David E. Reed, II
University of Washington
David Reed is a clinical psychologist and postdoctoral scholar at the University of Washington, Department of Health Systems and Population Health. 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 holistic 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 and hypnosis) that improve physical and emotional 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-based intervention in primary care clinics for individuals with co-occurring chronic pain and PTSD. Dr. Reed is also funded through Veteran Affairs (VA) Puget Sound (Seattle, WA), where he studies the implementation of VA’s Whole Health Program, a “Whole Person” approach to care that incorporates aspects of how Veterans find their meaning and purpose. Dr. Reed has nearly 30 peer-reviewed publications in journals such as JAMA: Neurology, 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. He is also a fellow with the National Institutes of Health-funded fellowship M3EWB (Mechanisms Underlying Mind-Body Interventions & Measurement of Emotional Well-Being) Education and Mentoring Program, where he focuses on measuring meaning in life as a component of emotional well-being. He is the Communications Chair of the Society of Behavioral Medicine’s Integrative Health and Spirituality Special Interest Group. Dr. Reed was awarded the Outstanding Trainee Award by the 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.