the psychological effects of the pandemic have impacted our risk of getting COVID-19 and the severity of the disease.  

Kavita Vedhara, PhD

Professor of Health Psychology

University of Nottingham

Dr. Kavita Vedhara is a behavioral scientist whose research focuses on whether our emotional health affects our physical health and whether psychological interventions can provide an effective way to improve disease and treatment outcomes. Her work to date has examined the role of stress hormones in the success of IVF; psychological influences on the healing of acute and chronic wounds and the role of positive and negative mood on how well vaccines work. Her amazing team have worked tirelessly during the pandemic. Together they have designed studies to look at how the pandemic has affected mental health in the UK and New Zealand; whether mental health has influenced our stress biology and how likely we are to get COVID-19; psychological and behavioral influences on how well COVID-19 vaccines work and also developed a website to support people in making decisions about having a COVID-19 vaccine (www.covidvaxfacts.info).

This presentation will review some of the research which has looked at whether and how the psychological effects of the pandemic have impacted our risk of getting COVID-19 and the severity of the disease.  

Hannah M. C. Schreier

Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health

The Pennsylvania State University

Dr. Hannah Schreier is a health psychologist by training and interested in how experiences, such as growing up in low socioeconomic status environments or experiencing child maltreatment, influence chronic disease risk among children and adolescents. To this end, she focuses primarily on inflammatory and metabolic outcomes. Additionally, she is interested in understanding how other aspects of youth’s social and physical environments may alter these associations and whether social interventions can be used to reduce chronic disease risk in youth.

Chronic, adverse experiences early in life, such as growing up in poverty or experiencing child maltreatment, have the potential to shape youth’s psychological and physiological well-being for years to come. At the same time, positive influences in youth’s environment may lessen the negative effects of such experiences. This talk will briefly discuss how youth’s early environment may shape youth’s risk and resilience in the face of COVID-19 as well as discuss some direct and indirect pathways through which the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to impact the health of high-risk youth.

Hannah M. C. Schreier

Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health

The Pennsylvania State University

Dr. Hannah Schreier is a health psychologist by training and interested in how experiences, such as growing up in low socioeconomic status environments or experiencing child maltreatment, influence chronic disease risk among children and adolescents. To this end, she focuses primarily on inflammatory and metabolic outcomes. Additionally, she is interested in understanding how other aspects of youth’s social and physical environments may alter these associations and whether social interventions can be used to reduce chronic disease risk in youth.

Chronic, adverse experiences early in life, such as growing up in poverty or experiencing child maltreatment, have the potential to shape youth’s psychological and physiological well-being for years to come. At the same time, positive influences in youth’s environment may lessen the negative effects of such experiences. This talk will briefly discuss how youth’s early environment may shape youth’s risk and resilience in the face of COVID-19 as well as discuss some direct and indirect pathways through which the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to impact the health of high-risk youth.

Julianne Holt-Lunstad, PhD

Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience; Martin B Hickman Distinguished Scholar

Brigham Young University

Dr. Julianne Holt-Lunstad’s research is focused on understanding the long-term health effects, biological mechanisms, and effective strategies to mitigate risk and promote protection associated with social connection.  Her work has been seminal in the recognition of social isolation and loneliness as risk factors for early mortality. She serves as a scientific advisor and consults regularly for organizations across sectors aimed at bridging evidence and application. Recently she has served as a member of a National Academy of Sciences consensus committee that issued a report on the medical and healthcare relevance of social isolation and loneliness, and is the founding scientific chair of the U.S. Coalition to End Social Isolation and Loneliness and Foundation for Social Connections.

Policy has been implemented across sectors to limit social contact which may result in compounding the public health crisis. Evidence across several decades, disciplines, and methodologies document robust converging evidence of the associations between social connection, isolation, and loneliness (SIL) with physical health outcomes. Some of the strongest evidence links SIL with risk for premature mortality. Preliminary evidence suggests isolation and loneliness has increased globally as a result of the pandemic and short and long-term health effects are likely to emerge if steps are not taken to mitigate risk. Less is known about what solutions are most effective for whom, particularly if focused primarily on digital and remote solutions. SIL solutions across individuals, communities, institutions, and policy are essential to addressing the full scope of the public health crisis.  

