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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.
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PhDArizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 2013
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MAArizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 2010
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BAKalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI, 2007
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Center MemberPrecision Health Initiative
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.
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Sturgeon JA, Cooley C, Minhas D. Best Practice and Research in Clinical Rheumatology, 2024 Feb;Journal ArticlePractical Approaches for Clinicians in Chronic Pain Management: Strategies and Solutions
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Sturgeon JA, Zubieta C, Kaplan CM, Pierce J, Arewasikporn A, Slepian PM, Hassett AL, Trost Z. Curr Rheumatol Rep, 2024 Jan 25;Journal ArticleBroadening the Scope of Resilience in Chronic Pain: Methods, Social Context, and Development.
DOI:10.1007/s11926-024-01133-0 PMID: 38270842 -
Trost Z, Sturgeon J, Agtarap S, McMinn K, McShan E, Boals A, Arewasikporn A, Foreman M, Warren AM. Pain, 2024 Jan 19;Journal ArticleThe impact of perceived injustice on pain and psychological outcomes after traumatic injury: a longitudinal analysis.
DOI:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003160 PMID: 38258952 -
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 ArticleIntegrated Pain Care Models and the Importance Aligning Stakeholder Values
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Kissi A, Vorensky M, Sturgeon JA, Vervoort T, van Alboom I, Guck A, Perera RA, Rao S, Trost Z. J Pain, 2023 Dec 6;Journal ArticleRacial Differences in Movement-Related Appraisals and Pain Behaviors Among Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain.
DOI:10.1016/j.jpain.2023.11.021 PMID: 38065466 -
Crouch T, Sturgeon J, Guck A, Hagiwara N, Smith W, Trost Z. J Pain, 2023 Dec; 24 (12): 2309 - 2318.Journal ArticleRace, Ethnicity, and Belief in a Just World: Implications for Chronic Pain Acceptance Among Individuals with Chronic Low Back Pain.
DOI:10.1016/j.jpain.2023.07.014 PMID: 37454884 -
Sturgeon JA, Pierce J, Trost Z. Pain Med, 2023 Nov 1;Journal ArticleInitial Validation of the 12-Item Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia in a Retrospective Sample of Adults with Chronic Headache.
DOI:10.1093/pm/pnad147 PMID: 37930882 -
2023 Aug 26;PresentationPain, the Brain, and Meditation