Laura Laumann, PhD, is currently a cardiovascular behavioral medicine T32 postdoctoral research fellow at The Miriam Hospital and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
Dr. Laumann completed her predoctoral clinical psychology internship at Brown University and PhD in clinical psychology at the University of Connecticut. She received a BA in psychology and Spanish from the University of Virginia and a MS in clinical psychology from the University of Connecticut. Prior to entering graduate school, she worked at Butler Hospital on research about early adversity.
Dr. Laumann's current program of research focuses on the biobehavioral mechanisms through which stress and health behaviors (e.g., physical activity, sleep, and substance use) influence mental and physical health. She is particularly interested in how stress and health behaviors interact to affect risk for and maintenance of chronic conditions, specifically chronic pain.