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A longstanding barrier to progress, both in clinical settings and pediatric pain research, has been the fundamental difficulty of accurately assessing behavioral and functional outcomes in a continuous, nonobtrusive, and objective fashion. In a series of studies, we are testing the usage of wearable...

In pain, sleep and substance use disorders, we use bioinformatic and machine learning approaches to improve clinical phenotyping, as well as to understand their association with genetic variations. Our findings indicate genetic correlation between these disorders and highlight the importance of...

Camila Koike Camila is a medical student from Brazil, University of Sao Paulo. Camila's main interest is in the Pediatric and Genetics field. She is currently involved in projects related to sleep and chronic pain. Camila likes to practice sports, read and watch TV shows on her free time. She is...

Our research focuses on implementing innovative techniques in the assessment and treatment of pain, mental health and substance use conditions in children and adolescents, including evaluating the progression of these conditions and the benefits of interventions (e.g., medications, invasive...

In parallel studies, we've examined the efficacy, safety, moderators and mediators of specific medications routinely used in treating pediatric pain patients and their common psychiatric comorbidities, as well as pharmacological interventions used to treat specific pain disorders in children and...