Patrick J. McGrath, Professor and Canada Research Chair, Dalhousie University, Vice President Research, IWK Health Centre and Capital District Health Authority, Canada, Bonnie J. Stevens, Professor, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto; Signy Hildur Eaton Chair in Paediatric Nursing Research, Senior Scientist, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, Suellen M. Walker, Senior Clinical Lecturer and Consultant in Paediatric Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine; Portex Unit: Pain Research and Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond St Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK, and William T. Zempsky, Professor of Pediatrics, Head Division of Pain and Palliative Medicine, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, USA
Dr. McGrath, a clinical child psychologist has been a leading scientist in pain in children. His research on measurement, psychological mechanisms and treatment of pain has been focused on alleviating suffering. He has published 250 peer reviewed papers, 50 book chapters, 13 books and numerous patient manuals. His work has been recognized by numerous awards including being made Officer of the Order of Canada and election as Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. He is currently a Professor of Psychology, Pediatrics and Psychiatry and Canada Research Chair at Dalhousie University and Integrated VP Research and Innovation at the IWK Health Centre and Capital District Health Authority.
Bonnie Stevens (RN, PhD) is a Professor in the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing and Faculties of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Toronto, and the Signy Hildur Eaton Chair in Paediatric Nursing Research, Associate Chief Nursing Research and a Senior Scientist in the Research Institute at the Hospital for Sick Children. She is also the Director of the University of Toronto Centre for the Study of Pain, the Co-Director of the Pain Centre at the Hospital for Sick Children, and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Her research is focused on the assessment and management of pain in infants and children, and the effectiveness of knowledge translation strategies. She is currently the PI of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Team in Children's Pain investigating innovative interactive interventions for translating paediatric pain research into clinical practice in 32 hospital units in 8 paediatric hospitals across Canada.
Suellen Walker is Senior Clinical Lecturer and Consultant in Paediatric Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine at UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London. Following specialist training in paediatric anaesthesia and Fellowship of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists, she obtained a Masters in Pain Medicine and was a Foundation Diplomate of the Faculty of Pain Medicine, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists. She subsequently completed an MSc and PhD in developmental neurobiology of pain in London. Dr Walker has contributed to evidence-based acute pain guidelines, and her current research interests include developmental analgesic efficacy and safety, long-term effects of pain in early life, and evaluating chronic pain states in children.
Abraham J. Valkenburg
Department of Pediatric Surgery
Erasmus University Medical Center
Sophia Children's Hospital
Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Adrianna Amari
Faculty Psychologist
Pediatric Psychology Consultation Program
Department of Behavioral Psychology
Kennedy Krieger Institute and
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, USA
Akshay Batra
Department of Paediatric Gatsroenterology
Child Health Division
Southampton Children's Hospital
Southampton, UK
Alison M Hutchinson
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Faculty of Health
Deakin University
Melbourne, Australia
Alison Twycross
Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education
Kingston University and
St George's University of London
London, UK
Amanda Bevan
Paediatric Medical Unit
Southampton General Hospital
Southampton, UK
Amanda Drews Deacy
Division of Developmental and Behavioral Sciences
The Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Kansas City
Missouri, USA
Andrew D. Hershey
Director, Neurology
Director, Headache Center
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and
Professor, Pediatrics and Neurology
University of Cincinnati
College of Medicine
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Anita M. Unruh
Associate Dean (Research and Academic)
Faculty of Health Professions
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Anna C. Wilson
Institute on Development and Disability
Department of Pediatrics
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, Oregon, USA
Anna Huguet
IWK Health Centre
Halifax, Novia Scotia, Canada
Anna Taddio
Associate Professor
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
University of Toronto and
Senior Associate Scientist
The Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Canada
Bonnie J. Stevens
Professor, Lawrence S Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing
University of Toronto and
Signy Hildur Eaton Chair in Paediatric Nursing Research
Senior Scientist,
The Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Canada
Brian J Anderson
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
Starship Children's Hospital
Auckland, New Zealand
Brittany N. Barber
Garcia Pain Treatment Service
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston
Massachusetts, USA
Bruce D. Dick
Departments of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Psychiatry, and Pediatrics
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
C. Meghan McMurtry
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Guelph
Ontario, Canada
Carl L von Baeyer
Professor Emeritus of Psychology
Associate Member in Pediatrics
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Canada
Carlton Dampier
AFLAC Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and
Department of Pediatric
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Catherine L. Backman
Professor and Head of Department of Occupational Science
and Occupational Therapy
The University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Celeste Johnston
Emeritus Professor
McGill Scientist
IWK Health Centre
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Chantal K. LeBlanc
Child Life Services
IWK Health Centre
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Chantal Wood
Pain and Palliative Centre
Robert Debré University Hospital
Paris, France
Chantel C. Barney
Department of Educational Psychology
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, USA
Christiane Hermann
Associate Professor
Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
