Adjunct Research Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Biosketch
Janet Mindes, PhD received her B.A. from Harvard University and Ph.D. in experimental psychology/neuroscience from New York University. She is an independent researcher, educator, writer, editor with more than thirty years' experience, focusing since 1998 on research and education in integrative medicine (IM) for the brain, neuropsychiatric conditions and healthy aging, at Columbia College of P&S and elsewhere. Dr. Mindes taught psychology, statistics, and Western science of acupuncture; conducted diverse psychological and integrative medicine research, some funded by NIH; mentored medical, doctoral and undergraduate students. Dr. Mindes co-edited/authored Integrative Sexual Health, OUP, 2018, and is co-writing the lay version. As of November 2022, Dr. Mindes is collaborating with Ramona Wallace, DO, of W Med, to analyze and publish data from Dr. Wallace’s community medicine nutritional database and functional medicine nutrition curricula for residents.
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Education and Training
- PhD 1995, research psychology, Dept of Psychology, New York University
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Research
- affective neuroscience
- Scientific Writing
- Medicine and psychiatry overlap
- Integrative Medicine
- Grant Writing
- Cognitive and Neurosciences
- Clinical Health Psychology
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Publications
Beck S.L., Smith R., Mindes J., Beck K., Leah Kim J.Y., Weitzman M., Stone J.A.M., Veleber S., Dudley W.N. Feasibility and Usability of EnergyPoints: A Mobile Health App to Guide Acupressure Use for Cancer Symptom Management Integrative Cancer Therapies. 2024;23
Bartlik B., Mindes J. Clinician Wellness-Self-Care for Staying Healthy: Attention to Sexual Life Integrative and Complementary Therapies. 2022;28(2):72-74.
Wallace R., Mindes J. Clinician Wellness - Self-Care for Staying Healthy: Nutritional Deficiencies That Compromise Health Occur in Clinicians, Not Only Patients Integrative and Complementary Therapies. 2022;29(1):12-14.
Crupi R., Cambiaghi M., Deckelbaum R., Hansen I., Mindes J., Spina E., Battaglia F. N-3 fatty acids prevent impairment of neurogenesis and synaptic plasticity in B-cell activating factor (BAFF) transgenic mice Preventive Medicine. 2012;54(SUPPL.)
Fischbach R., Mindes J. Why Neuroethicists are Needed Oxford Handbook of Neuroethics. 2012
Sher L., Mindes J., Novakovic V. Transcranial magnetic stimulation and the treatment of suicidality Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics. 2010;10(12):1781-1784.
Kronenberg F., Mindes J., Jacobson J.S. The future of complementary and alternative medicine for cancer Cancer Investigation. 2005;23(5):420-426.
Mindes J., Kronenberg F. Virtuous qualities of mind and health: An introduction to Davidson and Thurman Advances in Mind-Body Medicine. 2005;21(3-4):23-24.
Wade C.M., Jacobson J.S., Mindes J., Coleton M.I. The science of the placebo: Toward an interdisciplinary and research agenda, November 2000 Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 2001;7(4):383-387.
Hirshman E., Snodgrass J.G., Mindes J., Feenan K. Conceptual Priming in Fragment Completion Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. 1990;16(4):634-647.