Additional Titles & Roles
- Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences
Education & Training
- Fellowship: Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 1981
- Ph.D.: Michigan State University, 1980
- M.S.W.: University of Wisconsin Madison, 1974
- B.A.: University of Illinois at Chicago, 1972
Major Awards
- Distinguished Contribution to Behavioral Medicine and Psychology Award, American Diabetes Association, 2009
- AHCPR Panel on Guidelines for Treatment of Depression in Primary Care, 1992
- New Investigator Research Award, National Institutes of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985
Areas of Clinical Interest
Psychiatric disorder in adults with diabetes mellitus, depression, diabetes, metabolism
Research Interests
Diabetes Research: Psychoactive therapy of poor glucose regulation in adults with diabetes. Psychoactive therapy of affective disorders and anxiety states in diabetes. Relationship of psychiatric illness to adherence with medical and psychiatric treatment regimens. Relationship of adherence to diabetes control. Relationship of personality characteristics to glucose regulation in diabetes. Utilization of health care services following treatment-induced remission of psychiatric illness.
Gastrointestinal Disease Research: Antidepressant therapy of gastrointestinal syndromes in diabetes. Psychiatric illness as a predictor of response to steroid therapy in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
Recent Publications
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Social Determinants of Health Among Individuals Receiving Opioids for Pain Management
Miller-Matero, L. R., Morris, E. P., Christopher, B., Pappas, C., Chrusciel, T., Salas, J., Wilson, L., Secrest, S., Sullivan, M. D., Carpenter, R. W., Lustman, P. J., Ahmedani, B. K. & Scherrer, J. F., Dec 1 2025, In: The Clinical journal of pain. 41, 12
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Large decrease in posttraumatic stress disorder severity and cardiovascular disease outcomes
Salas, J., Sheth, P., Cohen, B. E., Freedland, K. E., Jaffe, A. S., Schnurr, P. P., Friedman, M., Lustman, P. J. & Scherrer, J. F., Jul 1 2025, In: General Hospital Psychiatry. 95, p. 102-108 7 p.
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Characteristics of patients with non-cancer pain and long-term prescription opioid use who have used medical versus recreational marijuana
Davidson, W. M., Mahavni, A., Chrusciel, T., Salas, J., Miller-Matero, L. R., Sullivan, M. D., Zabel, C., Lustman, P. J., Ahmedani, B. K. & Scherrer, J. F., Dec 2024, In: Journal of Cannabis Research. 6, 1, 7.
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Social support and the association between post-traumatic stress disorder and risk for long-term prescription opioid use
Sullivan, M. D., Wilson, L., Amick, M., Miller-Matero, L. R., Chrusciel, T., Salas, J., Zabel, C., Lustman, P. J., Ahmedani, B., Carpenter, R. W. & Scherrer, J. F., Oct 1 2024, In: Pain. 165, 10, p. 2379-2386 8 p.
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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Type 2 Diabetes Outcomes in Veterans
Scherrer, J. F., Salas, J., Wang, W., Freedland, K. E., Lustman, P. J., Schnurr, P. P., Cohen, B. E., Jaffe, A. S. & Friedman, M. J., Aug 13 2024, In: JAMA Network Open. 7, 8, e2427569.