CURRICULUM VITAE June, 2006
Janine Giese-Davis, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scholar
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Stanford University School of Medicine
401 Quarry Rd., Room 2318
Stanford, CA 94305-5718
(w) 650-498-5160 (h) 925-443-3941
http://stressandhealth.stanford.edu/
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. 1994 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Major: Clinical Psychology (APA approved)
Dissertation: The Concept of Conflict in Health Psychology:
Person by Situation Measurement
Advisor: Gregory A. Miller, Ph.D.
M.A. 1989 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Major: Clinical Psychology
Thesis: Template Matching in Anhedonics and Dysthymics
(Event Related Potential Study)
Advisor: Gregory A. Miller, Ph.D.
B.A. 1981 Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO
with Distinction Major: English Literature with additional Teaching Certification
B.S. 1979 Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO
Major: Psychology
AWARDS AND HONORS:
1992 Herman Eisen Award for Professional Contribution to Psychology
Annual award to clinical student for professional contribution to the community
1990-1991 University of Illinois Psychology Department and Graduate College Dissertation Grants
1987 Certificate of Appreciation, American Cancer Society
Support Group Organizer and Leader
1985 University of Illinois Department Thesis Grant
1983 Full Tuition Waiver and Assistantship for M.A./Ph.D. Program
1981 Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Society
1980 Phi Beta Kappa, National Honor Society
1980 Hesperia, Junior Women's Honor Society
1976 Psi Chi, National Collegiate Psychology Honor Society
POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING:
Postdoctoral Fellowship Stanford Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Stanford School of
1994-1997 Medicine, Psychosocial Treatment Laboratory
Research Fellowship and Postdoctoral Clinical Training
(APA approved) Mentor: David Spiegel, M.D.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
2002-Present Senior Research Scholar. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
1997-2002 Research Associate. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
1994-1997 Post-Doctoral Fellow. David Spiegel, M.D., Mentor
1992-1993 Clinical Intern. Palo-Alto Veterans Hospital
1989-1990 Coordinator. Self-Help Center: A Program of Family Service of Champaign County Illinois
Administrated the Self-Help Center program which provides support to self-help and
mutual-assistance groups in the Champaign County Area.
Supervisor: Margaret Stewart, M.S.W.
1988-1989 Clinic Assistant. Psychological Services Center, University of Illinois
Administrated clinic activities for the University's outpatient-therapy training facility.
Supervisor: Thom Moore, Ph.D. Clinic Director.
1986-1988 Research Assistant. (Event Related Potential Research) Clinical Psychophysiology Lab.
University of Illinois. Supervisor: Gregory A. Miller, Ph.D.
1984-1987 Research Assistant (Breast Cancer and Coping Project). Department of Psychology/
Psychological Clinic, University of Illinois, and Carle Clinic, Urbana, IL
Supervisor: James Hannum, Ph.D.
TEACHING AND MENTORING:
2003-Present Mentor: Dissertation Committee Member for Lynn Vogel, Aliant Professional School of Psychology: “Validation of the Breast Cancer Specific Affect Coding System for Measurement of Emotional Expression in Breast Cancer Support Groups”
2003-2004 Mentor, First Reader: Stanford Psychology Honors Student, Rebecca Allen: “Pride and Depression in Primary Breast Cancer”
2003 Mentor: Stanford Medical Scholar's Student, Anna Leiss: "An Analysis of Emotional
Expression in Electronic vs. Face-to-Face Cancer Support Groups: A
Comparative Study"
2001-2003 Mentor: Dissertation Committee Member for Erin Macintyre, California Professional School of Psychology “Posttraumatic Growth Effects of Complementary/Alternative Medicine (CAM) In Breast Cancer Patients Participating In Group Therapy”
2001 Mentor, First Reader: Stanford Biology Honors Student, Wendy Ellis: “Therapist Behaviors and Emotional Expression in Online vs. Face-to-Face Cancer Support Groups: A Comparative Study”
Society for Behavioral Medicine Citation Abstract:
2002 Emotional expression during narratives in a breast cancer support group, Perry, C.J.,
Giese-Davis, J., Spiegel, D. (Washington, D.C.). Caroline Perry won a citation for the abstract on her honors thesis work.
Firestone Medals (Highest Stanford Honor for an Undergraduate Honors Project):
2001 Mentor, First Reader: Stanford Human Biology Honors student, Caroline Perry won a Firestone Medal for her research “Emotional Expression During Narratives in a Breast Cancer support group.”
1997 Mentor, First Reader: Stanford Human Biology Honors Student, Julie (Chung In) Choe: won a Firestone Medal for her research “Emotional Resonance of Psychological Support Groups of Women with Breast Cancer: A Pilot Study.”
