David E. Reed, II
University of Washington
David E. Reed, II is a clinical psychologist by training and an Assistant Professor at the University of Washington, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Reed is a member of the Department’s Division of Public Health and a clinician at the UW’s Center for Pain Relief. He completed his BA in Experimental Psychology from the University of South Carolina and PhD from Palo Alto University.
Dr. Reed’s research program broadly focuses on bringing a more “whole person health” approach to healthcare (i.e., mind, body, and spirit). His research centers around two interconnected areas of investigation: 1) meaning-making and meaning in life among individuals with chronic pain and PTSD and 2) developing and testing mind-body interventions (e.g., mindfulness meditation) that improve physical and emotional health and well-being. Dr. Reed is currently funded by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health through a 5-year career development award developing and pilot-testing a mindfulness- and meaning-based intervention in primary care clinics for individuals with co-occurring chronic pain and PTSD. Dr. Reed is also a Health Service Research Scientist at the Seattle-Denver Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value Driven Care at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System (Seattle, WA), where he co-leads an evaluation of VA’s national Acute Pain Services Expansion Program. Dr. Reed has 40 peer-reviewed publications in journals such as JAMA: Neurology, Journal of Pain, Journal of General Internal Medicine, Journal of Humanistic Psychology, and the Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine.
Dr. Reed is the Secretary of the International Society for the Science of Existential Psychology, Vice-Chair and Communications Chair of the Society of Behavioral Medicine’s Integrative Health and Spirituality Special Interest Group, and is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Pain, the flagship journal of the United States Association for the Study of Pain. Dr. Reed was awarded the Outstanding Trainee Award by the Society of Behavioral Medicine’s Integrative Health and Spirituality Special Interest Group and the highest awards given by Palo Alto University, the Murray Tondow Dissertation Award and Robert E. Kantor Medal.