Joel D Katz
Distinguished Research Professor of PsychologyCanada Research Chair in Health Psychology
Locations / Contact Info:
232 Behavioural Science - BSBKeele CampusPhone: 416 736 2100 Ext. 40557
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Web site(s):
Yorku Human Pain Mechanisms Lab
Canada Research Chairs
Toronto General Research Institute
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Research Areas
Teaching Areas
Faculty & School/Dept.
Faculty of Health - Department of Psychology
Degrees
BA - 1978
McGill University
Montreal, QC, Canada
MA - 1980
Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS, Canada
PhD - 1989
McGill University
Montreal, QC, Canada
Selected Publications
ARTICLES
2019
Aternali, A., & Katz, J. (2019). Recent advances in understanding and managing phantom limb pain [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]. F1000Research, 2019, 8(F1000 Faculty Rev):1167 https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.19355.1
Azam, M.A., Latman, V.A., & Katz, J. (2019). Effects of a 12-minute smartphone-based mindful breathing task on heart-rate variability for students with clinically relevant chronic pain, depression, and anxiety: Protocol for a randomized-controlled trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 8(12), e14119, 1-13. doi:10.2196/14119
Rosenbloom, B.R., Pagé, M.G., Campbell, F., Isaac, L. Stinson, J.N., Wright, J.G., & Katz, J. (2019). Pediatric chronic postsurgical pain and functional disability: A prospective study of risk factors up to one-year after major surgery. Journal of Pain Research, 12, 3079-3098. doi.org/10.2147/JPR.S210594
Katz, J., Weinrib, A.Z., & Clarke, H. (2019). Chronic postsurgical pain: From risk factor identification to multidisciplinary management at the Toronto General Hospital Transitional Pain Service. Canadian Journal of Pain, 3(2), 49-58. https://doi.org/10.1080/24740527.2019.1574537
Noel, M., Rosenbloom, B.R., Pavlova, M., Campbell, F., Isaac, L., Pagé, M.G., Stinson, J., & Katz, J. (2019). Remembering the pain of surgery one year later: A longitudinal examination of anxiety in children’s pain memory development. Pain, 160(8), 1729-1739 Apr 6. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001582
Rahman, Q.A., Janmohamed, T., Clarke, H., Ritvo, P., Heffernan, J.M., & Katz, J. (2019). Interpretability and class imbalance in prediction models for pain volatility in users of the Manage My Pain App: Analysis using feature selection and majority voting methods. JMIR Medical Informatics, 7(4), e15601, 1-12. doi:10.2196/15601
2018
Azam, M. A., Ritvo, P., Fashler, S. R., & Katz, J. (2018). Stressing the feedback: Attention and cardiac vagal tone during a cognitive stress task. Cognition and Emotion, June; 32(4), 867-875. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2017.1346500. Epub 2017 Jul 7.
Clarke, H., Azargive, S., Montbriand, J., Nichols, J., Sutherland, A., Valeeva, L., Boulis, S., McMillan, K., Ladak, S., Ladha, K., Katznelson, R., McRae, K., Tamir, D., Lyn, S., Huang, A., Weinrib, A., & Katz, J. (2018). Opioid weaning rates and chronic pain management at the Toronto General Hospital Transitional Pain Service. Canadian Journal of Pain, 2(1), 236-247, DOI: 10.1080/24740527.2018.1501669
Fashler, S.R., Weinrib, A., Azam, M.A., & Katz, J. (2018). The Use of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Oncology Settings: A Narrative Review. Psychological Reports, 121(2), 229-252. doi: 10.1177/0033294117726061. Epub 2017 Aug 24.
Price, T.J., Basbaum, A.I., Bresnahan, J., Chambers, J.F., de Koninck, Y., Edwards, R.R., Ji, R.R., Katz, J., Kavelaars, A., Levine, J.D., Porter, L., Schechter, N., Sluka, K.A., Terman, G.W., Wager, T.D., Yaksh, T.L., Dworkin, R.H. (2018). The transition to chronic pain: Opportunities for novel therapeutics. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 19 (7), 383-384. doi: 10.1038/s41583-018-0012-5.
