Dr. Turan received his doctoral degree in psychology at Stanford University, and completed his postdoctoral training in health psychology at UCSF. His research examines the mechanisms underlying the effects of social and psychological factors on well-being across the life-span. He is interested in understanding how people use (or do not use) supportive relationships effectively at times of stress and how this affects emotional and physical health. He is studying the constructs of fear of negative evaluation in the context of HIV/AIDS and other chronic diseases to examine the effects of HIV-related stigma and discrimination among people living with chronic diseases and psychosocial mediating mechanisms in these effects.