1994-2004 Instructor/Supervisor. Stanford Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine. Psychosocial
Treatment Laboratory/The Emotion Coding Lab--Stanford.
Undergraduate Independent Study. We recruit and train student interns twice per year, accepting between 10-20 each time. Supervised over 200 students over 10 years. These interns code using a number of different coding systems. Interns have also participated in data management, data entry, phone interviewing, participant recruitment, programming, and have helped with grant submissions.
1992 Listed in "An Incomplete List of Teachers Rated as Excellent by Their Students"
Daily Illini (campus newspaper) for teaching Psychology of Health.
1991 Instructor. Department of Psychology, University of Illinois.
Psychology of Health (2 semesters).
1984-1991 Instructor/Advisor. Department of Psychology, University of Illinois.
Undergraduate Independent Study. Supervised 60 students working on
psychophysiology data collection and programming, primary breast cancer marital interaction coding, daily-diary data management and coding for dissertation.
1984 Teaching Assistant. Department of Psychology,
University of Illinois. Abnormal Psychology (2 semesters).
1983 Teaching Assistant. Department of Psychology,
University of Illinois. Clinical Psychology (2 semesters).
1983 Teaching Assistant. Department of Psychology,
University of Illinois. Community Psychology (2 semesters).
PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
REVIEWER:
2006-Present Occasional Reviewer, Cancer
2006-Present Occasional Reviewer, Psychology and Aging
2004-Present Occasional Reviewer, Archives of General Psychiatry
2002-Present Occasional Reviewer, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
2001-Present Occasional Reviewer, Emotion
1994-Present Occasional Reviewer, Psychophysiology
1999-Present Occasional Reviewer, Journal of Family Psychology
2002-Present Occasional Reviewer, Personality and Individual Differences
2000-Present Occasional Reviewer, Psycho-Oncology
2000-Present Occasional Reviewer, Social Science and Medicine
1999-Present Occasional Reviewer, International Journal of Self-Help and Self-Care
OTHER:
Oct. 26, 2000 Interviewed for Reuters News Release: “Repressed Emotions May Hasten Breast Cancer Death”
1999 Interviewed for Men’s Health Magazine: “In Sickness and in Health: Facing Breast Cancer with Your Partner”.
1999 Invited Consultant to Think Tank “Supporting and Expanding the Self-Help Group Movement” Supported by the California Endowment
COMMUNITY SERVICE:
2004 Panel Discussion member for The Art of Healing Breast Cancer: A Union of Science and Design. Sponsored by The California Breast Cancer Research Program of California and the U.C. Davis Design Museum.
2004 Giese-Davis, J., Golant, M., & Spiegel, D. (October 16, 2004). New Discoveries in Emotions and Cancer. Talk Presented at The Frankly Speaking About New Discoveries in Cancer Seminar Sponsored by The Wellness Community. Walnut Creek, CA.
1999 Invited Talk: Coping with Breast Cancer: New Developments (October 15, 1999). Talk presented for Breast Cancer Month at Queen of the Valley Hospital in Napa, CA.
2001-Present Advisory Consultant. Act as an advisory consultant to The Wellness Community National Organization.
1986-1992 Organization of an Independent Cancer Support Group
Facilitated the organization of a Cancer support group in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.
Initially co-led the group and facilitated the election of member-leaders
1992 Self-Help Center Advisory Council Member
Self-Help Center, A Program of Family Service of Champaign County
1990-1992 Champaign County American Cancer Society Board Member:
Co-chair of the Service and Rehabilitation Committee
Administrative Tasks:
1) Organized of a bi-annual cancer conference, Living Well with Cancer, co-sponsored by
The University of Illinois, College of Medicine.
2) Coordinated Reach for Recovery, Cansurmount, and other service programs (we initiated
the Cansurmount peer-counseling program in Champaign County in 1990).
3) Facilitated the Cansurmount volunteer visitors' monthly group meetings.
1989 American Cancer Society Board Member.
Organized a cancer conference, Cancer: Facing the Challenge, co-sponsored
by the University of Illinois, College of Medicine.
1986-1989 Community Cancer Education Committee. Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.
Member of an interdisciplinary committee which sponsored 4 educational programs (6 speakers each) on topics about which cancer patients requested information.
GRANTS:
2004 Emotional Resonance Expert for Kozmetsky Global Collaboratory: ($6,000,000 5 years) A project to accelerate shared global prosperity by real-time venture creation. This is a research/intervention for entrepreneurs taking products into developing countries. Aim is to increase sustainability of ventures across political and economic upheavals, and to eventually work with indigenous ventures to increase their sustainability. Cliff Nass, Ph.D. and Syed Shariq, Ph.D. CO-P.I.s
2003 Principal Investigator for Breast Cancer Research Program of California Grant Assessing the Impact of Shame and Guilt in Recovery? ($100,000 1 1/2 year-IDEA Grant) David Spiegel, M.D. CO-P.I.