Justus-Liebig University Giessen
Giessen, Germany
Christina Liossi
School of Psychology
University of Southampton
and Pain Control Service
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust
London, UK
Christine T Chambers
Departments of Pediatrics and Psychology
Dalhousie University and
Centre for Pediatric Pain Research
IWK Health Centre
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Craig A. Friesen
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
The Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Cynthia Maynard Ward
Faculty Psychologist
Inpatient and Pain Services Coordinator
Pediatric Psychology Consultation Program
Department of Behavioral Psychology
Kennedy Krieger Institute and
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, USA
David Vega-Avelaira
Professor adjunto
Departamento de Ciencias Médicas Básicas
Universidad Europea de Madrid
Madrid, Spain
Deborah O'Rourke
Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Science
University of Vermont
Burlingtonm, Vermont, USA
Deirdre E. Logan
Departments of Anesthesia and Psychiatry
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Denise Harrison
Chair in Nursing Care of Children, Youth and Families
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) and
University of Ottawa, Canada
Dick Tibboel
Director of Research
Erasmus MC
Sophia Children's Hospital
Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Erin Moon
Department of Psychology
British Columbia Children's Hospital
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
F. Ralph Berberich
Pediatric Medical Group
Berkeley, California, USA
Fiona Campbell
Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
Hospital for Sick Children
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Frank J Symons
Department of Educational Psychology
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, USA
Franz E Babl
Royal Children's Hospital
Murdoch Children's Research Institute and
University of Melbourne
Emergency Department
Royal Children's Hospital
Melbourne, Australia
Gareth J. Hathway
School of Biomedical Sciences
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, UK
Gary A. Walco
Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry
University of Washington School of Medicine and
Director of Pain Medicine
Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle, Washington USA
Gideon Koren
Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology
Hospital for Sick Children and
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Grace Y. Lee
Lawrence S. Bloomberg
Faculty of Nursing
University of Toronto
Ontario, Canada
Greta M. Palmer
Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management
Royal Children's Hospital
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Paediatrics
University of Melbourne and
Research Associate
Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Parkville, Australia
Ignasi Clemente
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
Hunter College
City University of New York
New York, USA
Jacqui Clinch
Department of Paediatric Rheumatology
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
Bristol, UK
Janet Yamada
Nursing Research Associate
The Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jaya Varadarajan
Department of Anesthesiology
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, USA
Jennifer Hickman
Jane B. Pettit Pain Management Center
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, USA
Jennifer Stinson Clinician Scientist
Child Health Evaluative Sciences
The Hospital for Sick Children and
Assistant Professor
Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jennifer Verrill Schurman
Division of Developmental and Behavioral Sciences
The Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Jill MacLaren
Chorney Pediatric Complex Pain Service
IWK Health Centre and
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Joel Katz
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Health Psychology
Department of Psychology
School of Kinesiology and Health Science
York University
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
John Joseph Collins
Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care
The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Sydney, Australia
John L. Belew
Department of Nursing and Patient Services
Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare,
St. Paul, Minneonaplis, USA
Joseph P. Cravero
Department of Anesthesiology
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Joy A. Weydert
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics and Integrative Medicine
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Joyce M. Engel
Department of Occupational Science and Technology
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Karen R Boretsky Director
Perioperative Regional Anesthesia Service
Department of Anesthesiology
Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Boston Children's Hospital
Massachusetts, USA
Katelynn E. Boerner
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Canada
Kathryn A. Birnie
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Canada
Keith J. Slifer
Director, Pediatric Psychology Consultation Program
Department of Behavioral Psychology
Kennedy Krieger Institute and
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Kenneth D. Craig
Department of Psychology
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Kim Chau
Department of Clinical Pharmacology
The Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Canada
Lamia Barakat
Director of Psychosocial Services
Division of Oncology
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology
Department of Pediatrics
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, USA
Laura A. Cousins
Department of Psychology
Georgia State University
Atlanta, USA
Laura E. Schanberg
Department of Pediatrics
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina, USA
Laura E. Simons
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Lauren Campbell
Department of Psychology
York University
Toronto, Canada
Leora Kuttner
Clinical Professor
Department of Paediatrics
BC Children's Hospital and
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Liesbet Goubert
Associate Professor
Department of Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology
Ghent University
Gent, Belgium
Liisa Holsti
Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Lindsay Jibb
Registered Nurse
Division of Hematology and Oncology
Department of Pediatrics
Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Canada
Lindsey L. Cohen
Department of Psychology
Georgia State University
Atlanta, USA
Lonnie Zeltzer
Director, Pediatric Pain Program
Mattel Children's Hospital and
UCLA Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics,
Anesthesiology, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, USA
M. Gabrielle Pagé
PhD Candidate
Clinical Psychology
