Christine Dunkel Schetter

Christine Dunkel Schetter is a Research Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her primary research focuses on health psychology and social psychology, with an emphasis on stress and coping processes, social support, and biopsychosocial mechanisms influencing maternal and infant health outcomes.

• Address: 6550 Pritzker Hall, UCLA
• Contact: (310) 206-8116
• Email: dunkel@psych.ucla.edu

Research Interests

Dr. Dunkel Schetter investigates the interplay between psychological, social, and biological factors in women's reproductive health, particularly examining predictors of preterm delivery, low birth weight, and other maternal-infant outcomes. Her work bridges clinical and health psychology with perinatal health disparities.

Scientific Recognition

• Distinguished Research Professor