Dr. Julia Boehm

Dr. Julia Boehm

Associate Professor
Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences; Psychology
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
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.

Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications

Qureshi, F., Guimond, A. J., Tsao, E., Delaney, S., Boehm, J. K., & Kubzansky, L. D. (2023). Adolescent psychological assets and cardiometabolic health maintenance in adulthood: Implications for health equity. Journal of the American Heart Association, 12, e026173. http://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.122.026173
Jenkins, B. N., Ong, L. Q., Lee, H., Ong, A. D., & Boehm, J. K. (2023). Affect variability and physical health: The moderating role of mean affect. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12459
Boehm, J. K., Qureshi, F., & Kubzansky, L. D. (In Press). In the words of early adolescents: A novel assessment of positive psychological well-being predicts young adult depressive symptoms. Journal of Adolescent Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.10.029
Boehm, J. K., Qureshi, F., & Kubzansky, L. D. (2023). Child psychological well-being and adult health behavior and body mass index. Health Psychology, 42, 73-81. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001261

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