Dr. Philippe Goldin

Biography

Philippe R. Goldin is a professor at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis, where he focuses on health promotion, clinical psychology, and cognitive-affective neuroscience. A clinical neuroscientist, he employs functional neuroimaging and randomized controlled trials to investigate interventions such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, mindfulness-based stress reduction, and compassion cultivation training. His research primarily centers around adults diagnosed with mood and anxiety disorders, as well as chronic pain disorders, and includes both community samples and children. Goldin is also interested in teaching research design, statistical modeling, affective neuroscience, contemplative science, and clinical methodologies. Before joining UC Davis, he led the Clinically Applied Affective Neuroscience group in the Psychology Department at Stanford University and has served as a consultant at Google. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Asian Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology from Rutgers University, after completing a clinical internship at UC San Diego and postdoctoral studies at Stanford University. Goldin has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles in esteemed journals including the Journal of the American Medical Association Psychiatry and Biological Psychiatry.

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