Laura Dunn, MD

Harvard College, AB, 1988, Linguistics, magna cum laude
University of California, San Francisco, MD, 1997, Medicine
University of California, San Diego, 1997-2001, Internship and Residency in Psychiatry
University of California, San Diego, 2001-2002, Fellowship in Geriatric Psychiatry

• 2002-07
  Assistant Professor in Residence, UCSD Department of Psychiatry
• 2002-06
  Associate Director, Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Training Program, UCSD Department of Psychiatry
• 2005-07
  Assistant Director, John A. Hartford Center of Excellence in Geriatric Psychiatry, UCSD Department of Psychiatry
• 2006-07
  Associate Director, Psychiatry Residency Training Program, UCSD Department of Psychiatry
• 2006-07
  Director, VA Special Fellowship in Advanced Psychiatry, Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), VA Desert Pacific Healthcare Network, San Diego
• 2007-
  Associate Professor in Residence, University of California, San Francisco, Department of Psychiatry
• 2007-
  Director of Psycho-Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, Department of Psychiatry
• 2011-
  Ethics Director, UCSF School of Medicine

• 1988
  Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard College
• 1999
  NIMH Outstanding Resident Award
• 1999-01
  American College of Psychiatrists PRITE Fellowship
• 1999-01
  American Psychiatric Association/GlaxoWellcome Fellowship
• 2001
  Judd Resident Research Award, UCSD Department of Psychiatry
• 2001
  NCDEU New Investigator Awardee
• 2001
  West Coast College of Biological Psychiatry Resident Travel Award
• 2002
  Member-in-Training Award, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
• 2004
  UCSD National Center for Leadership in Academic Medicine
• 2005-06
  Scholar, NIMH Sponsored Advanced Research Institute in Geriatric Mental Health
• 2007
  Award for Excellence in Research Mentorship, UCSD Department of Psychiatry

• Dunn LB, Lindamer LA, Palmer BW, Schneiderman LJ, Jeste DV. Enhancing comprehension of consent for research in older patients with psychosis: A randomized study of a novel consent procedure. Am J Psychiatry 2001;158:1911-1913.
• Dunn LB, Jeste DV. Enhancing informed consent for research and treatment. Neuropsychopharmacology 2001;24:595-607.
• Dunn LB, Lindamer LA, Palmer BW, Golshan S, Schneiderman LJ, Jeste DV. Improving understanding of research consent in middle-aged and elderly patients with psychotic disorders. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2002;10:142-150.
• Dunn LB, Jeste DV. Problem areas in the understanding of informed consent for research: Study of middle-aged and older patients with psychotic disorders. Psychopharmacology 2003;171:81-85.
• Roberts LW, Dunn LB. Ethical considerations in caring for women with substance use disorders. Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America 30:559-582, 2003.
• Palmer BW, Dunn LB, Appelbaum PS, Jeste DV. Correlates of treatment-related decision-making capacity among middle-aged and older patients with schizophrenia. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2004;61:230-236.
• Dunn LB, Gordon NE. How understanding economic behavior can help make research practices more ethical: Implications for improving informed consent and enhancing recruitment. JAMA 2005; 293:609-612.
• Palmer BW, Dunn LB, Appelbaum PS, Mudaliar S, Thal L, Henry R, Golshan S, Jeste DV. Assessment of capacity to consent to research among older persons with schizophrenia, Alzheimer Disease or diabetes mellitus: comparison of a three-item questionnaire with a comprehensive standardized capacity instrument. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2005;62:726-733.
• Roberts LW, Dunn LB, Hammond KAG, Warner TD. Do research procedures pose relatively greater risk for healthy persons than for persons with schizophrenia? Schizophr Bull 2006;32:153-158.
• Saks ER, Dunn LB, Palmer BW. Meta-consent in research on decisional capacity: A 'Catch-22'? Schizophr Bull 2006;32:42-46.
• Dunn LB, Candilis PJ, Roberts LW. Emerging empirical evidence on the ethics of schizophrenia research. Schizophr Bull 2006;32:47-68.
• Dunn LB, Palmer BW, Keehan M, Jeste DV, Appelbaum, P.S. Assessment of therapeutic misconception in older schizophrenia patients using a brief instrument. Am J Psychiatry 2006;163:500-506.
• Dunn LB, Nowrangi MA, Palmer BW, Jeste DV, Saks ER. Assessing decisional capacity for clinical research or treatment: A review of instruments. Am J Psychiatry 2006;163:1323-1334.
• Dunn LB, Palmer BW, Appelbaum PS, Saks ER, Aarons GA, Jeste DV. Prevalence and correlates of adequate performance on a measure of abilities related to decisional capacity: Differences among three standards for the MacCAT-CR in patients with schizophrenia. Schizophr Res 2007;89:110-8.
• Jeste DV, Palmer BW, Appelbaum PS, Golshan S, Glorioso D, Dunn LB, Kim K, Meeks T, Kraemer HC. A new brief instrument for assessing decisional capacity for clinical research. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2007;64:966-74.
