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BARBARA G. Melamed, Ph.D. A.B.P.P.
American Board of Professional Psychology
Diplomate Certified in Clinical Health Psychology
Department of Psychology/Behavioral Medicine
Honolulu, HI 96859
Phone: 808-***-**** • Cell: 914-***-****
Education:
Recent Post -Graduate Participation
HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, CME 14CR. WORKING TOGETHER: INTEGRATIVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IN PRIMARY CARE MEDICINE Dec.2019
Participant in Program on Negotiation Executive Education Course at Harvard Law School, Cambridge,Mass. 2019
Graduate Certificate U.H Matsunaga Institute for Peace & Conflict Resolution, 2014
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Major clinical psychology; social and personality development; psychophysiology. 1969
Clinical Internship, Veteran’s Administration Hospital, Brecksville, Ohio 1968
M.S., University of Wisconsin 1967
B.S., University of Michigan honors and distinction in psychology; Magna Cum Laude 1964
Academic Appointments:
former Adjunct Professor at John Burns School of Medicine, Univ/ Hawaii Dept of Complementary and Integrative Medicine 2010 - current
University of Hawaii, Department of Psychology 2009 – Present
Clinical Affiliate Professor and Senior Lecturer
Tripler Army Medical Center, Psychology, Director of Training -Clinical Health Fellows. 2010 – 2011
Mercy College, N .Y. Professor and Program Director: Clinical Internship Coordinator.
Defined and got NYS Bd. of Trustees Approval for Family Therapy program & licensure. 2001 – 2010
Yeshiva University Albert Einstein College of Medicine, N.Y.; Dean and Professor,
Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology; Director of Behavioral Medicine Clinic 1989 – 2001
University of Florida; Professor, Director of Adult Clinical Services Depts. Of Clinical Health Psychology, Psychiatry and Community Dentistry: Founder of Behavioral Medicine
Clinic-Interdisciplinary. 1978 – 1989
Served on the Research & Grants committees at University of Florida and Case Western Reserve University.
Previous appointments at Medical Schools with Consultation responsibilities to students and faculty: (Tenured in all positions).
Dean at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Grants and Management with Dean Purpura; appointed in the Departments of Epidemiology and Social Medicine; joint appointment in Pediatrics with regard to developmental grants in conjunction with Developmental Psychology at the Graduate School of Professional Psychology.
Case Western Reserve University: Psychiatry, Pediatrics, Dental and Rainbow Hospital, School of Nursing.
Curriculum. Development of Physicians, Residents and Interns: Case Western Reserve U.
University of Florida: Departments of Psychiatry, consult with Oncology; Neurology; Pain, Health Psychology Shands Teaching Hospital (tenured) Albert Einstein College of Medicine: Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Psychiatry and Psychology (tenured).
Tripler Army Medical Center Credentialed.
Member of Executive Committee for Tripler Army Medical Center; University of Hawaii Medical School; Veterans Administration and Queens Hospital (2010).
Lectured at Northeast Ohio Pediatric Society; Served on DSMIV committee with the American Pediatric Association in Childhood Disorders; Lectured at the Ohio and NY Associations of Dentistry and in Netherlands on Disability. I represent Yeshiva University on the National Research Council Committee for the Study of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States (1992 – 1994).
Served on the American Psychiatric and American Academy of Pediatric Task Force on the Revision of the DSM IV for primary care medicine. guide for Research Support and the Foundations section of the publication. This involved seminars and collaborations with various heads of agencies, Foundation presidents and CEO’s of corporations, as well as federal government program leaders.
Recent Invited Addresses International (2009 – Present
Mediators Beyond Borders International, Dec3-9, Bali, Indonesia;; 2015 Bucharest, c date: American Board of Professional Psychology, Bd. Certified Licensure since 1990
CURRENT updated since 2014
Upcoming Lectures: Stop Killing Our Kids at School. American Psychological Association, August 4, 2022
Media Influences on Shootings and Suicide. American Psychological Association.
Mediators Beyond Borders International: Nov.3-10.2019 Environmental-Climate Change & Ilnesses both medical and mental.
