Stephanie Brown is an Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine at SUNY Stony Brook at the Center for Medical Humanities in Preventive Medicine, and she holds a joint appointment at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. She received\u00a0her Ph. D. in Social Psychology from Arizona State University. Dr. Brown’s research\u00a0includes a series of empirical papers and NSF and NIH-funded projects suggesting that the health benefits of social contact are due to the provision, as opposed to the receipt, of social support. Currently, Dr. Brown is examining physiological mechanisms\u00a0that account for this effect\u00a0as well as\u00a0implications for the\u00a0darker side of human experience including depression, suicidality, and PTSD. These lines of research are designed to shed light into the mechanisms underlying a caregiving motivational system, including its evolutionary origins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Stephanie Brown is an Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine at SUNY Stony Brook at the Center for Medical Humanities in Preventive Medicine, and she holds a joint appointment at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. She … Continue reading