Anna Marsland is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh. She also serves as Chair and Director of Clinical Training of the Clinical Psychology Program. She started her career as a Registered Nurse in Oxford, England and became interested in associations of psychological, environmental and behavioral factors with physical health outcomes.
This interest led her to pursue a B.Sc. in Psychology at University College London and her PhD in Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh. She completed a post doctoral fellowship at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and worked for a few years as a Clinical Health Psychologist at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic and Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh before joining faculty at Pitt.
Dr. Marsland oversees a large research lab with many ongoing projects examining biopsychosocial factors that relate to physical health outcomes. She has a focused interest in psychoneuroimmunology and the impact of psychological factors (e.g., stress), socioeconomics and health behaviors on immune parameters of relevance for health across the lifespan.