• Meeks TW, Dunn LB, Kim DS, Golshan S, Sewell DD, Atkinson JH, Lebowitz BD. Chronic pain and depression among geriatric psychiatry inpatients. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2008 Jun;23(6):637-42.
• Saks ER, Dunn LB, Wimer J, Gonzales M, Kim S. Proxy consent to research: The legal landscape. Yale J Health Policy Law Ethics 2008;8:37-92.
• Dunn LB, Iglewicz A, Moutier CY. A conceptual model of medical student well-being: Promoting resilience and preventing burnout. Acad Psychiatry 2008;32:44-53.
• Dunn LB, Moutier CY, Green Hammond KA, Lehrmann J, Roberts LW. Personal health care of residents: Preferences for care outside of the training institution. Acad Psychiatry 2008;32:20-30.
• Palmer BW, Cassidy EL, Dunn LB, Spira A, Sheikh JI. Effective use of consent forms and interactive questions in the consent process. IRB: Ethics and Human Research 2008;30:8-12.
• Irwin SA, Zurhellen CH, Diamond LC, Dunn LB, Palmer BW, Jeste DV, Twamley, E.W. Unrecognised cognitive impairment in hospice patients: A pilot study. Palliat Med 2008; 22:842-7.
• Jeste DV, Palmer BW, Golshan S, Eyler LT, Dunn LB, Meeks T, Glorioso D, Kraemer HC, Appelbaum PS. Multimedia consent for research in people with schizophrenia and normal subjects: A randomized controlled trial. Schizophr Bull 2009 Jul;35(4):719-29.
• Dunn LB, Kim DS, Fellows IE, Palmer BW. Worth the risk? Relationship of incentives to risk and benefit perceptions and willingness to participate in schizophrenia research. Schizophr Bull 2009 Jul;35(4):730-7.
• Lapid MI, Moutier C, Dunn LB, Hammond KAG, Roberts LW. Professionalism and ethics education on relationships and boundaries: Psychiatry residents' training preferences. Acad Psychiatry 2009 Nov-Dec;33(6):461-9.
• Dunn LB, Hammond KAG, Roberts LW. Delaying care, avoiding stigma: Residents' attitudes toward obtaining personal health care. Acad Med 2009;84:242-250.
• Hoop, J.G.; Savla, G.N.; Roberts, L.W.; Zisook, S.; Dunn, L.B. The current state of genetics training in psychiatric residency: Views of 235 U.S. educators and trainees. Academic Psychiatry. 34:109-14, 2010.
• Calabrese, C.; Sciolla, A.; Zisook, S.; Bitner, R.; Tuttle, J.; Dunn, L.B. Psychiatry residents’ views of quality of psychotherapy training and psychotherapy competencies: A multi-site survey. Academic Psychiatry. 34:13-20, 2010.
• Jain, S.; Hoop, J.G.; Dunn, L.B.; Roberts, L.W. Psychiatry residents’ attitudes on ethics and professionalism: Multisite survey results. Ethics and Behavior. 20:10-20, 2010.
• Lanouette, N.M.; Calabrese, C.; Sciolla, A.; Bitner, R.; Mustata, G.T.; Haak, J.; Zisook, S.; Dunn, L.B. Do psychiatry residents identify as psychotherapists? A multisite survey. Annals of Clinical Psychiatry. 23:30-39, 2011.
• Jain, S.; Dunn, L.B.; Warner, C.; Roberts, L.W. The why, how and what of education in professionalism and ethics: Results of a multisite survey of U.S. psychiatry residents. Academic Psychiatry. In press, 2011.
• Jain, S.; Lapid, M.I., Dunn, L.B.; Roberts, L.W. Psychiatric residents’ needs for education about informed consent, principles of ethics and professionalism, and caring for vulnerable populations: Results of a multisite survey. Academic Psychiatry. 35:184-9, 2011.
• Van Onselen, C.; Dunn, L.B.; Lee, K.; Dodd, M.; Koetters, T.; West, C.; Paul, S.M.; Aouizerat, B.E.; Wara, W.; Swift, P.; Miaskowski, C. Relationship between mood disturbance and sleep quality in oncology outpatients at the initiation of radiation therapy. European Journal of Oncology Nursing. 14:373-9, 2010.
• Miaskowski, C.; Dodd, M.; Lee, K.; West, C.; Paul, S.M.; Cooper, B.A.; Wara, W.; Swift, P.S.; Dunn, L.B.; Aouizerat, B.E. Preliminary evidence of an association between a functional interleukin-6 polymorphism and fatigue and sleep disturbance in oncology patients and their family caregivers. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 40:531-44, 2010.
