Journal of Pain & Relief
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Hassett LA

Hassett LA Department of Anesthesiology , University of Michigan, 1500 E Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Biography

Afton Hassett is a licensed clinical psychologist and an Associate Research Scientist in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan Medical School. She is a graduate of Colorado State University and received her doctorate from Alliant International University in San Diego, CA in 2000. From 2002-2005, she was a Continuing Education student in Neuroscience at Princeton University - an opportunity afforded her by a K08 award from the National Institute of Mental Health. She holds an appointment as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School where from 2000-2010 she conducted research aimed at exploring the role of psychological and affective factors in chronic pain conditions like fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus and Post Lyme Disease Syndrome. Since joining the Chronic Pain & Fatigue Research Center in the spring of 2010, her research has increasingly focused on targeting resilience factors such as positive affect and well-being in the functional and neurobiological outcomes of those with chronic pain.

Research Interest

Chronic Pain,Arthritis,Fibromyalgia, Pain Management, Pain Medicine Rheumatology, Health-Related Quality Of Life, Back and Pelvic Pain

Publications

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