Eric Dedert | Scholars@Duke

Eric Dedert
Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

I am a Research Psychologist at the Durham VA Medical Center and Assistant Professor at the Duke University Medical Center, where I conduct research with the Traumatic Stress and Health Research Laboratory. I recently received a Career Development Award through the VA that provides training on technological innovations in behavioral interventions and funding to collect pilot data on an intervention combining Cognitive Processing Therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with evidence-based smoking cessation treatment to concurrently address both problems. I am primarily interested in the development and testing of mobile health interventions to address PTSD, smoking, alcohol use disorders, and other behavioral health problems.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2013

Contact Information

2212 Elder Str, DUMC Box 3625, Durham, NC 27705
Box 3625 Med Ctr., Durham, NC 27710
eric.dedert@duke.edu (919) 684-2403

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of Louisville 2007
Duke Appointment History
- Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2012 - 2013
Recognition
In the News
- AUG 4, 2015 U.S. News & World Report, HealthDay News
  
  Online anti-drinking aids may not help over long term
Expertise
Subject Headings
Research
Selected Grants
- The Effect of Reducing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms on Cardiovascular Risk awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2021
- Mobile Contingency Management for Concurrent Abstinence from Alcohol and Smoking awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2020
- IPA - Eric Dedert awarded by Veterans Administration Medical Center 2010
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Journal Articles
  - Dedert, EA, Dennis, PA, Cunningham, KC, Ulmer, CS, Calhoun, PS, Kimbrel, N, Hicks, TA, Neal, JM, and Beckham, JC. "Roles of Guilt Cognitions in Trauma-Related Sleep Disturbance in Military Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder." Behavioral sleep medicine (February 26, 2018): 1-10. Full Text
  - Van Voorhees, EE, Moore, DA, Kimbrel, NA, Dedert, EA, Dillon, KH, Elbogen, EB, and Calhoun, PS. "Association of posttraumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury with aggressive driving in Iraq and Afghanistan combat veterans." Rehabilitation psychology 63, no. 1 (February 2018): 160-166. Full Text
  - Calhoun, PS, Wilson, SM, Dedert, EA, Cunningham, KC, Burroughs, TK, Hicks, TA, Beckham, JC, Kudler, HS, and Straits-Troster, K. "The association of alcohol consumption patterns with self-rated physical health and psychiatric distress among Afghanistan- and Iraq-era U.S. veterans." Psychiatry research 259 (January 2018): 142-147. Full Text
  - Calhoun, PS, Wilson, SM, Hertzberg, JS, Kirby, AC, McDonald, SD, Dennis, PA, Bastian, LA, Dedert, EA, VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Workgroup, , and Beckham, JC. "Validation of Veterans Affairs Electronic Medical Record Smoking Data Among Iraq- and Afghanistan-Era Veterans." Journal of general internal medicine 32, no. 11 (November 2017): 1228-1234. Full Text
  - Martindale, SL, Farrell-Carnahan, LV, Ulmer, CS, Kimbrel, NA, McDonald, SD, Rowland, JA, and VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Registry Workgroup, . "Sleep quality in returning veterans: The influence of mild traumatic brain injury." Rehabilitation psychology 62, no. 4 (November 2017): 563-570. Full Text
  - Green, KT, Wilson, SM, Dennis, PA, Runnals, JJ, Williams, RA, Bastian, LA, Beckham, JC, Dedert, EA, Kudler, HS, Straits-Tröster, K, Gierisch, JM, and Calhoun, PS. "Cigarette Smoking and Musculoskeletal Pain Severity Among Male and Female Afghanistan/Iraq Era Veterans." Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) 18, no. 9 (September 2017): 1795-1804. Full Text
