Projects

Ongoing Projects

Lumbar Stenosis Prognostic Subgroups for Personalizing Care and Treatment (PROSPECTS), 2020-2025 
Supported by the National Institute on Aging
Principal Investigator

The BEST Trial: Biomarkers for Evaluating Spine Treatments (BEST), (2022-2024)
https://besttrial.org/
Supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
Multiple Principal Investigator of UW Site

UW Core Center for Clinical Research of Musculoskeletal Conditions, (2022-2027)
Supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
Co-Investigator and Associate Director of the Resource Core

Validation of the Functional Comorbidity Index for Use with Workers’ Compensation Data: Best Practices for Predicting Work-Related and Functional Outcomes, (2022- 2024)
Supported by The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 
Co-Investigator

Previous Projects

Back pain Outcomes using Longitudinal Data (BOLD), 2010-2013
Supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 
Graduate Research Assistant/Collaborator 

A Pragmatic Trial of Lumbar Image Reporting With Epidemiology (LIRE), 2014-2019
Supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director
Co-Investigator and K12 Scholar 

Nonpharmacological Treatment for Chronic Pain and Noninvasive Nonpharmacological Treatments for Chronic Pain: An Update, 2016-2017 and 2018-2019
Supported by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Co-Investigator

Developing a prognostic model for risk adjustment in patients with back pain, 2017-2019
Supported by The Center on Health Services Training and Research (CoHSTAR)
Principal Investigator

A new approach to classifying and predicting long-term bothersome pain and  functional decline in older adults, 2018-2019
Supported by the Scan│Design Foundation
Principal Investigator 

Integrating clinical practice and research data on surgical patients with back pain, 2018-2019
Supported by The Center on Health Services Training and Research (CoHSTAR)
Faculty Fellow 

Identifying subgroups of older adults with back pain and multiple chronic conditions to inform pathways of care and improve population health, 2018-2019
Supported by the Center for Large Data Research & Data Sharing in Rehabilitation
Principal Investigator 

Tackling the Opioid Epidemic by Employing Machine Learning Algorithms to Identify Common Pain Treatment Pathways, 2019-2020
Supported by Institute of Translational Health Sciences
Co-Principal Investigator