Email

joshua.hamer@bcm.edu

Education

BA from University of Mississippi

05/2011 - Oxford, Mississippi United States

Pychology, Biology

MA from University of Mississippi

05/2014 - Oxford, Mississippi United States

Clinical Psychology

Internship at Orlando Veterans Affairs Medical Center

07/2018 - Orlando, Florida United States

Chronic Pain, Neuropsychology

PhD from University of Mississippi

08/2018 - Oxford, Mississippi United States

Clinical Psychology

Postdoctoral Fellowship at Orlando Veterans Affairs Medical Center

07/2019 - Orlando, Florida United States

Medical Psychology

Postdoctoral Fellowship at Michael E. Debakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center

06/2021 - Houston, Texas United States

Health Professions Education, Evaluation, and Research

Certifications

Licensed Psychologist

#LP 03001 (05/03/2021 - 06/30/2022)

Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board

Honors & Awards

DEI Committee (Chair)

Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety (06/2021)

Websites

Selected Publications

• A. Brooke Walter MA, Joshua D. Hamer BA, Todd A. Smitherman PhD "Sleep Disturbance and Affective Comorbidity Among Episodic Migraineurs." Headache. 2013 Jun 28;54(1):116-124. Pubmed PMID: 23808359
• Heather Wolfort Foote, Joshua D. Hamer, Malcom D. Roland, Stephen R. Landry, Todd A. Smitherman "Psychological flexibility in migraine: A study of pain acceptance and values-based action." Cephalalgia. 2016 Jun 10;36(4):317-324. Pubmed PMID: 26063726
• Joshua D. Hamer, Enoch T. Sackey, Danielle J. Maack, Todd A. Smitherman "Development of a measure to assess acceptance of headache: The Headache Acceptance Questionnaire (HAQ)." Cephalalgia. 2020 Feb 18;40(8):797-807. Pubmed PMID: 32070128
• Joshua Hamer PhD, Carlos A. Estrada MD "Journal Venues for Quality Improvement: 2021 Update." SGIM. 2020 Dec 21;

Skills

Clinical Psychology

Health Professions Education and Evaluation

Quality Improvement