About Us
The team behind innovative, behavioral cancer pain care
Building Foundations, Advancing Research
To improve the evidence for scalable cancer pain management interventions, Dr. Desiree Azizoddin leads a collaborative, multidisciplinary research team focused on cancer-related pain, opioid therapy, and behavioral mobile health interventions.
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Dr. Desiree Azizoddin, PsyD
Dr. Desiree Azizoddin, PsyD is a behavioral scientist and pain psychologist with expertise in the development of behavioral health interventions intended for people with cancer-related pain who use opioids.
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Dr. Azizoddin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Preventative Medicine at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, an affiliate research faculty member at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and the Co-Director of the Mobile Health Shared Resource at the Stephenson Cancer Center.
Education
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University of California, Irvine - Psychology and Social Behavior, BA
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Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, Clinical Psychology MA & PsyD
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Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Residency, Health Psychology
Postgraduate Education
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Clinical Fellowship in Pain Psychology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
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​Research Fellowship in Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Meet the Team
Staff
Ashton Baltazar, M.S
Sara DeForge, M.A
Senior Staff Research Assistant
Research Technician
Jian Zhao, PhD, RN
Postdoctoral Fellow
Lab Alumni
