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Lisbeth Nielsen, PhD

Director, Division of Behavioral and Social Research
National Institute on Aging
Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Lisbeth Nielsen, PhD, is director of the Division of Behavioral and Social Research (BSR) at the National Institute on Aging (NIA). BSR supports transdisciplinary social, behavioral, psychological, and economic research on the processes of aging at the individual and societal level to elucidate how behavioral and social factors influence health and well-being in mid-life and older age. BSR supports NIA’s behavioral and social research programs on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, including research on health disparities, care, prevention, epidemiology, and assessment of AD-related functional and psychological change.
Nielsen joined NIA in 2005 to develop initiatives in the psychological and behavioral science of aging. She launched several transdisciplinary aging research networks and served as liaison to the Resource Centers on Minority Aging (RCMAR) program. Across NIH, Nielsen played major roles in the NIH Science of Behavior Change (SOBC) Common Fund program and the Basic Behavioral and Social Sciences Opportunity Network (OppNet). Nielsen has been an advocate for the study of aging processes across the full life course, including biobehavioral research on early life influences on later life outcomes and on processes in midlife that play a causal role in shaping trajectories of aging.
Nielsen holds a BA in Philosophy from Rhodes College, an MA in Psychology from Copenhagen University, and a PhD in Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Science from the University of Arizona. Prior to joining NIA, Nielsen conducted research in affective and decision science of aging at Stanford University. She is a fellow of the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, the Association for Psychological Science, and the Mind and Life Institute.

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