Office: Muenzinger D321C
Education: PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 2009
June Gruber is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Colorado and Director of the Positive Emotion and Psychopathology Laboratory. She was previously an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Yale University before relocating to Boulder. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and B.A. in Psychology from UC Berkeley. Dr. Gruber has authored over 100 articles and chapters, and edited 2 books, that focus on mental health and positive emotion, with a focus on bipolar and related mood disorders. Her work has been recognized by several awards including the Association for Psychological Science鈥檚 Rising Star Award and the APS Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions, NARSAD Young Investigator Award, and Yale University's Arthur Greer Memorial Prize for Outstanding Junior Faculty.聽
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