2002 Co-Writer Supplemental Grant ($20,000) to Breast Cancer Research Program of California Grant: Does a Peer Navigator Improve Quality of Life at Diagnosis? David Spiegel, M.D. P.I. Providing funds for collaboration with La Familia Center Santa Cruz toward the goal of working with monolingual Spanish-speaking women with breast cancer
2002-2006 Consultant for Fetzer Grant: Cultivating Emotional Balance In Challenging Times, Margaret E. Kemeny, Ph.D. and Paul Ekman, P.I.s. My lab is conducting the emotion coding of the marital interaction task within this randomized study. My role is as consultant and lead writer of articles coming from analysis of this task.
Grant Recipient Award:
2001 Lead Writer on the Pilot Grant “Does a Peer Navigator Improve Quality of Life at Diagnosis” selected as a grant funded through a tax-payer check off initiative for the State of California as particularly relevant to the citizens of California
2001 Lead Writer and Co-Investigator for Breast Cancer Research Program of California Grant: Does a Peer Navigator Improve Quality of Life at Diagnosis? ($500,000 3-year randomized Community/Research Collaboration) David Spiegel, M.D. P.I.
2001 Co-Investigator for N.I.A./N.C.I Sponsored Diurnal Cortisol, and Breast Cancer Survival and Research Coordinator for N.I.A./N.C.I. Program Project Grant: Stress, the HPA, and Aging. ($8,000,000) Program Project. David Spiegel, M.D. P.I.
2001 Consultant for Breast Cancer Research Program of California Grant: Effectiveness of Internet vs. Face-to-Face Support Groups ($500,000 3-year randomized Community/Research Collaboration) Mort Lieberman, Ph.D. and Mitch Golant, Ph.D. P.I.s
2000 Co-Investigator for competing renewal NIMH Sponsored Grant: Effects of Psychosocial Treatment on Cancer Survival ($2,000,116 competitive renewal of a randomized trial of supportive-expressive group therapy): Emotion Coding of Videotaped Group Psychotherapy. David Spiegel, M.D. P.I.
2000 Lead writer and Co-Investigator/Project Director Breast Cancer Research Program of California Grant: Does a Peer Navigator Improve Quality of Life at Diagnosis? ($100,000 1-year pilot Community/Research Collaboration). David Spiegel, M.D. P.I.
2000 Consultant for California School of Professional Psychology Mini Grant: Does Expressive Writing Enhance the Health Effects of Cancer Support Groups?. ($8,000) P.I. Melanie Greenberg, Ph.D. CSPP.
2000 Co-Investigator for Bill Kimpton Foundation Grant: Effects of Self-Hypnosis on Emotional Expression and Depression in Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients. ($25,000 Gift)
1999 Co-Investigator for Breast Cancer Research Program of California Grant: Effectiveness of Electronic Support Groups for Breast Cancer. ($100,000 1-year pilot Idea Grant) Morton Lieberman, Ph.D. and Mitch Golant, Ph.D. P.I.s
1998 Lead Writer and Co-Investigator/Project Director for Breast Cancer Research Program of California Grant: Do Community Cancer Support Groups Reduce Physiological Stress? ($500,000 3-year randomized Community/Research Collaboration).
1996 Wrote and was awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship as a part of larger John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Mind/Body Network Grant: The Impact of Emotional Expression on Social Support and Group Interaction in Metastatic Breast Cancer Support Groups. Mentor: David Spiegel, M.D. Stanford School of Medicine
1996 Development of the Emotion-Coding Lab Stanford. I developed a method to code emotional expression from videotape of women participating in cancer support groups ã 1996, Stanford University, All Rights Reserved.
1995-1997 Wrote and was awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant from the Breast Cancer Research Program of California: Does Change in Emotional Expression Mediate Cancer Survival?
Principal Investigator: Janine Giese-Davis, Ph.D.
Mentor: David Spiegel, M.D. Stanford University School of Medicine
1994 Wrote and was awarded Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant from the American
Cancer Society: Cancer Support Groups: Professional vs. Member Leadership
Principal Investigator: Janine Giese-Davis, Ph.D.
Mentor: David Spiegel, M.D. Stanford University School of Medicine
PUBLICATIONS:
Invited Papers:
Giese-Davis, J., & Spiegel, D. (2002). Emotion regulation and metastatic breast cancer. In T. Sivik, D. Byrne, D. R. Lipsitt, G. N. Christodoulou & H. Dienstfrey (Eds.), Psycho-Neuro-Endocrino-Immunology (PNEI) A Common Language for the Whole Human Body: Proceedings of the 16th World Congress on Psychosomatic Medicine. New York: Elsevier Science.
