Professor
California School of Professional Psychology

Specialties and Interests

• chronic pain
• neuropsychology
• psychopharmacology
• distance (on-line) learning
• addictive disorders

Courses Taught

• Biological Bases of Behavior
• Psychopharmacology
• Intercultural Awareness Development
• Theory and Techniques: Family/Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Health Psychology
• Tests and Measurements

Selected Publications

• Zelman DC, Gore M, Duke E, Brandenburg N (2005)  Validation of the Brief Pain Inventory for diabetic peripheral neuropathy.  Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 29: 401-410.
• Paul SM, Zelman DC & Miaskowski C (2005) Categorizing the severity of cancer pain: further exploration of the establishment of cutpoints.  Pain, 113: 37-44. 
• Zelman DC, Dukes E, Brandenburg N, Bostrom A & Gore M (2005)  Identification of cut-points for mild, moderate and severe pain due to painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy.  Pain, 115:29-36
• Zelman DC, Smith M, Hoffman D, Reed P, Edwards L, Levine E & Dukes E.  (2004) Acceptable, manageable, and tolerable days: patient daily goals for medication management of persistent pain.   Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 28:474-489.
• Zelman DC, Hoffman D, Seifeldin R. & Dukes E. (2003) Development of a metric for a day of manageable pain control: derivation of pain severity cut-points for low back pain and osteoarthritis.  Pain, 106:35-42.
• Zelman DC & Stock WE (2000) Creating a feminist pharmacotherapy. Public Service Psychology, 25:16.
• Stock WE & Zelman DC (2000) Women in the age of Viagra - the case for psychology's voice.  Public Service Psychology, 25:7-8.
• Howland EW, Nakamura Y, Cleeland CS, Suthers LS, Nichols SN, & Zelman, DC. (1995). Effects of hypnosis on subjective pain ratings and evoked potential amplitudes. Analgesia 1(3), 171-184.
• Zelman DC, & Metrick SB (1992). Art from Ashes: The Bay Area Arts Relief Project Oakland, California: Marcus A Foster Educational Institute. Book describing expressive art projects and classroom interventions by East Bay mental health professionals following the 1991 Oakland fire.
• Zelman DC, Brandon TH, Jorenby DE & Baker TB (1992). Measures of affect and nicotine dependence predict differential response to smoking cessation treatments. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 60, 943-952.
• Zelman DC, Howland EW, Nichols S, Hodes B, & Cleeland C (1991). Brief mood induction influences pain perception and tolerance. Pain, 46:105-11.
• Brandon TH, Zelman, DC, & Baker TB (1987). Effects of maintenance sessions on smoking relapse: Delaying the inevitable? Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 55: 780-783.
• Zelman DC, Tiffany S & Baker TB. (1985). Influence of stress on morphine-induced hyperthermia: Relevance to drug conditioning and tolerance development. Behavioral Neuroscience, 99: 122-144.

Degrees, Professional Licenses and Certifications

• PhD Clinical Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
• BA Psychology, State University of New York at Binghamton
• Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California – Berkeley, Brief psychodynamic therapy
• Postdoctoral M.S. in Psychopharmacology – California School of Professional Psychology
• Internship, Clinical Psychology, Veteran’s Administration Hospital, San Francisco
• Licensed Psychologist in California

Professional and Honorary Memberships

• American Psychological Association
• California Psychological Association
• American Pain Society