Julianne Holt-Lunstad, PhD

Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience; Martin B Hickman Distinguished Scholar

Brigham Young University

Dr. Julianne Holt-Lunstad’s research is focused on understanding the long-term health effects, biological mechanisms, and effective strategies to mitigate risk and promote protection associated with social connection.  Her work has been seminal in the recognition of social isolation and loneliness as risk factors for early mortality. She serves as a scientific advisor and consults regularly for organizations across sectors aimed at bridging evidence and application. Recently she has served as a member of a National Academy of Sciences consensus committee that issued a report on the medical and healthcare relevance of social isolation and loneliness, and is the founding scientific chair of the U.S. Coalition to End Social Isolation and Loneliness and Foundation for Social Connections.

Policy has been implemented across sectors to limit social contact which may result in compounding the public health crisis. Evidence across several decades, disciplines, and methodologies document robust converging evidence of the associations between social connection, isolation, and loneliness (SIL) with physical health outcomes. Some of the strongest evidence links SIL with risk for premature mortality. Preliminary evidence suggests isolation and loneliness has increased globally as a result of the pandemic and short and long-term health effects are likely to emerge if steps are not taken to mitigate risk. Less is known about what solutions are most effective for whom, particularly if focused primarily on digital and remote solutions. SIL solutions across individuals, communities, institutions, and policy are essential to addressing the full scope of the public health crisis.  

Judith T Moskowitz, PhD, MPH

Professor of Medical Social Sciences

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Trained as a Social psychologist, for the past 20 years Dr. Judith T. Moskowitz has studied behavioral and psychosocial factors in the context of stressful life experiences. Her current research is focused on the adaptive role of positive emotion regulation for support of beneficial health behaviors (such as engagement in care, adherence, diet and physical activity) and prevention of maladaptive health behaviors (such as substance abuse.) She examines 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, determine whether a positive emotion regulation intervention developed by her team can increase positive affect, reduce stress and depression, and improve health behaviors and physical health in a variety of samples including Alzheimer’s caregivers, young adult cancer survivors, people living with HIV and depression, and front-line workers in gun violence prevention programs.

The ability to maintain positive emotions can help individuals cope better with stress. This talk will discuss an intervention that was developed and tested to teach skills that help people maintain positive emotions in the midst of stress. The coronavirus pandemic has presented a stressor on a global scale that has resulted in increased rates of depression and anxiety. The discussion will focus on tests of whether learning positive emotion skills helped increase positive emotion, as well as meaning and purpose, and helped reduce social isolation, depression, and anxiety among people in the United States.  

Judith T Moskowitz, PhD, MPH

Professor of Medical Social Sciences

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Trained as a Social psychologist, for the past 20 years Dr. Judith T. Moskowitz has studied behavioral and psychosocial factors in the context of stressful life experiences. Her current research is focused on the adaptive role of positive emotion regulation for support of beneficial health behaviors (such as engagement in care, adherence, diet and physical activity) and prevention of maladaptive health behaviors (such as substance abuse.) She examines 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, determine whether a positive emotion regulation intervention developed by her team can increase positive affect, reduce stress and depression, and improve health behaviors and physical health in a variety of samples including Alzheimer’s caregivers, young adult cancer survivors, people living with HIV and depression, and front-line workers in gun violence prevention programs.

The ability to maintain positive emotions can help individuals cope better with stress. This talk will discuss an intervention that was developed and tested to teach skills that help people maintain positive emotions in the midst of stress. The coronavirus pandemic has presented a stressor on a global scale that has resulted in increased rates of depression and anxiety. The discussion will focus on tests of whether learning positive emotion skills helped increase positive emotion, as well as meaning and purpose, and helped reduce social isolation, depression, and anxiety among people in the United States.  

Julienne Bower, PhD

Professor, Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry/Biobehavioral Sciences

University of California, Los Angeles

Dr. Julienne Bower’s research focuses broadly on bidirectional interactions between psychological states and the immune system among individuals facing stressful life events. A central focus of her work has been understanding the biological mechanisms underlying fatigue, depression, and other behavioral symptoms in cancer patients and survivors. Another line of her work examines how stress influences immune function and health, and resilience factors that may buffer the negative effects of stress exposure.  She has also been actively involved in developing mind-body interventions and testing effects on psychological and immune outcomes.

Dr. Bower’s presentation will review research on inflammation effects on the brain and behavior, with a focus on fatigue as a transdiagnostic symptom. She will also address host factors that increase risk and resilience for behavioral symptoms, and potential targets for intervention.  