Talk Story: Strategies to Bridge Cultural and Generational Gaps in Conflict Resolution
March 12, 2018. Ali’iolani Hale’ Hawaii State Supreme Court.
Multilateral Negotiation: Tools of Conflict Resolution and Prevention March 13, 2018
Global Health: Bridging the U.S. and Asia in Fighting Cancer, May 5, 2014, UH CC.
Bringing Collaborative Problem-Solving and Civil Discourse to the Resolution of Major Complex Public Policy Issues and Conflicts – May 7, 2014.
Sponsors – Hawaii State Bar Association ADR Section; Accord 3.0; ACR Hawaii; Mediation Center of the Pacific.
Science Café/Curing Mesothelioma: Presented by Dr. Wong, UH CC. sponsored by the Academy of Science, Hawaii. April, 3014.
2014 Diversity & Disabilities: Hawaii Psychological Association, April, 20.
4th Annual Global Cyber-Conference on Dispute Resolution April 23, 2014, Alternative Dispute Resolution Center of Hawaii.
2014 Annual Veterans Conference: Responding to Student Diversity: Understanding Service-Members. University of Hawaii-Veterans organized for Dr. David Lassner, Interim President. University of Hawaii.
Cyber Conference on Cultural/Context and Research. April, 2014.
Joint Research Fact Finding: Richardson School of Law, April, 2014.
Hepatitis B Virus and the Prevention and Control of Liver Cancer, March, 2010 Queen’s Medical School.
Translational Cancer and Medicine Symposium: Preventive and Therapeutic Opportunities in Gene-Environment Interaction and Immunotherapy. Queen’s Medical Center, Feb., 2014
Editorial positions: demonstrated ability to assist with scientific writing.
Associate Editor, Health Psychology 2003 – Present.
Editorial Review Panels: Illness, Crises and Grief; Journal of Internal General Medicine; Clinical Psychology Review.
Medical Care 1994 – Editorial Board.
Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings; 1992 – Present.
Past Associate Editor: Health Psychology.1989 – 1997.
Journal of Experimental and Behavioral Therapy current; Journal of Health Psychology (Associate reviewer).
Visiting sabbatical appointments:
University of Hawaii, Sr. Lecturer Dept. of Psychology, Clinical Studies 2009 – 2010
University of Wisconsin and Summer 1977 – 1978
Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry, Munich, Germany 1986
University of Tubingen and Children’s Hospital, Germany 1984
Behavioral Medicine workshops in Milan, Rome 1979
London Maudsley Psychiatric Institute, Anna Freud lecturer Hempstead Clinic 1976
Behavioral Medicine workshops in Trondheim, Sweden 1975
Licensure:
NYS Licensure Psy10221; Hawaii Psychology: License #1105 Psychologist
American Professional Insurance Trust- Liability Insurance and Attestation for continued Board Certification in Clinical Health Psychology.
Board Certified in Clinical Health Psychology
Current Founder & Director of Behavioral Medicine Associates LLC
Panels with funding implications:
National Institutes of Mental Health, Study Panels and Review of Training Programs; N.Y. Arthritis Foundation; HIV/AIDS adhoc panel; National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine Panel on Deployment and Redeployment of the Armed Forces: Posttraumatic stress disorder; Veteran’s Administration Panel on 16 site National Centers for Posttraumatic Stress Disorders; Reviewer for U.S. Army American Biological Sciences review of breast cancer research; GEKO project for the creating a scientific/lay database for internet access in cancer research developments. NIH Site Visitor on Mental Health Training Programs including Yale University, U.C.LA. and Irvine, California Clinical Psychology programs.
Task Force of the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics for the development of the DSMIV for Mental Health Disorders in Children and Families for Primary Care Physicians.
Scientific Reviewer: Microbiological and Immunological Sciences; National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Health Behavior and Prevention Review Committee; Special Emphasis Panel HIV/AIDS; Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; Unexplained Illnesses, Chemical Sensitivity, Agent Orange and Birth Defects. Served on IRB at Mercy College, NYC.
