Adam Hanley is a Licensed Psychologist and an Associate Professor at the Brain Science and Symptom Management Center in the Florida State University’s College of Nursing. The goal of his research program is to develop and refine both brief and intensive mindfulness-based interventions that can be embedded in medical settings to reduce pain and improve quality of life. He also has an interest in the therapeutic value of self-transcendent experiences arising during mindfulness training.

EDUCATION

Maryville College, BA in Psychology

Florida State University, PhD in Counseling Psychology and Human Systems

University of Utah, Postdoctoral Fellowship

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Mind & Life

International Association for the Study of Pain

US Association for the Study of Pain

GRANTS

Principal Investigator: Pointing beyond the pain perception box: Treating chronic pain by modulating phenomenological and psycho-physiological indices of self-transcendence. Tiny Blue Dot Foundation. 2024-2027; 

Principal Investigator: Mindful interoceptive mapping: Elucidating a novel mechanism for treating opioid misuse and chronic pain. National Institute of Drug Abuse (R21DA050792). 2021-2024; 

Principal Investigator: Novel treatments for knee osteoarthritis pain. Subtle Energy Funders Collective. 2022-2024; 

Multiple Principal Investigator: SMART embedded intervention for military postsurgical readiness. Department of Defense, Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program - Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program - Clinical Trial Award (PR203509, W81XWH-20-PRMRP-CTA). 2021-2026; 

Co-Investigator: Physical therapy integrated with mindfulness for patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain and long-term opioid treatment. National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (R01AT012229). 2022-2025.

PUBLICATIONS

Cooperman, N. A., Lu, S. E., Hanley, A. W., Puvananayagam, T., Dooley-Budsock, P., Kline, A., & Garland, E. L. (2023). Telehealth Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement vs Usual Care in Individuals With Opioid Use Disorder and Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA psychiatry; 

Hanley, A. W., Mai, T., & Garland, E. L. (2023). Self-transcendent states during a modified mindfulness-based stress reduction program predict improvements in mood. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice, 10(3), 213; 

Hanley, A. W., Walker, D., Zingg, R. W., Garland, E. L., & Hansen, P. A. (2023). The mindful warm-up: Proof of concept for a brief embedded intervention. Mindfulness, 14(7), 1804-1812; 

Hanley, A. W., Hinich, J., Kennedy, A., Newman, C., Martorella, G., Anderson, L., ... & Garland, E. L. (2023). The analgesic effects of nurse-led, ultra-brief mindfulness interventions: a randomized controlled trial. Mindfulness, 14(5), 1113-1124; 

Garland, E. L., Hanley, A. W., Hudak, J., Nakamura, Y., & Froeliger, B. (2022). Mindfulness-induced endogenous theta stimulation occasions self-transcendence and inhibits addictive behavior. Science Advances, 8(41), eabo4455; 

Hanley, A. W., & Garland, E. L. (2022). Self-transcendence predicts better pre-and postoperative outcomes in two randomized clinical trials of brief mindfulness-based interventions. Mindfulness, 13(6), 1532-1543; 

Garland, E. L., Hanley, A. W., Nakamura, Y., Barrett, J. W., Baker, A. K., Reese, S. E., ... & Donaldson, G. W. (2022). Mindfulness-oriented recovery enhancement vs supportive group therapy for co-occurring opioid misuse and chronic pain in primary care: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA internal medicine, 182(4), 407-417; 

Hanley, A. W., Gililland, J., & Garland, E. L. (2021). To be mindful of the breath or pain: Comparing two brief preoperative mindfulness techniques for total joint arthroplasty patients. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 89(7), 590; 

Hanley, A. W., Gililland, J., Erickson, J., Pelt, C., Peters, C., Rojas, J., & Garland, E. L. (2021). Brief preoperative mind-body therapies for total joint arthroplasty patients: a randomized controlled trial. Pain, 162(6), 1749-1757; 

Hanley, A. W., Nakamura, Y., & Garland, E. L. (2018). The Nondual Awareness Dimensional Assessment (NADA): New tools to assess nondual traits and states of consciousness occurring within and beyond the context of meditation. Psychological assessment, 30(12), 1625.