Philippe Goldin

Philippe Goldin is Professor at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing and affiliated with the Department of Psychology at UC Davis. His research integrates clinical psychology, neuroscience, and mindfulness-based interventions.

Research Focus: Develops and evaluates mindfulness and meditation interventions for anxiety disorders, caregiver burden, climate-related distress, and neurodegenerative conditions. Utilizes neuroimaging to investigate neural mechanisms of emotion regulation and therapeutic change.

Clinical Applications: Designs protocols for social anxiety disorder, Alzheimer's caregiver support, and digital mental health interventions. Leads international consortia for meditation research and psychometric validation of assessment tools.

Therapeutic Innovations: Explores mindfulness-to-meaning framework and neurophenomenological approaches in clinical contexts, including automatic writing and hypnotic states. Focuses on cross-cultural adaptation of interventions.