Nursing Research Center National Institutes of Health for Child and Adolescent Health. This panel was particular for helping Nurses who desired to become funded researchers.
American Agency for Health Care Policy Research, policy guideline setting.
Pain and Acute Pain Management. Candidate for US Prevention Task Force for Health.
VA John Burns School of Medicine and Tripler Army Medical School panel on prevention of PTSD executive committee of leaders, served as Director of Training at TAMC, Honoluolu, Hi.
National Awards
2018, Elected as one/100 Peace & Social Justice Activists, Pacific Transmedia.org
Mediators Beyond Borders International, Nov.2019- Bali, Indonesia Environment & Climate Change
Mediators Beyond Borders International Trainee in Bucharest, Romania 2015
Women Peacemakers
Mediators Beyond Borders International Trainer Womens Peacemaking Institute,
Jakarta, Indonesia.,July, 2016
President of Society of Health Psychology at American Psychological Association.
Chairwoman of the Advisory Board of the Gandhi International Institute of Peace Honolulu, since 2009.
Board of Directors: Association of Conflict Resolution, 2017-2020.
American Psychological Association Distinguished Research Award in Pediatric Psychology; Fellow Status in American Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research;
American Psychological Association President, Division of Health Psychology; Master Lecturer: Health Intervention: Science and Health Collaborations. Phi Beta Kappa, J. Angell Award. National Council of Christians and Jews Brotherhood Award.
Research Funding (approx. 5 million dollars in direct costs, not including over $20 million raised in conjunction with my Board of Governor’s at AECOM).
Continuous from NIH; NIMH; NIDR: and private foundations including the Cleveland Foundation; University of Florida, Gatorade; Small grants; NIMH and Mercy College for Development in Posttraumatic Stress Disorders post 9/11; Preparation of Children and Families for Medical Procedures; Chronic Illness-Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Arthritis;
Served as First Responder 9/11/2001 at Mercy College students/staff lost immediate family members and research evaluation on 589 individuals from NY and Boston Flight which was driven into WTC / S. Tower Data published with comparison to traumatic after effects of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, La. Published : Violence In Our Own Backyard,
Elected as Board of Director
National Association of Conflict Resolution 2017-2021
Gandhi International Institute for Peace, 2009-current Chairperson of Advisory Committee
Biofeedback and mindfulness certification Board: Assn of Brain Research, UNESCO
Co-author: Peaceabling Curriculum used in countries experiencing war (Mediators Beyond Borders Internationa (MBBI).
Other interests and vocational interests:
Member and consumer of Pacific News Media and the Honolulu Museum School.
Scuba Diver- certifried and explored Australian Barrier Reef
Videography, Photography and Documentary Producer (areas: surgery preparation; dental implantology, Virtual reality approaches to reducing combat stress in returning soldiers..
Member, Michiko Okada Wellness Center.
Fisherwoman: Always looking to preserve natural restoration of coral reefs
Participant in local Science Café, once/month at JJs Bistro Organized by Dr. Garth of UH Astronomy
World Traveler: Womens Jounrey to Vietnam & Cambodia
MBBI Intl. Congress, Bali, Indonesia (2020)
Montreal, Educational Travel: China and Korea
Likes: Adoption of Nizhny Novgorod, Russian orphan, now 27 years old: efoster mom to Sam Piseth at Aloha Learning Center in Phnom Penn, Cambodia, and Socheata efoster daughter 11 years old. Grandparenting Gen Kobayashi .
Recent Publications:
Barbara G. Melamed (2022) Stop Killing Our Kids at School. Journal of Child and Adolescent Health (2022) Volume 6, Issue 4
Barbara G Melamed. “Returning from Battle: Misgivings and Forgiveness”. EC Psychology and Psychiatry 11.6 (2022)
Melamed, Barbara: (2020) Self-Care For You and Yours: Connect Trauma Psychology News Vol. 31 Summer Issue.
Melamed, B. G. POW: PEACE OVER WAR, Rushmore Press (2022)
BOOKS in progress:
Melamed, B. G. Aging Sucks…Unless Atmosphere Press, in press.
