Peter C. Trask, Ph.D.
November 2000
Peter C. Trask, Ph.D.
CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL DATA
Address (office): Behavioral Medicine Program
University of Michigan Department of Psychiatry
475 Market Place, Suite L
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
Address (home): 344 Edison Ave.
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Telephone: (734) 998-6427 (office)
(734) 434-9356 (home)
E-Mail:
EDUCATION
High School: Edward Little High School, Auburn, Maine, 1982-1986
Undergraduate: Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, 1986-1990, B.A. (Psychology)
Graduate: Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, 1991-1992,
M.A. Candidate (Clinical Psychology)
University of Maine, Orono, Maine, 1992-1997,
Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology)
APA Accredited Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program
London Health Sciences Centre--Victoria Campus, London, Ontario, 1996-1997, Predoctoral Internship in Clinical Psychology
APA/CPA Accredited Internship in Clinical Psychology
POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING
Fellowship in University of Michigan--Behavioral Medicine Program, Ann Arbor,
Behavioral Medicine: Michigan, 1997-1999
APA Accredited Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Academic Appointments
Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Maine, Orono, ME, 1992-1996
Lecturer, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1998-1999
Research Investigator in Behavioral Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI,
1999-present
Member of the Comprehensive Cancer Center in the Socio-Behavioral and Cutaneous Oncology Progams, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1999-present
ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS
Associate Director, University of Maine Psychological Services Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME, 1995-1996
Assistant Coordinator of Behavioral Medicine Services, Behavioral Medicine Program, University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 1999-present
Coordinator of Clinic Research, Behavioral Medicine Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2000-present
CLINICAL/HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS
Clinical Psychology Practicum Student, Togus Veterans Administration Hospital, Togus, ME, 1993
Clinical Psychology Practicum Student, Kennebec Valley Mental Health Center, Augusta, ME, 1994-1995
Clinical Psychology Associate, Psychological Services Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME, 1993-1996
Clinical Psychology Practicum Student, Eastern Maine Medical Center, Family Practice Residency Program, Bangor, ME, 1995-1996
Clinical Psychology Intern, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, 1996-1997
Clinical Psychologist in Behavioral Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 1999-present
CONSULTING POSITIONS
Psychological Consultant, Maine’s Child Death and Serious Injury Review Panel, Augusta, ME, 1995
Scientific activities
Reviewer
Behavior Therapy
Allyn & Bacon
GRANT SUPPORT
Past
Principal Investigator (Faculty sponsor: Ian Nicholson, Ph.D.), London Health Sciences Centre Health Services Research Fund, Relationship between parental and child coping and adjustment in a pediatric oncology population, 1997-1999.
Present
Principal Investigator, Children’s Leukemia Foundation of Michigan, Relationship between parental and child coping and adjustment in a pediatric oncology population: A replication and extension, 1998-2000.
Principal Investigator, Schering Pharmaceutical, Assessment of emotional, quality of life, and neurotransmitter changes in melanoma patients on IFNa-2b. 1999-2000.
Principal Investigator, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Quality of life of testicular cancer patients during chemotherapy. 1999-2000.
Principal Investigator (Co-Principal Investigator: Michelle Riba, M.D.), University of Michigan Faculty Group Practice, Screening, Evaluating, and Treating Distress in Cancer Patients, 1999-2001.
Pending
Trask, P.C. (Principal Investigator), Paterson, A.G., Merajver, S., & Milliron, K. Assessment and Treatment of Cancer-Specific Anxiety in Women at High-risk for Breast and Ovarian Cancer. Proposal through University of Michigan Medical School Clinical Research New Initiative.
Trask, P., Schwartz, S., Paterson, A., Dunn, R., Sanda, M., Sandler, H., & Montie, J. The Effects of Relaxation and Context-Specific Imagery on Sexual Functioning, Distress, and Quality of Life in Prostate Cancer Patients. CAM Proposal Supplement to Cancer Center Core Grant.
Gonzalez, R. (Principal Investigator), Merajver, S., & Trask, P. (Co-investigators). Decision making in breast cancer risk management. NIH/NCI RO1.
Johnson, T., Fendrick, M., Orringer, J., Karimipour, D., Schwatrz, J., Trask, P., Wang, T. The Effects of a Professionally Produced Videotape on Education and Anxiety/Distress Levels in Patients with a New Diagnosis of Melanoma: A Randomized, Prospective Clinical Outcomes Trial. American Society of Dermatologic Surgeons.
