Current Research and Scholarly Interests
Pediatric Pain Management:
-Descriptive cross sectional research utilizing Peds-CHOIR
-Psychosocial interventions within an interdisciplinary outpatient and intensive rehabilitation setting (i.e., Pediatric Rehabilitation Program, PReP)
Risk and Resilience in Pediatric Pain
-Risk factors in pediatric pain including pain catastrophizing, particularly across developmental phases
-Resilience factors in pediatric pain such as acceptance of pain and mindfulness
-Mindfulness-based intervention for youth with pain and their parents/caregivers
-Photovoice with Pediatric Rehabilitation Program
Upcoming projects
-Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA) with chronic pain: exploring the needs of this population, developing and implementing interventions to promote psychosocial functioning and resilience