Melamed, B.G. (2021) COVID and Personal Factors Contributing to Uncertainty, Anxiety, Suicide and Posttraumatc Stress. Journal of Psychology and Psychiatry In Press
Melamed, B.G.(2018) Xenophobia: Fear for Security) Journal of Depression & Anxiety Science Forecast, (1)1,1003.
Special Issue: Strengthening our Soldiers (SOS) and Their Families: Contemporary Approaches to Wartime Problems. Editor Barbara G. Melamed. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings (2018). with Colonel Carl Castro, DoD CEO research, now at USC.
other publications upon request and google scholar and email me for reprints: *******@*********.***
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Source
Year
Project
Research Development
EARDA – Mercy College
2002 – 2006
Psychological consequences of World Trade Center Disaster
National Institutes of Dental Research
Funded 7/1/87 ($682,069)
1987 – 1992
Renewal behavioral research, dental training
National Institutes of Dental Research (HEW)
($335,000) (P.I.)
1982 – 1987
Behavioral medicine training grant
National Institutes of Research (HEW)
($158.717) (P.I.)
1984 – 1986
Behavioral approaches to pain dental responses in pedodontics
University of Florida Gatorade
($5,800)
1986 – 1987
Computer assisted assessment emotional responses
National Institutes of Dental Research (HEW)
($250,000) (P.I.)
1980 – 1983
Behavioral approaches to pain in children
National Institutes of Research (HEW)
1975 – 1977
Reduction of dental pain through peer modeling interaction of patient: multidimensional fear assessment
Biomedical Support Fund Dean, College of Health Related Professions
1977 – 1978
Surgery preparation
Cleveland Foundation ($13,147)
1973 – 1975
Film preparation of children about to undergo surgery
National Institutes of Health General Research Support Fund ($3,300)
1974 – 1975
Cardiovascular control and bio feed-back
National Institutes of Health General Research Support Fund
1972 – 1973
Physiological habituation in systematic desensitization
Clinical -Research Training in Psychology and Behavioral Medicine; and VA grant under Ben Natelson, M.D. and Dr. John Ottweiler grant on Unidentified Medical Disorders-post Gulf War.
Research Advisor on University of Florida: Grants Management Office
Institutional Research Board member, University of Florida, Case Western Reserve University.
Co-Investigator or Consultant:
Source
Year
Project
National Cancer Institute
(Co-Investigator)
1999 – 2001
Epigenetic Model of Adolescent
Substance Abuse (T. Wills, PI)
National Institute of Health
(Consultant; Natelson P.I.)
1995 – 1996
Social Support in Couples
with Chronic Fatigue and R.A.
National Institutes of Health (HEW) ($338,826)
Modification ($651,475)
1983 – 1987
1987 – 1992
Fear, Mental Imagery, Cognition and Control
Co-Investigator National Institute of Health (Consultant; exposure to HIV+ patients
Sadowsky, D., P.I.)
1990 – 1994
Increasing dentists’ voluntary Health
Arthritis Foundation
($32,000) (Co-Sponsor)
1987 – 1990
Perceptions of social support in
rheumatoid arthritis patients and their support providers
National Institute of Dental Research
($2,000,000) (Co-Investigator)
1988 – 1992
Timing of treatment for Class II
malocclusion in children
Also Served as Research Scientist on the NIH Small Business Grant Panel
Dean of Yeshiva; Developed a Board of Governors; Created Philanthropic funded centers for suicide prevention; pre-marriage; neurosciences; Assisted Office of Research Support at all Universities where employed. Responsible for over 8 million dollars at University positions for training of students.
Appointments to NIH, NIDR, National Eye Institute, AIDS/HIV; Institute of Allergies & Infectious Diseases; Mental Health Training Grants.
Current participation in NGOs
Planning committees: Institute of Violence, Abuse & Trauma (esp. military and PTSD tracks).