LICENSURE (Clinical Psychologist)
State of Michigan, 1997, License # 6301010339
HONORS AND AWARDS
Psi Chi National Honor Society
MEMBERSHIPS AND OFFICES IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Psychological Association
Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy
Society of Behavioral Medicine
American Psychosomatic Society
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Coping with Depression: Symptoms, Theory, and Treatment, Workshop, Dexter Head Start, Dexter, Maine, 1994
Assertiveness Training, Workshop, Penobscot Job Corps, Orono, Maine, 1994
Theory, Etiology, and Treatment of Schizophrenia, Invited Undergraduate Lecture, University of Maine, 1995
Acute vs. Chronic Pain, Invited Lecture Series to Nurses, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, 1997
Chronic Pain and Fibromyalgia, Invited Lecture to Medical Students in Problem Based Learning Course, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, 1997
Cognitive-behavioral Approaches to Chronic Pain Management, Invited Lecture to HO-IV Psychiatry Residents, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1998
Relaxation Therapies and Relation to Flight-or-Fight Response, Invited Undergraduate Lecture in Positive Psychology Course, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1999
Screening, Evaluating, and Treating Distress in Melanoma Patients, Invited Presentation to the Quality of Life Research Meeting and the Hematology/Oncology Research Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2000
Case Conceptualization in Behavioral Medicine, Invited Lecture to PGY-IV Core Series, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2000
Chronic Pain: Implications for the Practitioner, Invited Lecture to Psychiatric Residents, VAMC, Ann Arbor, MI, 2000
COMMITTEE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE
Department:
Merger Committee, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, 1996-1997
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PEER-REVIEWED PAPERS IN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS
Published
1. Trask, P. C. (1992). The differences between college students' sex knowledge, attitudes, anxiety, and behavior: A three college study. Connecticut College Psychology Journal, 7, 4-8.
2. Sigmon, S. T., Hotovy, L. A., & Trask, P. C. (1996). Coping, mood, and sensitivity to aversive events. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 18, 133-151.
3. Sigmon, S. T., Rohan, K. J., Dorhofer, D., Hotovy, L. A., Trask, P. C., & Boulard, N. (1997). Effects of consent form information on self-disclosure. Ethics and Behavior, 7, 299-310.
4. Trask, P. C., & Sigmon, S. T. (1997). Munchausen syndrome: A review and new conceptualization. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 4, 346-358.
5. Trask, P. C., & Sigmon, S. T. (1999). Ruminating and distracting: The effects of sequential tasks on depressed mood. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 23, 231-246.
6. Trask, P. C., & Swartz, C. L. (1999). Surpassing milestones: Important information to know before going to graduate school. the Behavior Therapist, 22, 116-117.
7. Schwartz, S. M., Trask, P. C., & Ketterer, M. W. (1999). Understanding chest pain: What every psychologist should know. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 6, 333-351.
8. Schwartz, S. M., Schmitt, E. P., Ketterer, M. W., & Trask, P. C. (1999). Lipid levels and emotional distress among healthy male college students. Stress Medicine, 15, 159-165.
9. Trask, P. C., Redman, B., Esper, P., & Riba, M. (2000). Psychiatric side effects of interferon therapy: Prevalence, proposed mechanisms, and future directions. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 18, 2316-2326.
10. Brandwin, M., Trask, P. C., Schwartz, S. M., & Clifford, M. (2000). Personality predictors of mortality in cardiac transplant patients. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 49, 141-147.
Articles Accepted for Publication
Articles Submitted for Publication
1. Trask, P.C., Iezzi, T., & Kreeft, M.D. (under review). Comparison of headache parameters using headache type and emotional status. Journal of Psychosomatic Research.
2. Trask, P.C., Paterson, A.G., Wang, C., Hayasaka S., Milliron, K.J., Blumberg, L.R., et al. (under review). Worry interference in women at high risk for breast and ovarian cancer: Impact on emotional distress and health functioning. Psycho-Oncology.
3. Trask, P.C., Schwartz, S.M., Deaner, S.L., Paterson, A.G., Johnson, T., Rubenfire, M., & Pomerleau, O.F. (under review). Behavioral Medicine: The evolution of practice in the context of changing health care contingencies. Annals of Internal Medicine.
4. Trask, P.C., Paterson, A.G., Hayasaka, S., Dunn, R., Riba, M., & Johnson, T. (under review). Psychosocial Characteristics of Individuals with Non-Stage IV Melanoma. Journal of Clinical Oncology.
ABSTRACTS
1. Trask, P. C. (1997). The effects of rumination and distraction on recall and recognition. (Doctoral dissertation, University of Maine, 1997), Dissertation Abstracts. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms.
2. Schwartz, S. M., Fontana, R., Trask, P. C., & Macklem, D. (1999). Psychiatric complications in treating chronic hepatitis C. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 21, S249.
3. Trask, P. C., Schwartz, S. M., & Brandwin, M. (1999). Predictors of mortality using cluster analysis in cardiac transplant patients. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 21, S251.
4. Trask, P. C. (1999). Assessment of Emotional Distress in Adjuvant Therapies. Psycho-Oncology, 8, 28.
5. Schwartz, S. M., Fontana, R. J., Trask, P. C., Macklem, D., & Deaner, S. L. (2000). Interferon induced emotional distress in treatment refractory hepatitis C patients. Psychosomatic Medicine, 62, 137.
6. Trask, P.C., Riba, M.B., & Paterson, A.G. (2000). Screening and evaluating emotional distress in non-stage-IV melanoma patients. Proceedings of the 47th Annual Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine Meeting, 31.
