Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine
Coro Building, Suite 500
One Hoppin Street
Providence, Rhode Island 02903
Phone:  (401) 793-8110
Email:    ptrask@lifespan.org or PeterTrask@Brown.edu  
Fax: (401) 793-8078

Peter C. Trask, PhD, is an assistant professor (research) in the department of psychiatry and human behavior. He completed his doctoral degree in 1997 with a specialty in clinical psychology from the University of Maine. He went on to specialty training in behavioral medicine as an intern at London Health Sciences Centre, and subsequently completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan. Trask continued at the University of Michigan as a Research Investigator and Coordinator of Behavioral Medicine Services and Clinic Research until July 2003. His clinical and research interests focus on distress and quality of life in cancer patients. He has published numerous articles on these issues and is currently designing projects to investigate these and other issues of prevention and screening in cancer survivors.

• Reviewer and Chair of section on Distress, 6^th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, sponsored by Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology (CAPO), the American Society of Psychosocial and Behavioral Oncology/Aids (ASPBOA), and the International Psychosocial Oncology Society (IPOS), Banff, Canada, 2003.

Trask, P.C. (in press).  Assessment of depression in cancer patients. Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Trask, P.C., Paterson, A.G., Esper, P., Pau, J., & Redman, B. (in press). Longitudinal course of depression, fatigue, and quality of life in patients with high risk melanoma receiving adjuvant interferon. Psycho-Oncology.

Trask, P.C., Paterson, A.G., Griffith, K.A., Riba M.B., & Schwartz, J.L. (2003). Cognitive-behavioral intervention for distress in melanoma patients: Comparison with standard medical care and impact on quality of life. Cancer, 98, 854-864.

Trask, P.C., Jones, D., & Paterson, A.G. (2003). Minimal contact intervention with autologous BMT patients: Impact on QOL and emotional distress. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 10, 109-117.

Trask, P.C., Paterson, A.G., Fardig, J. & Smith, D.C. (2003). Course of distress and quality of life in testicular cancer patients before, during, and after chemotherapy: Results of a pilot study. Psycho-oncology, 12, 1-7.

Trask, P.C., Paterson, A.G., Trask, C.L., Bares, C.B., Birt, J., & Maan, C. (2003). Parental and adolescent adjustment to pediatric cancer: Associations with coping, social support, and family function. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, 20, 36-47.

Bares, C.B., Trask, P.C., & Schwartz, S.M. (2002). An exercise in cost-effectiveness analysis: Treating emotional distress in melanoma patients. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 9, 193-199.

Trask, P.C., Paterson, A.G., Riba, M., Brines, B., Griffith, K., Parker, P., Weick, J., Steele, P., Kyro, K., & Ferrara, J. (2002).  Assessment of psychological distress in prospective bone marrow transplant patients. Bone Marrow Transplantation, 29, 917-925.

Trask, P.C., Schwartz, S.M., Deaner, S.L., Paterson, A.G., Johnson, T., Rubenfire, M., & Pomerleau, O.F. (2002).  Behavioral medicine: The challenge of integrating psychological and behavioral approaches into Primary Care. Effective Clinical Practice, 5, 75-83.

Trask, P.C., Paterson, A.G., Wang, C., Hayasaka S., Milliron, K.J., Blumberg, L.R., et al. (2001). Worry interference in women at high risk for breast and ovarian cancer: Impact on emotional distress and health functioning. Psycho-Oncology, 10,349-360.