Pain Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow; Research and Clinical) Johns Hopkins University

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Pain Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow (Research and Clinical)

Our Pain Psychology Fellowship
offers focused training in pain psychology research and practice within a large, dynamic, and supportive academic medical center. Fellows can split their time evenly between research and clinical opportunities, though the exact breakdown will depend on the fellow’s individual learning goals and contingent on funding.

Primary research opportunities include projects focused on understanding psychological factors that impact chronic pain and its treatment. Fellows have the opportunity to tailor their research training to their individual goals, working closely with mentors to design a personalized pathway. A primary role for the pain psychology fellow will be obtaining training in and delivering Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy (EAET) to patients with persistent pain 6-months after major orthopedic injuries.

They have the opportunity to be a part of other clinical trials. Our lab utilizes ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to understand the time course of pain and its relation to psychosocial variables. We utilize quantitative sensory testing (QST) to assess physiological aspects of pain processing. We conduct systematic reviews and meta-analyses, and fellows have the opportunity to lead secondary data analysis from large, longitudinal, datasets of adults with chronic pain.

Primary clinical opportunities include delivering evidence-based approaches for treating chronic pain and completing pre-surgical evaluations, often in the context of complex medical comorbidities, in an outpatient setting. Pain supervisors have expertise in various modalities including CBT, MI, ACT, EAET, and mindfulness-based approaches for treating chronic pain. The postdoc will also have the opportunity to deliver evidence-based treatments as a study clinician on ongoing clinical trials.

Additional clinical training opportunities in the broader field of rehabilitation psychology will be available depending on the fellow’s individual training goals.

Johns Hopkins is an excellent environment for pain psychology training. The fellow will join a vibrant community of psychology trainees across four psychology training tracks offered in PM&R (rehabilitation psychology, neuropsychology, multiple sclerosis, pain psychology). Johns Hopkins hosts a robust community of pain experts across multiple departments. Fellows will have the opportunity to join this community via weekly institution-wide grand rounds and collaborative projects.

The training plan will be individualized based on the fellow’s interests and guided by an individual development plan.

The fellow will be primarily supervised and mentored by Dr. Rachel Aaron. Other members of the core mentorship team include Dr. Stephen Wegener (research), Dr. Fenan Rassu (research), and Dr. Nicole Schechter (clinical). There is additional opportunity for collaboration with our numerous cross-disciplinary collaborators.

Full-time

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August 31, 2026

1-2 years

NIH Funded - Career Development Awards (K series)