TURK, Dennis C. 1946-

PERSONAL: Born March 15, 1946, in New York, NY; son of Irving (a restaurateur) and Rose (a homemaker; maiden name, Beskin) Turk; married Lorraine Meichenbaum (a psychologist), September 7, 1969; children: Kenneth M., Katharine E. Education: University of Florida, B.A., 1967; University of Waterloo, M.A., 1975, Ph.D., 1978.

ADDRESSES: Offıce—Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington, Box 356540, Seattle, WA 98195. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Yale University, New Haven, CT, assistant professor, 1977-82, associate professor, 1982-85; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, professor, 1985-96; University of Washington, Seattle, WA, professor of anesthesiology, 1996—.

MEMBER: International Association for the Study of Pain, American Pain Society (president-elect, 2003-04), Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research (member of board of directors, 2000-03).

AWARDS, HONORS: Outstanding Scientific Achievement in Health Psychology Award, American Psychological Association, 1993; Janet Travell Award for outstanding contributions to the field of pain, American Academy of Pain Management, 1998.

WRITINGS:

(With D. Meichenbaum and M. Genest) Pain andBehavioral Medicine, Guilford Press (New York, NY), 1983.

(Editor, with R. Kerns) Health, Illness, and Families, John Wiley and Sons (New York, NY), 1985.

(With D. Meichenbaum) Facilitation Treatment Adherence: A Practitioner's Guide, Plenum Publishing (New York, NY), 1987.

(Editor, with R. Gatchel) Psychosocial Factors in Pain, Guilford Press (New York, NY), 1999.

(Editor, with R. Melzack) Handbook of Pain Assessment, Guilford Press (New York, NY), 2001.

(Editor, with R. Gatchel) Psychological Approaches toPain Management, Guilford Press (New York, NY), 2002.

Living with Chronic Pain: YES You Can!, American Psychological Association Press (Washington, DC), 2003.

Contributor to professional journals, including Physical Therapy, Patient Care, and Lancet. Editor in chief, Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 1993-97, and Clinical Journal of Pain, 1999—.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Research on matching treatments to psychosocial characteristics of fibromyalgia syndrome patients; research on prevention of pain and disability following whiplash injuries in motor vehicle accidents.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, July 8, 1988, William W. Weddington, Jr., review of Faciliation Treatment Adherence: A Practitioner's Guide, p. 273.