Past Postdoctoral Fellows
Sharon Kozachik
Currently: Dr. Kozachik is an Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
Sharon Kozachik, RN, PhD received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree
from the University of Michigan-Flint, her Master of Science in Nursing degree from
Michigan State University, and her PhD in Nursing from the Johns Hopkins University.
Dr. Kozachik’s research focuses on the symptom triad of pain, fatigue and insomnia in
the contexts of chronic and acute disease states, and surgery. During her tenure as a
Biobehavioral Pain Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Kozachik’s research transitioned from human
subjects to the conduct of bench research that involves animal models of pain and sleep.
Her current research projects involve determining: (a) the mechanisms through which
disturbed sleep impacts pain; (b) the mechanisms through which pain impacts sleep
architecture and continuity; (c) the effects of postoperative analgesics on sleep architecture,
continuity, and persistent pain; and (d) the effects of sleep disruption on paclitaxel-induced
mechanical hypersensitivity.
Dr. Kozachik was awarded an Individual National Research Service Award,
The Effects of Post-Operative Analgesics on Sleep of Rats (NR010660) and was
designated the 2008 Lucille V. Lukens, RN, American Nurses Foundation Scholar for her study
“The Effects of Sleep Disruption on Paclitaxel-Induced Mechanical Hypersensitivity in Rats.
Dr. Kozachik is being co-mentored by Dr. Michael Smith, Associate Professor from the School
of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Director, Behavioral Sleep
Medicine Program; and Dr. Gayle Page, Director, Center for Nursing Research and Sponsored
Projects, and Professor and Independence Foundation Chair from the School of Nursing.
Publications:
Doorenbos, A. Z., Berger, A. M., Brohard-Holbert, C., Eaton, L., Kozachik, S. L., LoBiondo-Wood, G., Mallory,
G., Rue, T., & Varricchio, C. (in press). Oncology nursing society year 2008 research priorities survey.
Oncology Nursing Forum.
Doorenbos, A. Z., Berger, A. M., Brohard-Holbert, C., Eaton, L., Kozachik, S. L., LoBiondo-Wood, G., Mallory,
G., Rue, T., & Varricchio, C. (in press). Putting Evidence into Practice ® resources: Where are we now and
what is next? Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing.
Kozachik, S. L. & Bandeen-Roche, K. (2008). Predictors of patterns of pain, fatigue, and insomnia during the
first year following a cancer diagnosis in the elderly. Cancer Nursing, 31(5), 334-344.
Smith, M. T., Klick, B., Kozachik, S., Edwards, R. R., Holavanahalli, R., Weichman, S., Blakeney, P., Lezotte, S., & Fauerbach, J. A. (2008, Mar 22; EPub ahead of print).
Sleep onset insomnia symptoms during hospitalization for major burn injury predict chronic pain. Pain.
Kozachik, S. L. & Page, G. G. (2007). The skinny on PCAs: There are pros and cons to patient-controlled
analgesia use on med/surg units. Advance for Nurses, 9(22), 26-27.
Kudel, I., Edwards, R., Kozachik, S., Block, B. M., Agarwal, S., Heinberg, L. J., Haythornthwaite, J., & Raja, S. (2007).
Predictors and consequences of multiple persistent post-mastectomy pains. Journal of Pain & Symptom Management, 34(6), 619-627.
Susan Hofkamp
Susan Hofkamp, PhD received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University
of Miami, a Master of Science in Clinical Psychology from Finch University of Health
Sciences, and her PhD in Clinical Psychology, with a specialty in Health Psychology,
from the same program now known as Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and
Science. Dr. Hofkamp also completed a clinical internship in Behavioral Health Psychology
at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. Her thesis was titled "Information
Processing, Pain, and Emotions" and focused on the interaction between hostility
and cognitive processing of pain in a healthy adult population. Results suggested
that highly hostile individuals have greater reactivity and distress following acute
pain induction than those with low levels of hostility. However, there was no interaction
between hostility level and the way in which pain was cognitively processed. Dr.
Hofkamp's dissertation examined patient attitudes towards a self-management approach
to care in an outpatient cardiac rehabilitation program. Readiness to adopt a self-management
approach increased throughout the rehab program and early changes in self-management
attitudes predicted later decreases in weight.
Dr. Hofkamp's primary research interests are in the relationship between pain and
cardiovascular disorders. Specifically, she is interested in exploring the variability
of pain reporting in patients with transient myocardial ischemia and the possible
mechanisms responsible for individual differences. She is also interested in self-management
interventions for patients with pain and cardiovascular disease. During her post-doctoral
fellowship in Biobehavioral Pain Research Dr. Hofkamp would like to develop an area
of expertise in cardiac chest pain and build a foundation for future research into
mechanisms and interventions in this population. Dr. Hofkamp is being mentored by
Dr. Stephen Wegener, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Dr.
Jerilyn Allen, School of Nursing.
Publications:
Landre, N., Poppe, C., Davis, N., Schmaus, B., & Hobbs, SE. (2006).
Cognitive functioning and postconcussive symptoms in trauma patients with and without
mild TBI. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 21(4), 255-273.
Claudia Campbell
Currently: Dr. Campbell received an Individual F32 from the National Institute of neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Claudia Campbell, PhD, received her Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral degrees in Clinical
Psychology from the University of Florida. She completed her internship training at the
University of California, San Diego/Veteran’s Affairs consortium. Dr. Campbell’s dissertation
was titled “Ethnic Differences in Diffuse Noxious Inhibitory Controls (DNIC) and focused
on the pain inhibitory capacity of healthy African American and non-Hispanic White
individuals using the Nociceptive Flexion Reflex (NFR) and an ischemic arm pain task.
