Curriculum vitae

JOSEPH WILLIAM DITRE

Professional Address

Education


Professional Positions
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Syracuse University Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Texas A&M University Clinical Psychology Intern, James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, Tampa, FL Graduate Assistant, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL
Honors and Awards

Selected for Early Career Reviewer Program, Center for Scientific Review, NIH, 2013 NIH Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2011-2013 Dissertation Research Award, American Psychological Association, 2008 Travel Grant, NIDA Division of Basic Neuroscience and Behavioral Research, 2008 Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award, Moffitt Cancer Center, 2008 Valerie Reed Award, Outstanding Clinical Doctoral Student, University of South Florida, 2007 Conference Travel Award, College of Arts & Sciences, University of South Florida , 2007 Tom Tighe Research Grant, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, 2006 Helen B. Daly Memorial Undergraduate Research Award, Binghamton University, 1998 Distinguished Independent Honors in Psychology, Binghamton University, SUNY, 1998
Professional Associations

APA Division 12 (Clinical Psychology), 38 (Health Psychology), 50 (Addiction Psychology)
Society of Behavioral Medicine
Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
American Pain Society
International Association for the Study of Pain
Research Funding - Grants Awarded

08/2012 - 06/2014. NIDA (R21 DA034285). Effects of Smoking Abstinence on Pain Reactivity: A Human Experimental Model. DC: $250,000. TC: $362,788. Principal Investigator. 08/2007 - 08/2009. NIDA (F31 DA023728). Pain as a motivator of smoking: Mechanisms of action. 08/2007 - 08/2009. AHA (0715113B). Cardiovascular risk associated with chronic pain: Testing smoking-related mechanisms of action. DC: $43,540. Principal Investigator. Publications (*Students)
Ditre, J. W., Zale*, E. L., Kosiba, J. D., & Zvolensky, M. J. (in press). A pilot study of pain-related anxiety and smoking dependence motives among persons with chronic pain. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. Unrod, M., Drobes, D. J., Stasiewicz, P. R., Ditre, J. W., Heckman, B. W., Miller, R. R., Sutton, S. K., & Brandon, T. H. (in press). Decline in cue-provoked craving during cue-exposure therapy for smoking cessation. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. Zale*, E. L., Lang*, K. L., Fields, S. A., & Ditre, J. W. (2013). The relation between fear of pain and disability: A meta-analysis. Journal of Pain. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2013.05.005 Zale*, E. L., & Ditre, J. W. (2013). Associations Between Chronic Pain Status, Attempts to Quit Smoking, and Use of Pharmacotherapy for Smoking Cessation. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. doi: 10.1037/a0032515 Ditre, J. W., Oliver, J. A., Myrick, H., Henderson, S., Saladin, M. E., & Drobes, D. J. (2012). Effects of Divalproex on Smoking Cue Reactivity and Cessation Outcomes Among Smokers Achieving Initial Abstinence. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. doi: 2012-08593-001 Litvin, E. B., Ditre, J. W., Heckman, B. W., & Brandon, T. H. (2012). Nicotine. In J. Verster, K. Brady, M. Galanter, & P. Conrod (Eds.), Drug abuse and addiction in medical illness: Causes, consequences, and treatment (pp. 137-150). New York: Springer. Heckman, B. W., Ditre, J. W., & Brandon, T. H. (2012). The restorative effects of smoking upon self- control resources: A negative reinforcement pathway. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 121(1), 244-249. doi:10.1037/a0023032 Ditre, J. W., Brandon, T. H., Zale*, E. L., & Meagher, M. M. (2011). Pain, nicotine, and smoking: Research findings and mechanistic considerations. Psychological Bulletin, 137(6), 1065-1093. doi:10.1037/a0025544 Ditre, J. W., Gonzalez, B. D., Simmons, V. N., Faul, L. A., Brandon, T. H., & Jacobsen, P. B. (2011). Associations between pain and current smoking status among cancer patients. Pain, 152(1), 60-65. doi:10.1016/j.pain.2010.09.001 Ditre, J. W., Heckman, B. W., Butts*, E. A., & Brandon, T. H. (2010). Effects of expectancies and coping on pain-induced motivation to smoke. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 119(3), 524-533. doi:10.1037/a0019568 Simmons, V. N., Heckman, B. W., Ditre, J. W., & Brandon, T. H. (2010). A measure of smoking abstinence-related motivational engagement: development and initial validation. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 12(4), 432-437. doi:10.1093/ntr/ntq020 Brandon, T. H., Drobes, D. J., Ditre, J. W., & Elibero, A. (2009). Nicotine. In L. M. Cohen, F. L. Collins, A. M. Young, D. E. McChargue, T. R., Leffingwell & K. L. Cook (Eds.), Pharmacology and treatment of substance abuse: Evidence- and outcome-based perspectives (pp. 267-294). New York, NY: New York: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group. Ditre, J. W., & Brandon, T. H. (2008). Pain as a motivator of smoking: effects of pain induction on smoking urge and behavior. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 117(2), 467-472. doi:10.1037/0021-843X.117.2.467 Ditre, J. W., Coraggio, J. T., & Herzog, T. A. (2008). Associations between parental smoking restrictions and adolescent smoking. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 10(6), 975-983. doi:10.1080/14622200802087549 Hendricks, P. S., Ditre, J. W., Drobes, D. J., & Brandon, T. H. (2006). The early time course of smoking withdrawal effects. Psychopharmacology, 187(3), 385-396. doi:10.1007/s00213-006-0429-9 Ditre, J. W., & Radnitz, C. L. (2005). Pre- and Postinjury Substance Misuse Among Veterans With Spinal Cord Injury. Rehabilitation Psychology, 50(2), 142-148. doi:10.1037/0090-5550.50.2.142 Gerhardstein, P., Kovacs, I., Ditre, J., & Feher, A. (2004). Detection of contour continuity and closure in three-month-olds. Vision Research, 44(26), 2981-2988. doi:10.1016/j.visres.2004.06.023 Kovacs, I., Gerhardstein, P., Ditre, J., Fehér, A., Kozma, P., Benedek, G., & Káldy, Z. (2004). Normal development of visual integration. In Kovács, Ilona (Ed.). Visual integration: Development and impairments (pp. 5-38). Budapest, Hungary: Akadémiai Kiadó. Manuscripts under Review (*Students)
