Mark Jensen

Mark Jensen, Ph., is UW Medicine’s vice chair for research in Rehabilitation Medicine and a UW professor of Rehabilitation Medicine. He obtained his PhD from Arizona State University.

As a clinician/scientist, Dr. Jensen develops and studies the efficacy of psychosocial pain treatments, and facilitates national and international workshops on these treatment approaches. In his clinical work, he combines cognitive-behavioral, hypnotic and motivational approaches to help patients better manage chronic pain and its effects on their lives. His teaching activities focus on mentoring postdoctoral research fellows in the skills needed to develop a successful research career in health psychology and rehabilitation science.