Professor Dr. Belinda Borrelli

Biography

Belinda Borrelli is a Professor at Boston University and an Adjunct Professor at Brown University's School of Public Health. She is the Director of the Nicotine and Tobacco Program at the Brown Medical School and has collaborated extensively with faculty at Brown. With over 120 peer-reviewed publications, her research focuses on motivating behavior change in smoking cessation, secondhand smoke reduction, and improving health outcomes in underserved populations, including individuals with disabilities and ethnic minorities. Her work integrates theory-based treatments to enhance public health interventions and include developing mobile health platforms to sustain behavioral change. She has received numerous NIH grants for her innovative research, and serves on editorial boards of leading psychology journals. Her contributions to health psychology and behavioral medicine have been recognized by her peers, making her a Fellow of several prestigious organizations. Borrelli has played a crucial role in mentoring interns and post-doctoral fellows, teaching motivational interviewing across healthcare disciplines, and continuously training healthcare professionals to implement effective health behavior change interventions. Recognized for her work, she was awarded the Boston University Research Collaborator Year award in 2017 and named a Ted Med Research Scholar in 2015.

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