Julienne Bower, PhD

Professor, Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry/Biobehavioral Sciences

University of California, Los Angeles

Dr. Julienne Bower’s research focuses broadly on bidirectional interactions between psychological states and the immune system among individuals facing stressful life events. A central focus of her work has been understanding the biological mechanisms underlying fatigue, depression, and other behavioral symptoms in cancer patients and survivors. Another line of her work examines how stress influences immune function and health, and resilience factors that may buffer the negative effects of stress exposure.  She has also been actively involved in developing mind-body interventions and testing effects on psychological and immune outcomes.

Dr. Bower’s presentation will review research on inflammation effects on the brain and behavior, with a focus on fatigue as a transdiagnostic symptom. She will also address host factors that increase risk and resilience for behavioral symptoms, and potential targets for intervention.  

Neetu Abad, PhD

Senior Behavioral Scientist / Team Lead, Global Demand for Immunization

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Dr. Neetu Abad is a senior behavioral scientist and Lead of the Demand for Immunization team in the Global Immunization Division at US CDC.  She also co-led the US-based Vaccine Confidence and Demand Team in CDC’s COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force.  Her work focuses on assessing and intervening on the behavioral and social drivers of undervaccination. She earned her PhD and M.A. in Social Psychology from the University of Missouri.

This talk will summarize core vaccine confidence and demand concepts, as well as how the CDC’s Vaccinate With Confidence strategy has been used to facilitate demand for vaccines domestically and globally. Behavioral and social drivers of COVID-19 vaccine uptake from nationally representative survey data will be reviewed, and consideration will be given to whether psychological science can and should be incorporated in response to public health emergencies.

Neetu Abad, PhD

Senior Behavioral Scientist / Team Lead, Global Demand for Immunization

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Dr. Neetu Abad is a senior behavioral scientist and Lead of the Demand for Immunization team in the Global Immunization Division at US CDC.  She also co-led the US-based Vaccine Confidence and Demand Team in CDC’s COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force.  Her work focuses on assessing and intervening on the behavioral and social drivers of undervaccination. She earned her PhD and M.A. in Social Psychology from the University of Missouri.

This talk will summarize core vaccine confidence and demand concepts, as well as how the CDC’s Vaccinate With Confidence strategy has been used to facilitate demand for vaccines domestically and globally. Behavioral and social drivers of COVID-19 vaccine uptake from nationally representative survey data will be reviewed, and consideration will be given to whether psychological science can and should be incorporated in response to public health emergencies.

Aric A. Prather, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

University of California, San Francisco

Dr. Aric A. Prather is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Associate Director of the Center for Health and Community at UCSF. A clinical-health psychologist with training in psychoneuroimmunology, Dr. Prather’s research focuses on the causes and consequences of insufficient sleep, with particular interest in how sleep regulates the immune system.

There is growing evidence that psychological, social, and behavioral processes influence how well the immune system works, including the immune responses to vaccinations. The aim of this presentation will be to provide an overview of what we know and what we don’t when it comes to predictors of vaccine response, what this means for the COVID-19 vaccine and future boosters, and how psychological and behavioral scientists are poised to advance our understandings of this mind-body connection.  

Aric A. Prather, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

University of California, San Francisco

Dr. Aric A. Prather is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Associate Director of the Center for Health and Community at UCSF. A clinical-health psychologist with training in psychoneuroimmunology, Dr. Prather’s research focuses on the causes and consequences of insufficient sleep, with particular interest in how sleep regulates the immune system.

There is growing evidence that psychological, social, and behavioral processes influence how well the immune system works, including the immune responses to vaccinations. The aim of this presentation will be to provide an overview of what we know and what we don’t when it comes to predictors of vaccine response, what this means for the COVID-19 vaccine and future boosters, and how psychological and behavioral scientists are poised to advance our understandings of this mind-body connection.  

Amy Greer, PhD

Canada Research Chair in Population Disease Modelling and Associate Professor

Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph

Dr. Amy Greer is an infectious disease epidemiologist and mathematical modeller whose career has included positions in both academia and federal public service.  Her research program explores the introduction, spread, dynamics, and control of infectious diseases in populations to support evidence-based policy decisions. She has authored more than 75 peer-reviewed journal articles including 8 papers on COVID-19 transmission and public health interventions. Dr. Greer has contributed to Canadian pandemic preparedness and response activities for more than 13 years and is a member of the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) COVID-19 Modelling Expert Advisory Group, and the PHAC-NSERC Emerging Infectious Disease Modelling (EIDM) Networks. She was a co-author of the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table Guidance for School Reopening during the 2021-2022 school year and has been featured by numerous media outlets during the pandemic.

