Afton Hassett, PsyD
Afton L. Hassett, PsyD, is associate professor and director of pain and opioid research in the department of anesthesiology at the University of Michigan. A leading expert in the field of resilience and pain, she has published over 120 peer-reviewed articles on the role of cognitive, affective, and behavioral factors in chronic pain. As a principal investigator conducting interdisciplinary research at the renowned Chronic Pain & Fatigue Research Center at UM, her NIH -funded work involves developing resilience-enhancing activities for individuals with chronic pain, testing novel interventions for chronic pain, and precision medicine studies that focus on a whole person approach to pain treatment. A licensed clinical psychologist, Dr. Hassett is the author of Chronic Pain Reset: 30 Days of Activities, Practices and Skills to Help You Thrive, an innovative pain self-management book for patients and their clinicians.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Afton Hassett has employment relationships with Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the University of Michigan. She is a consultant with Toivoa Prescription Digital Therapeutics, Happify Inc., and Community Health Focus. Dr. Hassett receives grants from Spondylitis Association of Ame, MDHHS and NIH-DHHS-US. She receives royalties from Tonix Pharmaceuticals and The Countryman Press. Dr. Hassett is a stock holder of Circumstance Health, Inc. and Community Health Focus, LLC. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. All relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations have been mitigated.
Non-financial: Dr. Afton is an editorial board member with the Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, Clinical Neuropsychiatry, and Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. She is a member of the Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals, the Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals, the American Society of Anesthesiologists, and the International Association for the Study of Pain.
