Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry

Pre-Doctoral Clinical Psychology Internship Program 2009-2010
- INTERNSHIP FACULTY

Jeannie A. Sperry, PhD

• Current Rank: Associate Professor
• Graduate School: Ohio University, 1990
• Internship: West Virginia University School of Medicine, Charleston Division

Dr. Sperry is the Director of Behavioral Science Education for the WVU Department of Family Medicine, where she trains medical residents in psychological components of health care. Her research interest focuses on the prevention of pain-related disability by examining psychosocial factors in chronic pain. Clinically, her interests lie in cognitive-behavioral assessment and treatment of anxiety and mood disorders as well as psychological factors complicating chronic health problems.

MacLaren, J.E., Gross, R.T., Sperry, J.A., & Boggess, J.T. (2006). Impact of opioid use on outcomes of functional restoration. Clinical Journal of Pain, 22 (4), 392-398.  

Ciano-Federoff, L.M., & Sperry, J.A. (2005). On “Converting” Hand Pain into Psychological Pain: Treating Hand Pain Vicariously Through Exposure-Based Therapy for PTSD. Clinical Case Studies, 4 (1), 57-71.

Vowles, K. E., Zvolensky, M. J., Gross, R. T., & Sperry, J. A. (2004). Pain-related anxiety in the prediction of chronic low back pain distress. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 27, 77-89.