  - Naylor, JC, Ryan Wagner, H, Brancu, M, Shepherd-Banigan, M, Elbogen, E, Kelley, M, Fecteau, T, Goldstein, K, Kimbrel, NA, Marx, CE, VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Work Group, , VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Women Veterans Work Group, , and Strauss, JL. "Self-Reported Pain in Male and Female Iraq/Afghanistan-Era Veterans: Associations with Psychiatric Symptoms and Functioning." Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) 18, no. 9 (September 2017): 1658-1667. Full Text
  - Kimbrel, NA, Newins, AR, Dedert, EA, Van Voorhees, EE, Elbogen, EB, Naylor, JC, Ryan Wagner, H, Brancu, M, VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Workgroup, , Beckham, JC, and Calhoun, PS. "Cannabis use disorder and suicide attempts in Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans." Journal of psychiatric research 89 (June 2017): 1-5. Full Text
  - Calhoun, PS, Van Voorhees, EE, Elbogen, EB, Dedert, EA, Clancy, CP, Hair, LP, Hertzberg, M, Beckham, JC, and Kimbrel, NA. "Nonsuicidal self-injury and interpersonal violence in U.S. veterans seeking help for posttraumatic stress disorder." Psychiatry research 247 (January 2017): 250-256. Full Text
  - Calhoun, PS, Datta, S, Olsen, M, Smith, VA, Moore, SD, Hair, LP, Dedert, EA, Kirby, A, Dennis, M, Beckham, JC, and Bastian, LA. "Comparative Effectiveness of an Internet-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention Versus Clinic-Based Specialty Care for Veterans." Journal of substance abuse treatment 69 (October 2016): 19-27. Full Text
  - Calhoun, PS, Wilson, SM, Hicks, TA, Thomas, SP, Dedert, EA, Hair, LP, Bastian, LA, and Beckham, JC. "Racial and Sociodemographic Disparities in Internet Access and eHealth Intervention Utilization Among Veteran Smokers." Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities (September 15, 2016). Full Text
  - Dedert, EA, Hicks, TA, Dennis, PA, Calhoun, PS, and Beckham, JC. "Roles of inter-individual differences and intra-individual acute elevations in early smoking lapse in people with posttraumatic stress disorder." Addictive behaviors 60 (September 2016): 171-176. Full Text
  - Dennis, PA, Dedert, EA, Van Voorhees, EE, Watkins, LL, Hayano, J, Calhoun, PS, Sherwood, A, Dennis, MF, and Beckham, JC. "Examining the Crux of Autonomic Dysfunction in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Whether Chronic or Situational Distress Underlies Elevated Heart Rate and Attenuated Heart Rate Variability." Psychosomatic medicine 78, no. 7 (September 2016): 805-809. Full Text
  - Dennis, PA, Kimbrel, NA, Dedert, EA, Beckham, JC, Dennis, MF, and Calhoun, PS. "Supplemental nicotine preloading for smoking cessation in posttraumatic stress disorder: Results from a randomized controlled trial." Addictive behaviors 59 (August 2016): 24-29. Full Text
  - Schry, AR, Beckham, JC, The Va Mid-Atlantic Mirecc Workgroup, , and Calhoun, PS. "Sexual revictimization among Iraq and Afghanistan war era veterans." Psychiatry research 240 (June 2016): 406-411. Full Text
  - Calhoun, PS, Schry, AR, Wagner, HR, Kimbrel, NA, Dennis, P, McDonald, SD, Beckham, JC, Dedert, EA, Kudler, H, and Straits-Troster, K. "The prevalence of binge drinking and receipt of provider drinking advice among US veterans with military service in Iraq or Afghanistan." The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse 42, no. 3 (May 2016): 269-278. Full Text
  - Dedert, EA, Resick, PA, McFall, ME, Dennis, PA, Olsen, M, and Beckham, JC. "Pilot Cases of Combined Cognitive Processing Therapy and Smoking Cessation for Smokers With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder." Behavior therapy 47, no. 1 (January 2016): 54-65. Full Text
  - Kimbrel, NA, Garrett, ME, Dennis, MF, Liu, Y, Patanam, I, Workgroup, VM-AM, Ashley-Koch, AE, Hauser, MA, and Beckham, JC. "Effect of genetic variation in the nicotinic receptor genes on risk for posttraumatic stress disorder." Psychiatry research 229, no. 1-2 (September 2015): 326-331. Full Text
