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Sleep, Pain, and Adolescent Health Survey

A survey study assessing the relationship between sleep, pain, and substance use in adolescents with acute and chronic pain Principal Investigator: Joe Kossowsky, PhD, MMSc Collaborators: Christine Greco, MD Research Staff: Justin Chimoff, BS and Camila Koike What is the purpose of this study? This...

Thank you for your interest in the DART Lab!

Our goal is to provide enriching opportunities for all the v olunteer research assistants, study staff, graduate students, and post-doctoral trainees. From our perspective, different people from different backgrounds can contribute a lot to our lab! We want to provide you with a unique learning...

Objective Measurement of Sleep and Activity

Using research grade actigraphy devices as well as commercial grade Fitbits Self-report measures of sleep and activity are frequently used with children and their parents, but are limited by inaccuracies and bias [1]. Actigraphy utilizes a watch-like or hip-mounted accelerometer device; this...

Director

Dr. Joe Kossowsky ​​​​​​ Joe Kossowsky PhD, MMSc. is a clinical investigator in the Division of Pain Medicine in the Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospit al. Following his graduate studies in Clinical Psychology and Neuroscience, Dr. Kossowsky...

Graduate Students

Andreas Michael Baumer I am a graduate student of psychology at the University Of Basel, Switzerland. My main research interest include anything within the broad range where clinical research and psychology intersect with the digital realm. This encompasses data gathering using digital tools like...

Research Coordinators

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...

Lab Alumni

Cosima Locher, PhD My research activities encompass meta-analytic, experimental and theoretical approaches. Since the release of the beta-draft of the ICD-11 by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), I am investing Chronic Primary Pain syndromes. With (network) meta-analyses, I...

Welcome to the DART Lab

The main objectives of the newly established DART Lab are to develop and deploy mobile health assessments and interventions for adolescent chronic pain, mental health and substance use. Our studies combine the use of wearables and smartphone to reliably and consistently assess important outcomes in...

Publications

* Joint First-Authorship ** Joint Senior-Authorship 2021 & IN PRESS Kaczynski KJ, Chang CYH, Chimoff J, Koike C, Berde CB, Logan DE, Nelson S and Kossowsky J (2021) Initial Adjustment to the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Associated Shutdown in Children and Adolescents With Chronic Pain and Their...