iOUCH Pain Lab

Improving Outcomes in Child Health through Technology

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iOUCH
Pain Lab

Improving Outcomes in Child Health through Technology

Two cartoon figures at a whiteboard with data floating around them. One figure points toward a list posted on the board. A lightbulb is shining above them.

About us

Welcome to the iOUCH Pain Lab!

The iOUCH Pain Lab collaborates with researchers, partners and individuals with lived experience to improve the lives of children and adolescents through the use of communication technologies.

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iOUCH Team

The iOUCH Pain Lab would not be able to excel without the support of a dedicated research team.

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Collaborators

We are proud of our collaborators. We work with many researchers and organizations worldwide in order to provide quality research.

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Research Studies

The iOUCH Pain Lab conducts research in several different areas of interest. Learn more about current and past studies.

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Recognition

The iOUCH Pain Lab has received extensive recognition for the ongoing projects in the lab.

Dr. Jennifer Stinson

Principal Investigator

Jennifer Stinson is the Mary Jo Haddad Nursing Chair in Child Health and a Senior Scientist in the Child Health Evaluative Sciences (CHES) research program at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto. She is also an Advanced Practice Nurse in the Chronic Pain Program in the Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine at SickKids and an Associate Professor in the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, Department of Paediatrics, the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation and Institute of Medical Science at the University of Toronto.

Stinson holds the Peter Lougheed New Investigator Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and has received the Early Career Award from the Canadian Pain Society, the International Association for the Study of Pain (Special Interest Group on Pain in Childhood) and Ontario’s Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation.

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Collaborators

We have partners worldwide.