
Emotion and Physical Health: A Conversation with Judith Moskowitz
Judith Moskowitz of UC San Francisco discusses her research linking emotion regulation to physical health outcomes, interviewed by June Gruber of Yale University as part of the Experts in Emotion Series. Moskowitz explains what drew her to study emotion, then walks through the central findings of her work, including how positive emotion and coping strategies relate to health in people managing chronic illness and stress. The conversation moves into what she considers the most promising open questions in the field, and closes with practical advice for students or researchers wanting to enter emotion science. The format is a structured interview with chapter markers rather than a classroom lecture, but the content is substantive, covering specific research themes and findings rather than general reflections. Produced by Yale's Broadcasting and Media Center as part of a series built around one-on-one conversations with leading emotion researchers.