Rahman, Q.A., Janmohamed, T., Pirbaglou, M., Clarke, H., Ritvo, P., Heffernan, J.M., & Katz, J., (2018). Defining and predicting pain volatility in users of the Manage My Pain app: Analysis using data mining and machine learning methods. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 20(11):e12001. DOI: 10.2196/12001
2017
Azam, M.A., Weinrib, A.Z., Montbriand, J., Burns, L.C., McMillan, K., Clarke, H., & Katz, J. (2017). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to manage pain and opioid use after major surgery: Preliminary outcomes from the Toronto General Hospital Transitional Pain Service. Canadian Journal of Pain, 1(1), 37-49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24740527.2017.1325317
Curtis, K., Hitzig, S.L., Bechsgaard, G., Stoliker, C., Alton, C., Saunders, N., Leong, N., & Katz, J. (2017). Evaluation of a specialized yoga program for persons with spinal cord injury: A pilot, randomized controlled trial. Journal of Pain Research, 10, 999-1017. DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/JPR.S130530
Katz, J., Fashler, S.R., Wicks, C., Pagé, M.G., Roosen, K., Kleiman, V., & Clarke, H. (2017). The Sensitivity to Pain Traumatization Scale: Development, validation, and preliminary findings. Journal of Pain Research, 10, 1297-1316. https://doi.org/10.2147/JPR.S134133
Rosenbloom, B.N., McCartney, C.J.L., Canzian, S., Kreder, H.J., & Katz, J. (2017). Predictors of prescription opioid use 4 months after traumatic musculoskeletal injury and corrective surgery: A prospective study. Journal of Pain, 2017, Aug;18(8), 956-963. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2017.03.006. Epub 2017 Mar 25
Rahman, Q.A., Pirbaglou, M., Janmohamed, T., Ritvo, P., Heffernan, J.M., Clarke, H., & Katz, J. (2017). Data mining for patterns of user engagement with a mobile app for chronic pain. Journal of Medical Internet Research mHealth and uHealth, Jul 12;5(7):e96, 1-13. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.7871.
Weinrib, A.Z., Azam, M.A., Birnie, K., Burns, L.C., Clarke, H., & Katz, J. (2017). The psychology of persisting post-surgical pain: New frontiers in risk factor identification, prevention, and management. British Journal of Pain, 11(4), 169-177. doi/10.1177/2049463717720636.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Lavand’homme, P., Wu, C., & Katz, J. (2018). From acute to chronic postoperative pain. In Gold, M.S., Pogatzki-Zahn, E.M., & Wallace, M.S. (eds.), Pain 2018: Refresher courses, 17th World Congress on Pain (pp. 147-157). Washington, DC: IASP Press.
Weinrib, A.Z., Azam, M.A., Latman, V.V., Janmohamed, T., Clarke, H., & Katz, J. (2018). Manage My Pain: A patient-driven mobile platform to prevent and manage chronic postsurgical pain. In C. El Morr (ed.), Novel applications of virtual communities in healthcare (pp. 93-126). Hershey, Pennsylvania: IGI Global.
Service/Community Activities
Canadian Pain Coalition
2012-2017 - Director, Board of Directors, Canadian Pain Coalition
Canadian Pain Coalition-
2013-2017 - Chair, Research Committee, Canadian Pain Coalition
Awards
Distinguished Career Award, Canadian Pain Society - 2013
Outstanding Pain Mentorship Award, Canadian Pain Society - 2016
CPA Donald O. Hebb Award for Distinguished Contributions - 2016
CIHR Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Health Psychology - 2016
Fellow, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences - 2017
Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology, York University - 2017
York U Research Leaders Award - 2018
Fellow, American Psychological Association, Division 53 - 2019
CPA Traumatic Stress Section Award for Excellence - 2020
Supervision
Currently available to supervise graduate students: Yes
Currently taking on work-study students, Graduate Assistants or Volunteers: Not Indicated
Available to supervise undergraduate thesis projects: Not Indicated
Current Research