I’m often asked to moderate panel discussions or present on endometriosis, female fitness, and chronic pain in women. Contact me for availability.

International Conferences

Society for Functional Near-infrared Spectroscopy - October 2022

Assessing Inhibitory Pain Mechanisms and Neural Activity in Patients with Endometriosis-Associated Pain

 

European Pain School, University of Siena - June 2022

Exploring the Role of Childhood Trauma on Pain Modulation Endometriosis Pain

 

Society of Behavioral Medicine's 40th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions - March 2019

Examining Pain, Psychosocial, and Sensory Factors in Adolescents and Young Women with Endometriosis ()

 

Society of Behavioral Medicine's 39th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions - March 2018

The Effects of Daily Caffeinated Energy Drink Use and Caffeine Abstinence on Sleep Among Young Adults

 

National Conferences

Diversity Supplement Conference at the National Institute of Health - October 2023

Unraveling the Mystery of Endometriosis-Related Pain

 

Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, 2019 Research Day - April 2019

Heightened Pain Sensitivity Associated with Endometriosis-Related Pain when Compared to General Abdomen Pain Sensitivity among Males and Females

 

Emmanuel College, Fenway Psychology Research Conference March 2019

Lower Health-Related Quality of Life Associated with Endometriosis-Related Pain

 

Grand Rounds at Boston Children’s Hospital - December 2018

Program for Research Assistant Development and Achievement

Helplessness, Heightened Pain Sensitivity, and Lower Health-Related Quality of Life Associated with Endometriosis-Related Pain in Adolescents and Young Women

 

Invited Talks

University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Women’s Reproductive Health - February 2023

Brain Activity, Endogenous Pain Inhibition, and Psychological Factors in Patients with Endometriosis

 

Boston Center for Endometriosis February 2019

Examining Pain, Psychosocial, and Sensory Factors in Adolescents and Young Women with Endometriosis

 

Center for Pain and the Brain, Boston Children’s Hospital - February 2019

-Effects of Social Exclusion on Pain

 

Biobehavioral Pain Innovations Lab, Boston Children’s Hospital - October 2018

Endometriosis Is Associated with a Shift in MU Opioid and NMDA Receptor Expression in the Brain Periaqueductal Gray

 

Workshops and Seminars

Independently conducted 50+ workshops at Boston Children's Hospital’s Biobehavioral Pain Innovations Lab, focusing on lab start-up environment, data analysis and tools, data presentation, project progress reports/client success, and scientific and non-scientific communication.

Seminar at the University of Toronto as part of the Human Pain Seminar Series - September 2022

Long-Term Impact of Cerebellar Mass Resection on Pain Processing, and Cognitive and Emotional Sequelae: Mixed Methodology. Honorable mention as a top conference speaker.

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