(b. 1934, Berlin, Germany). Ph.D. Psychology, B.A. (Honors) Psychology, University of California, Berkeley; Postdoctoral Fellowship, Biobehavioral Sciences Training Program, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco.

Moos is Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University and Senior Research Career Scientist at the Palo Alto Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospital. He is Emeritus Director of the Center for Health Care Evaluation at the Palo Alto VA and Stanford University Medical Centers. Previously at the Palo Alto VA, he was Director of the Program Evaluation and Resource Center and Codirector for Health Services Research of the Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center.

Moos has made numerous contributions to the theory and methods of the field of community psychology. He has identified and conceptualized key factors ...