Anya Griffin, PhD

Director of Psychology

Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Education

Graduate School

MA, Dance/Movement Therapy, University of California, Los Angeles
MA, Clinical Psychology, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara
PhD, Clinical Psychology, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara

Internship

Pediatric Psychology, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Fellowship

Pediatric Psychology, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine

Accomplishments

Professional Memberships

American Psychological Association
Society of Pediatric Psychology
International Association for the Study of Pain
American Association of Pain Psychology

Publications

Simons LE, Hess CW, Choate ES, Van Orden AR, Tremblay-McGaw AG, Menendez M, Boothroyd DB, Parvathinathan G, Griffin A, Caruso TJ, Stinson J, Weisman A, Liu T, Koeppen K. Virtual Reality-Augmented Physiotherapy for Chronic Pain in Youth: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial Enhanced With a Single-Case Experimental Design. JMIR Res Protoc. 2022 Dec 12;11(12):e40705. doi: 10.2196/40705. PMID: 36508251; PMCID: PMC9793297.

Logan DE, Simons LE, Caruso TJ, Gold JI, Greenleaf W, Griffin A, King CD, Menendez M, Olbrecht VA, Rodriguez S, Silvia M, Stinson JN, Wang E, Williams SE, Wilson L. Leveraging Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality to Combat Chronic Pain in Youth: Position Paper From the Interdisciplinary Network on Virtual and Augmented Technologies for Pain Management. J Med Internet Res. 2021 Apr 26;23(4):e25916. doi: 10.2196/25916. PMID: 33667177; PMCID: PMC8111507.

Griffin A, Wilson L, Feinstein AB, Bortz A, Heirich MS, Gilkerson R, Wagner JF, Menendez M, Caruso TJ, Rodriguez S, Naidu S, Golianu B, Simons LE. Virtual Reality in Pain Rehabilitation for Youth With Chronic Pain: Pilot Feasibility Study. JMIR Rehabil Assist Technol. 2020 Nov 23;7(2):e22620. doi: 10.2196/22620. PMID: 33226346; PMCID: PMC7721555.

Feinstein AB, Sturgeon JA, Bhandari RP, Yoon IA, Ross AC, Huestis SE, Griffin AT, Simons LE. Risk and Resilience in Pediatric Pain: The Roles of Parent and Adolescent Catastrophizing and Acceptance. Clin J Pain. 2018 Dec;34(12):1096-1105. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000639. PMID: 30028367; PMCID: PMC6219922.

Martin SR, Cohen LL, Mougianis I, Griffin A, Sil S, Dampier C. Stigma and Pain in Adolescents Hospitalized for Sickle Cell Vasoocclusive Pain Episodes. Clin J Pain. 2018 May;34(5):438-444. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000553. PMID: 28877143.

Gold JI, Yetwin AK, Mahrer NE, Carson MC, Griffin AT, Palmer SN, Joseph MH. Pediatric chronic pain and health-related quality of life. J Pediatr Nurs. 2009 Apr;24(2):141-50. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2008.07.003. PMID: 19268235.

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