Julianne Holt-Lunstad, PhD

Julianne Holt-Lunstad, PhD, professor of psychology and ­neuroscience at Brigham Young University and director of the university’s Social Connection & Health Lab. She is founding scientific chair and board member of the US Foundation for Social Connection and the Global Initiative on Loneliness and Connection as well as the lead scientific editor of the US Surgeon General’s 2023 advisory entitled “Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation.”  JulianneHoltLunstad.com