Spiegel, D., & Giese-Davis, J. (2002). Reduced emotional control as a mediator of decreasing distress among breast cancer patients in group therapy. In T. Sivik, D. Byrne, D. R. Lipsitt, G. N. Christodoulou & H. Dienstfrey (Eds.), Psycho-Neuro-Endocrino-Immunology (PNEI) A Common Language for the Whole Human Body: Proceedings of the 16th World Congress on Psychosomatic Medicine. Goteborg, Sweden: Elsevier Science.
Spiegel, D., & Giese-Davis, J. (2003) Depression and Cancer: Mechanisms and Disease Progression. Biological Psychiatry. 54(3):269-282.
Spiegel, D., & Giese-Davis, J. (2004). Examining the evidence that psychotherapy improves the survival of cancer patients - Reply. Biological Psychiatry. 56(1): 62-64.
Peer Reviewed Articles:
Hannum, J. W., Giese-Davis, J., Harding, K., & Hatfield, A. K. (1991). Effects of individual and marital variables on coping with cancer. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 9(2), 1-20.
Giese-Davis, J., Miller, G.A., and Knight, R. (1993). Template mismatch processes in anhedonia and dysthymia. Psychophysiology, 30, 646-656.
Fernandes, L. O. L., Keller, J., Giese-Davis, J., Hicks, B. D., Klein, D. N., & Miller, G. A. (1999). Converging evidence for a memory anomaly in early psychopathology. Psychophysiology, 36, 511-521.
Giese-Davis, J., Hermanson, K., Koopman, C., Weibel, D., & Spiegel, D. (2000). Quality of Couples' Relationship and Adjustment to Metastatic Breast cancer. The Journal of Family Psychology, 14 (2), 251-266.
Koopman, C., Angell, K., Turner-Cobb, J. M., Kreshka, M. A., Donnelly, P., McCoy, R., Turkseven, A., Graddy, K., Giese-Davis, J., & Spiegel, D. (2001). Distress, coping, and social support among rural women recently diagnosed with primary breast cancer. The Breast Journal, 7, 1, 1-9.
Giese-Davis, J., & Spiegel, D. (2001). Suppression, Repressive-Defensiveness, Restraint, and Distress in Metastatic Breast Cancer: Separable or Inseparable Constructs? Journal of Personality, 69 (3).
Classen, C., Butler, L.D., Koopman, C., Miller, E., Dimiceli, S., Giese-Davis, J., Carlson, R., Kraemer, H.C., Spiegel, D. (2001). Supportive-expressive group therapy and distress in patients with metastatic breast cancer General Archives of Psychiatry, 58.
Giese-Davis, J., Koopman, C., Butler, L. D., Classen, C., Cordova, M., Fobair, P., Benson, J., & Spiegel, D. (2002). Change in emotion regulation strategy for women with metastatic breast cancer following supportive-expressive group therapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 70(4), 916-925.
Koopman, C., Butler, L. D., Classen, C., Giese-Davis, J., Morrow, G. R., Banerjee, T., et al. (2002). Traumatic stress symptoms among women with recently diagnosed primary breast cancer. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 15(4), 277-287.
Lieberman, M. A., Golant, M., Giese-Davis, J., Winzlenberg, A., Benjamin, H., Humphreys, K., Kronenwetter, C., Russo, S., Spiegel, D. (2003). Electronic Support Groups for Breast Carcinoma: A Clinical Trial of Effectiveness. Cancer; 97(4):920-925.
Cordova, M. J., Giese-Davis, J., Golant, M., Kronnenwetter, C., Chang, V., McFarlin, S. and Spiegel, D. (2003). Mood Disturbance in Community Cancer Support Groups: The Role of Emotional Suppression and Fighting Spirit. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 55(5):461-467.
Abercrombie, H. C., Giese-Davis, J., Sephton, S., Epel, E. S., Turner-Cobb, J. M., & Spiegel, D. (2004). Flattened salivary cortisol rhythms in metastatic breast cancer patients. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 29, 1082-1092.
Koopman, C., Collie, K., Butler, L. D., Giese-Davis, J., & Spiegel, D. (2004). Mind-Body Connections between Depression and Cancer. Depression: Mind and Body, 1(2), 34-41.
Giese-Davis, J., Sephton, S. E., Abercrombie, H., Duran, R. E. F., & Spiegel, D. (2004). Repression and high anxiety are associated with aberrant diurnal cortisol rhythms in women with metastatic breast cancer. Health Psychology, 23(6), 645-650.
