Bio-behavioral Core
Bio-behavioral Core:
LEADS
Wolf Mehling, MD - Biobehavioral Core Director, Family and Community Medicine, Professor
Irina Strigo, PhD - Co-Director, Psychiatry, Associate Professor
AIMS
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To provide, maintain, and support state-of-the-art self-report measures, quantitative sensory testing (QST) and brain imaging methods for evaluating and classifying individual processing of cLBP.
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To provide infrastructure for validation and clinical utility determination for the emerging biobehavioral data elements in individuals with cLBP.
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To develop and provide evidence-based novel interventions for chronic low back pain that leverage existing knowledge of the biopsychosocial model of pain as well as knowledge gained from aims 1-2.
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To provide forums for stimulating collaboration, learning, and improving upon our current approaches where we will present new research and technology innovation to the REACH and BACPAC communities.
APPROACH:
