Matthew S Lebowitz, PhD

Psychology
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Overview

Matthew Lebowitz is is Assistant Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry) at Columbia University and affiliated with the Center for Research on Ethical, Legal & Social Implications of Psychiatric, Neurologic & Behavioral Genetics at Columbia University.

Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated

  • General Psychiatry

Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry)

Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Gender

  • Male

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Aetna

  • EPO
  • NY Signature

CHP Student Health

  • CHP-NYU

Cigna

  • POS

Emblem/GHI

  • PPO

Local 1199

  • NYP Employee Plan

MVP Health Care

  • HMO

Quality Health Management

  • Quality Health Management

UnitedHealthcare

  • Behavioral Health (Columbia University Employee Plan)

VNSNY CHOICE

  • Medicare Managed Care

World Trade Center Health Plan

  • World Trade Center Health Plan

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Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

  • PhD, Psychology, Yale University, School of Medicine
  • BA, Psychology, Harvard University
  • Internship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital / Weill - Cornell Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Research

Dr Lebowitz's research primarily concerns the ways in which attitudes and beliefs—about mental disorders and other health conditions, as well as about behavior more broadly—are affected by causal reasoning and related psychological processes. In light of recent trends that favor conceptualizing mental disorders (as well as other health conditions, such as obesity) as biomedical diseases, he has been particularly interested in how these kinds of causal explanations affect attitudes and beliefs among symptomatic individuals, clinicians, and members of the general public. He is also interested more broadly in understanding the implications of biological explanations for behavior and identity. He has received a number of prestigious awards and grants for his work, including funding from the National Institutes of Health and the John Templeton Foundation.