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Table of Contents
- Major Areas of Interest
- Education
- Academic Appointments
- Representative Grants
- Professional Activities and Awards
- Professional Associations
- Representative Publications
- Professional Links
- DePaul Links
- Courses
Major
Areas of Interest
- Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
- Oxford House Recovery Homes
- Prevention of School Violence
- Smoking and Prevention
- Media
Interventions
- Children and Media
- Community Building
Education
B.A.,
Major: Psychology
Ph.D.,
Major: Clinical/Community Psychology
Academic
Appointments
Instructor, Psychology Department,
Assistant Professor, Psychology Department,
Associate Professor, Psychology Department,
Director of Clinical Training, Department of Psychology,
Professor, Psychology Department,
Director, Center for Community Research, DePaul University, 2001-present.
Representative
Grants
National Institute of Mental Health. Evaluating a preventive orientation program, 1980-1981.
National Institute on Drug Abuse. Smoking cessation involving the media and social support, 1985-1986.
National Institute of Mental Health. A preventive intervention for high risk transfer children, 1986-1993.
National Institute on Drug Abuse. A worksite smoking cessation program, 1987-1989.
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Worksite incentives for becoming a nonsmoker, 1990-1995.
Thrasher Foundation. Reducing the sale of cigarettes to minors, 1993-1995.
The
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Estimating rates of CFS in a community sample, 1995-2001.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The effects of enforcement and possession laws on youth prevalence, 1998-2001.
U.S. Department of Education, A field-initiated research project to determine the effectiveness of a capacity-building program for individuals with CFS, Co-Investigator, 2000-2003.
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Abstinent social support in Oxford House, 2000-2006.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, An evaluation of the Oxford House model, 2000-2006.
National
National Cancer Institute, The effects of laws on youth prevalence, 2001-2008.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Risk factors associated with CFS and CF prognosis, 2005-2011.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Evaluating a bilingual voluntary community-based healthcare organization. 2008-2013.
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Evaluating alternative
aftercare models for ex-offenders, 2007-2014.
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, Community
participatory intervention with high-risk African-American
women, 2008-2014.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development, Social Ecology and the Prevention of Suicide and Aggression in
African American Youth. 2013-2020.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Pediatric CFS in a Community-based Sample. 2013-2020.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. A prospective study of CFS following
infectious mononucleosis in college students. 2013-2019.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Emergent social environments as predictors of recovery resident outcomes. 2015-2020.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Minority Supplement for Mayra Guerrero, Emergent social environments as predictors of recovery resident outcomes. 2016-2019.
Vincentian Endowment Fund. Open Access/Community Psychology Textbook Project. 2018-2020.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Preventing Suicide in African American Adolescents. 2019-2026.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Maintenance and Incidence of ME/CFS Following Mono, 2019-2026.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Supplement 1 on COVID-19 for Maintenance and Incidence of ME/CFS Following Mono. 2020-2021.
DePaul University. COVID-19 Academic Innovation Fund, Prospective Study of Young Adults During a COVID-19 Epidemic. 2020-2021.
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Enhancing Effectiveness Research on Recovery Housing for Persons Prescribed Medication for Opioid Use Disorder. 2022-2025.
DePaul University, Recognition of External Funding Award, 20234-2024
DePaul University, Recognition of External Funding Award, 2024-2025.
DePaul University, Recognition of External Funding Award, 2025-2026.
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Association, Development of a new research definition for ME/CFS, 2025-2026.
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Enhancing Effectiveness Research on Recovery Housing for Persons Prescribed Medication for Opioid Use Disorder. 2025-2026.
URC – Collaborative Research Grant. Comprehensive Immunological Responses to Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) in college students with Infectious Mononucleosis (IM) who do and do not develop Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). 2026-2027.
Professional
Activities and Awards
Current
Editorial Board Member
Journal of Community Psychology, 1983-1986, 2007-present.
Prevention in Human Services, 1986-1995. Renamed Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community, 1996-present.
