Dr. Christine Chambers' Research Team

Dr. Christine Chambers' research team conducts studies examining the roles of a number of developmental, psychological, and social factors in children's pain. We are particularly interested in the role of the family in pediatric pain, pain assessment in young children, and the relationship between pain and sleep in children. Our team consists of primarily clinical psychology trainees, including postdoctoral fellows and PhD students.

Dr. Chambers will be considering PhD submissions for September 2013. Please contact her directly at christine.chambers@dal.ca if you are potentially interested in being supervised by her through Dalhousie University's Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program.

Research Associate

Jennifer A. Parker, PhD (Dalhousie University)

Research Associate

E-mail: jennifera.parker@iwk.nshealth.ca
Phone: (902) 470-7706
Fax: (902) 470-7118

PhD Students

Kathryn Birnie, BA (Hons.) (University of Calgary)

Doctoral Student in Clinical Psychology (Dalhousie University)

Research Interests: Pediatric inpatient pain prevalence, assessment, and management; dealing with pain in chronic illness; coping with chronic illness; pediatric oncology; mindfulness-based interventions

E-mail: kbirnie@dal.ca

Katelynn Boerner, BSc. (Hons.) (University of Ottawa)

Doctoral Student in Clinical Psychology (Dalhousie University)

Research Interests: Health professionals' judgments of pediatric pain, deception in pain faces, psychological interventions for pain in young children.

E-mail: katelynn.boerner@dal.ca

Melanie Noel, MSc (Memorial University of Newfoundland)

Doctoral Student in Clinical Psychology (Dalhousie University)

Research Interests: The role of anxiety in children's memories for pain, the relationship between pain memories and coping during subsequent painful experiences, memory and forgetting among high anxiety sensitive individuals, experimental pain and anxiety techniques

E-mail: melanie.noel@dal.ca

Mark Petter, BA (Hons.) (The University of Western Ontario)

Doctoral Student in Clinical Psychology (Dalhousie University; co-supervised by Dr. Patrick McGrath)

Research Interests: The role of behavioural medicine in the prevention and management of chronic illness, mindfulness-based interventions for acute and chronic pain.

E-mail: mark.petter@dal.ca

Undergraduate Student

Samantha Eisen

Honours student

Research Interests: Developmental disorders, specifically autism spectrum disorder, chronic pain in young children, and young childrens' abilities to communicate and understand their pain.

E-mail: samantha.eisen@dal.ca