Pain Research

In medicine, pain relates to the perception of a sensation that hurts. Only the person who is experiencing the pain can describe it properly. Research seeks to understand all types of pain, how to stop it or how to lessen it to improve a person’s quality of life.

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Publications

Conducting a pilot randomized controlled trial of community-based mindfulness-based stress reduction versus usual care for moderate-to-severe migraine: protocol for the Mindfulness and Migraine Study (M&M).

Patterns of health care utilization for low back pain.

Racial and ethnic disparities in opioid prescribing for long bone fractures at discharge from the emergency department: a cross-sectional analysis of 22 centers from a health care delivery system in Northern California.

Use of electronic health records for early detection of high-cost, low back pain patients.

Using electronic health record data to measure care quality for individuals with multiple chronic medical conditions.

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Research Studies

Genetics and Comorbidity of Migraine

Mindfulness and Migraine: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Randomized study of EHR Defaults and Using social Comparison feedback to effectively decrease opioid prescription pill burden (REDUCE).

Redesigning Chronic Pain Management in Primary Care: Improving Coordination, Outcomes, & Experience

Using Electronic Health Records to Identify Gaps in Migraine Headache Care: A Step Towards Improving Patient Outcomes

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Featured Investigator

Alice R. Pressman

Ph.D., M.S.

Dr. Pressman is an epidemiologist and biostatistician specializing in evaluation methodology, clinical trials methods, health disparities, health systems eval.

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