Dr. Maria Pacella-LaBarbara is a Health Psychologist with extensive experience working with acutely injured patients and investigating secondary interventions post-injury to improve both mental and physical health outcomes. Her work involves high-risk injured populations, varied study designs (e.g., randomized controlled trials, prospective cohorts, meta-analytic techniques) and innovative methods (e.g., mobile health interventions; experience sampling methodology). This work is geared towards developing a program of research that advances acute integrated healthcare to improve recovery after injury.
- Academic & Clinical Titles
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Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Affiliate Faculty, CHAllenges in Managing and Preventing Pain (CHAMPP) Clinical Research Center, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Department of Emergency Medicine
CHAllenges in Managing and Preventing Pain (CHAMPP) Clinical Research Center
- Education & Training
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Fellowship
HIV Prevention - Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Graduate School
PhD - Kent State University, Kent, OH
MA - Kent State University, Kent, OH
College
BA - Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, PA
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