Tonya M. Palermo is an American pediatric psychologist. She is a professor of anesthesiology and pain medicine at the

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. She holds the Hughes M. and Katherine Blake Endowed Professorship in Health Psychology, at the University of Washington School of Medicine.

Life

Palermo earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology at

Case Western Reserve University Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio. Case Western Reserve was established in 1967, when Western Reserve University, founded in 1826 and named for its location in the Connecticut Western Reser ...

. She completed a residency at the

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. She was a postdoctoral fellow in pediatric pain management at

Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital is a pediatric acute care children's teaching hospital located in Cleveland, Ohio. It is affiliated with Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and has a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), pediatr ...

. Palermo is a professor and vice chair of research in the department of anesthesiology and pain medicine, and holds the Hughes M. and Katherine Blake Endowed Professorship in Health Psychology, at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She is the editor-in-chief of '' The Journal of Pain.'' Her research focuses on pain in children; how pain, sleep, and psychological/behavioral factors are interrelated; and innovative psychological and family treatments for managing and preventing chronic pain. She has also studied and developed innovative technological approaches for assessing and treating pain, including internet and mobile applications based on cognitive behavioral therapy.

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