Trusted Resources: People & Places
Healthcare providers, researchers, and advocates
Tonya M. Palermo, PhD
Researcher Associate Director
Center for Child Health, Behavior,
and Development
Seattle Children’s Hospital
4800 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, Washington, United States
Dr. Tonya Palermo is a professor of anesthesiology, pediatrics and psychiatry at the University of Washington School Of Medicine. She serves as Associate Director for the Center for Child Health, Behavior, and Development at Seattle Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Palermo’s longstanding NIH-funded research program has focused on assessment and treatment of chronic pain in children and adolescents. She is specifically interested in cognitive-behavioral interventions, delivery of psychological treatment via the internet, sleep disturbances, and parent/family factors as they relate to pain treatment. Through her work as Program Director for the University of Washington Anesthesiology T32 program, Dr. Palermo is active in training clinician-scientists at the postdoctoral and junior faculty level.
Dr. Palermo serves on the Executive Boards of the Society of Pediatric Psychology, the American Pain Society, and the International Society for Research on Internet Interventions. She also serves as Editor of the Journal of Pediatric Psychology, and has been elected Fellow of the American Psychological Association.
Related Content
-
Home Oxygen Therapy for Children: An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice GuidelineBackground: Home oxygen therapy is ofte...
-
Opioid management strategy decreases admissions in high-utilizing adults with sickle cell diseaseBackground: A subset of adults with sic...
-
Spearheading change on World Sickle Cell DayThis year on World Sickle Cell Day, a ne...
-
GlycoMimetics Announces Pricing of Public Offering of Common StockGlycoMimetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLYC), a cl...
-
Toronto Neuroscientist Getting Closer to Tailored Treatments for Chronic PainDaily tasks most people don't think too ...
-
Jeff Glassberg, MDDr. Jeffrey Glassberg obtained his MD an...
-
The 2020 ASPHO Conference – CANCELEDMore than 1,200 pediatric hematology/onc...
+myBinder