  - Dedert, EA, McDuffie, JR, Stein, R, McNiel, JM, Kosinski, AS, Freiermuth, CE, Hemminger, A, and Williams, JW. "Electronic Interventions for Alcohol Misuse and Alcohol Use Disorders: A Systematic Review." Annals of internal medicine 163, no. 3 (August 2015): 205-214. (Review) Full Text
  - Carpenter, VL, Hertzberg, JS, Kirby, AC, Calhoun, PS, Moore, SD, Dennis, MF, Dennis, PA, Dedert, EA, Hair, LP, and Beckham, JC. "Multicomponent smoking cessation treatment including mobile contingency management in homeless veterans." The Journal of clinical psychiatry 76, no. 7 (July 2015): 959-964. Full Text
  - Kelley, ML, Brancu, M, Robbins, AT, D'Lima, GM, Strauss, JL, Curry, JF, Fairbank, JA, Runnals, J, VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Women Veterans Workgroup, and VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Workgroup, . "Drug use and childhood-, military- and post-military trauma exposure among women and men veterans." Drug and alcohol dependence 152 (July 2015): 201-208. Full Text
  - Cash, E, Salmon, P, Weissbecker, I, Rebholz, WN, Bayley-Veloso, R, Zimmaro, LA, Floyd, A, Dedert, E, and Sephton, SE. "Mindfulness meditation alleviates fibromyalgia symptoms in women: results of a randomized clinical trial." Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine 49, no. 3 (June 2015): 319-330. Full Text
  - Oddone, AE, Dennis, PA, Calhoun, PS, Watkins, LL, Sherwood, A, Dedert, EA, Green, KT, Stein, JN, Dennis, MF, and Beckham, JC. "Orthostatic hypotension in young adults with and without posttraumatic stress disorder." Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy 7, no. 3 (May 2015): 229-233. Full Text
  - Wilson, SM, Dedert, EA, Dennis, PA, Dennis, MF, Calhoun, PS, Kirby, AC, and Beckham, JC. "Do ethnicity and gender moderate the influence of posttraumatic stress disorder on time to smoking lapse?." Addictive behaviors 39, no. 7 (July 2014): 1163-1167. Full Text
  - Dedert, EA, Dennis, PA, Swinkels, CM, Calhoun, PS, Dennis, MF, and Beckham, JC. "Ecological momentary assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms during a smoking quit attempt." Nicotine Tob Res 16, no. 4 (April 2014): 430-436. Full Text Link to Item
  - McClernon, FJ, Calhoun, PS, Hertzberg, JS, Dedert, EA, VA Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center Registry Workgroup, , and Beckham, JC. "Associations between smoking and psychiatric comorbidity in U.S. Iraq- and Afghanistan-era veterans." Psychol Addict Behav 27, no. 4 (December 2013): 1182-1188. Full Text Link to Item
  - McClernon, FJ, Calhoun, PS, Hertzberg, JS, Dedert, EA, and Beckham, JC. "Associations between smoking and psychiatric comorbidity in U.S. Iraq-and Afghanistan-era veterans: Bulletin of the society of psychologists in addictive behaviors: Bulletin of the society of psychologists in substance abuse." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors 27, no. 4 (December 1, 2013): 1182-1188. Full Text
  - Hertzberg, JS, Carpenter, VL, Kirby, AC, Calhoun, PS, Moore, SD, Dennis, MF, Dennis, PA, Dedert, EA, and Beckham, JC. "Mobile contingency management as an adjunctive smoking cessation treatment for smokers with posttraumatic stress disorder." Nicotine Tob Res 15, no. 11 (November 2013): 1934-1938. Full Text Link to Item
  - Beckham, JC, Calhoun, PS, Dennis, MF, Wilson, SM, and Dedert, EA. "Predictors of lapse in first week of smoking abstinence in PTSD and non-PTSD smokers." Nicotine Tob Res 15, no. 6 (June 2013): 1122-1129. Full Text Link to Item
  - Dedert, EA, Harper, LA, Calhoun, PS, Dennis, MF, and Beckham, JC. "The impact of race on metabolic disease risk factors in women with and without posttraumatic stress disorder." J Clin Psychol Med Settings 20, no. 1 (March 2013): 46-55. Full Text Link to Item
  - Dedert, EA, Harper, LA, Calhoun, PS, Dennis, MF, and Beckham, JC. "The impact of race on metabolic disease risk factors in women with and without posttraumatic stress disorder." Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings 20, no. 1 (2013): 46-55. Full Text
