John D. Otis, PhD

Research Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Otis has conducted research and produced scholarly writing about pain throughout the lifespan. Dr. Otis has focused his clinical research career on the development of innovative approaches to pain management, tailored to specialized patient populations. He is the author of Managing Chronic Pain (Oxford University Press: Treatments that Work Series). His most recent research focuses on the development of an intensive integrated treatment for Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) veterans who experience a variety of chronic pain conditions complicated my mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), spinal cord injury (SCI), and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Publications

  • Published 2/25/2025

    Palfai TP, Kratzer MPL, Taylor JL, Otis JD, Winter MR. Addressing Pain and Heavy Drinking among Patients in HIV-Care: A Pilot Study of an Integrated Telehealth Intervention. AIDS Behav. 2025 Jun; 29(6):1930-1943. PMID: 39998790.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 11/16/2024

    Otis JD, Comer JS, Keane TM, Checko Scioli E, Pincus DB. Intensive Treatment of Chronic Pain and PTSD: The PATRIOT Program. Behav Sci (Basel). 2024 Nov 16; 14(11). PMID: 39594403.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 9/5/2024

    Palfai TP, Bernier LB, Kratzer MP, Magane KM, Fielman S, Otis JD, Heeren TC, Winter MR, Stein MD. Integrated telehealth intervention to reduce chronic pain and unhealthy drinking among people living with HIV: protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2024 Sep 05; 19(1):64. PMID: 39238059.

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  • Published 2/10/2024

    Palfai TP, Morone NE, Kratzer MPL, Murray GE, Otis JD, Maisto SA, Rowland BHP. Mobile health intervention to address chronic pain among those who engage in hazardous drinking: A pilot study. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2024 Mar 01; 256:111121. PMID: 38367537.

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  • Published 4/10/2023

    Beaudette-Zlatanova B, Lew RA, Otis JD, Branch-Elliman W, Bacorro E, Dubreuil M, Eyvazzadeh C, Kaur M, Lazzari AA, Libbey C, Monach PA. Pilot Study of Low-dose Naltrexone for the Treatment of Chronic Pain Due to Arthritis: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Crossover Clinical Trial. Clin Ther. 2023 May; 45(5):468-477. PMID: 37045708.

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Other Positions

  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
    Boston University

Websites

Education

  • University of Florida, PhD
  • University of West Florida, BA
  • University of West Florida, BS

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