Seth David Pollak PhD

Seth Pollak is the Letters and Science Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Professor of Pediatrics, Anthropology, Neuroscience, and Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Dr. Pollak’s research focuses on the influences of social risk factors on children’s brain and behavioral development, with particular focus on children’s emotions, early learning, and health. His most recent projects focus on the biobehavioral affects of family poverty on infant development and the effects of stress exposure on the emergence of children’s learning abilities. Pollak is a recipient of the Boyd-McCandless Award for Distinguished Contributions to Child Development, the American Psychological Association’s Distinguished Early Career Award in Developmental Psychology, as well as the Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award from the University of Wisconsin. Professor Pollak is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Association for Psychological Science, as well as a member of the Society for Research in Child Development’s Governing Council.