Current Position: Associate Professor of Psychology (2010- Present) University of Michigan- Dearborn 1 EDUCATION: Clinical Health Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship, (2004) Clinical Health Psychology Service (APA Accredited) VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut. Yale University School of Medicine affiliated training institution. Doctorate of Philosophy (2003) Counseling Psychology (APA Accredited) The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Doctoral Dissertation: Psychological depression and LDL-oxidation: Examining the physiology of depression and atherosclerosis. Master s Project: Reversal theory s predictive utility with health related behaviors Clinical Health Psychology Predoctoral Internship, (2003) Clinical Health Psychology Service (APA Accredited) VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut. Yale University School of Medicine affiliated training institution. Concurrent Rotations: Integrated Primary Care; Multidisciplinary Comprehensive Pain Management; Weight Management; Smoking Cessation; Sexual Dysfunction; Dialysis; Organ Transplant Evaluation, Neuropsychology Assessment. Master of Arts, (1996) Counseling (CACREP Accredited) St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas. Bachelor of Business Administration, (1986) BBA Electrical Engineering Route to Business University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. ACADEMIC POSITIONS: Associate Professor of Psychology: (2010- Present) University of Michigan - Dearborn Responsiblities include teaching undergraduate psychology classes (e.g., Abnormal Psychology, Health Psychology, Psychoneuroimmunology) as well as graduate classes leading to LLC licensure (e.g. Ethics, Theories and Techniques of Therapeutic Interventions, Advanced Health Psychology, Individual and Group Techniques in Clinical Health Psychology, Psychoneuroimmunology).
2 Assistant Professor of Psychology: (2004-2010) University of Michigan - Dearborn Guest Lecturer: (2003, October) Quinnipiac University Potential mechanisms relating depression and atherosclerosis. Guest Lecturer: (2003, October) VA Connecticut Healthcare System Working with core beliefs in the application of cognitive behavioral therapy. Instructor of Record: (2000-2001) University of Southern Mississippi Introduction to Job Seeking; Physiological Psychology; Vocational Development RESEARCH INTERESTS: Psychocardiology: Psychological factors (e.g., hostility, depression, stress) associated with the genesis and progression of cardiovascular disease with an emphasis on cardiovascular reactivity (e.g., frequency domain analysis of heart rate variability). Psychoneuroimmunology: Psychological factors and immunomodulation in health and disease processes (e.g., atherosclerosis, pregnancy risks). Chronic Pain: Clinical chronic pain management. GRANTS: Faculty Research Support and Maintenance Grant (2007). Use of complex demodulation in the analysis of the relationship between hostility and heart rate variability recovery from a stress recall task. PI: D. K. Chatkoff, University of Michigan - Dearborn Total Award $6000.00. Faculty Small Research Grant (2005). Relationship between perceived chronic and acute stress in cardiovascular reactivity: Interactions across time, race, and frequency domains. PI: D. K. Chatkoff, University of Michigan - Dearborn Total Award $1500.00. Committee on Services and Resources for Women (2001). Psychological depression and LDL-
oxidation: Examining the physiology of depression and atherosclerosis. PI: D. K. Chatkoff (Dissertation Research), University of Southern Mississippi Total award $250.00. 3 PUBLICATIONS, REFEREED JOURNALS: Chatkoff, D. K., Maier, K. J., & Klein C. (2010). Nonlinear associations between chronic stress and cardiovascular reactivity and recovery. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 77, 150-156 Chatkoff, D. K., & Leonard, M. T. (2009) A preliminary investigation of cognitive appraisal, and cardiovascular reactivity and recovery in Arab Americans. Ethnicity and Disease, 19, 258-264 Chatkoff, D. K., Maier, K. J., Javaid, J., Hammoud, M., & Munkrishna, P. (2009). Dispositional hostility and gender: An examination of heart rate variability and blood pressure across cognitive and emotional laboratory tasks. Personality and Individual Differences, 47, 122-126. Heapy, A., Sellinger, J., Higgins, D., Chatkoff, D., Bennett, T. C., & Kerns, R. D. (2007). Using interactive voice response to measure pain and quality of life. Pain Medicine, 8, S145- S154. Varela-Silva, M. I., Frisancho, A. R., Bogin, B., Chatkoff, D., Smith, P., Dickson, F., & Winham, D. (2007). Behavioral, environmental, metabolic and intergenerational components of early life undernutrition leading to later life obesity in developing nations and in minority groups in the USA. Collegium Anthropologicum, 31, 39-46. Hoffman, B., Papas, R., Chatkoff, D. K., & Kerns, R. (2007). Meta-analysis of psychological interventions for chronic low back pain. Health Psychology, 26, 1-9 MANUSCRIPTS SUBMITTED: Maier, K. J., Berkman, J., & Chatkoff, D. K. (Submitted). Novel virus, atypical risk group: Understanding young adults in college as an under-protected population during H1N1 2009. Goodin, B. R., Heapy, A. A., Cherro, A. A., Chatkoff, D. K., Sellinger, J. J., Higgins, D. M., Bellmore, W., & Kerns, R. D. (Submitted). Functional and quality of life differences in individuals with chronic non-cancer pain receiving transdermal fentanyl or oral opioid therapy: A randomized open-label trial.