Results of this research suggest potential differences in endogenous pain inhibition
between African Americans and whites.
Dr. Campbell’s primary research interests are in individual differences in
clinical and experimental pain perception, psychological variables contributing
to the pain experience and mechanisms underlying these variables. She is also
interested in health disparities and factors affecting pain treatment. During
her post-doctoral fellowship in Biobehavioral Pain Research, Dr. Campbell would
like to develop expertise in these areas and build a foundation for future research
into individual differences, biopsychosocial contributors to the pain experience
and mechanisms underlying pain processing. Dr. Campbell is being co-mentored by
Drs. Edwards and Haythornthwaite, Clinical Psychologists in the Department of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine and Dr. Raja, Professor of Anesthesiology
and Critical Care Medicine, Director of Pain Research in the Division of Pain Medicine.
Publications:
Campbell, C.M., France, C.R., Robinson, M.E., Logan, H.L., Geffken,
G.R., Fillingim, R.B. Ethnic differences in the nociceptive flexion reflex (NFR).
Pain (in press).
Campbell, C.M., Edwards, R.R., Fillingim, R.B. (2005) Ethnic differences
in responses to multiple experimental pain stimuli. Pain, 113, 20-26.
Stacey Parenteau
Currently: Dr. Parenteau working at the Scott and White Clinic in Texas and completing a part time postdoctoral fellowship there as well
Dr. Parenteau received her B.A. from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, and her M.A.
and Ph.D. from the University of Kansas. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at the
University of Florida Health Science Center. Her doctoral dissertation was entitled
“The Mediating Role of Secular Coping Strategies in the Relationship between Religious
Beliefs and Adjustment to Chronic Pain: The Middle Road to Damascus” and examined the
influence of religious beliefs on adjustment to chronic pain, as well as secular coping
strategies that mediate this relationship. Findings suggest that both positive and
negative religious beliefs are associated with mental health outcomes, but not pain
perception, in chronic pain patients.
Dr. Parenteau’s primary research interests involve studying the interface between
positive psychology and health outcomes, specifically adjustment to chronic pain.
She is interested in examining positive psychology variables, including hope,
forgiveness, and post-traumatic growth, that protect individuals from adverse
pain outcomes and foster positive adjustment to chronic medical conditions.
She is interested in expanding her research program by examining the influence
of positive psychology variables on PNI outcomes, in addition to psychosocial indices.
She is co-mentored by Jennifer A. Haythornthwaite, Ph.D. and Gayle G. Page, RN, DNSc.
Robert W. Hurley
Currently: Dr. Hurley is an Assistant Professor and Chief of Pain Medicine at the University of Florida, Dept. of Anesthesiology, Neurosurgery, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Psychiatry, and Neurology
Robert W. Hurley, MD/PhD completed his Bachelor of Arts in Neuropsychology from
McGill University, Montreal Canada. He received his Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD)
in Neuroscience and his Doctorate of Medicine (MD) from the University of Chicago
where he was elected to the medical honor society, Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) and graduated
with Honors. Dr. Hurley completed his internship at the Mac Neal Hospital-University
of Chicago and his Anesthesiology residency at The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions.
He completed his fellowship in Pain Medicine at The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions.
Dr. Hurley is an associate editor of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (RAPM)
and a guest editorial board member for Anesthesia and Analgesia (A&A). He is
a frequent reviewer of publications Pain and Anesthesiology among other publications.
He has served on the American Society of Anesthesiologists Committee on Research.
Dr. Hurley has been involved in research on the topic of pain for over 10 years
and has published more than 20 articles, reviews and book chapters on a wide range
of topics involving pain conditions and their treatment. He has been a presenter
at several national and international meetings and won several research awards.
Dr. Hurley is a member of the American Pain Society, International Association for
the Study of Pain, American Society of Anesthesiologists, Society for Neuroscience,
International Anesthesia Research Society, and American Society of Regional Anesthesia.
His clinical interests involve interventional management of acute and chronic pain
management especially post-thoracotomy pain, post-mastectomy pain, chest pain (angina
pectoris) refractory to medical management, low back pain, cancer pain, complex
regional pain syndrome, post-herpetic neuralgia and post-amputation pain. His procedural
interests include intrathecal drug delivery, spinal cord stimulation, and peripheral
nerve stimulation in treatment for amenable chronic pain conditions.
His research interests include translation of basic pharmacological concepts regarding
individual classes of analgesics and drug delivery technologies from the lab to
clinical application. He is also interested in the elucidating clinical, demographic,
physiological and psychological variables that predict positive or negative outcome
from interventional pain therapies.
Peer Reviewed Publications:
Hurley RW, Grabow TS, Tallarida RJ, Hammond DL (1999) Interaction between medullary
and spinal delta1 and delta2 opioid receptors in the production of antinociception
in the rat. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 289(2): 993-999.
Grabow TS, Hurley RW, Banfor PN, Hammond DL (1999) Supraspinal and spinal delta2
opioid receptor-mediated antinociceptive synergy is mediated by spinal alpha2 adrenoceptors.
PAIN 83 (1): 47-55.
Hurley RW and Hammond DL (2000) The analgesic effects of supraspinal mu and delta
opioid receptor agonists are potentiated during persistent inflammation. J Neurosci
20 (3): 1249-1259.
Hurley RW and Hammond DL (2001) Contribution of endogenous enkephalins to the enhanced
analgesic effects of supraspinal mu opioid receptor agonists after inflammatory
injury. J Neurosci 21 (7): 2536-2545.