Mediators Beyond Borders International
Board of Directors, Gandhi International Institute of Peace
Institute of Violence Abuse and Trauma
International Association of Brain Research and Education
eGlobal Family.org
Childrens’ Global Education: served in Badia during War
Ceeds of Peace.org (Founded by Maya Soetoro.Ng.
International Brain Research Association (UNESCO)
Stop Children’s Cancer
Association of Conflict Resolution, International & Hawaii Conflict Resolution Alliance
Armed Services Communications & Electronic Association
International Brain Research Education Association, Kaimuki Tai Chi
Television and Media Activities
BBC Discovery Channel: Cultural Relevance of Snakes
NBC Today Show: Bryant Gumbel Issue of Pain
NBC Today Show: Meridith Vera, Friends and Money
Wrote New Articles for Jane Brody, NY Times: Fears & Treatment
Worked behind the scenes with PBS Dan Sagalyn: VA & War Issues
Co-author Trauma Informed Peace-Abling Curriculum now being used by UNESCO
References
Bruce Cuthbert, Ph. D., Current Dircctor, National Institutes of Mental Health.
6001 Executive Blvd., Room 7123, MSC 9632
301-***-****, ********@****.***.***
The Division of Adult Translational Research and Treatment Development (DATR) plans, supports, and administers programs of research, research training, and resource development aimed at understanding the pathophysiology of mental illness and hastening the translation of behavioral science and neuroscience advances into innovations in clinical care. and co Investigator with
Peter J. Lang, Ph.. Univ. of Florida, Center for Emotional Center of Excellence, (352-5483
Jerris Hedges, MD, MPH.MMM
Dean of John Burns College of Medicine
University of Hawaii
Interim Director of the Cancer Center
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Melba Stetz. Ph.D. Former Lt. Colonel former Research Directorat Tripler Army Medical Center. Current Director 808-***-****
Biofeedback Therapy Hawaii - Biofeedback - Kailua, Hawaii ;https://biofeedbacktherapyhawaii.com
President Peter Salovey
President of Yale University
New Haven, CT 06520
Maya Soetoro-Ng
Director of Outreach & Global Studies
Univ. Hawaii Matsunaga Center for Peace & Conflict Education
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Peter J. Lang, Ph.D.
Graduate Research Professor, Director for Center of Emotion and Attention, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, Box 100165 Health Sciences Center, University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32610 Tel, 321-***-****
Dr. Terry Shintani, M.D. J.D. Harvard Nutritionist
Department of Complementary & Alternative Medicine Honolulu 808-***-****
Associate at private practice Behavior Medicine Associates.
Dr. Leslie Lieberman
Professor Emeriita at and European Union Visiting Scholar 321-***-****
Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2010 – 2014
Professor Emerita at University of Central Florida
Robert Hail, Rotarian and Director of eGlobal Family.com
University of Hawaii Institute of Matsunaga, Institute for Peace & Conflict Education mentors:
Louis Chang, Esq.
Peter Adler,Ph.D.
Bruce Barnes
Katherine Bennett
David Chandler, Ph.D.
Books:
Melamed, B. G. (2022)) POW: Peace Over War Rushmore Press 2022
Melamed, B. G., & Siegel, L. (1980). Behavioral medicine: practical applications in health care. New York: Springer Publishing Co. Book was selected as one of Ten Best Behavioral Books in 1980. Alternate Selection for Basic Books Behavioral Science Book Club.
German translation - Stuttgart, Berlin, Koln, Mainz: Kohlmanner, 1982.
Italian translation - Milan: Rafallo Cortina, 1983.
B.G. Melamed, K. Matthews, D. Routh, B. Stabler and N. Schneiderman (Eds.),1988 Child health psychology. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Articles in Peer-reviewed Journals (over 110 available upon request).
Lang, P.J. & Melamed, B.G. (1969). Case report: Avoidance conditioning therapy of an infant with chronic ruminative.
Recent Special Issue:
Guest Editor, Barbara G. Melamed, Ph.D. “Strengthening Our Soldiers (SOS) and Their Families: Contemporary Psychological Advances Applied to Wartime Problems”Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, June,2011.
Earlier Reprints and collaborative research.
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