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Degrees:
Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon Univ.
M.S., Carnegie Mellon Univ.
B.S., Stony Brook Univ.
Professor Chin received his Ph.D. in Social and Health Psychology from Carnegie Mellon University. His doctoral research focused on the pathways linking psychosocial factors with health and well-being. After completing his graduate training, Professor Chin spent two years as an NIH-funded postdoctoral fellow in cardiovascular behavioral medicine and translational sleep medicine at the University of Pittsburgh.
Professor Chin’s research is guided by the hypothesis that well-functioning social relationships are integral to health and well-being across the lifespan. He is particularly interested in understanding the psychological and biobehavioral mechanisms linking social factors with cardiometabolic risk and mental health.
Professor Chin considers teaching and mentoring to be the most rewarding aspects of his academic life. He strives to promote diversity and inclusion in psychological science by supporting all students, but especially those from diverse and nontraditional sociocultural backgrounds, as they pursue their academic and professional goals.
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Attachment theory
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Behavioral medicine
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Health psychology
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Sleep and circadian rhythms
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Social networks
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Social interactions
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Social support
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Statistics and research methods
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Stress
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Behavioral medicine
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Cardiovascular disease risk
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Ecological momentary assessment
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Psychological interventions
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Sleep and circadian rhythms
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Social determinants of health
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Social interactions
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Social relationships
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Stress
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Thriving and well-being
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- Chin, B. N., Lehrer, H. M., Tracy, E. L., Barinas-Mitchell, E., Wilckens, K. A., *Carroll, L. W., Buysse, D. J., & Hall, M. H. (2023). Cardiometabolic function in retired night shift workers and retired day workers. Scientific Reports, 13(5204).
- Chin, B. N., Kamarck, T. W., Kraut, R. E., Zhao, S., Hong, J. I., & Ding, E. Y. (2022). Longitudinal associations of social support, everyday social interactions, and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 02654075221130786.
- Chin, B. N., Kahru, K. M., Lehrer, H. M., Stahl, S. T., Krafty, R. T., Hall, M. H., Buysse, D. J., & Smagula, S. F. (2022). Activity patterns associated with depression symptoms in retired day and night shift workers. Mental Health and Physical Activity, 23, 100467.
- Chin, B. N. & Feeney, B. C. (2022). Physiological bases of secure base support-provision in a longitudinal study of married older adult couples. Psychophysiology, e14044.
- Chin, B. N., Tracy, E. L., Lehrer, H. M., Carroll, L. W., Lacey, P. N., Kimutis, S. K., Buysse, D. J., & Hall, M.H. (2022). Social integration and sleep quality during the COVID-19 pandemic: Prospective evidence from a study of retired older adults. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 20(3), 337-342.
- Chin, B. N., Dickman, K. D., Koffer, R. E., Cohen, S. C., Hall, M. H., & Kamarck, T. K. (2022). Investigating sleep and daily social experiences as potential mechanisms linking social integration to nocturnal blood pressure dipping. Psychosomatic Medicine, 84(3), 368-373.
- Chin, B., Lindsay, E. K., Greco, C. M., Brown, K. W., Smyth, J. M., Wright, A. G., & Creswell, J. D. (2021). Mindfulness interventions improve momentary and trait measures of attentional control: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 150(4), 686-699.
- Chin, B. & Cohen, S. (2020). Review of the association between number of social roles and cardiovascular disease: Graded or threshold effect?. Psychosomatic Medicine, 82(5), 471-486.
- Chin, B., Lindsay, E. K., Greco, C. M., Brown, K. W., Smyth, J. M., Wright, A. G., & Creswell, J. D. (2019). Psychological mechanisms driving stress resilience in mindfulness training: A randomized controlled trial. Health Psychology, 38(1), 759-768.
- Chin, B., Slutsky, J., Raye, J., & Creswell, J. D. (2019). Mindfulness Training Increases Positive Affect and Reduces Stress At Work: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Mindfulness, 10(4), 627-638.
- Chin, B., Murphy, M. L., & Cohen, S. (2018). Age moderates the association between social integration and diurnal cortisol measures. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 90, 102-109.
- Chin, B., Murphy, M. L. M., Janicki-Deverts, D., & Cohen, S. (2017). Marital status as a predictor of diurnal salivary cortisol outputs and slopes in a community sample of healthy adults. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 78, 68-75.
- Chin, B., Nelson, B. N., Jackson, F. L., & Proudfit, G. H. (2016). Intolerance of uncertainty and startle potentiation in relation to different threat reinforcement rates. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 99, 79-84.
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- Early Career Editorial Board Member, Psychosomatic Medicine, 2022-present.
- Digital Health Course Development Grant, Trinity College, 2022
- Young Investigator Award, American Psychosomatic Society, 2022.
- Herbert A. Simon Graduate Teaching Award, Carnegie Mellon University, 2020.
- Congress Travel Award, International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health, 2020.
- Summer Research Institute Fellow, Mind & Life, 2016, 2017.
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