Foster, D. W., Zvolensky, M. J., Garey, L., Ditre, J. W., Schmidt, N. B. Drinking motives among tobacco-using problem drinkers. American Journal of Health Behavior. Manuscripts in Preparation (*Students)
Ditre, J. W., Heckman, B. W., Zale*, E. L., & Herrick*, A. M. Acute pain-inhibitory effects of nicotine and tobacco smoking in humans: A meta-analysis. Ditre, J. W., Zale*, E. L., Heckman, B. W., & Hendricks, P. S. The pain and smoking inventory: Ditre, J. W., Zale*, E. L. Associations between smoking status and the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among persons with chronic pain. Zale*, E. L., & Ditre, J. W., Heckman, B. W., & Brandon, T. H. Effects of chronic pain status on motivation to quit smoking and confidence in remaining abstinent. Invited Talks and Oral Conference Papers
Ditre, J. W. (July, 2013). Pain and Tobacco Smoking: Interrelations and Novel Treatment Considerations. Invited talk hosted by the Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Ditre, J. W. (January, 2013). Chronic pain and tobacco smoking: Considerations for primary care mental health integration. Invited talk hosted by the Center for Integrated Health, VA Medical Center, Canandaigua, New York. Ditre, J. W. (April, 2012). Pain, nicotine, and tobacco smoking: Complex interactions and novel treatment considerations. Invited seminar hosted by the Departments of Behavioral Science and Pain Medicine at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. Ditre, J. W. (February, 2012). Tobacco smoking and chronic pain: Complex interactions and novel treatment considerations. Invited talk hosted by the Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. Ditre, J. W. (October, 2011). Tobacco smoking and chronic pain: Complex interactions and novel treatment considerations. Invited talk for symposium on "Novel Strategies to Reaching the Hard-To-Reach Smoker" presented at the annual Addiction Health Services Research Conference, Fairfax, Virginia. Ditre, J. W., & Brandon, T. H. (September, 2008). New directions in smoking cue-reactivity and cue- exposure research. Invited talk hosted by the NIDA Neuroscience Consortium Cutting Edge Seminar, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Bethesda, Maryland. Ditre, J. W., & Brandon, T. H. (March, 2007). Pain as a motivator to smoke. Paper presented at the 28th annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Washington, D.C. Ditre, J. W., Jackson*, M. N., Grewe*, B. A., & Brandon, T. H. (February, 2007). Experimentally induced acute pain enhances smoking urge and smoking behavior. Paper presented at the 13th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Austin, Texas. Ditre, J. W., & Brandon, T. H. (February, 2007). Pain as a motivator of smoking: Effects of pain induction on smoking urge and behavior. Department of Psychology, Clinical Brown Bag Series, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. Conference Posters
Zale*, E. L., & Ditre, J. W. (March, 2013). Associations between chronic pain status and nicotine withdrawal severity. Poster to be presented at the 19th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Boston, MA. Zale*, E. L., & Ditre, J. W. (March, 2013). Smoking status is associated with comorbid psychopathology among persons with chronic pain. Poster to be presented at the 19th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Boston, MA. Ditre, J. W., Zale*, E. L., Heckman, B. W., & Hendricks, P. S. (March, 2013). The pain and smoking inventory: Development and initial validation. Poster to be presented at the 19th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Boston, MA. Ditre, J. W., & Zale*, E. L. (March, 2013). Smokers with chronic pain anticipate greater difficulty quitting. Poster to be presented at the 19th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Boston, MA. Ditre, J. W., Heckman, B. W., Zale*, E. L., & Herrick*, A. M. (April, 2012). Acute analgesic effects of nicotine and tobacco smoking in humans: A meta-analysis. Poster presented at the 33rd annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana. Herrick*, A. M., Zale*, E. L., Ditre, J. W. (April, 2012). Smokers in the general population are more likely to misuse opioids. Poster presented at the 33rd annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana. Zale*, E. L., Herrick*, A. M., Ditre, J. W. (April, 2012). Associations between chronic pain and use of pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation. Poster presented at the 33rd annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana. Ditre, J. W., Heckman, B. W., Zale*, E. L., & Herrick*, A. M. (March, 2012). Acute pain-inhibitory effects of nicotine and tobacco smoking in humans: A meta-analysis. Poster presented at the 18th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Houston, Texas. Herrick*, A. M., Zale*, E. L., Toomey*, N. A., & Ditre, J.W. (March, 