As a rehabilitation psychologist, my research has focused on theories and projects that have the potential to improve function and reduce disability for persons with chronic illness and impairments. Specific research projects have focused on:

*Factors that influence the development of chronic pain in persons with occupational musculoskeletal injuries, rheumatic disease, spinal cord injury or limb loss

*The development of cognitive-behavioral and self-management interventions that prevent the development of, or provide treatment for, pain associated with disability

*Factors that influence rehabilitation outcomes specifically the role of positive psychological variables -denial, positive coping, hope and spirituality

rehabilitation, self-management, psychology

Fulbright Scholar 2008-2009

Serena Yang Lectureship in Rehabilitative Science, Department of Rehabilitative Science, Hong Kong Polytechnic University May, 2008.

Vice President, American Board of Rehabilitation Psychology 2007- present

Essie Morgan Excellence Award-2005 American Association of SCI Psychologists and Social Workers

Board Member, American Board of Rehabilitation Psychology, 2002- present

Visiting Professor, Harry S Truman VA and University of Missouri at Columbia, February, 2004.

Distinguished Lecturer at the American College of Rheumatology /Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals Annual Scientific Meeting. San Francisco, CA. October, 2001. The Biospsychosocial Model and Beyond: Helping Persons with Chronic Disease Flourish.

Outstanding Research Paper Award, Arthritis Health Professions Association 1986.

Whelan Psychology Medal, Loyola College, Baltimore, MD, 1975.

President, Alpha Sigma Nu, National Jesuit Honor Society, Loyola College, 1975

Schwartz D.P., Large H.S., Degood D.E., Wegener S.T., & Rowlingson J.C. (1984). Chronic emergency room visitor with chest pain: Successful treatment by stress management and biofeedback. Pain. 18, 315 319.

Stabenow, C., O'Leary, A., Wegener, S.T., Fang, L., & Brunner, C. (1988). A survey of arthritis rehabilitation in the United States. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 69 54-60.

Wegener, S.T. (1989). Treatment of sleep disturbance in rheumatoid arthritis: A single-subject experiment. Arthritis Care and Research, 1, 205-210.

.Wegener, S.T. (1989). Cognitive, psychological and behavioral issues in aging and arthritis. Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology, 82, 39-49.

Wegener, S.T. (1991). Psychological aspects of rheumatic disease: The developing biopsychosocial framework. Current Opinion in Rheumatology, 3, 300-304.

Wegener, S.T. & Elliott, T.R. (1992). Pain Assessment in Spinal Cord Injury. The Clinical Journal of Pain, 8, 93-101.

Elliott, T.R. & Wegener, S.T. (Eds.). (1992). Chronic pain and spinal cord injury (Special section). The Clinical Journal of Pain, 8, 86-122.

Wegener, S.T. (1996). The rehabilitation ethic and ethics. Rehabilitation Psychology , 41, 5-17.

Wegener, S.T., Hagglund, K., Elliott T.R.(1998). On psychological identity and training: Boulder is better for rehabilitation psychology. Rehabilitation Psychology , 43, 17-29.

Wegener, S.T., Hagglund, K., Elliott T.R.(2000). A reply to Thomas and Chan: On psychological identity and training. Rehabilitation Psychology,45, 74-80.

Benrud-Larsen, L.M., Wegener, S.T. (2000). Psychosocial aspects of chronic pain in neurehabilitation populations: Prevalence, Severity and Impact. Neurorehabilitation, 14, 127-137.

Wegener, S.T. & Haythornthwaite, J.A.(2001) Psychological and behavioral issues in the treatment of pain after spinal cord injury. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury, 7, 73-83.

The Transverse Myelitis Consortium Working Group (Authors listed by alphabetical order: A. Martinez-Arizala, G. Barnes, S. Benjamin, J. Bowen, N. Cutter, B. de Lateur, D. Dietrich, M. Dowling, J.Griffin, D. Irani, P. Jorens, A. Kaplin, J. Katz, D. Kerr, C. Levy, C. Lucchinetti, J. Lynn, R. Mandler, J. McDonald, L. Morrison, C. Pardo, F. Pidcock, R. Ransohoff, M. Trovato, S. Wegener, B. Weinshenker, D. Wingerchuk, T.Vollmer). (2002) Proposed Diagnostic Criteria for Acute Transverse Myelitis, Neurology. 59, 499-505.

Yonan, C. & Wegener, S.T. (2003). Pain management in older persons. Rehabilitation Psychology. 48, 4-13.

Haythornthwaite, J., Wegener, S.T., Benrud-Larsen, L., Clark, M., Dillingham, T., Cheng, L. & de Lateur, B. (2003) Factors associated with willingness to try different pain treatments after a spinal cord injury. Clinical Journal of Pain, 19, 31-38

Kortte, K. B., Wegener, S.T. & Chwalisz, K. (2003) Anosognosia and denial: Their relationship to coping and depression in traumatic brain injury. Rehabilitation Psychology, 48, 131-136.

Castillo, R.C., MacKenzie, E.J.,Wegener, S.T., Bosse, M.J. and The LEAP Study Group (2006). Prevalence of Chronic Pain Seven Years Following Limb Threatening Lower Extremity Trauma. Pain, 124, 321-329.

Kortte, K. B., Falk, L. D., Johnson-Greene, D., & Wegener, S. T. (2007). Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. The Hopkins Rehabilitation Engagement Rating Scale: Psychometric Properties and Utility, 88, 877-884.

Boyd C, Boult C, Shadmi E, Leff B, Brager R, Dunbar L, Wolff J, & Wegener ST. (2007). Guided Care for Multi-Morbid Older Adults. The Gerontologist 47, 697-704.

Hofkamp, SE, Henrikson, CA, Wegener, ST. (2007) An interactive model of pain and myocardial ischemia. Psychosomatic Medicine, 69(7), 632-9.

Boult C, Reider L, Frey K, Leff B, Boyd CM, Wolff JL, Wegener S, Marsteller J, Karm L, Scharfstein D. (2008) Multidimensional geriatric assessment: back to the future early effects of "guided care" on the quality of health care for multimorbid older persons: a cluster-randomized controlled trial. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. Mar;63(3):321-7

Skolasky RL, Mackenzie EJ, Wegener ST, Riley LH III. (in press). Patient activation and adherence to physical therapy in persons undergoing spine surgery. Spine, 2008.

Wegener, S.T., Mackenzie, E., Ephraim, P., Ehde, D., & Williams, R. (in press) Self-management Improves Outcomes in Persons with Limb Loss. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation