James Carmody, Ph.D.

Academic Role: Assistant Professor

Faculty Appointment(s) In:
   Medicine
   Preventive and Behavioral Medicine

Other Affiliation(s):
   Center for Mindfulness

James Carmody, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine His research interests are in mind-body processes in medicine and health and the qualities of attention related to well-being.

Education

Ph.D. University of Iowa, 1971

On Going Projects/Grants

Principal Investigator, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction for Hot Flashes, NIH R21 AT002910-01. September 2005 – August 2009.

Principal Investigator, Asthma and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, NIH R21 AT002938. January 2006 – December 2009.

Principal Investigator, Immune Processes in MBSR for Asthma, NIH R21 AT002938-S1, July 2007 – June 2009.

Co-Principal Investigator, fMRI Investigation of Mind-Body Stress Reduction, NIH 2007 – 2009 (S.Lazar P.I.)

Co-Principal Investigator, Mindfulness Meditation in Bone Marrow Transplantation. NIH 2005-2010 (S.Bauer-Wu P.I.)

Co-Principal Investigator, A trial of mindfulness based stress reduction on the Hippocampus in Iraqi Veterans with symptoms of PTSD, Samueli Foundation 2006-2008 (D.Bremner P.I.)

Selected Publications

Hoelzel B K., Carmody J, Evans K C, Hoge E, Dusek J A, Morgan L, Lazar S W.Stress Reduction Correlates with Structural Changes in the Amygdala. Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, In Press.

Carmody J. Invited Commentary: Emerging Conceptions of Mindfulness in Clinical Settings, Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 23 (3), 270-280, 2009.

Carmody J, Baer R. Empirical Study of Mechanisms of Mindfulness in a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 65 (6), 613-626, 2009.

Carmody J, Baer R. How long does an MBSR program need to be? How Long Does a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program Need to be? A brief review of class contact hours and effect sizes for psychological distress. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 65 (6), 627-638, 2009.

Carmody J, Olendzki B, Reed G, Andersen V, Rosenzweig P. A dietary intervention for recurrent prostate cancer after definitive primary treatment: Results of a randomized pilot trial. Urology, 72 (6), 1324-1328, 2008.

Carmody J, Baer R. Relationships between Mindfulness Practice and Levels of Mindfulness, Medical and Psychological Symptoms and Well-being in a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 31 (1), 23-33, 2008.

Carmody J, Reed G, Merriam P, Kristeller J. Mindfulness, Spirituality and Health-Related Symptoms, Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 64 (4), 393-403, 2008.

Patel S, Carmody J, Simpson B. Adapting Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction for the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: a case report. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 14 (4), 375-380, 2007.

Samuelson M, Carmody J, Kabat-Zinn J, Bratt M. Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction in Massachusetts Correctional Facilities. The Prison Journal, 87 (2), 254-268, 2007.

Lau M, Bishop S, Segal Z, Buis M, Anderson N, Carlson L, Shapiro S, Carmody J, Abbey S, Devins G. The Toronto Mindfulness Scale: Development and Validation. Journal of Clinical Psychology 62 (12), 1445-1467, 2006.

Carmody J, Crawford S. A Pilot Study of the Feasibility of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction for Hot Flashes. Menopause 13 (5) 760–769, 2006.

Ying Wai Lam, James A. Mobley, James E. Evans, James F. Carmody, Shuk-Mei Ho. Mass Profiling-Directed Isolation and Identification of a Stage-Specific Serologic Protein Biomarker of Advanced Prostate Cancer. Proteomics  5 (11), 2927-2938, 2005.

Bishop SR. Lau M. Shapiro S. Carlson L. Anderson N. Carmody J. Segal Z. Abbey S. Speca M. Velting D. Devins G. Mindfulness: A Proposed Operational Definition. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice 11 (3), 230-241, 2004.

Saxe G, Hebert J, Carmody J, Kabat-Zinn J, Rosenzweig P, Jarzobski D, Reed G, Blute R. Can diet, in conjunction with mindfulness-based stress reduction, affect the rate of increase in prostate-specific antigen after biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer?  J of Urology 166 (6), 2202-2207, 2001.

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Phone: 508-856-1205
E-mail: James.Carmody@umassmed.edu

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