Jos Brosschot
Professor
Special Appointment of Psycho-physiological Mechanisms of St
Leiden University
Netherlands
Biography
Prof. Jos Brosschot is professor by special appointment ‘psycho-physiological mechanisms of stress in daily life’. Together with psychologists and immunologists from Utrecht, he proved as one of the first that stress affects the immune system. After obtaining his PhD he worked at the University of Amsterdam.
Research Interest
Jos Brosschot's research has always focussed on the mechanisms that are responsible for the effects of the mind on the body. He has performed various laboratory- and field projects into the relation between worrying, heart activity and physical complaints. Over the years he received various grants, i.e., a KNAW grant and several NWO grants.