Amy Greer, PhD

Canada Research Chair in Population Disease Modelling and Associate Professor

Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph

Dr. Amy Greer is an infectious disease epidemiologist and mathematical modeller whose career has included positions in both academia and federal public service.  Her research program explores the introduction, spread, dynamics, and control of infectious diseases in populations to support evidence-based policy decisions. She has authored more than 75 peer-reviewed journal articles including 8 papers on COVID-19 transmission and public health interventions. Dr. Greer has contributed to Canadian pandemic preparedness and response activities for more than 13 years and is a member of the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) COVID-19 Modelling Expert Advisory Group, and the PHAC-NSERC Emerging Infectious Disease Modelling (EIDM) Networks. She was a co-author of the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table Guidance for School Reopening during the 2021-2022 school year and has been featured by numerous media outlets during the pandemic.

David Robson

Freelance science writer (BBC, the Observer, New Scientist)

David Robson is an award-winning science writer. He worked as a features editor at New Scientist for five years, before moving to BBC Future, where he was a senior journalist for five years. His writing has also appeared in the Observer, the Atlantic, and Aeon, and he is the author of The Intelligence Trap (2019) and The Expectation Effect (2022). In 2021, David received awards from the Association of British Science Writers and the UK Medical Journalists’ Association for his writing on misinformation and risk communication during the COVID pandemic.

David Robson

Freelance science writer (BBC, the Observer, New Scientist)

David Robson is an award-winning science writer. He worked as a features editor at New Scientist for five years, before moving to BBC Future, where he was a senior journalist for five years. His writing has also appeared in the Observer, the Atlantic, and Aeon, and he is the author of The Intelligence Trap (2019) and The Expectation Effect (2022). In 2021, David received awards from the Association of British Science Writers and the UK Medical Journalists’ Association for his writing on misinformation and risk communication during the COVID pandemic.

Roxane Cohen Silver, PhD

Vice Provost & Distinguished Professor of Psychological Science

University of California, Irvine

Roxane Cohen Silver, Ph.D., is Vice Provost for Academic Planning and Institutional Research and Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychological Science, the Department of Medicine, and the Program in Public Health at the University of California, Irvine, where she has been actively involved in research, teaching, and administration since 1989. An international expert in the field of stress and coping, Silver has spent over four decades studying acute and long-term psychological and physical reactions to stressful life experiences, including personal traumas such as loss, physical disability, and childhood sexual victimization, as well as larger collective events such as terror attacks, infectious disease outbreaks, and natural disasters across the world (e.g., U.S., Indonesia, Chile, Israel). Silver is the President of the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences, previously served as President of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, and was a founding Director and Chair of the Board of Directors of Psychology Beyond Borders. Her research, professional service, and mentoring have been recognized with awards from the American Psychological Association, the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, and the Western Psychological Association. Silver is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, the American Psychological Association, the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, and the Society of Experimental Social Psychology.

Roxane Cohen Silver, PhD

Vice Provost & Distinguished Professor of Psychological Science

University of California, Irvine

Roxane Cohen Silver, Ph.D., is Vice Provost for Academic Planning and Institutional Research and Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychological Science, the Department of Medicine, and the Program in Public Health at the University of California, Irvine, where she has been actively involved in research, teaching, and administration since 1989. An international expert in the field of stress and coping, Silver has spent over four decades studying acute and long-term psychological and physical reactions to stressful life experiences, including personal traumas such as loss, physical disability, and childhood sexual victimization, as well as larger collective events such as terror attacks, infectious disease outbreaks, and natural disasters across the world (e.g., U.S., Indonesia, Chile, Israel). Silver is the President of the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences, previously served as President of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, and was a founding Director and Chair of the Board of Directors of Psychology Beyond Borders. Her research, professional service, and mentoring have been recognized with awards from the American Psychological Association, the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, and the Western Psychological Association. Silver is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, the American Psychological Association, the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, and the Society of Experimental Social Psychology.