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Jill M. Hooley serves as the John Lindsley Professor of Psychology in Memory of William James and Director of Undergraduate Studies at Harvard University, where she maintains her primary affiliation with the Department of Psychology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. She directs the Clinical Research Laboratory focused on severe mental disorders.
Her academic credentials include:
- B.Sc. in Psychology from the University of Liverpool
- Research work at Cambridge University
- D.Phil. from Oxford University (Magdalen College) in 1985
Professor Hooley's research program centers on psychosocial predictors of psychiatric relapse in severe mental illnesses, with specialized expertise in borderline personality disorder, depression, and schizophrenia. Her work investigates self-harming behaviors (cutting, burning), pain perception, and emotion regulation using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to analyze neural responses to emotionally challenging stimuli. Current projects extend to transdiagnostic cognitive processing biases in digital contexts and disordered eating patterns.
No scientific awards or fellowships were documented in the source materials. Information regarding student advising and grant funding specifics was not provided.
The Clinical Research Laboratory under her leadership pursues interdisciplinary investigations into recovery mechanisms and relapse predictors for severe psychopathology, with active projects examining self-injurious behaviors, personality pathology, and affective neuroscience applications across diagnostic categories.
