The Psychology Department presents the Annual Michael Dinoff Memorial Lecture. Annette L. Stanton, Ph.D. of the University of California, Los Angeles, will present “I Second That Emtion.” When adults confront profound and prolonged stressors, what factors enhance or hinder their well-being and health? This talk will address my program of research to promote optimal quality of life and health for adults and their loved ones as they live with major stressors, with a focus on the experience of cancer.
Annette L. Stanton, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry/Biobehavioral Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles, senior research scientist at the UCLA Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, and a member of the Center for Cancer Prevention and Control Research in the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. Her research centers on specifying factors that promote psychological and physical health in individuals who confront health-related adversity, including cancer, infertility, and other medical conditions. She is particularly interested in specifying the conditions under which specific coping process promote or hinder health and well-being.
The Dinoff Memorial Lecture is given in memory of Dr. Michael Dinoff who was a Professor and Director of the University’s Psychological Clinic from 1963 until his death in 1982.
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