Journal of Health Psychology, 2008-present.
Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health &
Behavior, 2013-present.
Past Editorial Board
Member
Professional Psychology, 1978-1991.
American Journal of Community Psychology, 1978-1991. Associate Editor, 1983-1987.
Behaviorists for Social Action, 1983-1991. Renamed Behavior and Social Issues, 1992-1994.
The Journal of Primary Prevention, 1983-1986. Appointed Associate Editor, 1986-2007.
Special Services in the Schools, 1984-2008.
Editor, The Community Psychologist, 1985-1988.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1986-1991.
Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, 1997-2008.
The CIFDS Research Letter, 1999-2010.
Bulletin of the IACFS/ME, 2007-2010.
Other Committees and Organizations
National Coordinator, Division of Community Psychology of the American Psychological Association, 1980-1983.
President, Behavior Analysis Society of
Member of the Child and Family and Prevention Subcommittee, Life Course and Prevention Research Review Committee of the National Institute of Mental Health, 1987-1991.
Member of the Board of Trustees,
President, Division of Community Psychology of the American Psychological Association, 1989-90.
Mentorship Award from the Society for Community Research and Action of the American Psychological Association, 1991.
United States Patent (Number 5,142,358), "Earn per view television viewing regulation device," Aug. 25, 1992.
Society for Community Research and Action's 1997 Distinguished Contributions
to Theory and Research Award.
The American Psychological Association's Karl F. Heiser Award for Advocacy, 1998.
Member of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Coordinating Committee, 2000-2003.
Member of the Board of Directors, International Association for CFS/ME, 2001-2009, 2012. Vice President, 2004-2009.
Member of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee, 2006-2012.
Dutch ME-Foundation International ME-Award for outstanding work in the past ten years in the field of CFS, 2003.
Perpich award for distinguished service to the IACFS/ME and the CFS/ME community, 2011.
Tom Fellows award for outstanding contributions to the Oxford House organization, 2011.
DePaul University College of Science and Health award for Excellence in Research, 2013.
American Psychological Association’s award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research, 2015.
DePaul Spirit of Inquiry Award, DePaul University, 2022
Don Klein Publication Award to Advance Community Psychology Practice, Society for Community Research and Action, American Psychological Association, 2023
Oxford House named the annual “Leonard Jason award” for recovery service to the Illinois, 2025
Professional
Associations
- American Psychological Association
- Division 25, Experimental Analysis of Behavior
- Division 27, Community
- Association for Psychological Science
- Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
- Association for Behavior Analysis
- Midwestern Psychological Association
- International Association for CFS/ME
- American Association of Applied and Preventive Psychology
Representative
Publications (Over 1,000 publications)
Publications are at this site: https://www.leonardjason.com/vita/
Jason, L. A., McMahon, S. D., Salina, D., Hedeker, D.,
Stockton, M., Dunson, K., Kimball, P. (1995). Assessing a smoking
cessation intervention involving groups, incentives, and self-help manuals. Behavior Therapy, 26, 393-408.