Kraemer, H., Giese-Davis, J., Yutsis, M., Neri, E., O'Hara, R., Gallagher- Thompson, D., et al. (2006). Design decisions to optimize reliability of daytime cortisol slopes in an older population. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 14, 325-333.
Giese-Davis, J., DiMiceli, S., Sephton, S., & Spiegel, D. (In Press). Emotional expression and diurnal cortisol slope in women with metastatic breast cancer in supportive-expressive group therapy Biological Psychology.
Giese-Davis, J., Bliss-Isberg, C., Carson, K., Star, P., Donaghy, J., Cordova, M. J., et al. (In Press). Brief Report: The effect of peer counseling on quality of life following diagnosis of breast carcinoma: An observational study. Psycho-Oncology.
Taylor, C. B., Conrad, A., Wilhelm, F. W., Neri, E., DeLorenzo, A., Kramer, M. A., Giese-Davis, J., Roth, W.T., Oka, R., Cooke, J.P., Kraemer, H.C., Spiegel, D. (In Press). Psychophysiological and cortisol responses to psychological stress in depressed and non-depressed older men and women with elevated CVD risk. Psychosomatic Medicine.
Ginzburg, K., Arnow, B., Hart, S., Gardner, W., Koopman, C., Butler, L. B., Classen, C. Giese-Davis, J. Spiegel, D. (In Press). The abuse-related beliefs questionnaire for survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Child Abuse and Neglect.
Giese-Davis, J., Wilhelm, F. H., Conrad, A., Abercrombie, H., Sephton, S., Yutsis, M., et al. (In Press). Depression and Stress Reactivity in Metastatic Breast Cancer. Psychosomatic Medicine.
Owen, J. E., Giese-Davis, J., Cordova, M., Golant, M., Kronenwetter, C., & Spiegel, D. (In Press). Self-report and linguistic indicators of emotional expression in cancer narratives as predictors of adjustment to cancer. Annals of Behavioral Medicine.
Submitted:
Cordova, M. J., Giese-Davis, J., Golant, M., Kronnenwetter, C., Chang, V., & Spiegel, D. (Submitted). Breast cancer as trauma: Frequency and correlates of posttraumatic stress and posttraumatic growth. Health Psychology.
Butler, L. D., Koopman, C., Tilston, J., Giese-Davis, J., Palesh, O., Dimiceli, S., et al. (Submitted). Effects of supportive-expressive group therapy on pain in women with metastatic breast cancer. Health Psychology.
Epel, E., Giese-Davis, J., Kraemar, H. C., Sephton, S., & Spiegel , D. (Submitted). Insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and breast cancer progression: Role of psychosocial stress.
Revise and Resubmit:
Giese-Davis, J., Kronenwetter, C., Golant, M., Cordova, M. J., Wilson, S., Chang, V., Spiegel, D. (Revise and Resubmit). Qualities of Cancer Support Groups to Consider When Implementing Support Programs. Group Dynamics.
Palesh, O., Giese-Davis, J., Yutsis, M., Taylor, C. B., O'Hara, R., Gallager-Thompson, D., et al. (In Revision). Depression, fatigue, and cortisol dysregulation in stressed populations. American Journal of Psychiatry.
Taylor, C. B., Conrad, A., Wilhelm, F., Strachowski, D., Khaylis, A., Neri, E., Giese-Davis, J., Roth, W.T., Cooke, J.P., Kraemer, H.C., Spiegel, D. (In Revision). Does improving mood in depressed patients reduce cardiovascular disease risk? American Jouranl of Psychiatry.
Spiegel, D., Giese-Davis, J., Taylor, C. B., & Kraemer, H. (Revise and Resubmit). HPA stress sensitivity in metastatic breast cancer. Journal of Psychoneuroendocrinology.
Book Chapters:
Giese-Davis, J., & Spiegel, D. (2003). Emotional Expression and Cancer Progression. In R. J. Davidson, K. R. Scherer & H. Hill Goldsmith (Eds.), Handbook of Affective Sciences (pp. 1053-1082). Oxford: Oxford University Press
Giese-Davis, J., Koopman, C., Butler, L. D., Joss, J., Classen, C., Roberts, J., Rosenbluth, R., Morrow, G. R., & Spiegel, D. (2004). The Stanford Emotional Self-Efficacy Scale--Cancer: Reliability, validity, and generalizability. In I. Nyklícek, L. Temoshok, & A. Vingerhoets (Eds.), Emotional Expression and Health: Advances in Theory, Assessment and Clinical Applications: Hove, UK & New York: 204-222 Brunner-Routledge.
