Gordon Asmundson is a world class mental health scientist whose original contributions to the study of chronic pain and anxiety disorders have improved many lives in Canada and around the world.

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ASMUNDSON, Gordon-Department of Psychology, University of Regina
Gordon Asmundson is a world class mental health scientist whose original contributions to the study of chronic pain and anxiety disorders have improved many lives in Canada and around the world. He pioneered the study of how post-traumatic stress disorder in particular frequently co-occurs with chronic musculoskeletal pain as a result of common environmental stressors such as motor vehicle accidents and combat. The author of four books, thirty book chapters and nearly two hundred peer-reviewed articles in leading journals, he is also the recipient of major awards and funding from agencies such as the Canadian Institutes for Health Research.