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Julianne Holt-Lunstad, PH.D.

Julianne Holt-Lunstad, PhD, is Social Connection in America’s Director and Chief Science Lead. She is an international scientific expert whose research has been seminal in the recognition of social isolation and loneliness as risk factors for early mortality. She is also a professor of psychology and neuroscience and director of the Social Connection & Health Lab at Brigham Young University. She was the lead scientific editor for a US Surgeon General’s advisory on social connection, served as a member of multiple National Academy of Sciences consensus committees, the UK Cross-Departmental Loneliness Team, European Joint Research Council, the World Health Organization, and many others. Her award-winning work has been widely recognized and regularly featured in major media outlets.