Giese-Davis, J., Piemme, K. A., Dillon, C., & Twirbutt, S. (2005). Macro-variables in affective expression in women with breast cancer participating in support groups. In J. Harrigan, K. R. Scherer & R. Rosenthal (Eds.), Nonverbal behavior in the affective sciences: A handbook of research methods (pp. 399-445). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Raison, C. L., Giese-Davis, J., Miller, A. H., & Spiegel, D. (2006). Depression in cancer : Mechanisms, consequences and treatment. In D. L. Evans, D. S. Charney & L. Lewis (Eds.), The physician's guide to depression and bipolar disorders. (pp. 377-410). New York: McGraw-Hill.
In Preparation:
Giese-Davis, J., Conrad, A., Nouriani, B., & Spiegel, D. (In Preparation). Repression, suppression, and restraint of hostility as emotion-regulation variables related to autonomic physiology in metastatic breast cancer patients. The Breast Journal.
Liess, A., Ellis, W., Yutsis, M., Owen, J., Piemme, K. A., Golant, G., Giese-Davis, J. (In Preparation). Detection of emotional expression in face-to-face and online breast cancer support groups. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
Giese-Davis, J., Popek, V., Yutsis, M., & Spiegel , D. (In Preparation). Repression associated with higher waking cortisol and higher Trier social stress test baseline cortisol levels in women with metastatic breast cancer. Journal of Psychosomatic Research.
In Revision:
Koopman, C., Giese-Davis, J., Angell, K., Turner-Cobb, J. M., Kreshka, M. A., Donnelly, P., McCoy, R., Graddy, K., & Spiegel, D. (In Revision). The Stanford Emotional Self-Efficacy Scale-Cancer: Evidence for construct validity.
Classen, C., Giese-Davis, J., Angell, K., Michel, B., Brennan-O'Neill, E., Morrow, G., & Spiegel, D. (In Revision). The delicate balance of coping with primary breast cancer: Expressing emotion while maintaining a fighting spirit.
Non-Peer Reviewed:
Giese-Davis, J., Miller, G.A., and Knight, R. (1992). Template mismatch processes in anhedonia and dysthymia. Beckman Institute Technical Report.
Abstracts:
Giese-Davis, J., Yutsis, M., & Spiegel , D. (2006). Repression, cortisol, and stress reactivity in women with metastatic breast cancer. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 31 (Supplement), S095.
Giese-Davis, J., Wilhelm, F. H., Conrad, A., Abercrombie, H., Sephton, S., Yutsis, M., et al. (2006). Stress reactivity in metastatic breast cancer patients: effects of depression. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 31 (Supplement), S077.
Wittenberg, L., Giese-Davis, J., Bliss-Isberg, C., Star, P., Batten, C., Yutsis, M., et al. (2006). Involving physicians in recruiting women with breast cancer to a psychosocial clinical trial. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 31 (Supplement), S027.
Palesh, O. G., Butler, B., Koopman, C., Giese-Davis, J., Carlson, R., & Spiegel, D. (2006). Stress history and breast cancer recurrence. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 31 (Supplement), S0171.
Giese-Davis, J., Kraemar, H. C., Neri, B., & Spiegel , D. (2005). Updates on controversial design and analysis decisions for research on the diurnal slope of cortisol. Ann Behav Med, 29(Supplement), S112.
Kraemer, H. C., Giese-Davis, J., Yutsis, M., Neri, E., O'Hara, R., Gallagher-Thompson, D., et al. (2005). Design decisions to optimize reliability of daytime cortisol slopes in an older population. Ann Behav Med, 29(Supplement), S112.
Owen, J. E., Giese-Davis, J., Cordova, M., & Golant, M. (2005). Emotional suppression, expression, and cognitive processing: Self-report and linguistic indicators that predict adjustment in cancer. Ann Behav Med, 29(Supplement), S181.
Taylor, C. B., Conrad, A., Neri, E., Roth, W., Giese-Davis, J., Luce, K. H., et al. (2005). Cardiovascular stress test reactivity in depressed patients at risk for CVD. Ann Behav Med, 29(Supplement), S010.
Wittenberg, L., Giese-Davis, J., Bliss-Isberg, C., Star, P., Stevens, N., Batten, C., et al. (2005). Marital status predicts change in depression and trauma symptoms in women with breast cancer and their peer counselors. Ann Behav Med, 29(Supplement), S101.
Giese-Davis, J., Butler, L. D., Koopman, C., Cordova, M. J., Classen, C., Spiegel, D. Does Emotion Regulation Moderate or Mediate Change in Distress in Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer Participating in Supportive-Expressive Group Therapy.
Giese-Davis J, Sephton S, Spiegel D. Less expression of primary negative affect associated with flattened diurnal slope of cortisol. Psychophysiology 38: S44-S44 Suppl. 1 2001.
