Emily Willroth

Emily Willroth is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. Her research focuses on well-being and health across the lifespan, particularly examining how components like emotion, life satisfaction, and purpose relate to health outcomes such as chronic illness, mortality, and dementia risk. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, an M.A. from the College of William and Mary, and a B.A. from the University of Missouri.

Her work bridges psychology and health sciences, emphasizing both short-term and long-term well-being dynamics. Recent publications address cognitive resilience to dementia, methodological frameworks for well-being research, and longitudinal studies on life satisfaction trajectories. She advocates for rigorous methodologies, including preregistration of analyses. Her lab website provides further details about ongoing projects and collaborations.