Gregg Tkachuk, PhD

  • Portrait of Gregg Tkachuk

  • Assistant professor

    Max Rady College of Medicine
    Clinical Health Psychology
    PZ350-771 Bannatyne Avenue
    University of Manitoba
    Winnipeg, MB R3E 3N4

    Phone: 204-787-7424

Research themes

  • acceptance and commitment therapy
  • brief workshop interventions
  • chronic pain management
  • contextual behavioral science
  • knowledge translation
  • moderation and mediation analyses
  • psychological flexibility model and processes
  • randomized controlled trials

Research interests

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for chronic pain
  • ACT matrix
  • focused ACT
  • one-day ACT workshops for chronic pain
  • online ACT for chronic pain
  • psychological flexibility model and processes

Keywords

  • acceptance and commitment therapy
  • chronic pain
  • contextual behavioral science
  • psychological flexibility model
  • randomized controlled trials
  • web-based interventions

Research summary

  • Principal Investigator on CHP Research Internal Grant funded study: Patient Experiences with a Novel Opioid Tapering Program: A Qualitative Study. 
  • Data collection and analyses related to the ACT group for chronic pain. Received Ethics, SH, and PHRPC approvals to conduct formal research study.
  • Co-investigator on Health Sciences Centre Foundation grant “Development and feasibility study of a novel self-directed online ACT Program for Chronic Pain: The IMPACT (Internet based Multidisciplinary Pain Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) Program.” Preliminary analyses were presented to the Canadian Pain Society."

Biography

Dr. Gregg Tkachuk is an assistant professor in clinical health psychology at the University of Manitoba. He has also served as the clinical psychologist at the Pan Am Pain Clinic since June 2007.

He has presented his research to the Canadian Pain Society, American Pain Society, and the International Association for the Study of Pain; and has published in the Journal of Pain, Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain, and Rehabilitation Psychology.

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts (Honours), University of Manitoba (1992)
  • Masters of Psychology, University of Manitoba (1994)
  • Doctor of Philosophy (Clinical Psychology), University of Manitoba (2001)
  • Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Clinical Health Psychology), Ohio University (2003)

Awards

  • University of Manitoba's Dr. Robert McIlwraith Excellence in Training Award (2021)
  • Current co-investigator on a Health Sciences Centre Foundation Grant ($70,000): Improving access to pain interventions for patients with chronic pain through a web-based program “Managing Pain: Tools for Life”.
  • Co-investigator on a Health Sciences Centre Foundation Operating Grant ($67,553) "Development and Testing of an Online Treatment for Fibromyalgia". (June 2012 - May 2014)
  • Co-investigator on a University of Manitoba School of Medical Rehabilitation Grant ($20,898) “Acceptance Based Behavioral Therapy for Patients with Fibromyalgia". (May 2010 - June 2011)
  • American Pain Society Young Investigator Travel Support Award (2005 Scientific Meeting, Boston, MA)
  • American Headache Society Resident Travel Support Award November, 2001 (Scottsdale, Arizona Symposium)
  • Co-investigator on a Manitoba Medical Service Foundation Research Grant ($17,222) "A Comparison of Cognitive-Behavioral and Symptom Monitoring Interventions for Irritable Bowel Syndrome". (Jan-Dec, 1999)

Contact us

Clinical Health Psychology
PZ350-771 Bannatyne Avenue
University of Manitoba, Bannatyne Campus
Winnipeg, MB R3E 3N4 Canada

204-787-7424
204-787-3755