David C. Clark, PhD

Professor; Director, Human Research Protections

Locations

Medical College of Wisconsin
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine

Contact Information

Education

PhD, Psychology, University of Chicago, 1981

Biography

David completed his undergraduate education at The University of Chicago and earned his PhD in Psychology at the University of Chicago in 1981. He did his post-doctoral training in clinical psychology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.

David trained in the Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program, Institute for Psychoanalysis, Chicago. He is also a graduate of Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research extramural training program.

In 1989, David received the Edwin Shneidman Award from the American Association of Suicidology for outstanding contributions in research to the field of suicide studies. In 2002, David received a Distinguished Career Research Award from Division 12 of the American Psychological Association (Section on Emergencies and Crises).

He is a Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy and a member of the International Academy for Suicide Research.

Research Interests

David’s academic work has tended to focus in three areas: the assessment and management of suicidal behavior, the treatment of patients with intractable mood disorders, and the psychosocial development of health professionals.

Application of an interpersonal-psychological model of suicidal behavior to physicians and medical trainees.

(Cornette MM, deRoon-Cassini TA, Fosco GM, Holloway RL, Clark DC, Joiner TE.) Arch Suicide Res. 2009;13(1):1-14 PMID: 19123105 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-58149218336 01/06/2009
The conduct of clinical research under the HIPAA Privacy Rule.

(McMaster WC, Sale K, Andersson GB, Bostrom MP, Gebhardt MC, Trippel SB, Clark DC.) J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2006 Dec;88(12):2765-70 PMID: 17142429 12/05/2006
Variability among institutional review boards and the value of local research context.

(Clark DC.) Crit Care Med. 2001 Feb;29(2):444-5 PMID: 11246330 03/14/2001
Studies of suicide in later life: methodologic considerations and research directions.

(Pearson JL, Caine ED, Lindesay J, Conwell Y, Clark DC.) Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 1999;7(3):203-10 PMID: 10438690 08/10/1999
Adolescent suicide.

(Bell CC, Clark DC.) Pediatr Clin North Am. 1998 Apr;45(2):365-80 PMID: 9568016 05/06/1998
How to evaluate national suicide programs?

(Kerkhof JF, Clark DC.) Crisis. 1998;19(1):2-3 PMID: 9639964 06/26/1998
Training volunteers.

(Clark DC.) Crisis. 1997;18(3):98 PMID: 9454996 01/01/1997
Inpatients under constant observation for suicide risk.

(Clark DC.) Crisis. 1997;18(2):50 PMID: 9286122 01/01/1997
No-suicide contracts and no-suicide decisions.

(Clark DC, Kerkhof AJ.) Crisis. 1997;18(1):2 PMID: 9141769 01/01/1997
Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia.

(Clark DC, Kerkhof AJ.) Crisis. 1996;17(4):146 PMID: 9018899 01/01/1996
Suicidal thought and self-transcendence in older adults.

(Buchanan D, Farran C, Clark D.) J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv. 1995 Oct;33(10):31-4 PMID: 8847671 10/01/1995
Child bereavement after paternal suicide.

(Grossman JA, Clark DC, Gross D, Halstead L, Pennington J.) J Child Adolesc Psychiatr Nurs. 1995;8(2):5-17 PMID: 7795955 04/01/1995