Jennifer C Plumb Vilardaga

Jennifer C Plumb Vilardaga
Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Jennifer Plumb Vilardaga, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Plumb Vilardaga conducts research on behavioral pain management intervention development and implementation for disease-related pain such as cancer, advanced cancer, and arthritis to promote adult and older adult physical and mental wellbeing. She is particularly interested in research examining the impact of brief cognitive-behavioral and acceptance and commitment therapy-informed interventions that utilize skills such as physical activity promotion, goal-setting linked to areas of personal meaning and purpose, and mindfulness and acceptance-based strategies. She has been involved with work funded by NIH, and has an emerging line of research funded by NIH-supported pilot award and career development programs. She has a strong clinical background working with older adults, underserved individuals, complex medical and mental health comorbidities, and trauma and substance use problems, which she draws on to inform her research. Dr. Plumb Vilardaga maintains a clinical practice at the Duke Faculty Practice where she also supervises psychology learners.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Adult Psychiatry & Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2021
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute, Duke Cancer Institute, Institutes and Centers 2020

Contact Information

2400 Pratt Street, 7th Floor, Room 7061, Durham, NC 27705
jennifer.plumb.vilardaga@duke.edu

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno 2012
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Science Departments 2016 - 2020
Research
Selected Grants
- Improving Multimodal Physical Function in Adults with Heterogeneous Chronic Pain; Multi-Site Feasibility RCT awarded by Massachusetts General Hospital 2022 - 2025
- Persistent Post-Mastectomy Pain: Randomized Clinical Trial of Targeted Pain Coping Skills Training (Targeted-PCST) with Mediational Analysis awarded by National Institutes of Health 2020 - 2025
- Improving Symptom Management for Adolescents and Young Adults with Advanced Cancer: Development and Pilot Testing of a Novel Intervention awarded by National Institutes of Health 2022 - 2024
- Optimizing Delivery of a Behavioral Cancer Pain Intervention Using a SMART awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2022
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Fisher, Hannah M., Joseph G. Winger, Shannon N. Miller, Arianna N. Wright, Jennifer C. Plumb Vilardaga, Catherine Majestic, Sarah A. Kelleher, and Tamara J. Somers. “Relationship between social support, physical symptoms, and depression in women with breast cancer and pain.” Support Care Cancer 29, no. 9 (September 2021): 5513–21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-021-06136-6.
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  - Plumb Vilardaga, Jennifer C., Joseph G. Winger, Irene Teo, Lynda Owen, Linda M. Sutton, Francis J. Keefe, and Tamara J. Somers. “Coping Skills Training and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Symptom Management: Feasibility and Acceptability of a Brief Telephone-Delivered Protocol for Patients With Advanced Cancer.” J Pain Symptom Manage 59, no. 2 (February 2020): 270–78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.09.005.
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  - Winger, Joseph G., Jennifer C. Plumb Vilardaga, and Francis J. Keefe. “Indices of pain variability: a paradigm shift.” Pain 160, no. 11 (November 2019): 2411–12. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001627.
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  - Kelleher, Sarah A., Caroline S. Dorfman, Jen C. Plumb Vilardaga, Catherine Majestic, Joseph Winger, Vicky Gandhi, Christine Nunez, et al. “Optimizing delivery of a behavioral pain intervention in cancer patients using a sequential multiple assignment randomized trial SMART.” Contemp Clin Trials 57 (June 2017): 51–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2017.04.001.
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  - Glover, Natalie G., Patrick D. Sylvers, Erika M. Shearer, Mary-Catherine Kane, Peter C. Clasen, Amee J. Epler, Jennifer C. Plumb-Vilardaga, Jordan T. Bonow, and Matthew Jakupcak. “The efficacy of Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in VA primary care.” Psychol Serv 13, no. 2 (May 2016): 156–61. https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000062.
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  - Villatte, Jennifer L., Roger Vilardaga, Matthieu Villatte, Jennifer C. Plumb Vilardaga, David C. Atkins, and Steven C. Hayes. “Acceptance and Commitment Therapy modules: Differential impact on treatment processes and outcomes.” Behav Res Ther 77 (February 2016): 52–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2015.12.001.
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  - Martin, L. M., J. C. Plumb-Vilardaga, and C. A. Timko. “Examining the Relationship Amongst Varieties of Interpersonal Valuing and Mindfulness Processes in Eating Pathology.” Mindfulness 5, no. 2 (January 1, 2014): 111–23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-012-0156-8.
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  - Hayes, Steven C., Michael E. Levin, Jennifer Plumb-Vilardaga, Jennifer L. Villatte, and Jacqueline Pistorello. “Acceptance and commitment therapy and contextual behavioral science: examining the progress of a distinctive model of behavioral and cognitive therapy.” Behav Ther 44, no. 2 (June 2013): 180–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2009.08.002.
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Education, Training, & Certifications

Previous Appointments & Affiliations

Selected Grants

Selected Publications

Academic Articles