The Advisory Committee serves several roles. This committee:
- guides the overall program offerings, processes, and value/quality of the program.
- comprises the permanent members of the applicant grant review study section
- serves as a source of mentors for scholars and actively guide the matching of scholars to mentors and help to develop each scholars’ Individual Development Plan (IDP).
Heal K12 Directors
David Williams, Ph.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology, Internal Medicine-Rheumatology, Psychiatry, and Psychology, University of Michigan
Daniel Clauw, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology, Internal Medicine - Rheumatology, and Psychiatry, University of Michigan
Steven Harte, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Internal Medicine-Rheumatology, University of Michigan
HEAL K12 Advisory Committee (2023-2024)
Kelley Kidwell, Ph.D.
U. Michigan - Statistics, clinical trials
Amy Bohnert, Ph.D., MHS
U. Michigan - Opioids, OUD, Tapers
Judy Paice, Ph.D., RN
Northwestern - Oncology pain, policy
Laura Frey-Law, Ph.D., MPT
U. Iowa - Physical therapy, rehab
Susmita Kashkar-Zuck, Ph.D.
U. Cincinnati - Pediatric pain
Rob Edwards, Ph.D.
Harvard - Psychosocial mechanisms
Yvonne Lee, MD, MMSc
Northwestern - RA, Rheumatology
Sam McLean, MD, MPH
UNC-Chapel Hill - ER trauma
Olubukola Nafiu, MD, FRCA
Ohio State - Pediatrics
Vitaly Napadow, Ph.D., LicAs
Harvard - Neuroscience
Andrea Chadwick, MD
U. Kansas - Anesthesiology, LGBTQ pain
Beth Darnall, Ph.D.
Stanford - Psychosocial interventions
HEAL K12 Advisory Committee Members with Lived Pain Experience
John Deuble
Patient member of HEAL/BACPAC Patient Advisory Committee
Shanna Katz Kattari, Ph.D.
Patient member of HEAL/BACPAC Patient Advisory Committee
Lynne Matallana
Founder, National Fibromyalgia Association
Paige Regular
Patient Advisor to CPFRC Health Equity Core and Lupus Cohort
Christin Veasley
Founder, Chronic Pain Research Alliance