Dr. Ephrem Fernandez Professor
Quick Facts Biographical Sketch

Contact:	Office: HSS 4.01.44 Office Phone: (210) 458-5755 Lab Phone:     (210) 458-6930 E-Mail: Ephrem.Fernandez@utsa.edu
Degrees & Qualifications:	Internship, Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic,                  University of Pittsburgh Medical School Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, Ohio State University M.A., Experimental Psychology, Miami University B.A. (Honors), University of Western Australia
Specialization:	Clinical & Health Psychology; Affective Science
Research Interests:	Psychosomatics; Pain and Suffering; Emotions; Assessment and Regulation of anger
Courses:	PSY 5363 Seminar in Psychology of Health PSY 5313 Seminar in Psychopathology PSY 4253 Psychology of Health PSY 3543 Introduction to Clinical Psychology
Select Honors and Awards:	National Institutes of Health R21 Grant, 2007 Rotunda Outstanding Professor Award, 2005 Psychology Dept. Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2004 Teaching Fellowship, Maguire Center for Ethics & Public Responsibility University Research Council grant, 2004 R.W Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute grant, 1999
Academic and  Professional Activities:	Affiliations Association for Psychological Science International Association for the Study of Pain International Society for Research on Emotions Society for Psychotherapy Research
Current Research:	Interaction between physical symptoms and affective qualities (anxiety, depression, anger) Cross-linguistic clues to pain diagnoses Psychometric assessment of anger experience and expression Integrative psychotherapy for maladaptive anger
Selected Publications:	Fernandez, E. (2008). The angry personality: A representation on six dimensions of anger expression.  In G. J Boyle, D. Matthews & D. Saklofske (Eds.).  International Handbook of Personality Theory and Testing: Vol. 2: Personality Measurement and Assessment (pp.402-419). London: Sage. Fernandez, E. & Kerns, R.D. (2008). Anxiety, depression, and anger: The core of negative affect in medical populations.  In G. J Boyle, D. Matthews & D. Saklofske (Eds.).  International Handbook of Personality Theory and Testing: Vol. 1: Personality Theories and Models (pp.659-676).  London: Sage. Wasan, A., Fernandez, E., Jamison, R.N., & Bhattacharya, N. (2007). Association of anxiety and depression with reported disease severity in patients undergoing evaluation for chronic rhinosinusitis. Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology, 116, 491-497. Fernandez, E. (2005).  The relationship between anger and pain.  Current Pain and Headache Reports, 9, 101-105. Fernandez, E. (2003).  Anger regulation in childhood.  In T. Gullotta & M. Bloom (Eds.)  Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion (pp.190-195).  New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. Fernandez, E.  (2002).  Anxiety, Depression, and Anger in Pain: Research Findings and Clinical Options. Dallas, TX: Advanced Psychological Resources, Inc.  [as reviewed in American Pain Society Bulletin, 2003, July/August p.15; Journal of Health Psychology, 2003, 8 (4), 477-478; Clinical Journal of Pain, 2005, 21, 458-459]. Fernandez, E., & Boyle, G.J. (2002).  Affective and evaluative descriptors of pain in the McGill Pain Questionnaire: Reduction and reorganization.  The Journal of Pain, 3, 70-77. Fernandez, E. (2001).  Review of the McGill Pain Questionnaire.  In B.S. Plake & J.C. Impara (Eds.), The 14th Mental Measurements Yearbook (pp.735-737).  Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements. Fernandez, E., & Beck, R. (2001).  Cognitive-behavioral self-intervention versus self-monitoring of anger: Effects on anger frequency, duration, and intensity.  Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 29, 345-356.

Last update: September 6, 2008