Collaborators of the Plasticity of Well-Being research network bring expertise in a broad range of fields, including psychology, neuroscience, microbiology, community-based research, electrical and computer engineering, population health and biology, and the humanities.
Below are expert partners in the network and their approaches to this work:
UW–Madison Team
Richard Davidson, Founder and Director of the Center for Healthy Minds, William James and Vilas Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry
Expertise: Psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience, well-being interventions
Christine Wilson-Mendenhall, Associate Scientist at the Center for Healthy Minds
Expertise: Psychology, affective science, contemplative science, well-being interventions
Simon Goldberg, Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology and faculty at the Center for Healthy Minds
Expertise: Mindfulness-based interventions, psychology, psychiatry, mobile health applications
John Dunne, Distinguished Chair in Contemplative Humanities at the Center for Healthy Minds and Professor of Asian Languages and Cultures
Expertise: Contemplative science, well-being interventions, Religious Studies, Philosophy
Jo Handelsman, Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, Vilas Research Professor, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor in Department of Plant Pathology
Expertise: Molecular biology, the microbiome
Melissa Rosenkranz, Distinguished Chair of Contemplative Neuroscience, Center for Healthy Minds, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Expertise: Psychology, neuroscience, contemplative science, well-being interventions, brain-immune interactions
Earlise Ward, Professor of Nursing, Faculty Director UW Carbone Cancer Center Health Disparities Initiative, and Faculty Director of the Morgridge Center for Public Service
Expertise: Community-based clinical research, mental health interventions, mental health promotion among African American adults
Northwestern University Team
Thomas McDade, Carlos Montezuma Professor of Anthropology & Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research
Expertise: Stress; health inequities; developmental origins of health and disease; “field-friendly” biomarker methods
Greg Miller, Louis W. Menk Professor; Institute for Policy Research & Department of Psychology
Expertise: Health inequities; childhood origins of disease; life stress; immune function; resilience
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Team
Rosalind Picard, Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, Director and Founder of Affective Computing Research Group, MIT Media Lab, Faculty Chair of Mind+Hand+Heart Initiative
Expertise: Affective and wearable computing, machine learning and artificial intelligence, digital health, human-computer interaction
Questions about the Plasticity of Well-Being network? Contact us at pwb@chm.wisc.edu
The Plasticity of Well-being network, funded by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), is one of six networks that NIH supporting to advance the understanding of emotional well-being.
