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Richard Sherman

Richard

Sherman

Richard Sherman

Faculty, Specialization Coordinator

  • Roles:

  • IRB

  • Faculty Senate

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  • Campus:
  • Saybrook University
  • College of Integrative Medicine and Health Sciences
Department
Mind-Body Medicine
Institution
Saybrook University
Office Phone
360-452-5020
Email
Biography

Richard A. Sherman is a full professor in the department of Psychophysiology at Saybrook University and directs the Behavioral Medicine Research and Training Foundation.

He received his doctorate in psychobiology from New York University in 1973. He has accrued over fifty years of experience teaching and performing research and clinical work in behavioral medicine and related fields. Much of this work was accomplished during his 22 years in the US Army from which he retired as a lieutenant colonel in the medical department.

Dr. Sherman is recognized as a superb teacher and has given courses at virtually all levels of adult education including numerous undergraduate, medical resident, and graduate school courses as well as continuing education courses for clinical professionals in both on-site and distance-based formats.

Dr. Sherman is best known for his work elucidating mechanisms and treatments for phantom limb pain, temporal relationships between changes in muscle tension and pain, and environmental studies on mechanisms of and behavioral treatments for headaches, low back pain, and urinary incontinence. This work has resulted in over 150 articles (mostly in peer-reviewed journals) and several books for both professionals and patients. His research has been supported by numerous private foundations, for-profit organizations, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Defense, and the National Institutes of Health.

He has been president of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback twice. He founded the Behavioral Medicine Research and Training Foundation in 2000 and is currently its director. He developed the psychophysiology doctoral program in 2000 and moved it to Saybrook University where he is currently full-time faculty in the Department of Psychophysiology. His most recent book "Applied Psychophysiological Research" was published in 2022 and the third edition of his 2016 book "Pain Assessment and Intervention from a Psychophysiological Perspective is due out in 2023.

Areas of Expertise
Area Expertise
Research Design/Methodology Quantitative Inquiry
Education History
Degree Institution Year
PhD New York University, New York, NY 1973
Professional Memberships
Role Organization
past president Association for Applied Psychophysiology
director Behavioral Medicine R&T Foundation
member International Association for the Study of Pain
Community Involvement
Role Organization
board member Blue Mountain Road Association
President Congregation Olympic Shalom
Media Exposure
Appearance

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Question and Answer
Describe your teaching philosophy or your approach to working with students.

Masters level graduate students are fellow professionals and should be treated as such.

People need to learn by thinking rather than having material pushed into them. Don't water down the science!

People need to learn by thinking rather than having material pushed into them.

Don't water down the science!

Don't water down the science!
Curriculum Vitae
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Presentations
Title Location Date
hundreds - see CV
Research

pain mechanisms

headache mechanisms

phanotm pain mechanisms

ambulatory recording
Publications

Professional Skills
psychophysiology, pain mechanisms, teaching people to think, "make it simple but not too simple" by A. Einstein no watered down science here