A5007954409- Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
- Iron Metabolism and Disorders
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
- Sleep and related disorders
- Neurological diseases and metabolism
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Career Development and Diversity
- Occupational Therapy Practice and Research
- Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research
- Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
- Mentoring and Academic Development
- BRCA gene mutations in cancer
- Service-Learning and Community Engagement
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Business Law and Ethics
- CAR-T cell therapy research
University of Pittsburgh
2024-2025
Johns Hopkins University
2020-2024
Johns Hopkins Medicine
2020-2024
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
2016-2019
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
2019
Experiences of racism occur across a continuum from denial services to more subtle forms discrimination and exact significant toll. These multilevel systems oppression accumulate as chronic stressors that cause psychological injury conceptualized racism-based traumatic stress (RBTS). RBTS has overlapping symptoms with posttraumatic disorder (PTSD) the added burden threats are constantly present. Chronic pain is public health crisis exacerbated by intersection inequities. However,...
Abstract Objective Individuals with chronic pain are uniquely challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic, as increased stress may exacerbate pain, and there new barriers to receiving treatment. In light of this, using a large online sample in United States, we examined 1) early impact on severity, interference, management; 2) variables associated perceived changes severity interference. Design A cross-sectional study. Methods Online survey data for 1,453 adults were collected via Amazon’s...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Chronic pain is prevalent among adults with sickle cell disease (SCD) and can be worsened by psychosocial factors such as depression inadequate social support. Effective behavioral interventions (i.e., cognitive therapy, CBT) exist for chronic in various populations; however, few have been developed to address SCD. Several barriers restricted the development dissemination of CBT SCD, limited accessibility time constraints. Digital provide accessible...
Background: Pain self-management (PSM) interventions are low risk, effective for chronic pain that have high potential scalability. Economic evaluations a key component to assessing We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of tailored PSM called Skills Manage (STOMP) as compared enhanced usual care (EUC) among people with HIV (PWH) and pain. Setting Methods: Data from randomized controlled trial STOMP (N = 278). From healthcare perspective, Markov decision analysis model over 12-month time...
Recent studies describe the clinical implications of sickle cell disease (SCD) stigma. However, little is known about its link to depressive symptoms or relative influence on association between and SCD pain. We examined whether internalized stigma moderated relation pain among 69 adults attending a clinic who reported episodes healthcare use over past three months. Unadjusted bivariate analyses showed marginal frequency (r = .21, p < .10). Further adjusting for health care indicated...
Perceived stress is associated with sickle cell disease (SCD) pain; however, little known about psychological mechanisms that may clarify this link among adult patients. This study explored whether anxiety and depression symptoms explained the relation between perceived SCD pain episode frequency 70 African-American adults (51.4% women, mean age 35.6 years).Participants completed measures of stress, pain, in an outpatient clinical setting.A serial multiple mediation model showed collectively...
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Despite recent advances in our knowledge of genetic contributions to the highly variable sickle cell disease (SCD) phenotype, understanding factors associated with pain sensitivity SCD remains limited. Previous studies investigated specific variants single candidate genes and their association variability. The primary aim current study was expand polymorphisms tested discover new risk (polymorphisms) central sensitization for individuals SCD. Adults (n = 59, Mage 36.8 ± 11.5, 65.8 % female)...