Biography
Dr. Mary Janevic is a Research Associate Professor in Health Behavior and Health Education at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Her research program focuses on advancing pain equity among older adults through the development and testing of chronic pain self-management support interventions that leverage individual and community strengths. Related areas of interest are community health workers, mobile health solutions for chronic pain management, and the role of pets in coping with chronic pain. Previously Dr. Janevic was a post-doctoral fellow at the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London, UK, where she assisted with the English Longitudinal Study on Ageing. She has also worked at Kaiser Permanente-Northern California Region, where she coordinated health education programs focusing on chronic disease management. Dr. Janevic is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Pain and on the Board of Directors of the Michigan Community Health Worker Alliance.