John D. Otis, PhD
Research Associate Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
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).
Other Positions
- VA Boston Healthcare System
- Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research, Boston University
Education
- University of Florida, PhD
- University of West Florida, BA
- University of West Florida, BS
Publications
- Published on 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 Feb 25. PMID: 39998790.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 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 on 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.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 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.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 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.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/6/2020
Lacefield K, Samph SP, Orbon S, Otis J. Integrated intervention for comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder and fibromyalgia: A pilot study of women veterans. Psychol Trauma. 2020 Oct; 12(7):725-729. PMID: 32757579.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/11/2020
Palfai TP, Saitz R, Kratzer MPL, Taylor JL, Otis JD, Bernstein JA. An integrated videoconferencing intervention for chronic pain and heavy drinking among patients in HIV-care: a proof-of-concept study. AIDS Care. 2020 09; 32(9):1133-1140. PMID: 32524827.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/1/2020
Mun CJ, Otis JD, Concato J, Reid MC, Burg MM, Czlapinski R, Kerns RD. Further Examination of the Pain Stages of Change Questionnaires Among Chronic Low Back Pain Patients: Long-Term Predictive Validity of Pretreatment and Posttreatment Change Scores and Stability of Posttreatment Scores. Clin J Pain. 2020 03; 36(3):227. PMID: 31899724.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/1/2020
Gromisch ES, Kerns RD, Czlapinski R, Beenken B, Otis J, Lo AC, Beauvais J. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the Management of Multiple Sclerosis-Related Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Int J MS Care. 2020 Jan-Feb; 22(1):8-14. PMID: 32123523.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/28/2019
Kind S, Otis JD. The Interaction Between Chronic Pain and PTSD. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2019 Nov 28; 23(12):91. PMID: 31781875.
Read at: PubMed
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