Anthony D. Ong is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Human Health Labs at Cornell University and Professor of Gerontology in Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine. His research examines how social and emotional life unfolds across multiple timescales, integrating perspectives from lifespan psychology, affective science, and behavioral medicine.

 

Aging and health, affective dynamics, social connection, resilience and adaptation, biological embedding, lifespan development

HD 3490 - Science of Well-Being
HD 4240 - Emotions, Stress, & Health
HD 6110 - Psychology of Emotion

Ong, A. D., Dejonckheere, E., & Ram, N. (2025). Positive affect dynamics. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 34, 301-308.

Ong, A. D., & Mann, F. D. (2025). Cumulative social advantage across the lifespan. American Psychologist, 81, 299–315

Hobbs, W. R. & Ong, A. D. (2023). For living well, behaviors and circumstances matter just as much as psychological traits. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120, 1-12

Ong, A. D., & Leger, K. (2022). Advancing the study of resilience to daily stressors. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 17, 1591-1603

Ong, A. D., & Steptoe, A. (2020). Association of positive affect instability with all-cause mortality in older adults in England. JAMA Network Open, 3(7):e207725. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.7725

Ong, A. D, Thoemmes, F., Ratner, K., Ghezzi-Kopel, K., & Reid, M. C. (2020). Positive affect and chronic pain: A preregistered systematic review and meta-analysis. PAIN, 161, 1140-1149

Ong, A. D., Benson, L. Zautra, A., & Ram, N. (2018). Emodiversity and biomarkers of inflammation. Emotion, 13, 3-14

Ong, A. D., & Ram, N. (2017). Fragile and enduring positive affect: Implications for adaptive aging. Gerontology, 63, 263-269

Ong, A. D. (2010). Pathways linking positive emotion and health in later life. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 19, 358-362

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