Biography:Gordon J. G. Asmundson
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Gordon J. G. Asmundson | |
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| Born | August 29, 1964 Zweibrücken, Germany |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | University of Manitoba (Ph.D., 1991) |
| Known for | Anxiety Disorders and Pain |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Clinical psychology |
| Institutions | University of Regina |
| Thesis | Panic attacks, anxiety sensitivity and cardiac awareness (1991) |
| Doctoral advisor | Lorna Sandler |
Gordon John Glenn Asmundson OC SOM FRSC[1] (born August 29, 1964) is a Canadian psychologist and professor of psychology at the University of Regina. Asmundson is recognized for his research on anxiety, chronic pain, and posttraumatic stress,[2] as well as for his recent work on the psychology of pandemics.[3][4][5]
Background
Asmundson was born in August 1964 in Zweibrücken, Germany.[citation needed] He spent his childhood living on several Canadian military bases with his parents and two older siblings.[citation needed] He took an introductory psychology course as an elective.[6][failed verification] Upon the completion of his Honours degree in psychology, he accepted completed his Masters and Doctoral studies at the University of Manitoba under the supervision of Lorna Sandler and G. Ron Norton.[citation needed] His post-doctorate years were completed under the supervision of Murray Stein and John Walker.[7] Throughout his graduate and post-doctorate studies he learned from his mentors the importance of concise writing.[8] In 2002, he began his first academic post at the university of Regina, where he remains today as the head of the Anxiety and Illness Behaviours Laboratory and the Psychology of Pandemics Network maintains a small clinical practice.[9]
Asmundson has published over 370 peer-reviewed journal articles, 73 book chapters, and 9 books. In addition to numerous awards received over the course of his career, Asmundson was inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2009)[10] – as well as the Canadian Psychological Association Donald O. Hebb Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Science (2014),[11] the Canadian Pain Society Distinguished Career Award (2018),[12] the Saskatchewan Order of Merit (2020) and the Order of Canada as an Officer (2022).[13] His graduate students are also regular recipients of prestigious awards, and five have received the CIHR Brain Star Award in the past several years.[9]
Areas of research
Recently, he has contributed to a growing body of literature regarding COVID-19-related distress; having developed a measure of COVID-19-related distress,[14] and identifying the psychological impacts of COVID-19 among the general population.[15]
Works
- Asmundson, G. J. G. (In Press). Comprehensive Clinical Psychology, 2nd Edition. Elsevier.
- Asmundson, G. J. G., & Afifi, T. O. (2019). Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs): Using evidence to advance research, practice, policy and prevention. Academic Press.
- Asmundson, G.J. G., Norton, G. R., & Stein, M.B. (2002). Clinical research: A practical guide. Sage.
- Asmundson, G. J. G. & Taylor, S. (2005). It's not all in your head: How worrying about your health could be making you sick and what you can do about it. New York: Guilford.
- Asmundson, G. J. G., Taylor, S., & Cox, B. J. (eds.) (2001). Health anxiety: Clinical and research perspectives on hypochondriasis and related disorders. John Wiley & Sons.
- Asmundson, G. J. G., Vlaeyen, J. W. S., & Crombez, G. (eds.) (2004). Understanding and treating fear of pain. Oxford University Press.
- Hofmann, S., & Asmundson, G. J. G. (eds.) (2017). The science of cognitive behavioral therapy. Academic Press.
- McKay, D., Abramowitz, J. S., Taylor, S., & Asmundson, G. J. G. (2009). Current perspectives on the anxiety disorders: Implications for DSM-V and beyond. New York: Springer.
- Taylor, S. & Asmundson, G. J. G. (2004). Treating health anxiety: A cognitive-behavioral approach. New York: Guilford.
- Asmundson, G. J. (2015). "The village that helped me face fear: Reflections on the training and early career experiences of the 2014 Donald O. Hebb Award recipient". Canadian Psychology, 56(1), 29.
References
- ↑ "Order of Canada appointees – December 2022". 29 December 2022. https://www.gg.ca/en/order-canada-appointees-december-2022.
- ↑ Asmundson, Gordon J. G.; Katz, Joel (2009). "Understanding the co-occurrence of anxiety disorders and chronic pain: state-of-the-art" (in en). Depression and Anxiety 26 (10): 888–901. doi:10.1002/da.20600. ISSN 1520-6394. PMID 19691031. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/da.20600.
- ↑ Ritvo, Eva (2020-12-29). "Do You Have 'Coronaphobia'?" (in en-US). https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/vitality/202012/do-you-have-coronaphobia.
- ↑ Brenner, Grant Hilary (2020-07-11). "COVID Stress Syndrome: What It Is and Why It Matters" (in en-US). https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/experimentations/202007/covid-stress-syndrome-what-it-is-and-why-it-matters.
- ↑ Asmundson, Gordon J. G. (28 October 2020). "COVID stress syndrome: 5 ways the pandemic is affecting mental health" (in en). http://theconversation.com/covid-stress-syndrome-5-ways-the-pandemic-is-affecting-mental-health-147413.
- ↑ "Dr Asmundson". http://www.aibl.ca/dr-asmundson/.
- ↑ "Gordon J.G. Asmundson, PhD, R.D., Psych FRSC". Anxiety and Depression Association of America. https://adaa.org/author/gordon-jg-asmundson-phd-rd-psych-frsc.
- ↑ Asmundson, Gordon, J. G. (2015). "The village that helped me face fear: Reflections on the training and early career experiences of the 2014 Donald O. Hebb Award recipient.". Canadian Psychology 56: 29–34. doi:10.1037/cap0000015. https://doi.org/10.1037/cap0000015.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Anxiety and Illness Behaviour Laboratory (AIBL)". http://www.aibl.ca/.
- ↑ "Member Directory - Dr. Gordon Asmundson". The Royal Society of Canada. https://rsc-src.ca/en/find-rsc-member/results?combine=&first_name=&last_name=asmundson¤t_employer=&academy_25=All&is_deceased=All.
- ↑ "CPA Award Descriptions and Past Recipients". 8 August 2018. https://cpa.ca/aboutcpa/cpaawards/awarddescriptions/.
- ↑ "Awards Report 2020". https://www.canadianpainsociety.ca/page-1075365.
- ↑ "Order of Canada appointees – December 2022". 29 December 2022. https://www.gg.ca/en/order-canada-appointees-december-2022.
- ↑ Taylor, Steven; Landry, Caeleigh A.; Paluszek, Michelle M.; Fergus, Thomas A.; McKay, Dean; Asmundson, Gordon J. G. (May 2020). "Development and initial validation of the COVID Stress Scales". Journal of Anxiety Disorders 72: 102232. doi:10.1016/j.janxdis.2020.102232. ISSN 1873-7897. PMID 32408047.
- ↑ Taylor, Steven; Landry, Caeleigh A.; Paluszek, Michelle M.; Fergus, Thomas A.; McKay, Dean; Asmundson, Gordon J. G. (2020). "COVID stress syndrome: Concept, structure, and correlates" (in en). Depression and Anxiety 37 (8): 706–714. doi:10.1002/da.23071. ISSN 1520-6394. PMID 32627255.
External links
- Faculty page
- Gordon J. G. Asmundson publications indexed by Google Scholar
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