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UA Psychology Professor to Receive Blackmon-Moody Award

November 4, 2010 - Filed under: Awards=20 & Honors, Faculty &=20 Staff | Tagged: College of Arts & Sciences, Psychology

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. =E2=80=94 Dr. Beverly Thorn, chair of the = psychology department=20 at The University of Alabama, will receive the 2010 Blackmon-Moody = Outstanding=20 Professor Award on Friday, Nov. 19, at the President=E2=80=99s = Mansion.

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Dr. Beverly Thorn
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Thorn, an expert on cognitive therapy for chronic pain, has written = the book=20 =E2=80=9CCognitive Therapy for Chronic Pain: A Step-by-Step = Guide,=E2=80=9D as well as more than=20 80 articles.

Recently, she received the Nathan Perry Award for Career Service to = Health=20 Psychology from the Division of Health Psychology of the American = Psychological=20 Association; and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National = Register of=20 Health Service Providers in Psychology.

She also was a UA College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Teaching = Fellow=20 and received a Faculty Excellence Award and a Mentor of Excellence Award = from=20 the Alabama Psychological Association.

Thorn has been on the UA faculty since 1986. She earned a doctorate = in=20 bioclinical psychology from Southern Illinois University. She is on the=20 editorial board of six journals, including Pain, the = Journal of=20 Pain and Health Psychology, and she is editor in chief of = the=20 Journal of Clinical Psychology.

She is a member of the clinical health psychology faculty at UA. In = addition,=20 she has held research grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, = the=20 National Institute on Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National = Institute on=20 Nursing Research, National Institute of Mental Health, the Marchione = Foundation=20 and the National Headache Foundation.

She is a fellow in the Society of Behavioral Medicine and the = Divisions of=20 Health Psychology and Clinical Psychology in the American Psychological=20 Association, and she is board certified in clinical health psychology by = the=20 American Board of Professional Psychology.

The Blackmon-Moody Award is presented annually to a UA faculty member = judged=20 to have made extraordinary contributions that reflect credit on the = individual,=20 on his or her field of study, on students and on the University. It was = created=20 by Frederick Moody Blackmon of Montgomery to honor the memory of his=20 grandmother, Sarah McCorkle Moody of Tuscaloosa.

UA=E2=80=99s psychology department is part of The College of Arts and = Sciences, the=20 University=E2=80=99s largest division and the largest liberal arts = college in the state.=20 Students from the College have won numerous national awards including = Rhodes=20 Scholarships, Goldwater Scholarships and memberships on the USA Today = Academic=20 All-American Teams.

The University of Alabama, a student-centered = research=20 university, is experiencing significant growth in both enrollment and = academic=20 quality. This growth, which is positively impacting the campus and the = state's=20 economy, is in keeping with UA's vision to be the university of choice = for the=20 best and brightest students. UA, the state's flagship university, is an = academic=20 community united in its commitment to enhancing the quality of life for = all=20 Alabamians.

CONTACT: Dr. Beverly Thorn, = 205/348-5024, Bthorn@as.ua.edu; Richard LeComte, = media=20 relations, rllecomte@ur.ua.edu=20

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