Blaine Ditto, Ph.D.

Department of Psychology
McGill University
1205 Dr. Penfield Ave.
Montreal, Québec
CANADA (H3A 1B1)

Fax: (514)398-6097

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Email: blaine.ditto@mcgill.ca

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TRAINING AND CREDENTIALS

Diploma / Credential | Specialty | Year | Institution

Doctorate (PhD)	Ph.D.Clinical Psychology	1983	Indiana University UNITED STATES
Bachelor's	B.Sc.Psychology	1977	Iowa State University UNITED STATES

AREA OF EXPERTISE

Research Area: Psychology

Disciplines trained in: Psychology

Research disciplines
(associated field)

Fields of application:Biomedical Aspects of Human Health

AREA OF EXPERTISE

Research field:
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Research sub-field:Behavioral Medicine

Research field:Behavioral Sciences

Research sub-field: Psychophysiology

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Key words: stress, pain, autonomic activity, blood pressure, hypertension, vasovagal reactions, asthma, psychophysiology, ambulatory recording, family studies.

Research interests:

RECENT AND REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

Authors

Title (article or book chapter)

Year | Volume | Number | Journal or book | City and publishing house

France, C.R., France, J.L., Roussos, M., & Ditto, B. (2004).
Mild reactions to blood donation predict a decreased likelihood of donor return. Transfusion and Apheresis Science, 30,17-22.

Ditto, B., France, C.R., Lavoie, P., Roussos, M., & Adler, P.S.J. (2003).
Reducing reactions to blood donation with Applied Muscle Tension: A randomized controlled trial.
Transfusion, 43, 1269-1275.
Lewkowski, M.D., Ditto, B., Roussos, M., & Young, S.N. (2003).
Sweet taste and blood pressure-related analgesia.
Pain, 106, 181-186.

Campbell, T.S., Ditto, B., Séguin, J.R., Sinray, S., & Tremblay, R.E. (2003).
Adolescent pain sensitivity predicts cardiovascular autonomic function and increase in blood pressure over 8 years. Hypertension, 41, 1228-1233.

Dubreuil, E., Ditto, B., Boulerice, B., Dionne, G., Pihl, R.O., Tremblay, R.E., Boivin, M., & Pérusse, D. (2003).
Familiality of heart rate and cardiac-related autonomic activity in five month old twins: The Quebec Newborn Twins Study.
Psychophysiology, 40, 849-862.

Mair, M., Barrett, S., Campbell, T., & Ditto, B. (2003).
Prevalence, disclosure, and interpretations of sexual activities in a sample of college-age blood donors.
International Journal of STD &AIDS, 14, 399-403.

Malmo, R.B., Malmo, H.P., & Ditto, B. (2003).
On reversible deafness, generalized anxiety disorder, and the motoric brain: A psychophysiological perspective.
International Journal of Psychophysiology, 48, 95-111.

LITTERARY OR ARTISTIC WORKS

LANGUAGE COMPETENCIES

Languages understood:
English and french

Languages read:
English and french

Languages written:
English

Languages spoken:
English

Français