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Karen M. Gil, Ph.D.

Lee G. Pedersen Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Professor of Psychiatry, and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

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Education:
 
B.A., Psychology with Highest Honors, State University of New York at Stony Brook
 
M.A., Clinical Psychology, West Virginia University
 
Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, West Virginia University
 
Clinical Psychology Internship, Duke University Medical Center
 
 
 
Summary Statement:
 
Dr. Gil has been on the [UNC] faculty since 1995. She is Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and previously served as Senior Associate Dean for the Social Sciences and International Programs, Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, and Chair of the Department of Psychology.

She has authored numerous publications on health psychology, acute and chronic pain, stress and coping, and childhood medical illness. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Society of Behavioral Medicine.
 
 
 
Representative Publications:
 
1. Valrie, C. R., Gil, K. M., Redding-Lallinger, R., & Daeschner, C. (2008). Daily  mood as a mediator or moderator of the pain-sleep relationship in children with sickle cell disease. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 32, 857-861.
 
2. Gil, K. M., Mishel, M. H., Belyea, M., Germino, B., Porter, L.S., & Clayton, M. (2006). Benefits of the uncertainty management intervention for African American and Caucasian older breast cancer survivors: 20-month outcomes. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 13, 285-294.
 
3. Gil, K. M., Mishel, M. H., Germino, B., Porter, L.S., Carlton-LaNey I., & Belyea, M. (2005). Uncertainty management intervention for older African American and Caucasian long-term breast cancer survivors. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology. 23, 3-21.
 
4. Schanberg, L. E., Gil, K. M., *Anthony, K.K., Yow, E., & Rochon, J. (2005). Pain, stiffness, and fatigue in juvenile polyarticular arthritis: Contemporaneous stressful events and mood as predictors. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 52, 1196-1204.
 
5. Gil, K. M., *Carson, J. W., *Porter, L. S., *Scipio, C, *Bediako, S. M., & Orringer, E. (2004). Daily mood and stress predict pain, health care use, and work activity in African American adults with sickle cell disease. Health Psychology, 23, 267–274.
 
6. Gil, K. M., *Carson, J. W., *Porter, L. S., *Ready, J., *Valrie, C., Redding-Lallinger, R., & Daeschner, C. (2003). Daily stress and mood and their association with pain, health care use, and school activity in adolescents with sickle cell disease. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 28, 363-373.