2012). Smokers in the general population are more likely to misuse opioid pain medications than nonsmokers. Poster presented at the 18th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Houston, Texas. Zale*, E. L., Herrick*, A. M., & Ditre, J. W. (March, 2012). Smokers with chronic pain are more likely to utilize pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation: Results from a nationally representative survey. Poster presented at the 18th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Houston, Texas. Ditre, J. W., Zale*, E. L., Heckman, B. W., & Brandon, T. H. (February, 2011). Smokers in pain report greater desire but less confidence and more difficulty in quitting. Poster presented at the 17th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Toronto, Canada. Ditre, J. W., Simmons, V. N., Zale*, E. L., Litvin, E. B., & Brandon, T. H. (February, 2011). Associations between pain severity and smoking cessation-related factors among cancer patients. Poster presented at the 17th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Toronto, Canada. Heckman, B. W., Ditre, J. W., Eschenbrenner*, A. E., Babb*, D. E., Carrington*, M. S., & Brandon, T. H. (February, 2011). Does smoking restore self-control resources? Poster presented at the 17th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Toronto, Canada. Unrod, M., Drobes, D. J., Stasiewicz, P. R., Ditre, J. W., Bouton, M. E., Miller, R. R., Niaura, R. S., & Brandon, T. H. (February, 2011). Extinction of cue-provoked craving during cue-exposure therapy for smoking cessation. Poster presented at the 17th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Toronto, Canada. Oliver, J. A., Ditre, J. W., Garcia, N. E., Myrick, H., Saladin, M. E., & Drobes, D. J. (October, 2010). Emotional reactivity and divalproex: Independence of autonomic and somatic systems. Poster presented at the 50th annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Portland, Oregon. Ditre, J. W., Gonzalez, B. D., Simmons, V. N., Faul, L. A., Brandon, T. H., & Jacobsen, P. B. (April, 2010). Relationship of smoking and pain in cancer patients. Poster presented at the 31st annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Seattle, Washington. Ditre, J. W., Heckman, B. W., Butts*, E. A., & Brandon, T. H. (February, 2010). Effects of expectancies and coping on pain-induced motivation to smoke. Poster presented at the 16th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Baltimore, Maryland. Ditre, J. W , Gonzalez, B. D., Simmons, V. N., Faul, L. A., Brandon, T. H., & Jacobsen, P. B. (February, 2010). Associations between pain and smoking status among cancer patients. Poster presented at the 16th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Baltimore, Maryland. Ditre, J. W., Heckman, B. W., Narkiewicz*, N., Butts*, E. A., Bajaj*, N., & Brandon, T. H. (April, 2009). Pain as a motivator of smoking: Mechanisms of action. Poster presented at the 15th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Dublin, Ireland. Heckman, B. W., Simmons, V. N., Ditre, J. W., & Brandon, T. H. (April, 2009). The development and initial validation of the Abstinence-related Motivational Engagement Scale. Poster presented at the 15th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Dublin, Ireland. Ditre, J. W., & Brandon, T. H. (August, 2008). Pain and motivation to smoke tobacco: experimental findings and a theoretical conceptualization. Poster presented at the 116th annual scientific meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, Massachusetts. Ditre, J. W., & Brandon, T. H. (May, 2008). Pain and motivation to smoke tobacco: experimental findings and a theoretical conceptualization. Poster presented at the 27th annual scientific meeting of the American Pain Society, Tampa, Florida. Ditre, J. W., & Brandon, T. H. (February, 2008). Does self-reported task persistence predict performance on behavioral measures of task persistence and distress tolerance? Poster presented at the 14th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Portland, Oregon. Ditre, J. W., & Brandon, T. H. (February, 2008). Pain and motivation to smoke tobacco. Poster presented at the Moffitt Cancer Center Scientific Retreat, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida. Unrod, M., Drobes, D. J., Stasiewicz, P. R., Ditre, J. W., Armstrong, G., Bouton, M. E., Miller, R. R., Niaura, R. S., & Brandon, T. H. (February, 2008). Key decision-points in conducting cue-exposure therapy for smoking cessation. Poster presented at the 14th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Portland, Oregon. Ditre, J. W., & Brandon, T. H. (February, 2007). The reciprocal relationship between pain and smoking: A review and discussion of findings, implications, and future directions. Poster presented at the 13th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Austin, Texas. Ditre, J. W., Coraggio, J., & Herzog, T. A. (February, 2006). The effects of home smoking restrictions on adolescent smoking. Poster presented at the 12th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Orlando, Florida. Hendricks, P. S., Ditre, J. W., Drobes, D. J., & Brandon, T. H. (February, 2006). The early time course of smoking withdrawal symptoms. Poster presented at the 12th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Orlando, Florida. Ditre, J. W., & Gerhardstein, P. (April, 1999). Three-month-olds’ detection of closure in the absence of local cues. Poster presented at the 70th annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Providence, Rhode Island. Editorial and Peer-Review Responsibilities
Consulting Editor:

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 2013 - Present Evaluation & the Health Professions Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology Psychology of Addictive Behaviors Textbook reviewer for Living with Substance Addiction by Melissa Higgins Essential Library (January 1, 2012). ISBN-13: 9781617831294
Media Representation

Pain Medicine News: Smoking Cigarettes a Poor Coping Strategy For Chronic Pain (07/2012) Medscape Medical News: Cancer Patients Who Smoke Report Worse Pain, Symptoms (02/2012) Medscape Medical News: Smoking may worsen pain for cancer patients (12/2010) WebMD: Smoking may worsen cancer pain (12/2010) CNN Health: Smoking may make cancer pain worse (12/2010) APA Monitor: 8 Tips for funding your dissertation (08/2009) APA gradPSYCH Magazine: Pain causes smoking pangs (11/2008) HealthLine: Adolescent smoking restrictions (07/2008) Medical News Today: Effects of pain on smoking behavior (07/2008) CBS Radio - Dallas/Fort Worth: Smoking may worsen cancer pain (12/2010) KTRH News Radio - Houston: Smoking may worsen pain for cancer patients (12/2010) ABC TV - WFTS Tampa: Electronic cigarettes may pose health risks (4/2009) FOX TV - WTVT Tampa: Some choose electronic cigarettes (4/2009)

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