Pain Experts
Ardith Doorenbos
Expert on: Palliative care and symptom management
Dr. Ardith Doorenbos is the Harriet H. Werley Endowed Chair for Nursing Research and a professor in the Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science. Her research focuses on the understanding of pain and symptom management among diverse individuals, families and communities.
Kylea Liese
Expert on: Maternal health disparities, structural racism in health care, abortion care, implementation science, health care delivery science
Dr. Kylea Liese is an associate professor in the Department of Human Development Nursing Science. She is a medical anthropologist and certified nurse-midwife. Her research is at the intersection of anthropology, nursing, and public health. She investigates the impacts of social upheaval on disparities in maternal morbidity using mixed-methodological approaches. Dr. Liese’s conceptualizes her research program as part of a broader effort in applied health and social sciences to contextualize epidemiological data. She seeks to anchor disparities sexual and reproductive health in social, environmental, and biomedical factors.
Mark Lockwood
Expert on: Pain and health disparities in chronic kidney disease, gut microbiome, symptom science (emphasis on chronic pain)
Dr. Mark Lockwood is an associate professor in the Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science. He is interested in effects of kidney transplantation on the microbiome and how changes in these relate to psychoneurological symptoms like fatigue, sleep disturbance, depression/anxiety, and pain after transplant. His research advances symptom science through the identification of symptom clusters in patients with chronic-kidney disease. Dr. Lockwood also explores the effects of the gut microbiome and gut microbiota derived metabolites on symptoms and adverse outcomes in pre- and post-kidney transplant recipients. His research aims to reduce existing health disparities/inequities by developing innovative strategies.
Judith Schlaeger
Expert on: Pain scientist and treating pain and other symptoms with acupuncture
Dr. Judith Schlaeger is a professor in the Department of Human Development Nursing Science. Her program of research is devoted to translating her clinical observations as a certified nurse midwife, licensed acupuncturist, and pain scientist to identify gaps in biomedical science and clinical care. This led Dr. Schlaeger to develop acupuncture protocols to maximize health outcomes for chronic pain and chronic disease symptoms. Dr. Schlaeger is grounded in Western Medicine and trained in Traditional Chinese Medicine. She characterizes pain and conducts clinical trials of acupuncture to treat pain and other symptoms in health conditions such as vulvodynia, stable angina, sickle cell disease, breast cancer survivors, and vulvodynia.