Clinical Psychologist
University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Charles Jonassaint PhD MHS, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, is a practicing clinical health psychologist with an MHS in cardiovascular epidemiology focusing on behavioral medicine and health services research. He has clinical expertise in chronic disease self-management and cognitive behavioral therapy intervention and has had extensive experience working with adolescents and adults living with sickle cell disease. He completed his graduate training at Duke University and medical psychology residency at the Duke University Medical Center. He went on to do a clinical research fellowship at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, as well as, a Masters in Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is currently funded through the National Institute of Health and the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute to lead a program of research in sickle cell disease focused on designing and testing evidence-based stress and pain management interventions.
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Educational Session Focused on Mental Health in Sickle Cell Disease
Saturday, June 8, 2024
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
Saturday, June 8, 2024
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM ET
Pain Influences Executive Function Via Depression in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease
Sunday, June 9, 2024
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM ET