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  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Tonya M. Palermo is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and has a research focus within the broad field of Medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pharmacology, Surgery, and Clinical Psychology.

Their primary research topics cover Pediatric Pain Management Techniques, Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life, Infant Development and Preterm Care, Sleep and related disorders, Health and Medical Research Impacts, as well as Meta-analysis and systematic reviews.

Palermo has contributed extensively to academic publications, with frequent appearances in these venues:

  • Journal of Pain
  • Pain
  • Clinical Journal of Pain
  • Journal of Pediatric Psychology
  • Gastroenterology

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Cornelius B. Groenewald
  • Jennifer A. Rabbitts
  • Joel Katz
  • Rui Li
  • Karen D. Davis

Key recent papers by Palermo showcase a focus on pain management and related psychosocial issues. These include:

  • Managing patients with chronic pain during the COVID-19 outbreak: considerations for the rapid introduction of remotely supported (eHealth) pain management services, 2020, Pain
  • Delivering transformative action in paediatric pain: a Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Commission, 2020, The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
  • Android and iPhone Mobile Apps for Psychosocial Wellness and Stress Management: Systematic Search in App Stores and Literature Review, 2020, JMIR mhealth and uhealth
  • Adverse childhood experiences and chronic pain among children and adolescents in the United States, 2020, PAIN Reports
  • The prevalence of chronic pain in young adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2021, Pain

Palermo has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) since 2008.

Best Publications

  • Psychological therapies for the management of chronic and recurrent pain in children and adolescents

    Christopher Eccleston;Tonya M Palermo;Amanda C de C Williams;Amy Lewandowski

  • Core outcome domains and measures for pediatric acute and chronic/recurrent pain clinical trials: PedIMMPACT recommendations

    Patrick J. McGrath;Gary A. Walco;Dennis C. Turk;Robert H. Dworkin

  • Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Psychological Therapies for Children With Chronic Pain

    Emma Fisher;Lauren Heathcote;Tonya M. Palermo;Amanda C de C Williams

  • Impact of recurrent and chronic pain on child and family daily functioning: a critical review of the literature.

    Tonya Mizell Palermo

  • Randomized controlled trials of psychological therapies for management of chronic pain in children and adolescents: an updated meta-analytic review.

    Tonya M. Palermo;Christopher Eccleston;Amy S. Lewandowski;Amanda C de C. Williams

  • Decreased quality of life associated with obesity in school-aged children.

    Samuel L. Friedlander;Emma K. Larkin;Carol Lynn Rosen;Tonya M. Palermo

  • Evidence-based Assessment of Pediatric Pain

    Lindsey L. Cohen;Kathleen Lemanek;Ronald L. Blount;Lynnda M. Dahlquist

  • Managing patients with chronic pain during the COVID-19 outbreak: considerations for the rapid introduction of remotely supported (eHealth) pain management services.

    Christopher Eccleston;Fiona M. Blyth;Blake F. Dear;Emma A. Fisher

  • Family and parent influences on pediatric chronic pain: a developmental perspective.

    Tonya M. Palermo;Cecelia R. Valrie;Cynthia W. Karlson

  • Psychological interventions for parents of children and adolescents with chronic illness.

    Christopher Eccleston;Emma Fisher;Emily Law;Jess Bartlett

  • Parent and family factors in pediatric chronic pain and disability: An integrative approach

    Tonya M. Palermo;Christine T. Chambers

  • Systematic review of family functioning in families of children and adolescents with chronic pain.

    Amy S. Lewandowski;Tonya M. Palermo;Jennifer Stinson;Susannah Handley

  • The economic costs of chronic pain among a cohort of treatment seeking adolescents in the United States

    Cornelius B. Groenewald;Cornelius B. Groenewald;Bonnie S. Essner;Davene Wright;Davene Wright;Megan D. Fesinmeyer

  • Randomized controlled trial of an Internet-delivered family cognitive-behavioral therapy intervention for children and adolescents with chronic pain.

    Tonya M. Palermo;Anna C. Wilson;Meaghan Peters;Amy Lewandowski

  • A randomized trial of electronic versus paper pain diaries in children: impact on compliance, accuracy, and acceptability.

    Tonya M Palermo;Duaré Valenzuela;Paul P Stork

  • Evidence-Based Review of Subjective Pediatric Sleep Measures

    Amy S. Lewandowski;Marisol Toliver-Sokol;Tonya M. Palermo

  • Clinical utility and validity of the Functional Disability Inventory among a multicenter sample of youth with chronic pain

    Susmita Kashikar-Zuck;Stacy R. Flowers;Robyn Lewis Claar;Jessica W. Guite

  • Psychological therapies for the management of chronic and recurrent pain in children andadolescents

    Emma Fisher;Emily Law;Joanne Dudeney;Tonya M Palermo

  • Guidelines for the understanding and management of pain in chronic pancreatitis

    Asbjørn M Drewes;Stefan A. W. Bouwense;Claudia M Campbell;Güralp O Ceyhan

  • Prevalence and Predictors of Chronic Postsurgical Pain in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

    Jennifer A. Rabbitts;Jennifer A. Rabbitts;Emma Fisher;Brittany N. Rosenbloom;Tonya M. Palermo;Tonya M. Palermo

  • Parental Reinforcement of Recurrent Pain: The Moderating Impact of Child Depression and Anxiety on Functional Disability

    Catherine Cant Peterson;Tonya Mizell Palermo

Frequent Co-Authors

Melanie Noel
Melanie Noel University of Calgary
Christopher Eccleston
Christopher Eccleston University of Bath
Dennis Drotar
Dennis Drotar University of Cincinnati
Lynn S. Walker
Lynn S. Walker Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Deirdre E. Logan
Deirdre E. Logan Boston Children's Hospital
Scott W. Powers
Scott W. Powers Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Christine T. Chambers
Christine T. Chambers Dalhousie University
Lee M. Ritterband
Lee M. Ritterband University of Virginia
Frederick P. Rivara
Frederick P. Rivara University of Washington
Lonnie K. Zeltzer
Lonnie K. Zeltzer University of California, Los Angeles

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