About Ken
***Please note that Dr. Craig is currently not accepting any graduate students.***
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., 1964, Purdue University, Clinical Psychology
Fellow in Medical Psychology, University of Oregon Medical School, 1962-63
M.A., 1960, University of British Columbia, Psychology
B.A., 1958, Sir George Williams University (Concordia University), Liberal Arts
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE:
Chair, Behavioural Research Ethics Board (B), University of British Columbia, 2008-
Director, UBC Health Research Resources Office (HeRRO),
Office of the Vice-President, Research, 2005-2010
Full Professor (and earlier ranks), Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., 1963-present
Senior Investigator, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 2000-2007
Registered Psychologist, British Columbia (Reg. No.: 2), 1977-2008
Associate Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of British Columbia, 1996-2000
Director, Graduate Programme in Clinical Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., 1980-1982, 1987-1991
Consulting Psychologist, Regional Psychiatric Centre (Pacific), Correctional Service of Canada, 1984-1994
Member of Scientific Research Staff, Shaughnessy Hospital, Vancouver, B.C., 1977-1985
Canada Council Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, 1978-79
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, 1969-7l
Predoctoral Intern in Medical Psychology, University of Oregon Medical School, Portland, Oregon, 1962-63
AWARDS:
2010 Honorary Member, International Association for the Study of Pain
2008 Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Contributions to Canadian Psychology
Canadian Psychological Association
2004 Canadian Pain Society Distinguished Career Award
2003 Distinguished Scholar in Residence, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, University of British Columbia
2002 Canadian Psychological Association Donald O. Hebb Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Science
2002 American Pain Society, Jeffrey Lawson Award for Advocacy in Children’s Pain Relief
2000-2007 Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Senior Investigator
2000 I.W. Killam Prize for Excellence in Teaching, University of British Columbia
1996 Canadian Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training
1992 1993The Canada Council I.W. Killam Senior Research Fellow
1991 University of British Columbia I.W. Killam Research Prize
1991 Canadian Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Profession
1989-90 Killam Senior Fellow, University of British Columbia,.
1987 British Columbia Psychological Association, Park O. Davidson Award (For outstanding contributions to the knowledge-base of psychology)
1977 Canada Council Fellowship,.
EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Pain Research and Management
Editor-in-Chief, 2006-2011
Associate Editor, 1994-2005
PAIN
Associate Editor, 1993-2009
Clinical Journal of Pain,
Special Topic Series Guest Editor, Detecting Pain Deception and Malingering, 2004, pp. 377-439
Editorial Board, 1999-
Pediatric Pain NewsletterE
Editorial Board, 1997- 2004
Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science
Editor, 1985-1989
Associate Editor, 1974-81
Editorial Board, 1974-81, 1985-1994
Banff International Behavioral Science Series
Sage Publications, 1988-1999, Editor
PROFESSIONAL AND HONORARY ORGANIZATIONS:
Canadian Psychological Association Foundation, President, 2009-
Association of Professors Emeriti, University of British Columbia, Executive Committee, 2004 to present: President, 2009-2010, Past-president, 2010-2011
National Research Council, Canadian National Committee for the International Union of Psychological Science, 2005-2011
Canadian Pain in Child Health Society, President, 2004 -
International Association for the Study of Pain, Governing Council, 2002–2008
Canadian Academy of Pain Management, Board of Directors, 2006-
Co-Chair, Symposium Organizing Committee, International Symposium on Pediatric Pain, Vancouver, June 25-29, 2006
Canadian Pain Society, President, 1994-1997, Past-President, 1997-2000, Executive Board, 1988-2000, 2006-
Canadian Psychological Association, President, 1986-87, Past-President, 1987-88, Board of Directors, 1982-88, Fellow.
Chair, Canadian Institutes of Health Research Peer Review Committee on Strategic Training Programs in Health Research (B), March 2006
Banff International Conferences on Behavioural Science, President, 1994-1997; Treasurer, 1981-1994, Secretary, 1995 – present, Board of Directors, 1981-
Canadian Pain Foundation, Board of Directors, 1989-
Social Science Federation of Canada, Treasurer-1988-1992; Board of Directors, 1986-1992
Sigma Xi (The Scientific Research Society), President, U.B.C. Chapter, 1986-87
National Research Council, Advisory Committee on Psychology, 1987-1994
British Columbia Psychological Association, President, 1977
Canadian Council of Clinical Psychology Programe Directors, Co-ordinator, 1980-1983
Accreditation Panel for Programmes in Professional Psychology, Canadian Psychological Association, Chair, 1984-1985
International Association for the Study of Pain. Chair, Local Arrangements Committee, World Congress on Pain, Vancouver, August, 1996.
American Psychological Association, Fellow (Divisions 12, 38)
International Association for the Study of Pain, Founding Member
Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, Fellow
Society of Behavioral Medicine, Fellow
College of Psychologists of British Columbia, Registered Psychologist (#2).
Canadian Red Cross Society: Chair, National First Aid Programme Committee, 1987-1988, National Advisor, 1988-1990
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Clinical health psychology, pain in infants and children, psychological and interpersonal factors in pain, pain in persons with communication limitations, pain assessment and management, pediatric psychology, clinical psychology, behavioural medicine, health promotion.
CURRENT MAJOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING GRANTS:
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council: 2009-2012, “Perceiving Pain in Others”
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Strategic Training Program, Pain in Child Health (co-Principal Investigator with P.J. McGrath, Nominated Principal Investigator, and Co-Investigators K.D. Craig, A.E. Finley, R.E. Grunau, C.J. Johnston, B. Stevens, and C. von Baeyer). 2009-2015