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Jessica K Salwen-Deremer, PhD

Title(s)
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Additional Titles/Positions/Affiliations
Director, Behavioral Medicine for Digestive Health

Department(s)
Psychiatry
Medicine

Contact Information


Biography

Jessiy Salwen-Deremer, Ph.D., DBSM, is the Director of Behavioral Medicine for Digestive Health at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. Dr. Salwen-Deremer earned her Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Stony Brook University and completed her fellowship in behavioral medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise include behavioral sleep medicine and gastropsychology. Her research expertise encompasses two areas: understanding the impact of sleep disorders on inflammatory bowel diseases and improving access to gastrointestinal behavioral health care. Across both of these areas, she focuses on the integration of telehealth and remote technologies to enhance patient engagement and participation.


Selected Publications

 

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia May Improve Sleep and Pain in Crohn's Disease: A Waitlist Control Pilot Trial.
Salwen-Deremer JK, Westvold SJ, Aschbrenner K, Smith MT, Siegel CA
Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2025 Sep 25; pii: izaf210. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izaf210. Epub 2025 Sep 25.
PMID: 40997125

"It's a tool, it's got hardships": a qualitative study of patient experience of colonoscopy and implications for trauma-informed care.
Hacker KS, Curley MA, Siegel CA, Salwen-Deremer JK
Therap Adv Gastroenterol. 2025;18:17562848251346250. doi: 10.1177/17562848251346250. Epub 2025 Jun 21.
PMID: 40547252

A Practical Guide to Incorporating a Psychologist Into a Gastroenterology Practice.
Salwen-Deremer JK, Ballou S, Petrik M, Regueiro M, Siegel CA, Keefer L, GastroPsych Business Plan Working Group
Gastroenterology. 2025 Nov;169(6):1097-1102. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2025.05.014. Epub 2025 May 28.
PMID: 40446942

Comment on: Distressed community index as a predictor of metabolic and bariatric surgery outcomes.
Hymowitz GF, Duarte BA, Salwen-Deremer JK
Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2025 Aug;21(8):881-882. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2025.04.464. Epub 2025 Apr 29.
PMID: 40374493

Disparities in Access and Treatment for Rural Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Survey of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients and Providers.
McAuliffe T, Salwen-Deremer JK, Siegel CA
Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2025 Oct 1;31(10):2805-2814. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izaf090.
PMID: 40339064

Remote Monitoring for Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Current Status and the Future of the Field.
Dong MD, Salwen-Deremer JK, Siegel CA
Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y). 2024 Oct;20(10):621-627.
PMID: 40191010

Implementation of a Trauma-Informed Care Approach in a Gastroenterology Setting.
Szkodny LE, Bardach SH, Hacker K, Tormey LK, Gohres K, Siegel CA, Salwen-Deremer JK
Dig Dis Sci. 2025 Jan;70(1):119-127. doi: 10.1007/s10620-024-08766-2. Epub 2024 Nov 29.
PMID: 39614025

Assessing the reliability and validity of sleep assessments in patients seeking metabolic and bariatric surgery.
Schreyer CC, Salwen-Deremer JK, Coughlin JW, Sanicola C, Taylor CA, Vanzhula IA, Martinelli MK, Hymowitz GF
Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2025 Jan;21(1):76-84. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2024.10.016. Epub 2024 Oct 19.
PMID: 39547887

The Bidirectional Relationship Between Sleep and Pain in Crohn's Disease: A Daily Diary Study.
Salwen-Deremer JK, Westvold SJ, Siegel CA, Smith MT
Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2025 Jul 7;31(7):1926-1933. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izae265.
PMID: 39536319

Feasibility and acceptability of remote administration of the cold pressor test.
Salwen-Deremer JK, Horrigan JM, Westvold SJ, Haythornthwaite JA
Front Pain Res (Lausanne). 2024;5:1421709. doi: 10.3389/fpain.2024.1421709. Epub 2024 Aug 20.
PMID: 39228685

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