John (Drew) Sturgeon, PhD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
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John (Drew) Sturgeon, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
  • About
  • Qualifications
  • Center Memberships
  • Research Overview
  • Recent Publications
  • About

    John (Drew) Sturgeon is a fellowship-trained, licensed clinical psychologist and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan School of Medicine. He completed his PhD in clinical psychology at Arizona State University and postdoctoral pain psychology fellowship in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He has been extensively trained and continues to treat people with chronic pain and headache conditions using a combination of cognitive-behavioral therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and emotion- and meditation-focused approaches to pain management.

    Qualifications
    • PhD
      Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 2013
    • MA
      Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 2010
    • BA
      Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI, 2007
    Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Precision Health Initiative
    Research Overview

    Dr. Sturgeon's research interests include contributors to individual resilience in chronic pain, comprehensive statistical modeling of adaptation to chronic pain, fatigue, social factors in the experience of pain, and novel and disseminable behavioral interventions for chronic pain and headache. He has published in the areas of psychological interventions for chronic pain, the role of psychosocial factors in chronic pain, and resilience and vulnerability factors in chronic pain and stress.

    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      Practical Approaches for Clinicians in Chronic Pain Management: Strategies and Solutions
      Sturgeon JA, Cooley C, Minhas D. Best Practice and Research in Clinical Rheumatology, 2024 Feb;
    • Journal Article
      Broadening the Scope of Resilience in Chronic Pain: Methods, Social Context, and Development.
      Sturgeon JA, Zubieta C, Kaplan CM, Pierce J, Arewasikporn A, Slepian PM, Hassett AL, Trost Z. Curr Rheumatol Rep, 2024 Jan 25; DOI:10.1007/s11926-024-01133-0
      PMID: 38270842
    • Journal Article
      The impact of perceived injustice on pain and psychological outcomes after traumatic injury: a longitudinal analysis.
      Trost Z, Sturgeon J, Agtarap S, McMinn K, McShan E, Boals A, Arewasikporn A, Foreman M, Warren AM. Pain, 2024 Jan 19; DOI:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003160
      PMID: 38258952
    • Journal Article
      Integrated Pain Care Models and the Importance Aligning Stakeholder Values
      Hooten WM , Backonja M, Williams KA , Sturgeon JA, Gross JB, Borodianski S, Wang V, Wen-Jan T, Zgierska A, Moeller-Bertram T, Kriegel ML. PAIN Reports, 2024 Jan;
    • Journal Article
      Racial Differences in Movement-Related Appraisals and Pain Behaviors Among Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain.
      Kissi A, Vorensky M, Sturgeon JA, Vervoort T, van Alboom I, Guck A, Perera RA, Rao S, Trost Z. J Pain, 2023 Dec 6; DOI:10.1016/j.jpain.2023.11.021
      PMID: 38065466
    • Journal Article
      Race, Ethnicity, and Belief in a Just World: Implications for Chronic Pain Acceptance Among Individuals with Chronic Low Back Pain.
      Crouch T, Sturgeon J, Guck A, Hagiwara N, Smith W, Trost Z. J Pain, 2023 Dec; 24 (12): 2309 - 2318. DOI:10.1016/j.jpain.2023.07.014
      PMID: 37454884
    • Journal Article
      Initial Validation of the 12-Item Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia in a Retrospective Sample of Adults with Chronic Headache.
      Sturgeon JA, Pierce J, Trost Z. Pain Med, 2023 Nov 1; DOI:10.1093/pm/pnad147
      PMID: 37930882
    • Presentation
      Pain, the Brain, and Meditation
      2023 Aug 26;