Olafur S. Palsson, PsyD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Dr. Palsson is a Clinical Psychologist who did his postdoctoral training at the UNC Center in 1994-1996, and then established and directed a behavioral medicine program at Eastern Virginia Medical School. He returned to the UNC Center in 2001 and has continued to develop his research interests in functional GI and motility disorders, which include investigation of various psychological and physiological aspects and influences on GI functioning and symptoms, questionnaire development to improve research on functional GI disorders, and hypnosis treatment for IBS. Dr. Palsson was the Guest Editor of the January 2006 special issue on IBS and Hypnosis for the International Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, and Course Director for a UNC School of Medicine three-day CME program on “Hypnosis Treatment for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders” in November of 2004. Dr. Palsson has extensive experience in internet programming and is the Center’s Director of Data Technology. He has developed innovative methodologies for collecting and processing clinical data in a confidential and secure manner through the Internet, and has played a lead role in several large internet-mediated studies. He also initiated and moderates the Center’s on-line “Chat with the Experts.”

Current publications list (PDF, 32KB)