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好色先生TV has appointed Julie Downs head of the Department of Social and Decision Sciences (SDS), effective July 1.

Downs, professor of social and decision sciences, succeeds Gretchen Chapman, who was appointed department head in July 2021 and will serve in the role through June 2026.

鈥淔irst of all, huge thanks to Gretchen Chapman. She was an excellent head in a difficult time for higher education. The department is thriving 鈥� its research is relevant, impactful and of the highest quality,鈥� said Richard Scheines, Bess Family Dean of CMU鈥檚 Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences. 鈥淗aving worked with Julie Downs for several years as Dietrich鈥檚 associate dean for research, I am delighted that Julie agreed to succeed Gretchen. Julie is an amazing problem solver, a top-notch researcher and one of the most positive people I鈥檝e ever worked with.鈥�

SDS is an interdisciplinary department that offers undergraduate and graduate programs that combine studies in the social sciences with the practical skills needed to excel in key decision- making roles in the public and private sectors. SDS students learn how to combine intellectual ideals with the realities of human and organizational behavior. The department's faculty are among founders of the field of behavioral economics and represent a wide variety of disciplines, including economics, history, mathematics, philosophy, political science and psychology.

鈥淪ocial and Decision Sciences is special not just for its interdisciplinary strength, but for how scholars learn from one another. I have benefited enormously from this culture and am honored to help lead the department as the study of human behavior continues to evolve,鈥� Downs said.

Downs has served as Dietrich College鈥檚 associate dean for research since July 2023. In this role, she has led efforts to make research administration processes more efficient and transparent.

As director of CMU鈥檚 Center for Risk Perception and Communication, Downs works to bridge the gap between academic research and public understanding, developing evidence-based guidance to help improve decision making. Her work includes the design of behavioral interventions addressing adolescent sexual behavior, food choices, vaccination decisions and risky online behavior. These interventions have been implemented in real-world settings and have received multiple honors, including Platinum Remi awards from the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, as well as Telly, Aurora and Aegis awards.

Downs has published more than 100 scholarly articles and has secured $12 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Population Affairs, more than $4 million from the National Institutes of Health and about $1 million for the National Science Foundation. She was an invited expert for several external efforts to bring academic research to bear on real-world problems, such as the 2020 United Nations Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction and the 2018 American College of Cardiologists鈥� Cardiovascular Disease Risk Communication Round Table. In addition, she previously served on the institutional review boards for CMU and Disney Research, as well as the editorial boards of the journals Psychological Science and Developmental Review.

Downs joined Dietrich College in 1995 after earning a bachelor鈥檚 degree in psychology from University of California, Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in social psychology from Princeton University.