Jason, L. A., Billows, W., Schnopp-Wyatt, D., & King, C. (1996). Reducing the illegal sales of cigarettes to minors: Analysis of alternative enforcement schedules. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 29, 333-344. PMCID: PMC1283996 https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1996.29-333
Jason, L.A., Richman, J.A., Friedberg, F., Wagner, L.,
Taylor, R.R., & Jordan, K.M. (1997). Politics, science, and the emergence
of a new disease: The case of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. American Psychologist, 52, 973-983. PMID:
9301342 https://doi.org/10.1037//0003-066x.52.9.973
L. A., & Barnes, H. E. (1997). Substance abuse prevention: Beyond the schoolyard. Applied and Preventive Psychology, 6, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0962-1849(97)80010-8
Jason, L. A. (1998). Tobacco, drug, and HIV preventive media
interventions. American Journal of Community Psychology, 26, 145-187. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022172301449
Jason, L.A., Taylor, R.R., & Kennedy, B.A. (2000). Chronic fatigue syndrome, Fibromyalgia, and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities in a community-based sample of persons with chronic fatigue syndrome-like symptoms. Psychosomatic Medicine, 62, 655-663. PMID: 11020095 https://doi.org/10.1097/00006842-200009000-00009
Jason, L. A., Pokorny, S. B. & Schoeny, M. E. (2003). It
is premature to abandon youth access to tobacco programs. Pediatrics, 111(4 Pt 1),
920-921. PMID: 12671138 https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.111.4.920
Jason, L.A., Holbert, C., Torres-Harding, S., & Taylor,
R.R. (2004). Stigma and chronic fatigue syndrome: Surveying a name change. Journal of Disability Policy
Studies, 14, 222-228. https://doi.org/10.1177/10442073040140040401
Jason, L. A., Olson, B. D., Ferrari, J. R., & Lo Sasso,
A. T. (2006). Communal housing settings enhance substance abuse recovery. American Journal of Public
Health, 91, 1727-1729. PMCID:
PMC1586125 https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2005.070839
Jason, L. A., Olson, B. D., Ferrari, J. R., Majer, J. M., Alvarez, J., & Stout, J. (2007). An examination of main and interactive effects of substance abuse recovery. Addiction, 102, 1114-1121. PMCID: PMC2976482 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.01846.x
Jason, L.A., Unger, E.R., Dimitrakoff,
J.D., Fagin, A.P., Houghton, M., Cook, D., Marshall Jr., G.D., Klimas, N., & Snell, C. (2012). Minimum data elements for
research reports on CFS. Brain, Behavior and Immunity, 26, 401-406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2012.01.014
Jason, L.A., Brown, M., Brown, A., Evans, M., Flores, S., Grant-Holler, E., & Sunnquist, M. (2013). Energy Conservation/Envelope Theory interventions to help patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. Biomedicine, Health, & Behavior, 1, 27-42. PMCID: PMC4013246 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10464-013-9610-6
Jason, L. A., Beasley, C. R., & Hunter, B.A. (2015). Advocacy and social justice. In V. Chien & S.M. Wolfe (Ed.). Foundations of Community Psychology Practice. (pp. 262-289) New York: Sage.
Jason, L.A., Stevens, E., & Light, J.M. (2016). The relationship of sense of community and trust to hope. Journal of Community Psychology, 44, 334–341. PMCID:PMC4828033 https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.21771
Jason, L.A., & Stevens, E. (2017). The reliability and reciprocity of a social network measure. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 35, 317–327. PMCID: PMC6145821 https://doi.org/10.1080/07347324.2017.1355220
Jason, L.A. (2017). To serve or not to serve: Ethical and policy implications. American Journal of Community Psychology, 60,(3-4), 406-413. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12181
Jason, L.A., & Sunnquist, M. (2018). The development of
the DePaul Symptom Questionnaire: Original, expanded, brief and pediatric
versions. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 6:330. PMCID: PMC6232226
https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2018.00330
Devendorf, A.R., Jackson, C.T., Sunnquist, M., & Jason,
L.A. (2019). Defining and measuring recovery from myalgic
encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome: The physician perspective. Disability and Rehabilitation,
41, 158-165. PMCID:
PMC6123286 https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2017.1383518
Jason, L.A., Katz, B.Z., Sunnquist, M., Torres, C., Cotler, J., & Bhatia, S. (2020). The prevalence of pediatric myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome in a community-based sample. Child & Youth Care Forum, 49, 563-579. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10566-019-09543-3
Jason, L.A., Guerrero, M., Lynch, G., Stevens, E., Salomon-Amend, M., & Light, J.N. (2020). Recovery home networks as social capital. Journal of Community Psychology, 48, 645–657. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22277
Jason, L.A., Cotler, J., Islam, M., Sunnquist, M., & Katz, B.Z. (2021). Risks for developing ME/CFS in college students following Infectious Mononucleosis: A prospective cohort study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 73(11), e3740–e3746, PMCID:PMC8664491 https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa1886
Jason, L.A., Guerrero, M., Bobak, T., Light, J.M., & Stoolmiller, M. (2022). Reducing health disparities among Black individuals in the post-treatment environment. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 21(4), 1452-1467. PMCID: PMC8649697 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15332640.2020.1861497
Jason, L.A., Ravichandran, S., Katz, B.Z., Natelson, B.H., & Bonilla, H.F. (2023). Establishing a consensus on ME/CFS exclusionary illnesses. Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior, 11(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/21641846.2022.2150487
Jason, L.A., Light,
J., Bobak, T., Bell, J. (2024). Effects of strength of relationship ties in
recovery homes: A conundrum. International
Journal of Drug Policy, 126, 104360 PMCID:
PMC11056307 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104360
Jason, L.A.,
McGarrigle, W. J., & Vermeulen, R.C.W. (2024). The Head-Up Tilt Table Test
as a measure of autonomic functioning among patients with ME/CFS. Journal of Personalized Medicine, 14, 238.
