Research
The REST Lab studies how sleep and non-pharmacological interventions influence pain and related health outcomes.
Sleep & Pain
We examine bidirectional relationships between sleep and chronic pain, focusing on mechanisms that maintain symptoms over time.
- Daily diary and EMA designs
- Wearable sleep assessment (e.g., actigraphy)
- Clinical and functional pain outcomes
Open-Label Placebo & Expectations
Our work explores how expectations and learning processes influence symptoms, including open-label placebo interventions.
- Randomized and factorial trials
- Expectation manipulation
- Mechanistic and clinical outcomes
mHealth
- Project A: DockTales: talk for pain relief
Methods
- Clinical trials and behavioral interventions
- Ecological momentary assessment (EMA)
- Wearables and longitudinal modeling