This year’s recipient of the Division 38 Excellence in Health Psychology Research by an Early Career Professional Award is Dr. Julienne Bower. Professor Bower completed her B.A. at Brown University in 1988 and her Ph.D. at UCLA in 1998. She completed her clinical internship at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital. From 1998 through 2001, Dr. Bower was a postdoctoral fellow in the Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, then an Assistant Research Psychologist in the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Research within the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. From 2001 through 2006, Dr. Bower held an Assistant Professor-in-Residence position in the UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences with a primary appointment in the Cousins Center. In 2006, Dr. Bower joined the UCLA Department of Psychology as Assistant Professor.
Dr. Bower develops and tests conceptual models of the interrelationships among psychological and behavioral parameters, biological factors, and disease, including specific pathways from psychological responses through to the biological processes that influence disease and health outcomes. Dr. Bower has more than 40 publications, many appearing in top journals in psychology, health psychology, and medicine.
Dr. Julie Bower is a highly creative scientist in health psychology who is working on vital questions involving reciprocal relations of psychological parameters, biological processes, and health outcomes. Moreover, Professor Bower is a talented teacher and mentor and a valued academic colleague. We are delighted to confer this award on behalf of Division 38.