Kerns, R. D., Shulman, M., Burns, J., Jensen, M., Nielson, W., Dallas, M., Chatkoff, D., Sellinger, J., Heapy, A., Rosenberger, P., & Czlapinski, R. (Submitted). Randomized controlled trial of tailored cognitive behavior therapy for chronic back pain. 4 ABSTRACTS REFEREED JOURNALS: Chatkoff, D. K., Leonard, M. T. (2009) A preliminary investigation of cognitive appraisal, and cardiovascular reactivity and recovery in Arab Americans. Ethnicity and Disease (For the Patient), 19, 364 MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION: PUBLICATIONS, BOOK CHAPTERS: Maier, K. J., Chatkoff, D. K., & Burg, M. M. (2006). Depression and CHD: Prevalence, prognosis, pathophysiology and treatment. In E. Molinari (Ed.), Clinical psychology and heart disease. New York: Springer. Lyddon, W. J., & Chatkoff, D. K. (2000). Empirically supported treatments: Current limitations and future promise. In W. J. Lyddon, & J. V. Jones (Eds.), Empirically supported cognitive therapies. New York: Springer. PRESENTATIONS: Chatkoff, D. K., Maier, K. J., & Klein, C. (2010, March). Nonlinear associations between chronic stress and cardiovascular reactivity and recovery. Poster session presented at the Sixty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Portland, OR. Chatkoff, D. K., Monahan, M., Leonard, M. T., Franklin, S. (2009, April) A preliminary investigation of cognitive appraisal, and cardiovascular reactivity and recovery in Arab Americans. Poster session presented at the Sixteenth Annual Symposium on Research in Psychiatry, Psychology, and the Behavioral Science, Toledo, OH. Chatkoff, D. K., Maier, K. J., Javaid, J., Hammoud, M., & Munkrishna, P. (2008, March). Dispositional hostility and gender: An examination of heart rate variability and blood pressure across cognitive and emotional laboratory tasks. Poster session presented at the Sixty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Baltimore, MD. Chatkoff, D. K., Javaid, J., & Karasina, O. (2005, October). Depression and LDL oxidation: A pilot study examining depression and mechanisms in atherosclerosis. Poster session
presented at the Annual Fall Convention of the Michigan Psychological Association, Livonia, MI. Thompson, L., Chatkoff, D. K., Campbell, C., Burgess, D. R., & Stovall, K. (2000, October). Ethnic differences in barriers to psychological care. Poster session presented at the Annual Convention of the Mississippi Psychological Association, Biloxi, MS. Campbell, C. E., Brainerd, A. M., Knight, J. L., Thompson, L., Chatkoff, D. K. (2000, August). Barriers to psychological care in a rural/smsa region. Poster session presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C. Chatkoff, D. K. (1998, December). Introduction to Psychoneuroimmunology. Symposium presented at Austin Child Guidance Center, Austin, Texas. 5 PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: Co-Investigator: (2003 2006) VA Connecticut Healthcare System Tailored cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic pain. A randomized controlled clinical trial examining the efficacy of patient-tailored cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) versus standard CBT for the treatment of chronic pain. Principal Investigator: Robert Kerns, Ph.D. Project funded by a VA Merit Review Grant. Graduate Researcher: (2002 2005) VA Connecticut Healthcare System Transdermal fentanyl use and chronic pain. A randomized controlled clinical trial of the effect of transdermal fentanyl use versus standard oral opioid medication on pain-related disability and emotional functioning. Principal Investigator: Robert Kerns, Ph.D. Project funded by Janssen Pharmaceutical. Graduate Researcher: (2000) University of Southern Mississippi Chair: Catherine Campbell, Ph.D. Pilot study designed to examine the psychometrics of the Modified Apter Motivational Style Profile. Research Technician: (1980-1981) Motorola Inc.; Austin, Texas Examined the read / write life expectancy for electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM) semiconductors. Examined principal electron tunneling properties leading to device failure.
Principal Investigator: Motorola Inc. 6 Society of Behavioral Medicine American Psychosomatic Society Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Society Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: