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Fadel Zeidan's CV

Fadel Zeidan

Wake Forest School of Medicine

Department of Neurobiology and AnatomyMedical Center Blvd.

Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157

Phone: 704-***-****

Email: abo468@r.postjobfree.com

Professional experience

2004-2006: Behavioral-Emotional Disabilities Special Education Teacher (Charlotte

Mecklenburg Schools

)

2004-2009: Research Assistant, Cognitive Neuroscience Lab (UNC-Charlotte

)

2003-2005: Teaching Assistant, Abnormal Psychology Lecture (UNC-Charlotte

)

2004-2009: Research Assistant, Affective Neuroscience Lab (UNC-Charlotte

)

2005-2007: Compensatory Education Teacher (Central Piedmont Community College

)

2005-2009: General Psychology Subject Pool Lab Coordinator (UNC-Charlotte

)

2007-2008: Lecturer, General Psychology Lab (UNC-Charlotte

)

2007-2008: Lecturer, Research Methods Lab (UNC

-Charlotte)

2008-2009: Volunteer, Brain Mechanisms of Pain Lab

(Wake Forest School of Medicine)

2009-Present: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (Wake Forest School of Medicine

)

2011-Present: Mindfulness Meditation Instructor (Wake Forest University Wellness Center

)

2012- : Adjunct Professor, Human Cognitive Processes, (UNC-Charlotte)

Education

2002: UNC Charlotte

Baccalaureate of Science in Psychology (Biology Minor)

2005: UNC Charlotte

Master of Arts in Liberal Studies

2005: UNC Charlotte

Graduate Certificate in Cognitive Science

2009: UNC Charlotte

Doctorate of Philosophy in Experimental Health Psychology

Awards and Fellowships

2002: Completion of Honors Thesis: Twenty Minutes of Mindfulness Meditation Reduces

Anxiety

2002-2005: Chancellor s List Recipient

2005-2009: Graduate Assistant Scholarship Program Scholar ($43,000)

2006: Mind and Life Summer Research Institute Research Fellowship

2007: UNC-Charlotte Distinguished Research Travel Award ($1,000)

2007: Mind and Life Summer Research Institute Research Fellowship

2007: Francisco J. Varela Research Grant Award: Primary Investigator ($15,000): Brain

Mechanisms Supporting Modulation of Pain by Meditation

2008: UNC-Charlotte Excellence in Research Travel Award ($1,000)

2008: First Place Award ($350): The Effects of Brief Meditation Training on Pain

Perception: 8th

Annual UNC-Charlotte Graduate Research Forum

2009: UNC-Charlotte Distinguished Research Travel Award ($1,000)

2009: Dorrie S. Fretwell Professional Development Fund Award ($2,300)

2009: Society of Behavioral Medicine Student Research Award

2009: First Place Award ($500): Implications of Brief Mental Training on Health and

Cognition: A Comparison

to Sham Mental Training. 9th Annual UNC-Charlotte Graduate Research Forum

2009: Mind and Life Summer Research Institute Research Fellowship

2011: Wake Forest University Post-Doctoral Research Development Award

2011: Mind and Life Summer Research Institute Research Fellowship

2011: National Institute of Health Loan Repayment Program Grant ($11,000)

2011: Prevention magazine s Integrative Medicine Research Award

Peer-Reviewed Research Publications

Medicine Noon Seminar. Winston-Salem, NC, October, 2011.

Brief Mindfulness-Based Mental Training Improves Health and Cognition. Metro-Area

Research Group on Awareness & Meditation Seminar Series. New York, NY, December, 2011.

Media Outreach

"Even beginners can curb pain with meditation"~ NPR (2011)

"In pain? Try meditation"~ CNN (2011)

Meditation: Even a little helps ~ ABC News (2010)

In pain: Just say om ~ Los Angeles Times (2010)

Brief meditation training brings pain relief ~WebMD (2010)

Surprising ways to manage pain ~ MSN Health (2010)

Podcasts

" Just Breathe" ~ Neuropod (2011)

Link: Neuropod: Just Breathe

"Modulation of pain by mindfulness meditation"~ Secular Buddhist podcast (2011).

Link: Secular Buddhist: Modulation of Pain by Meditation

"Meditation and Health"~ WFAE Charlotte Talks (2010)

Link: WFAE_CharlotteTalks_Meditation and Health

Current Memberships in Professional Societies

American Pain Society

American Psychological Association Division 38 (Health Psychology)

Cognitive Neuroscience Society

Human Brain Mapping

International Association for the Study of Pain

Mind and Life Institute

Society of Behavioral Medicine

Society for Neuroscience

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