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EMPLOYMENT
2001-Present
- Professor of Research, Vesalius College, Free University of Brussels
1985 – 2001
- Private Clinical Research and Consulting Practice
- Individual Marriage & Family Therapy
- Forensic Psychology
- Traumatology Consultant
1993 –1996
- Organizer and Chairperson of the Trauma, Loss and Dissociation: Foundations of 21st Century Traumatology Annual Conference (co-sponsored in 1996 by Georgetown University Medical Center)
1983-1985
- Public Health Service Fellow, U.S. Department of Health & Human Service, Offices of Adolescent Pregnancy Services and Family Planning,
- Research Fellow, Washington D.C.
- Policy Analyst, Washington, D.C.
1983
- Graduate Faculty - Family Social Science Department, University of Minnesota
1982 – 1983
- Research Assistant - University of Minnesota, Department of Family Social Science
1982
- Teaching Assistant - University of Wisconsin, Department of Child & Family Studies
1980 –1981
- Research Assistant - University of Wisconsin, Department of Child and Family Studies
1980 –1981
- Co-Facilitator - Adolescent Stress Challenge Group, Lutheran Social Services of WI, (included rock climbing, rappeling, ropes courses camping, and other recreational activities to enhance adolescents' sense of competency and self esteem, and provision of in home family therapy services to delinquent adolescents and their families)
EXPERT FORENSIC WITNESS & OTHER CONSULTATIONS INCLUDE:
- Before the U.S. Congress
- U.S. Federal District Court
- U.S. Superior Court
- U.S. District Court
- U.S. Circuit Court
- United States Military Court
- United States Immigration Court
- U.S. Civil and Criminal Court
- Office of the Attorney General for the States of Utah and North Dakota
- Research-Advisory consultations
AWARDS AND GRANTS:
2002
- NATO Life Science & Technology Grant for "Women's Reproductive Choices and Psychological Outcomes"
2001-2002
- Remembrance & Reconciliation Grant "Oral Histories of Holocaust Survivors from Belarus: Documenting Holocaust History and the Longterm Posttraumatic Effects of Genocide and War"
2001-2002
- Lufthansa Grant "Oral Histories of Holocaust Survivors from Belarus: Documenting Holocaust History and the Longterm Posttraumatic Effects of Genocide and War"
1999
- Avanta Grant for writing Chernobyl's Shadow: The Continuing Legacy of the Chernobyl Disaster
1983-1985
- Public Health Service Fellowship, Department of Health & Human Services, Junior Research Fellow
1981-1983
- Research Assistantship, University of Minnesota, Department of family Social Sciences
1980-1981
- Research Assistantship, University of Wisconsin, Department of Child & Family Studies
1979
- Christine M. Steenbock Fellowship, University of Wisconsin, for the Most Promising Junior in the School of Family Resources & Consumer Sciences
1978
- Grace Alberts Scholarship
1976
REVIEW AND EDITORIAL BOARDS:
1996 - Present
- Ad Hoc Reviewer: Journal of Traumatic Stress.
1996
1992 - Present
- Ad Hoc Book Reviewer: Journal of Traumatic Stress.
CURRENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES:
2000 - Ongoing
- Women's Reproductive Perceptions, Choices and Outcomes in a Post-Soviet Union Transitional Society A investigative study examining women's use and knowledge of contraceptives, fertility control, reproductive outcomes, and psychological responses to abortion and to their practices in reproductive health.
2000 - Ongoing
- Post Abortion Stress Responses in the Netherlands An exploratory investigation of women's stress and posttraumatic responses after abortion.
1999 - Ongoing
- Holocaust Survivors from Belarus: Documenting Holocaust History and the Longterm Posttraumatic Effects of Genocide and War -A study examining historical and psychological issues, including long-term effects of trauma in Holocaust survivors living in the former Soviet Union.
2001 - Ongoing
- Mental Health Effects of Technological Disaster: The Psychological Aftermath of Toxic Contamination. Research project including in-depth interviews of victims, public policy workers, disaster response teams, and news people around the world regarding their experience and psychological responses to technological disasters and toxic contamination of various types.
Fall 2001
- Acute Stress Disorder and Psycho-social After-effects of Terrorism in Americans Living Abroad A research project looking at stress effects in Americans living abroad after the September 11th attacks on America.
RESEARCH-ADVISORY CONSULTATIONS:
April 2001
- Program Consultant to U.S. Embassy Belgium Community Liason Office "At Home in Belgium" a model Program for Reducing Relocation Stress.
2000 - 2001
- Research Consultant: Reproductive Health Research in Belarus.
1998-99, 2001
- Research Advisor: National Cancer Institute's Thyroid Cancer Study in Belarus - Attempts to Increase Response Rate.
March 1999
- Advisor: United States Information Services, National Survey on Political and Social Concerns in Belarus.
May 1998
- Research Consultant/Participant -Presentation of Evelyn Bromet's NIMH research on Chernobyl Evacuees and Kiev Mothers and Children with follow-up interviews for concerned mothers and children in Kiev.
1997 - 1998
- Research Consultant -Assessing the Psychological Impact of Chernobyl Clean-up Efforts on Liquidators and their Families - Minsk, Belarus.
1997 - 1998
- Research Consultant -Assessing Psychological Health of Children & Families being measured by the Red Cross for Thyroid Dysfunction in the Radiated Zones of Chernobyl - Minsk, Belarus.
1997
- Research Consultant -Assessing Psychological Traumatization in Kidnap Victims and their Families in Bogota, Columbia.
1996
- Program Consultant:The Impact of Childhood and Previous Traumas in Obstetric and Gynecological Care - American College of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Washington, D.C.
1996
- Research Consultant:Task Force on Neurolinguistic Assessment Northern Virginia Graduate Center, Virginia Tech.
1988
- Research Consultant: A Proposal for a National Study of Postpartum Stress Reactions - Presented at the request of the Surgeon General, to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control.
1983
- Consultant: Member of the State of Minnesota's Chemical Health Advisory Committee.
1982 - 1984
- Consultant: University of Wisconsin Extension Project, Games and Activities to Enrich Families.
Publications, Presentations, Research Advisory Consultations available on request with complete CV.
Direct Hot-Linked E-mail Address to the Medical Expert on this Page is: ASpeckhard@brutele.be
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