  - Sephton, SE, Lush, E, Dedert, EA, Floyd, AR, Rebholz, WN, Dhabhar, FS, Spiegel, D, and Salmon, P. "Diurnal cortisol rhythm as a predictor of lung cancer survival." Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 30, no. SUPPL. (2013): S163-S170. Full Text
  - Youssef, NA, Green, KT, Dedert, EA, Hertzberg, JS, Calhoun, PS, Dennis, MF, Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research Education And Clinical Center Workgroup, , and Beckham, JC. "Exploration of the influence of childhood trauma, combat exposure, and the resilience construct on depression and suicidal ideation among U.S. Iraq/Afghanistan era military personnel and veterans." Arch Suicide Res 17, no. 2 (2013): 106-122. Full Text Link to Item
  - Calhoun, PS, Hertzberg, JS, Kirby, AC, Dennis, MF, Hair, LP, Dedert, EA, and Beckham, JC. "The effect of draft DSM-V criteria on posttraumatic stress disorder prevalence." Depress Anxiety 29, no. 12 (December 2012): 1032-1042. Full Text Link to Item
  - Dedert, EA, Elbogen, EB, Hauser, MA, Hertzberg, JS, Wilson, SM, Dennis, MF, Calhoun, PS, Kirby, AC, and Beckham, JC. "Consumer perspectives on genetic testing for psychiatric disorders: the attitudes of veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder and their families." Genet Test Mol Biomarkers 16, no. 9 (September 2012): 1122-1129. Full Text Link to Item
  - Van Voorhees, EE, Dedert, EA, Calhoun, PS, Brancu, M, Runnals, J, Beckham, JC, and VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Workgroup, . "Childhood trauma exposure in Iraq and Afghanistan war era veterans: implications for posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and adult functional social support." Child Abuse Negl 36, no. 5 (May 2012): 423-432. Full Text Link to Item
  - Dedert, EA, Calhoun, PS, Harper, LA, Dutton, CE, McClernon, FJ, and Beckham, JC. "Smoking withdrawal in smokers with and without posttraumatic stress disorder." Nicotine Tob Res 14, no. 3 (March 2012): 372-376. Full Text Link to Item
  - Dedert, E, Lush, E, Chagpar, A, Dhabhar, FS, Segerstrom, SC, Spiegel, D, Dayyat, E, Daup, M, McMasters, K, and Sephton, SE. "Stress, coping, and circadian disruption among women awaiting breast cancer surgery." Annals of Behavioral Medicine 44, no. 1 (2012): 10-20. Full Text
  - Sephton, SE, Lush, E, Dedert, EA, Floyd, AR, Rebholz, WN, Dhabhar, FS, Spiegel, D, and Salmon, P. "Diurnal cortisol rhythm as a predictor of lung cancer survival." Brain, Behavior, and Immunity (2012).
  - Lush, E, Dedert, E, Daup, M, Dhabhar, F, Spiegel, D, Tillie, J, McMasters, K, Sephton, S, and Chagpar, A. "P1-01-15: Do Serum Cytokines Predict Breast Cancer Behavior?." Cancer Research 71, no. 24 Supplement (December 15, 2011): P1-01-15-P1-01-15. Full Text
  - Calhoun, PS, Levin, HF, Dedert, EA, Johnson, Y, VA Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education, Clinical Center Registry Workgroup, , and Beckham, JC. "The relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder and smoking outcome expectancies among U.S. military veterans who served since September 11, 2001." J Trauma Stress 24, no. 3 (June 2011): 303-308. Full Text Link to Item
  - Floyd, A, Dedert, E, Ghate, S, Salmon, P, Weissbecker, I, Studts, JL, Stetson, B, and Sephton, SE. "Depression may mediate the relationship between sense of coherence and quality of life in lung cancer patients." J Health Psychol 16, no. 2 (March 2011): 249-257. Full Text Link to Item
  - Zaborowski, DE, Dedert, EA, Straits-Troster, K, Lee, S, Wilson, SM, Calhoun, PS, Moore, SD, Acheson, S, Hamlett-Berry, KW, and Beckham, JC. "Public health clinical demonstration project for smoking cessation in american veterans who served since september 11, 2001." J Addict Med 5, no. 1 (March 2011): 79-83. Full Text Link to Item
  - Daup, M, Lush, E, Dedert, E, McMasters, K, Sephton, S, and Chagpar, A. "Abstract P2-12-01: Is Cancer-Specific Distress Correlated with Time to Definitive Surgery in Breast Cancer Patients?." Cancer Research 70, no. 24 Supplement (December 15, 2010): P2-12-01-P2-12-01. Full Text
