Research Interests
My 30-year research career has focused on working with multi-disciplinary teams to design and implement clinical and health services research studies designed to increase knowledge regarding the effectiveness and cost of patient-centered, non-pharmacological treatments for spine-related disorders.
Selected Grants
Stress Reactivity and Low Back Pain in Older Adults: Influences on Disability (ReLOAD)
Clinical TrialCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institute on Aging · 2022 - 20271/2 IMPACt-LBP CCC
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026Feasibility Pilot Trial of Mindfulness in Patients Undergoing Spine Surgery (M-PASS) Using a Mobile Health Application
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health · 2023 - 2025Chiropractic Care for Veterans: A Pragmatic Randomized Trial Addressing Dose Effects for cLBP
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Palmer College Foundation · 2019 - 20251/2 IMPACt-LBP CCC
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2022External Relationships
- Alliance to Advance Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management
- Christine Goertz LLC
- Chronic Pain Centre of Excellence for Canadian Veterans
- George Daly Trust
- Logan University
- The Spine Insitute for Quality
- University of Iowa
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