Anne M. Lynch-Jordan, PhD
- Pediatric Psychologist, Clinical, Behavioral Medicine & Clinical Psychology
- Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
- anne.lynch-jordan@cchmc.org
- 513-636-4336
- 513-636-7756
About
Biography
Anne M. Lynch-Jordan, PhD, is a clinical psychologist specializing in the assessment and treatment of pediatric chronic pain. She is the primary pain psychologist in the Headache Center (named a Clinical Center of Excellence by Medical Economics in 2009), Epidermolysis Bullosa Center, and the Pain Management Center (named a Clinical Center of Excellence by the American Pain Society in 2007). Dr. Lynch-Jordan directs the Outpatient Behavioral Pain Management Service in Behavioral Medicine & Clinical Psychology and continues to lead this team by using quality improvement science for program enhancement.
Dr. Lynch-Jordan is a professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Anesthesia (Affiliated) at the University Of Cincinnati College Of Medicine. Academic duties include training/mentoring and she serves as a supervisor for the BMCP O’Grady Residency in Pediatric Psychology and also mentors trainees completing psychology and medical fellowships in pediatric chronic pain.
Dr. Lynch-Jordan's current research interests include parenting behavior and illness behavior encouragement of children with chronic pain. Additionally, she is interested in pain expression and factors contributing to functional disability in the pediatric chronic pain population. Finally, she will be serving as the mental health safety officer on a large, multi-site NIH clinical trial investigating combined behavioral (cognitive behavioral therapy) and sports medicine (neuromuscular training) interventions for juvenile primary fibromyalgia syndrome.
PhD: Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2003.
Internship: University of Florida Health Sciences Center, Gainesville, FL, 2002-03.
Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 2003-05.
Interests
Pediatric psychology; child and adolescent clinical psychology; behavioral pain management
Services and Specialties
Behavioral Medicine, Epidermolysis Bullosa EB, Pain Management, Headache Medicine
Interests
Psychosocial factors associated with pediatric chronic pain; child pain behaviors; parenting behaviors
Research Areas
Clinical Psychology
Locations (2)
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Publications
Associations between patient-reported functional disability and measures of physical ability in juvenile fibromyalgia. PAIN. 2024; 165:589-595.
Clinical Characterization of Juvenile Fibromyalgia in a Multicenter Cohort of Adolescents Enrolled in a Randomized Clinical Trial. Arthritis Care and Research. 2023; 75:1795-1803.
FIT Teens RCT for juvenile fibromyalgia: Protocol adaptations in response to the COVID 19 pandemic. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications. 2022; 30:101039.
Establishing the Content Validity of a Modified Bank of School Anxiety Inventory Items for Use Among Adolescents With Chronic Pain. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 2022; 47:1044-1056.
Healthcare utilization among youth with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome hypermobile type. American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A. 2022; 188:1109-1117.
Randomized clinical trial of Fibromyalgia Integrative Training (FIT teens) for adolescents with juvenile fibromyalgia - Study design and protocol. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2021; 103:106321.
The Role of Psychology in the Care of Children With Pancreatitis. Pancreas. 2020; 49:887-890.
Topical Review: Enhancing Understanding of the Clinical Meaningfulness of Outcomes to Assess Treatment Benefit from Psychological Therapies for Children with Chronic Pain. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 2020; 45:233-238.
Characterizing Social and Academic Aspects of School Anxiety in Pediatric Chronic Pain. Clinical Journal of Pain. 2019; 35:625-632.
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