  - Dedert, EA, Becker, ME, Fuemmeler, BF, Braxton, LE, Calhoun, PS, and Beckham, JC. "Childhood traumatic stress and obesity in women: the intervening effects of PTSD and MDD." J Trauma Stress 23, no. 6 (December 2010): 785-763. Full Text Link to Item
  - Evon, DM, Burker, EJ, Galanko, JA, Dedert, E, and Egan, TM. "Depressive symptoms and mortality in lung transplant." Clin Transplant 24, no. 5 (September 2010): E201-E206. Full Text Link to Item
  - Dedert, EA, Calhoun, PS, Watkins, LL, Sherwood, A, and Beckham, JC. "Posttraumatic stress disorder, cardiovascular, and metabolic disease: a review of the evidence." Ann Behav Med 39, no. 1 (February 2010): 61-78. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Dedert, EA, Wilson, SM, Calhoun, PS, Moore, SD, Hamlett-Berry, KW, and Beckham, JC. "Public health clinical demonstration project for smoking cessation in veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder." Addict Behav 35, no. 1 (January 2010): 19-22. Full Text Link to Item
  - Fuemmeler, BF, Dedert, E, McClernon, FJ, and Beckham, JC. "Adverse childhood events are associated with obesity and disordered eating: results from a U.S. population-based survey of young adults." J Trauma Stress 22, no. 4 (August 2009): 329-333. Full Text Link to Item
  - Dedert, EA, Green, KT, Calhoun, PS, Yoash-Gantz, R, Taber, KH, Mumford, MM, Tupler, LA, Morey, RA, Marx, CE, Weiner, RD, and Beckham, JC. "Association of trauma exposure with psychiatric morbidity in military veterans who have served since September 11, 2001." J Psychiatr Res 43, no. 9 (June 2009): 830-836. Full Text Link to Item
  - Dedert, E, Chagpar, A, Lush, E, Martin, M, Rhodes, P, and Sephton, S. "Distress, coping, and circadian disruption in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients." ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE 35 (March 2008): S124-S124. Link to Item
  - Lush, E, Weissbecker, I, Floyd, A, Dedert, E, Salmon, P, and Sephton, SE. "Biological correlates of social support in gynecologic cancer patients." ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE 35 (March 2008): S124-S124. Link to Item
  - Martin, M, Weissbecker, I, Dedert, E, Floyd, A, Salmon, P, and Sephton, S. "Coping and lung cancer: Associations with physiological stress markers and quality of life." ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE 35 (March 2008): S124-S124. Link to Item
  - Watters, CA, Dedert, E, Floyd, A, Weissbecker, I, Salmon, P, and Sephton, SE. "Smoking and immunity among lung cancer patients." ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE 35 (March 2008): S124-S124. Link to Item
  - Weissbecker, I, Floyd, A, Dedert, E, Salmon, P, and Sephton, S. "Childhood trauma and diurnal cortisol disruption in fibromyalgia syndrome." Psychoneuroendocrinology 31, no. 3 (April 2006): 312-324. Full Text Link to Item
  - Dedert, EA, Studts, JL, Weissbecker, I, Salmon, PG, Banis, PL, and Sephton, SE. "Religiosity may help preserve the cortisol rhythm in women with stress-related illness." Int J Psychiatry Med 34, no. 1 (2004): 61-77. Full Text Link to Item
  - Weissbecker, I, Dedert, E, Studts, J, Salmon, P, and Sephton, S. "Traumatic events and health in women with fibromyalgia." JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH 55, no. 2 (August 2003): 165-165. Full Text Link to Item
  - Weissbecker, I, Salmon, P, Studts, JL, Floyd, AR, Dedert, EA, and Septon, SE. "Mindfulness-based stress reduction and sense of coherence among women with fibromyalgia." Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings 9, no. 4 (2002): 297-307. Full Text
  - Beckham, JC, Kirby, AC, Tise, N, Carpenter, VL, Dedert, EA, McNiel, JM, Runnals, JJ, and Calhoun, PS. "A Learning Collaborative Model for Implementation of Smoking Cessation among Homeless Veterans (Published online)." Journal of Smoking Cessation : 1-8. Full Text

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