Dr. Julia Boehm
Associate Professor; Associate Chair of Psychology
Psychology, Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences
Expertise:
Well-Being; Cardiovascular Disease; Health Behaviors; Biological Markers; Happiness;
Diabetes
Office Location: Crean Hall 107
Office Hours: By Appointment Only
Phone: (714) 997-6803
Email: jboehm@chapman.edu
Website: http://sites.chapman.edu/hwblab/
- Scholarly Works:
- Digital Commons
- Education:
- Lewis and Clark College, Bachelor of Arts
University of California, Riverside, Master of Science
University of California, Riverside, Ph.D.
Biography
Julia K. Boehm is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Chapman University. She received
her Ph.D. in psychology from the University of California, Riverside and was a postdoctoral
fellow at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Boehm’s research centers
broadly on well-being and investigates how people can thrive both mentally and physically. More specifically,
her research examines whether positive psychological characteristics such as optimism
and life satisfaction are associated with improved cardiovascular outcomes. She is
also interested in the behavioral and biological processes that are relevant for cardiovascular
disease. She has published extensive reviews on these topics in top psychology and
cardiovascular journals including Psychological Bulletin, Journal of the American
College of Cardiology, and Circulation Research. Her work has been funded by the National Institute
on Aging and the American Heart Association.
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Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications