Adjunct Research Professor; Psychologist, Pediatric Chronic Pain Program
Dr. C. Meghan McMurtry is a clinical and health psychologist at the University of Guelph with an adjunct appointment at the University of Western Ontario. She mainly researches acute and chronic pain in children from a psychological perspective.
Research Portfolio: Google Scholar
Much of Dr. McMurtry's research focuses on procedural pain, including understanding how best to understand, measure, and treat needle-related pain and fear. She is also interested in applying a resiliency lens to understand primary and secondary chronic pain in children.
Meghan McMurtry is an Associate Professor in the CPA-accredited Clinical Psychology program at the University of Guelph, director of the Pediatric Pain, Health, and Communication Lab. She is a Clinical and Health Psychologist with the Pediatric Chronic Pain Program at McMaster Children's Hospital, an Adjunct Research Professor in Paediatrics at Western University, and an Associate Scientist at the Children's Health Research Institute. Her research and clinical interests in child health psychology focus on acute and chronic pain, medical procedure-related fear, as well as communication and family influences in these contexts.
Her research has been funded by the the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canadian Foundation for Innovation, Team for Research with Adolescents and Children in Palliation and Grief, and the Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation.
Keywords:
Pediatric psychology, pediatric procedural pain and fear, parent-child interactions, chronic pain, family influences on children's pain, evidence-based treatment of pediatric procedural pain and needle fear, and training in health.
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About C. Meghan McMurtry
Dr. C. Meghan McMurtry is a clinical and health psychologist at the University of Guelph with an adjunct appointment at the University of Western Ontario. She mainly researches acute and chronic pain in children from a psychological perspective.
Research Portfolio: Google Scholar
Much of Dr. McMurtry's research focuses on procedural pain, including understanding how best to understand, measure, and treat needle-related pain and fear. She is also interested in applying a resiliency lens to understand primary and secondary chronic pain in children.
Meghan McMurtry is an Associate Professor in the CPA-accredited Clinical Psychology program at the University of Guelph, director of the Pediatric Pain, Health, and Communication Lab. She is a Clinical and Health Psychologist with the Pediatric Chronic Pain Program at McMaster Children's Hospital, an Adjunct Research Professor in Paediatrics at Western University, and an Associate Scientist at the Children's Health Research Institute. Her research and clinical interests in child health psychology focus on acute and chronic pain, medical procedure-related fear, as well as communication and family influences in these contexts.
Her research has been funded by the the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canadian Foundation for Innovation, Team for Research with Adolescents and Children in Palliation and Grief, and the Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation.
Keywords:
Pediatric psychology, pediatric procedural pain and fear, parent-child interactions, chronic pain, family influences on children's pain, evidence-based treatment of pediatric procedural pain and needle fear, and training in health.
| Present | Adjunct Research Professor, Western University ‐ Department of Paediatrics | |
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| Present | Associate Professor, University of Guelph ‐ Department of Psychology | |
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| Present | Associate Scientist, Lawson Health Research Institute ‐ Children's Health Research Institute (CHRI) | |
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| Present | Psychologist, Pediatric Chronic Pain Program, McMaster University ‐ Children's Hospital | |
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