Cordova MJ, Chang V, Giese-Davis J, Kronenwetter C, Golant M, Benjamin H, Spiegel D. Predictors of breast cancer-related posttraumatic growth. Psychosomatic Medicine. 63 (1): 1463 Jan-Feb 2001
Giese-Davis J, Sephton S, Duran REF, Spiegel D. Repression associated with a physiological risk factor for early death in metastatic breast cancer. Psychophysiology 37: S42-S42 Suppl. 1 Aug 2000.
Caldwell R, Golant M, Giese-Davis J, Butler LD, Kronenwetter C, Benjamin H, Spiegel D Impact and timing of group support for cancer patients experiencing trauma symptoms. Psycho-Oncology. 8 (6): 141 Suppl. S Dec 1999.
Giese-Davis J, Kronenwetter C, Golant M, Chang V, Benjamin H, Spiegel D. Qualities of cancer support groups to consider when implementing support programs. Psycho-Oncology. 8 (6): 144 Suppl. S Dec 1999.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS: (60 Total)
Invited Addresses:
Giese-Davis J, Sephton S, Golant M, Liess A, Ellis W, Spiegel D. Emotion regulation, supportive-expressive therapy, and online support. Invited address presented at the BCCA sociobehavioural research center and the Canadian strategy for cancer control rebalance focus action group presents: electronic support groups for cancer patients: clinical applications and future research; June 21-23, 2004; Vancouver, Canada.
Giese-Davis, J., Sephton, S., Spiegel, D. Personality Factors and Recovery from Breast Cancer. Invited address presented at the 3rd Meeting on Personality Disorders: Personality Disorders; Research and Treatment: An Update. June 5-6, 2004; Stanford University Medical Center.
Giese-Davis, J. (2001, August). Emotion regulation and metastatic breast cancer. Invited symposium 16th World Congress on Psychosomatic Medicine, Goteborg, Sweden.
Giese-Davis, J. (Nov. 2000). Thinking about feeling: Emotional Expression in the lives of people with cancer. Invited address, Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Research Hospital.
Giese-Davis, J. The Development of Support Groups, (1997, February) Invited address to the annual meeting of the California Association of Regional Cancer Registries (CARCR), San Francisco, CA.
Golant, M., & Giese-Davis, J. (2004, Aug. 25-28). How community-initiated research collaborations make a difference: Real science for real people. Paper presented at the 7th International Congress in Psychosocial Oncology, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Cordova, M. J., Giese-Davis, J., Golant, M., Kronnenwetter, C., & Spiegel,D. Cancer as a traumatic stressor: Accurate and helpful but incomplete. In M. A. Andrykowski (Chair), Conceptualizing cancer as trauma: Accurate or inaccurate, helpful or unhelpful? Symposium to be presented at the 24th annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Salt Lake City.
Presentations:
Giese-Davis, J. (2002, April). Community/research collaborations, how to reach more of the people more of the time with evidence-based interventions. Chair of symposium which included: Giese-Davis, J., Bliss-Isberg, C., Carson, K., Donaghy, J., Star, P., Batten, C., & Spiegel, D. (2002, April). Peer Counselors in a training session provide accurate predictions of who will be an effective peer navigator. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Behavioral Medicine, Washington, D.C.
Perry, C.J., Giese-Davis, J., Spiegel, D. (2002, April). Emotional expression during narratives in a breast cancer support group. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Behavioral Medicine, Washington, D.C. Citation award.
Ellis, W., Giese-Davis, J., Lieberman, M., Golant, M., Simon, J., Spiegel, D. Emotional expression and therapist behavior in online vs. Face-to-face breast cancer support groups: a comparative study Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Behavioral Medicine, Washington, D.C.
Giese-Davis, J., Sephton, S., & Spiegel, D. (2001, October). Less coded expression of primary negative affect associated with flattened diurnal slope of cortisol. Paper presented at the Annual Conference for the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Montreal, Canada.
Giese-Davis, J. (2001, August). Emotion regulation and metastatic breast cancer. Invited symposium 16th World Congress on Psychosomatic Medicine, Goteborg, Sweden.
Giese-Davis, J., Sephton, S., Duran, R. E., Spiegel, D. (2001, July). Repression and physiological risk factors in women with metastatic breast cancer. Paper presented at the World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Vancouver, Canada.
Giese-Davis, J. (Nov. 2000). Thinking about feeling: Emotional Expression in the lives of people with cancer. Invited address, Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Research Hospital.
Giese-Davis, J., Koopman, C., Butler, L., Classen, C., Cordova, M., Fobair, P., Benson, J., Carlson, R., & Spiegel, D. (2000a). Change over time in emotional control in supportive-expressive group therapy for metastatic breast cancer patients. Paper presented at the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Nashville, TN.
