Activities of Daily Living (ADL)
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Abrams, David B. (1951–) David B. Abrams Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Schroeder Institute for Tobacco Research and Policy Studies at Legacy, Washington, DC, USA
David Abrams was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, on September 6, 1951. He married Marion Wachtenheim in 1981. He has three children, Tanya, Aaron, and Daniel, who passed away in 2008. He holds a B.Sc. (honors) degree in computer science and psychology from University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (1974), during which time he studied under Alma Hannon (who also taught Joseph Wolpe, Arnie Lazarus, Terry Wilson, and Ray Rosen). Abrams completed his doctorate in clinical psychology under Terry Wilson at Rutgers University, earning
M.D. Gellman & J.R. Turner (eds.), Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-1005-9, # Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
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his Ph.D. in 1981, and his internship under David Barlow at Brown University in 1979. Joining the new Division of Behavioral Medicine at Miriam Hospital, founded by Michael Follick, Abrams was the first coordinator of the Behavioral Medicine Risk Factors Clinic. Abrams is currently Professor, Department of Health, Behavior and Society at The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Executive Director of the Schroeder Institute for Tobacco Research and Policy Studies at Legacy ®. From 2005 to 2008, he directed the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). From 1978 to 2004, Abrams rose through the ranks at Alpert Medical School of Brown University, becoming Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Professor of Community Health, and founding Director of the Transdisciplinary Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine. Abrams is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in health psychology, tobacco use behavior, addictions, and lifestyle and contextual pathways to population health, conceptualized from a transdisciplinary “systems” framework. In 1969, Abrams received the Old Parktonian university scholarship from Parktown Boys High School and the IBM undergraduate computer science award in 1973. He has published over 250 scholarly articles. He is the lead author of The Tobacco Dependence Treatment Handbook: A Guide to Best Practices, a recipient of a book of the year award. Abrams was a member of the Board of Scientific Advisors of the National Cancer Institute and served on several committees for the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. He received the Joseph Cullen Memorial Award from the American Society for Preventive Oncology for lifetime contributions to tobacco control. He was President of the Society of Behavioral Medicine in 2003 and a recipient of their Distinguished Scientist, Distinguished Research Mentorship, and Service awards. Abrams is a fellow of the American Psychological Associat
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