Department of Psychology
Faculty of Health
York University
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Marc R. Laufer
Chief of Gynecology
Boston Children's Hospital and
Gynecologist
Brigham and Women's Hospital and
Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology,
and Reproductive Biology
Harvard Medical School, USA
Maria Fitzgerald
Professor of Developmental Neurobiology and
Scientific Director of the Paediatric Pain
Research Centre at UCL
London, UK
Mariana Bueno
Department of Maternal-Child and Public Health
School of Nursing
Federal University of Minas Gerais
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Mark Embrett
Center for Health Economics and Policy Analysis
DeGroote School of Business
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Mark L. Baccei
Pain Research Center
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Marsha Campbell-Yeo
Clinician Scientist
Department of Paediatrics
Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
IWK Health Centre and
Assistant Professor
School of Nursing
Dalhousie University
Canada
Martha F Mherekumombe
Palliative Fellow
Department of Pain Medicine
and Palliative Care
The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Sydney, Australia
Mary Scot
Swiggum Lynchburg College
Doctor of Physical Therapy Program
Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
Maureen Kelley
Department of Pediatrics
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, Washington USA
Michael L. Sangster
Physiotherapist Clinical Specialist (Pain Science)
Pediatric Complex Pain Service
IWK Health Centre
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Miriam O. Ezenwa
Department of Biobehavioral Health Science, College of Nursing
University of Illinois at Chicago,
Chicago, USA
Navil F. Sethna
Senior Anesthesiologists and Clinical Director
Mayo Family, Pediatric Pain Rehabilitation Center
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Boston Children's Hospital and
Associate Professor of Anaesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Boston Children's Hospital
Massachusetts, USA
Neil L. Schechter
Director, Chronic Pain Program, Division of Pain Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine
Boston Children's Hospital and
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Nicole M. Racine
Department of Psychology
York University
Toronto, Canada
Norm Buckley
Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesia
Michael G DeGroote
School of Medicine
McMaster University, Canada
Patrick J. McGrath
Professor and Canada Research Chair
Dalhousie University
Vice president Research
IWK Health Centre and
Capital District Health Authority, Canada
Paula Forgeron
Assistant Professor
University of Ottawa
Faculty of Health Sciences
School of Nursing
Ottawa, Canada
Penny Corkum
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Peter Chira
Department of Pediatrics
Section of Pediatric Rheumatology
Indiana University
Riley Hospital for Children
Indianapolis, USA
Pradeep Dinakar
Department of Anesthesiology
Perioperative and Pain Medicine and Neurology
Boston Children's Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
R. Mark Beattie
Paediatric Medical Unit
Southampton General Hospital
Southampton, UK
Rachael M. Coakley
Associate Director
Psychological Services
Pain Treatment Service
Boston Children's Hospital and
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Ravi Poorun
Wellcome Trust MBPhD Student
The London Pain Consortium
Guy's, King's College and
St. Thomas' Hospitals Medical School
King's College London and
Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences
University of Oxford, UK
Rebecca Pillai Riddell
Department of Psychology
York University
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Rebeccah Slater
Department of Neuroscience
Physiology and Pharmacology
University College London
London, UK
Renée McCulloch
Medical Director
Paediatric Palliative Care Consultant
Bayt Abdullah Children's Hospice
Kuwait City, State of Kuwait
Richard F Howard
Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust
London, UK
Robert M. Kennedy
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Ross Drake
Clinical Director
Paediatric Palliative Care and Complex Pain Services
Starship Children's Hospital
Auckland District Health Board
Auckland, New Zealand
Ruth E. Grunau
Department of Pediatrics
University of British Columbia
Developmental Neurosciences and Child Health, Child
Family Research Institute
Vancouver, Canada
Ruth E. Grunau
Department of Pediatrics
University of British Columbia
Developmental Neurosciences and
Child Health, Child and Family Research Institute
Vancouver, Canada
Sachin Rastogi Center for the Study of Pain
University of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Canada
Sara King
Faculty of Education
Mount Saint Vincent University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Sarah R. Martin
Department of Psychology
Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Scott A. Schwantes
Department of Paediatrics
Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare
Saint Paul, Minneapolis, USA
Scott A. Strassels
Department of Health Outcomes and Pharmacy Practice
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas, USA
See Wan Tham
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Seattle Children's Hospital
Washington, USA
Simon Beggs
Program in Neurosciences and Mental Health
Hospital for Sick Children and
University of Toronto, Canada
Steven J. Weisman
Jane B. Pettit Chair in Pain Management
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and
Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics
Medical College of Wisconsin,
Milwaukee, USA
Suellen M Walker
Portex Unit
Pain Research and Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine
UCL Institute of Child Health and
Great Ormond St Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
London, UK
Susan L. Sager
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, USA
Susan M Tupper
Department of Pediatrics
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Canada
Susan O'Conner-Von
School of Nursing
Center for Children with Special Health Care Needs
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, USA
Susanne Brummelte
Department of Pediatrics
University of British Columbia and
Child and Family Research Institute
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Tim F. Oberlander
Complex Pain Service
BC Children's Hospital
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Tonya M. Palermo
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
University of Washington
Seattle, USA
Vanessa C. Z.
Anseloni Department of Neural and Pain Sciences
University of Maryland
Baltimore, USA
William T. Zempsky
Professor of Pediatrics
Head Division of Pain and Palliative Medicine
Connecticut Children's Medical Center
University of Connecticut School of Medicine, USA
