Dr. Cacioppo is the Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor at The University of Chicago, the Director of the University of Chicago Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience, and the Director of the Arete Initiative at the University of Chicago. Cacioppo's research is focused on understanding the ways in which emergent social organizations affect the mind, behavior, and health - an approach he and Gary Berntson termed social neuroscience. Social neuroscience represents an interdisciplinary approach devoted to understanding how biological systems implement social processes and behavior and to using biological concepts and methods to inform and refine theories of social processes and behavior. He and his team use a variety of methods in their research, including functional magnetic resonance (fMRI), standard and high density electroencephalography, event-related brain potentials, psychophysiological assessments, neuroendocrine and immune assays, and quantitative genetics. Dr. Cacioppo has been internationally recognized for his groundbreaking research by numerous organizations and societies. He received the Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychophysiology, an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Bard College, the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the American Psychological Association, the Troland Research Award from the National Academy of Sciences, the Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychophysiology from the Society for Psychophysiological Research, the Donald Campbell Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, and the Patricia R. Barchas Award from the American Psychosomatic Society. Cacioppo is the former Editor of Psychophysiology and a former Associate Editor of Psychological Review, Perspectives on Psychological Science, and Psychophysiology. He is currently a member of the External Scientific Advisory Board for the Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois, an Associate Editor of Social Neuroscience, a member of the MacArthur Foundation Law and Neuroscience Project, and a member of the Data Monitoring Board of the Health and Retirement Study and the MacArthur Foundation Aging Society Network.