Anne C. Black, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine); Research Health Scientist, Research
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Biography
I am an educational psychologist by training with expertise in research design, psychometric measurement, assessment, and statistical modeling. I conduct health services research with a focus on utilization of nonpharmacologic approaches to chronic pain management, long-term opioid therapy, opioid-related harms, and medications for opioid use disorder.
Education & Training
- PhDUniversity of Connecticut, Educational Psychology/Measurement, Evaluation and Assessment (2008)
Activities
- Nonpharmacologic pain treatment use among Veterans on long-term opioid therapyNational series via teleconference 2021Nonpharmacologic pain treatment use among Veterans on long-term opioid therapy
- Use nonpharmacological pain treatment modalities and their association with opioid tapering among Veterans receiving long-term opioid therapySpotlight on Pain Management Cyberseminar 2021Use nonpharmacological pain treatment modalities and their association with opioid tapering among Veterans receiving long-term opioid therapy
- Long-term opioid therapy trajectories and overdose in patients with and without cancerPalliative Research Center Health Services Research Seminar Series 2021Long-term opioid therapy trajectories and overdose in patients with and without cancer
- Trajectories of opioid analgesic receipt in patients with and without cancer and their association with opioid overdoseVirtual national meeting 2021Trajectories of opioid analgesic receipt in patients with and without cancer and their association with opioid overdose
- A money management-based therapy increases valuation of future rewardsScottsdale, AZ, United States 2010A money management-based therapy increases valuation of future rewards
Honors & Recognition
| Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Professional Development Scholarship | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2016 |
| Career Development Award | Department of Veterans Affairs | 2014 |
| Early Career Travel Award | National Institute on Drug Abuse | 2014 |
| Training Fund | PRIME Center COIN | 2014 |
Professional Service
| Organization | Role | Date |
|---|---|---|
| VA Health Services Research and Development | Acting Vice Chair | 2023 |
| NIH Clinical Care and Health Interventions | Grant Reviewer | 2023 - Present |
| College on Problems of Drug Dependence | Member | 2023 - Present |
| Committee on the Status of Women in Medicine (SWIM) | VA Connecticut Healthcare System liaison to SWIM; https://medicine.yale.edu/swim/ | 2022 - Present |
| Opioids Core, Veterans Aging Cohort Study | Co-Chair | 2022 - Present |
| VA Health Services Research & Development | Grant Reviewer for VA HSR&D-4 Review Panel (HSR4): Mental and Behavioral Health | 2021 - Present |
| American Psychological Association | Reviewed proposals for annual meeting | 2021 - Present |
| Pain Medicine | Ad hoc Reviewer | 2019 - Present |
| VA/Yale EMA Workgroup | Co-founded a workgroup to connect VA and Yale researchers using ecological momentary assessment (EMA) in research through monthly meetings, discussion, informal review of grant proposals, and support around technical aspects of research using EMA | 2016 - 2020 |
| PLOS One | Ad hoc Reviewer | 2016 - Present |
| Human Subjects Committee | Regular Member | 2012 - Present |
| Frontiers in Quantitative Psychology and Measurement | Review Editorial Board member | 2009 - 2017 |
Departments & Organizations
- Division of Addictions
- General Internal Medicine
- Internal Medicine
- Psychology Section
- Psychotherapy Development Center