• Miaskowski, C.; Paul, S.M.; Cooper, B.A.; Lee, K.; Dodd, M.; West, C.; Aouizerat, B.E.; Dunn, L.B.; Swift, P.; Wara, W. Predictors of the trajectories of self-reported sleep disturbance in men with prostate cancer during and following radiation therapy. Sleep. 34:171-9, 2011.
• Dunn, L.B.; Holtzheimer, P.E.; Hoop, J.G.; Mayberg, H.; Roberts, L.W.; Appelbaum, P.S. Ethical issues in deep brain stimulation research for treatment-resistant depression: Focus on risk and consent. AJOB Neuroscience. 2:29-36, 2011.
• Miaskowski, C.; Lee, K.; Dunn, L.; Dodd, M.; Aouizerat, B.E.; West, C.; Paul, S.M.; Cooper, B.; Wara, W.; Swift, P. Sleep-wake circadian activity rhythm parameters and fatigue in oncology patients before the initiation of radiation therapy. Cancer Nursing. 34:255-68, 2011.
• Merriman, J.D.; Dodd, M.; Lee, K.; Paul, S.M.; Cooper, B.A.; Aouizerat, B.E.; Swift, P.S.; Wara, W.; Dunn, L.; Miaskowski, C. Differences in self-reported attentional fatigue between patients with breast and prostate cancer at the initiation of radiation therapy. Cancer Nursing. 34:345-53, 2011.
• Zisook, S.; McQuaid, J.R.; Sciolla, A.; Lanouette, N.; Calabrese, C.; Dunn, L.B. Psychiatric residents’ interest in psychotherapy and training stage: A multi‐site survey. American Journal of Psychotherapy. 2011;65(1):47-59.
• Carney, S.; Koetters, T.; Cho, M.; West, C.; Paul, S.M.; Dunn, L.; Aouizerat, B.E.; Dodd, M.; Cooper, B.; Lee, K.; Wara, W.; Swift, P.; Miaskowski, C. Differences in sleep disturbance parameters between oncology patients and their family caregivers. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 29:1001-6, 2011.
• Dunn, L.B.; Aouizerat, B.E.; Cooper, B.A.; Dodd, M.; Lee, K.; West, C.; Paul, S.M.; Wara, W.; Swift, P.; Miaskowski, C. Trajectories of anxiety in oncology patients and family caregivers during and after radiation therapy. European Journal of Oncology Nursing. Feb 13, 2011 [Epub ahead of print].
• Dunn, L.B.; Cooper, B.A.; Neuhaus, J.; West, C.; Paul, S.; Aouizerat, B.E.; Abrams, G.; Edrington, J.; Hamolsky, D.; Miaskowski, C. Identification of distinct depressive symptom trajectories in women following surgery for breast cancer. Health Psychology. 2011 Jul 4. [Epub ahead of print]
• Kaup, A.R.; Dunn, L.B.; Saks, E.R.; Jeste, D.V.; Palmer, B.W. Decisional capacity to consent to research in schizophrenia: An examination of errors. IRB: Ethics & Human Research. 2011; 33:1-9.
• Buffum, D.; Koetters, T.; Cho, M.; Macera, L.; Paul, S.M.; West, C.; Aouizerat, B.; Dunn, L.; Dodd, M.; Lee, K.; Cooper, B.; Wara, W.; Swift, P.; Miaskowski, C. The effects of pain, gender, and age on sleep/wake and circadian rhythm parameters in oncology patients at the initiation of radiation therapy. Journal of Pain. 12:390-400, 2011.
• Garrett, K.; Dhruva, A.; Koetters, T.; West, C.; Paul, S.M.; Dunn, L.B., Aouizerat, B.E.; Cooper, B.A.; Dodd, M.; Lee, K.; Wara, W.; Swift, P.; Miaskowski, C. Differences in sleep disturbance and fatigue between patients with breast and prostate cancer at the initiation of radiation therapy. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 42:239-50, 2011.
• Leykin, Y.; Thekdi, S.M.; Shumay, D.M.; Muñoz, R.F.; Riba, M.; Dunn, L.B. Internet interventions for improving psychological well-being in psycho-oncology: review and recommendations. Psycho-Oncology. May 24, 2011. [Epub ahead of print]
• Hickman, N.J.; Prochaska, J.J.; Dunn, L.B. Screening for understanding of research in the inpatient psychiatry setting. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics. 6:65-72, 2011.
• Dunn, L.B.; Fisher, S.R.; Hantke, M.; Appelbaum, P.S.; Dohan, D.; Young, J.P.; Roberts, L.W. “Thinking about it for somebody else”: Alzheimer’s disease research and proxy decisionmakers’ translation of ethical principles into practice. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. Accepted for publication.
• Dhruva, A.; Lee, K.; Paul, S.M.; West, C.; Dunn, L.; Dodd, M.; Aouizerat, B.E.; Cooper, B.; Swift, P.; Miaskowski, C. Sleep-wake circadian activity rhythms and fatigue in family caregivers of oncology patients. Cancer Nursing. July 13, 2011. [Epub ahead of print]