INVITED PAPERS
1. Trask, P.C. (2000). El estado actual con respecto a los efectos colaterales psiquiatricos luego del tratamiento con interferon. Sociedad Iberoamericana de Informacion Cientifica
NON PEER-REVIEWED PAPERS
1. Trask, P.C., Paterson, A.G., & Riba, M. (2000). Screening and Treating Distress in Melanoma Patients: Integration of Research and Clinical Practice. Michigan Oncology Journal, Summer, 11-14.
PRESENTATIONS
1990
Trask, P. C. (April). The differences between college students' sex knowledge, attitudes, anxiety, and behavior: A three college study. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Maine Psychological Association, Lewiston, ME.
1993
Greene, M. P., Sigmon, S. T., Hotovy, L. A., & Trask, P. C. (November). The nature and consequences of traumatic events in college females. Poster presented at the meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Atlanta, GA.
Sigmon, S. T., Hotovy, L. A., & Trask, P. C. (November). Gender differences and psychophysiological sensitivity in depressed subjects. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Atlanta, GA.
1994
Sigmon, S. T., Trask, P. C., & Carmola, A. (November). Gender differences in coping styles relative to depressed and nondepressed mood. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, San Diego, CA.
Hotovy, L. A., Sigmon, S. T., & Trask, P. C. (November). Gender differences in depression: Relationship to adherence to sex-role stereotypes and interpersonal problem-solving.
Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, San Diego, CA.
1995
Sigmon, S. T., Rohan, K. J., Trask, P. C., & Hotovy, L. A. (March). Predictors of depression and suicidality in a college population. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
Sigmon, S. T., Hotovy, L. A., Rohan, K., & Trask, P. C. (August). Ethical practices and beliefs of psychopathology researchers. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New York, NY.
Trask, P. C., Sigmon, S. T., & Hotovy, L. A. (August). Effects of rumination and distraction tasks on a community population. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New York, NY.
Trask, P. C., Hotovy, L. A., & Sigmon, S. T. (November). Predicting depressed mood: The role of coping styles and sex-role orientation. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Washington, DC.
Trask, P. C., Sigmon, S. T., & Hotovy, L. A. (November). Predictors of depression in a community population. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Washington, DC.
1996
Sigmon, S. T., Dorhofer, D., Rohan, K. J., Hotovy, L. A., & Trask, P. C. (November). Ethical issues and biased responses in the assessment of psychopathology. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New York, NY.
Sigmon, S. T., Trask, P. C., Hotovy, L. A., & Dorhofer, D. (November). The relation of coping styles to depression: Gender differences in a prospective study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New York, NY.
Trask, P. C., & Sigmon, S. T. (November). The effects of rumination and distraction on recall and recognition. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New York, NY.
1997
Trask, P. C., & Sigmon, S. T. (June). The relation between negative automatic thoughts, mood, and response styles. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Toronto, ON.
1998
Trask, P. C., Stavros, M. K., Schwartz, S. M., & Rubenfire, M. (March). Group stress management for coronary heart disease: Does everyone do well? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, New Orleans, LA.
Trask, P. C., Stavros, M. K., Schwartz, S. M., & Rubenfire, M. (March). Effectiveness of group stress management on reducing emotional distress in patients with coronary heart disease. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, New Orleans, LA.
1999
Schwartz, S. M., Fontana, R., Trask, P. C., & Macklem, D. (March). Psychiatric complications in treating chronic hepatitis C. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Diego, CA.
Trask, P. C., Schwartz, S. M., & Brandwin, M. (March). Predictors of mortality using cluster analysis in cardiac transplant patients. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Diego, CA.
Trask, P. C., & Riba, M. (October). Assessment of emotional distress in adjuvant therapies. Symposium presentation at the Pan American Congress of Psychosocial and Behavioral Oncology, New York, New York.
Trask, P. C., Iezzi, T., Kreeft, J., LePage, D., & Macklem, D. (November). The impact of distress on headaches: Linkage to headache type, variables, and diary ratings. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Toronto, ON.
2000
Schwartz, S.M., Fontana, R.J., Trask, P.C., Macklem, D, & Deaner, S.L. (March). Interferon induced emotional distress in treatment refractory hepatitis-C patients. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Savannah, GA.
Sigmon, S.T., Rohan, K.J., Trask, P.C., & Hotovy, L.A. (July). Psychological treatments of Seasonal Affective Disorder. Poster presented at the International Congress of Psychology, Stockholm, Sweden.
Trask, P.C., Riba, M.B., & Paterson, A.G. (November). Screening and evaluating distress in Non-stage IV melanoma patients. Paper presented at the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, Palm Springs, CA.
Schwartz, S.M., Deaner, S.L., Trask, P.C., Rubenfire, M., McGillen, C., & Stavros, M. (November). Effectiveness of a multidimensional cardiac rehabilitation program on emotional status. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans, LA.
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