John Pachankis

John E. Pachankis is an American clinical psychologist. He is the Susan Dwight Bliss Associate Professor of Public Health at the Yale School of Public Health.

John Pachankis
Born
Shreveport, Louisiana
Academic background
EducationLoyola University
MA, PhD, Stony Brook University
Academic work
InstitutionsYale School of Public Health
Yeshiva University

He was born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana and completed his undergraduate education at Loyola University New Orleans and earned his PhD in clinical psychology (quantitative focus) at Stony Brook University. Pachankis joined the faculty at the Yale School of Public Health as an associate professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences in 2013.

Career

Upon completing his clinical fellowship at Harvard Medical School, Pachankis accepted an assistant professor position at the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at Yeshiva University.[1] He stayed there until 2013 when he joined the faculty at the Yale School of Public Health as an associate professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences. In the same year, he received the Samuel M. Turner Early Career Award for Distinguished Contributions to Diversity in Clinical Psychology from the American Psychological Association.[2]

At Yale, Pachankis directs the Yale LGBTQ Mental Health Initiative, which "provides a home for scholars and scholarship devoted to understanding and improving the mental health of LGBTQ populations in the US and around the world."[3] As a result of his research, Pachankis received the 2017 American Psychological Association Division 44 Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award for his contributions to LGBT psychology.[4]

In 2018, Pachankis received tenure and, in 2019, a cross-appointment in the Department of Psychiatry.[1] He also earned the 2018 American Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest.[5] The following year, he earned the Endowed Professorship title, Bliss Associate Professor of Public Health.[1] In 2018, he published the Handbook of Evidence-Based Mental Health Practice with Sexual and Gender Minorities (Oxford University Press), which received the Distinguished Book Award from Division 44 of the American Psychological Association.

Scientific contributions

Pachankis' notable scholarly contributions involve research and theory into the costs of identity concealment,[6] contingent self-worth in the identity development of gay and bisexual men,[7] status-based stressors from within the gay community,[8] and developing and implementing mental health interventions for LGBTQ populations.[9] Pachankis has worked with community organizations to implement LGBTQ-affirmative mental health programs as evidence-based alternatives to sexual orientation conversion therapies.[10]

References
  1. "John Pachankis appointed the Bliss Associate Professor of Public Health". news.yale.edu. November 12, 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  2. "Congratulations, award winners". apa.org. September 2013. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  3. Poitras, Colin (April 10, 2019). "Yale Alumnus Pledges $5 Million for Yale School of Public Health Fund and Professorship to Advance LGBTQ Mental Health". medicine.yale.edu. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  4. "Yale Professor Awarded for Contributions Toward LGBT Health". aspph.org. August 9, 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  5. "APA Public Interest Award Goes to Yale Associate Professor". aspph.org. December 20, 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  6. Pachankis, John (July 23, 2020). "Sexual orientation concealment and mental health: A conceptual and meta-analytic review". Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  7. Chandler, Adam (May 6, 2013). "The Best Little Boy in the World — That's Me". Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  8. Ryan, Benjamin (February 29, 2020). "Pressure to keep up: status imbalance a major factor in stress in gay men". Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  9. Pachankis, John (2015). "LGB-affirmative cognitive-behavioral therapy for young adult gay and bisexual men: A randomized controlled trial of a transdiagnostic minority stress approach". Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  10. Longarino, Darius (July 21, 2017). "Tsai Center Engages China's Mental Health Professionals on LGBT Discrimination". Retrieved November 13, 2020.

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