Jacqui Smith

Jacqui Smith is a Professor of Psychology and Research Professor at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research (ISR). She holds a Ph.D. from Macquarie University. Her primary affiliation is with the Department of Psychology, specializing in aging-related research. Key roles include leading the Psychosocial Aging Group (Smith Lab) and serving as a GFP Faculty Affiliate.

Research focuses on mid-to-late life psychological functioning, well-being, and health trajectories. Methodologies include experimental and survey approaches to study cognitive aging, self-regulation, and age-related changes. Current priorities involve subjective well-being post-50, vitality in the oldest-old, and life-course predictors of later-life outcomes. She has co-edited landmark works like the Handbook of Life-Span Development and contributed to the Handbook of the Psychology of Aging.

Notable achievements include recognition as one of the world's top 2% most-cited scientists (Stanford University, 2024 and 2022). Her work bridges psychology, gerontology, and public health, with interdisciplinary impacts across social and cognitive sciences.

• Lab: Psychosocial Aging Group (Smith Lab)
• Affiliations: ISR, Department of Psychology
• Key Themes: Cognitive aging, affective dynamics, mortality prediction, and longitudinal health tracking