PhD
Associate Professor, Psychology & Neuroscience
UNC-Chapel Hill
Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program
Area of Interest
Muscatell studies how social experiences influence physical health and emotional well-being, incorporating techniques from social neuroscience and psychoneuroimmunology to identify pathways linking the social environment and health outcomes. She also studies how physiological information from the body is transmitted to the brain to influence our emotions, social behavior, and cognition.
Awards and Honors
- Elected Fellow of the Society for Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine, 2025
- Elected Fellow of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, 2023
- Robert Ader New Investigator Award, Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society, 2023
- Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology, American Psychological Association, 2022
- Early Career Award, Social-Personality and Health Network, 2022
- “Rising Star” Award, Association for Psychological Science, 2019
- UNC Dept. of Psychology and Neuroscience Faculty Research Mentoring Award, 2017
- American Psychosomatic Society Young Investigator Colloquium, 2014
- UCSF Dept. of Psychiatry Grand Rounds Trainee Award, 2014
- Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, “Biobehavioral Aspects of Physical and Mental Health,” NIMH Training Grant T32 MH015750-21, 2010-2011
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2009-2012
- UCLA Graduate Fellowship, UCLA Department of Psychology and UCLA Graduate Division, 2008-2009
