Frank Andrasik, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
Dr. Andrasik received his doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Ohio University in
1979, after completing an Internship at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic,
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, under the direction
of Drs. Michel Hersen and Samuel M. Turner. He then joined the Psychology Faculty
of the State University of New York at Albany (beginning as an Assistant Professor
and then promoted to Associate Professor), where he also held the positions of Research
Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology and Adjunct Associate Professor
in the Department of Family Practice at Albany Medical College. At SUNYA he assisted
in establishing and co-directing a clinical research unit, the Stress Disorders Clinic,
which investigated both pharmacological and nonpharmacological approaches to varied
stress and pain problems. This unit was housed within the Center for Stress and Anxiety
disorders, directed by Drs. Edward B. Blanchard and David H. Barlow. Upon departing
SUNYA, he served as Associate Director for Pain Therapy Centers in Greenville, SC,
where he managed multidisciplinary pain treatment programs at various hospital sites.
His next academic appointment was in the Department of Psychology at the University
of West Florida, where he began as a Full Professor, and subsequently was bestowed
the title of Distinguished University Professor and appointed as a Senior Research
Scientist at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition. He presently serves
as a Distinguished Professor, Director, Center for Behavioral Medicine, Department
of Psychology, University of Memphis, TN.
Dr. Andrasik has published approximately 270 articles and chapters and has delivered numerous presentations in the US and abroad (Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Norway, Spain, Turkey, & UAE). His work has focused on a variety of topics within the area of behavioral medicine, chiefly chronic pain, headache, and stress disorders, basic and applied psychophysiology, and more recently polytrauma in military populations. He has co-authored or co-edited several texts for professionals (one of which was translated into German and Spanish, with a two-volume set translated into Korean). His most recent text was published in early 2015, entitled Biopsychosocial Assessment in Clinical Health Psychology: A Handbook, co-edited with J.L. Goodie and A.L. Peterson. The 4th edition of his coedited text with M.S. Schwartz (as senior editor), entitled Biofeedback: A Practitioner’s Guide, is scheduled to appear late 2015/early 2016.
Dr. Andrasik has been the recipient of multiple federal and foundation research grants, including a Research Career Development Award from the National Institute of Neurological Communicative Disorders and Stroke (now NINDS) at the start of his career (serving as PI or Co-PI for grants totaling approximately $5 million to date). He has participated as an external reviewer in the grant review process at a number of agencies (NIH, NIMH, NASA, NATO, USAMRMC, etc.), serving as a member of the Risk, Prevention and Health Behavior Study Section (formerly known as the Behavioral Medicine Study Section). He was the 1990 recipient of The University of West Florida's Distinguished Research and Creative Activity Award, the 1992 recipient of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback's Merit Award for Long-Term Research and/or Clinical Achievements, the 2002 recipient of AAPB’s Distinguished Scientist Award, and the 2006 recipient of The University of West Florida’s University Scholarly and Creative Activities Award. Dr. Andrasik has considerable journal editing experience, currently serving as Editor-in-Chief for (formerly Biofeedback and Self-Regulation) since 1995 and Associate Editor for Cephalalgia since 2013. In the past he served as Editor-in-Chief for Behavior Therapy, Associate Editor for Behavior Therapy and Biofeedback and Self-Regulation, and a member of the editorial board for other leading behavioral journals. He continues as a board member for several journals and regularly reviews for others.
He belongs to a number of professional societies, holding the status of Fellow in 2 divisions of the American Psychological Association (Division of Health Psychology and Society of Clinical Psychology), the Association for Psychological Science, and the Society of Behavioral Medicine. He has twice served as President for scientific societies: President of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (AAPB) in 1993-1994 and of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) in 2009-2010. He previously served as Secretary/Treasurer for ABCT, as a member of the Board of Directors for AAPB (formerly Biofeedback Society of America), and chaired the Task Force on Biofeedback Treatment of Tension Headache for this same organization. He has served as Program Chair for 3 national societies: Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy now ABCT; Division 38, Health Psychology, American Psychological Association; and AAPB. He recently completed a term on the Board of the Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology (COGDOP).
Dr. Andrasik has consulted in a behavioral management capacity to a number of human service agencies (mental health, pediatrics, police selection, forensics, military, and intellectual/developmental disabilities). Finally, Dr. Andrasik remains active clinically. He is licensed as a psychologist (Florida), is listed in the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology, is certified by the Biofeedback Certification International Alliance (formerly the Biofeedback Certification Institute of America), has maintained a private practice since 1982, and regularly consults to various agencies.