https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm14030238
Jason, L. A.,
Garrity, E., O'Brien, C., & Bobak, T. (2025). The Oxford House Stability
Questionnaire: An effort to classify recovery homes. Journal of Community Psychology, 53(1), e23168. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.23168
Jason, L.A., Light, J.M., Krause, R., & Sikora, A.
(2026). The effect of supportive familial relationships on social networks and
recovery. Journal of Substance Use
and Addiction Treatment, 183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2026.209897
Jason, L.A., Furst, J., Worth, R., & Katz, B.Z. (2026). Outcomes of ME/CFS
following Infectious Mononucleosis: Seven-year follow-up of a prospective
study. Frontiers in Medicine,13:1676628. doi:
10.3389/fmed.2026.1676628
Books:
Jason, L.A. (1997). Community building. Values for a
sustainable future. Westport, CT: Praeger.
Jason, L.A., Fennell, P., & Taylor, R.R. (Eds.). (2003). Handbook of chronic fatigue syndrome. New
York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Jason,
L.A., Keys, C.B., Suarez-Balcazar, Y., Taylor, R.R., Davis, M., Durlak, J.,
Isenberg, D. (Eds.). (2004). Participatory
community research: Theories and methods in action. Washington, DC:
American Psychological Association.
Jason, L.A., & Perdoux, M.
(2004). Havens: True stories of community healing. Westport, CT: Praeger
Publishers.
Porter, N.S., Bothne, N., & Jason, L.A. (2008). Interconnectedness and the individual: New
research. NewYork, NY: Nova Science.
Jason, L.A., & Ferrari, J.R. (2011). Recovery from
Addictions in Communal Living Settings: The Oxford House Model. Oxford,
England: Taylor & Francis.
Jason,
L.A., & Glenwick, D.S. (2012). Methodological approaches to
community-based research. Washington, DC: American Psychological
Association.
Jason, L.A. (2013). Principles
of Social Change. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Blogs:
Statesofmind. How People With
Chronic Fatigue Are Gaslit by Healthcare Systems.
Counterpunch. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and COVID
Medscape.
Post-Exertional Malaise in Fatiguing Diseases: What to Know to Avoid Harmful
Exercise
Medpagetoday.
Here’s What Is Wrong with the National Academies Long COVID Definition.
Undark. Failure to Define Long Covid Will Impede Research
Progress
Medpagetoday. Be
Wary of Flawed Diagnosis Criteria for ME/CFS.
Merely
Existing. The Most Underfunded Disease
at the NIH
Psychology
Today Blog. How Therapists can make a difference during COVID-19.
Academic
Minute. Most people think of psychologists in very traditional ways.
Virology Blog. David Tuller. Trial By Error: A Q-and-A with
Leonard Jason, on Case Definition.
