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Dr. Jennifer Lerner is
Professor of Public Policy and Management at the Harvard John F.
Kennedy School of Government. She holds additional faculty
affiliations at Harvard's Center for Public Leadership, the
Psychology Department, the Center for Business and Government, and
the Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences.
Professor Lerner co-founded and directs the Harvard Kennedy
School's Bio-Behavioral Laboratory for Decision Research. The
inter-disciplinary laboratory draws on psychology, economics, and
neuroscience to study social and emotional influences on human
judgment and decision-making. Her teaching revolves around the same
set of topics, including executive education at Harvard's School of
Public Health and Business School.
Professor Lerner has received several awards for her research,
including the 2004 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists
and Engineers (PECASE). The National Science Foundation and the
White House annually award the PECASE as the highest national honor
for investigators in the early stages of promising research
careers.
Professor Lerner's research can be found in scientific journals as
well as in popular print (e.g., The New York Times) and broadcast
media (e.g., Good Morning America). Grants from the National
Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health have
nearly continuously funded her training and research.
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