CMC3 Janke

E. Amy Janke, PhD

Elizabeth Amy Janke, PhD, is the 2005 recipient of the Post-Doctoral Fellowship in CMC3. Originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Amy earned her masters in Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Development from the University of Pennsylvania and her doctorate in Clinical Psychology with a specialization in Health Psychology from Ohio University.

Prior to joining CMC3, Amy completed her clinical internship at the VA Boston Healthcare System and post-doctoral training at VA Connecticut—West Haven Campus.

Her mentors are Drs. Frances Weaver and Bonnie Spring. Amy’s research interests focus in the areas of health behavior, chronic pain and hepatitis C. Early in her graduate career, her research focused around examining psychosocial correlates of central sensitization and the influence of stress on pain (in particular, headache pain) within a laboratory paradigm. More recently, her interests have broadened to increasing understanding of and developing multidisciplinary treatments for chronic pain within the context of other medical co-morbidities, such as obesity and hepatitis C. She also has a secondary interest in examining the psychosocial factors related to diagnosis with and treatment of hepatitis C. Amy is particularly excited about the potential to apply new technologies to assist both clinical providers and patients in appropriate assessment and treatment of chronic pain disorders as they present within primary and specialty care settings.