Dilemmas of a broken substance abuse system. Leonard A. Jason. Oxford University Press Blog
Oxford University Press Blog. Leonard A. Jason. Patients Battle for Justice
Oxford
University Press Blog. IOM’s Effort to Dislodge Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Oxford University Press Blog. How Disease Names Can Stigmatize
Oxford University Press Blog. What is psychology’s greatest
achievement?
Oxford University Press’ Blog. Diseases can stigmatize
Oxford University Press policy statement that was issued on Recovery Residences
Oxford University Press Blog published this infographic on sequestration
Oxford University Press titled “the Art of Science”
Policy Statements:
SCRA policy statement on Recovery Residence
YouTube videos:
Rob Rene Podcast called “I am Pain Free”
Natural
Building & Healthy Home Symposium, in Traverse City, MI
Recovery
Homes: Potential and
Future Challenges.
Recovery
Homes, Social Networks, and Sense of Community.
NIH ME/CFS Advocacy Call. An update on NIH’s efforts to advance
ME/CFS research.
Ethical Humanist
Society of Chicago. Leonard A. Jason. Understanding Unexplained Illness: From
Knowledge to Action
Leonard Jason’s remarks at his surprise birthday celebration
#MillionsMissing Protest in Chicago. Leonard Jason’s speech
ME and CFS research and politics. Lecture by Leonard Jason given in community psychology class
DePaul University Chili Challenge!
Where are the patients? The
role of community psychology in engaging patients in their own lives.
SCRA webinar on Social
Change through Social Policy, by Ken Maton and Leonard Jason
Social action: A fundamental value of community psychology
Jason live keynote on Principles of Social Change at the Miami
Biennial
Funny segment on dog feces within the keynote Principles of
Social Change Biennial talk
YouTube introduction to the Center for Community Research
8
broadcasts out of the Netherlands regarding a patient program called: Science
to Patients
In this first
webinar, Jason discusses some of his current research with ME
In the second webinar, Jason discusses the name and case definition
The third webinar covers what might cause ME, the stigma associate with ME
The fourth webinar explains the difference between ME and Major Depressive Disorders
The fifth webinar involves treating and managing of ME
The sixth webinar involves symptoms of ME and treatments
The seventh webinar involves the need for services and social
action
The last webinar involves future directions for ME research
Llewellyn King’s White House Chronicle Television show
Llewellyn King interviews of Leonard Jason for ME/CFS Alert:
Other Media:
Psychology
Department podcast on Leonard Jason’s DePaul experience.
R-Siena Basics. Introduction to Social
Networks.
Psychologists earn $6.6M grant for youth violence prevention
project
APA Monitor. Becoming a great mentor.
DePaul Magazine. Abby Pickus. The Myth of “It’s All in Your Head”
Virology Blog. David Tuller. Trial By Error: A Q-and-A with Leonard Jason, on Case Definition.
CBS Chicago. Lisa Fielding. Dozens rally to bring attention to
incurable disease.
Chicago Tribune. Matt Lindner. Can we really trust anyone
anymore?
Mosaic. The Science of Life. Virginia Gewin. Fighting over fatigue.
Mosaic. The Science of Life. Virginia Gewin. How to diagnose chronic fatigue syndrome.
The Best Treatment For Drug Addicts Is
Community. CJ Arlotta. Forbes
Substance abuse recovery odds increase in a community
setting. Jon Cecero. DePaul News
Releases.
Nature. Virginia
Gewin. Medical research: Subject to reflection
Rochester Review. Maya Dukmasova. “A different type of group
therapy”
New York Times. David Tuller. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Gets a New Name
Narratively Em DeMarco The Brotherhood of Recovering Addicts
Buzzfeed. David Tuller. IACFS/ME San Francisco conference
Kent, England news story on the first OH in England
Portland Tribune story on OHs in Portland, Oregon
Professional
Links
American Psychological Association
Association for Psychological Science
Society for Community Research and Action
International
Association for CFS/ME
Midwestern Psychological Association
DePaul
Links
Courses
Previously Taught