Giese-Davis, J., Sephton, S., Duran, R., & Spiegel, D. (2000b). Repression associated with a physiological risk factor for shorter survival in women with metastatic breast cancer. Paper presented at the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Nashville, TN.
Giese-Davis, J. & Spiegel, D. (1999, June) Suppression, Repression, and Restraint in Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients. Talk to be presented at the annual conference of the (Non)Expression of Emotion, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
Giese-Davis, J., Kronenwetter, C., Golant, M., Chang, V., Benjamin, H., & Spiegel, D. (1999, March). Qualities of Cancer Support Groups to Consider When Implementing Support Programs. Presented at the annual meeting of NIH/NCI: Cancer Survivorship: Research Challenges and Opportunities for the new Millennium, Bethesda, MD.
Giese-Davis, J., Koopman, C., Butler, L.D., Classen, C., Morrow, G. R., & Spiegel, D.(1999, March) Self-Efficacy with Emotions Predicts Higher Quality of Life in Primary Breast Cancer Patients. Presented at the annual meeting of The Society for Behavioral Medicine, San Diego, CA.
Giese-Davis, J., Symons, B., Sephton, S., Cacioppo, J., & Spiegel, D. (1998, September) Repression, suppression, restraint: Cardiovascular reactivity in metastatic breast cancer patients. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research. Denver, CO.
Giese-Davis, J., Hermanson, K., Koopman, C. and Spiegel, D. (1998, Aug.) Affective engagement and couple’s adjustment to metastatic breast cancer. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association Meeting . San Francisco, CA.
Giese-Davis, J., Golant, M., Alt, C. and Spiegel, D.(1998, May) Topics Discussed in Cancer Support Group Meetings: Dimensions of ‘Support’. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, Washington, D.C.
Giese-Davis, J., Koopman, C., Butler, L.D., Joss, J., Classen, C., Roberts, J., Rosenbluth, R., Morrow, G.R., & Spiegel, D. (1997, May), The Stanford Self-Efficacy Scale for Serious Illness: Reliability, validity, and generalizability. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, Washington, D.C.
Giese-Davis, J. The Development of Support Groups, (1997, February) Presentation to the annual meeting of the California Association of Regional Cancer Registries (CARCR), San Francisco, CA.
Giese-Davis, J., Miller, G.A., and Zeiss, A.M. (1994, March). Internal Conflict in Chronic Illness Groups. Presented at the annual meeting of The Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Diego, CA.
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE:
1994-2001 Clinician for Clinical Trials of Supportive-Expressive Group Therapy for women with primary and metastatic breast cancer, and for Irvin Yalom’s Here-And-Now Group Psychotherapy for women with a childhood history of sexual abuse for the Psychosocial Treatment Laboratory Stanford Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
1994-1997 Postdoctoral Clinical Training. Stanford Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine. (APA approved). Clinician for individual and group interventions for women with breast cancer, for general Behavioral Medicine Clinic clients (generalized anxiety disorder, psychosomatic illnesses), and group interventions for women who experienced childhood sexual abuse.
1992-1993 Internship. Palo Alto Veterans Administration Medical Center. (APA approved).
Rotations:
Behavioral Medicine (Outpatient smoking cessation, sexual dysfunction secondary to prostate cancer, cancer clinic consultation, coping with debilitating cardiovascular disease)
Satori (Inpatient therapeutic community for male veterans who had failed out of every other drug and alcohol treatment program and had either narcissitic, antisocial, or borderline personality disorders. A typical stay for these men was 8 months. Therapeutic community had existed for 23 years and utilized peer mentors who had “graduated” and were successful in the community)
Rheumatology Clinic (Outpatient consultation in the rheumatology clinic for male and female veterans who were either requesting psychological services for difficulty coping with pain or loss of function, or at the request of the clinic for those who were having difficulty with adherence to medication, behavioral programs, and exercise recommendations. Individual therapy with clients who requested longer term intervention)
Andrology Clinic (Outpatient consultation in the andrology clinic for veterans who had erectile dysfunction secondary to medical illness. In this clinic, physicians and psychologists worked closely to create effective interventions that included vacuum-constriction devices, testosterone shots if warranted, and individual and couple’s therapy)
Comprehensive Rehabilitation Center (Inpatient clinic for brain injuries and illnesses. Provided daily neuropsychological testing and psychological intervention for a range of clients with brain tumors, A.L.S., Stroke, brain injuries. Provided individual and couple’s therapy for outpatients who had had brain injuries or illnesses.
1984-1991 Psychology Intern. Psychological Services Center, University of Illinois.
Practicum: Behavioral Medicine, Feminist Therapy, Neuropsychological Testing, Community Intervention
Professional Societies:
Society of Behavioral Medicine
Society for Psychophysiological Research
American Psychological Association
References:
David Spiegel, M.D.
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