Dawn Ehde, Ph.D.

Dr. Ehde, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and Associate Professor in the Division of Clinical and Neuropsychology, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA.She earned a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of North Dakota.She completed a clinical fellowship in rehabilitation psychology as well as an NIH funded post-doctoral rehabilitation research fellowship.Her research interests and federally funded (CDC, NIH, NIDRR) grants are on the natural history of and cognitive behavioral interventions for pain and depression in persons with acquired disabilities, including spinal cord injury, limb loss, and multiple sclerosis.Dr. Ehde is the PI of two extramural grants from the CDC as well as the UW PI for a multi-site RCT conducted in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University (also funded by the CDC).She is a co-Investigator on a currently funded NIH Program Project (PO1) on the management of chronic pain in persons with disabilities; within this grant she is the principal investigator of a randomized clinical trial of the efficacy of a cognitive behavioral intervention in the treatment of chronic pain in persons with spinal cord injury, limb loss, and multiple sclerosis.In 2002 she was the recipient of the Early Career Award for Research Contributions to the field of Rehabilitation Psychology, Division of Rehabilitation Psychology (Division 22), American Psychological Association.She has served in elected positions on the board for the Division of Rehabilitation Psychology, American Psychological Association, and on the Editorial Board for the journal Rehabilitation Psychology.