Joe Kossowsky

Joe Kossowsky PhD, MMSc. is a clinical investigator in the Division of Pain Medicine in the Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital. Following his graduate studies in Clinical Psychology and Neuroscience, Dr. Kossowsky obtained his PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of Basel, Switzerland and a Master's degree in Biomedical Informatics from Harvard Medical School. He completed postdoctoral fellowships in the areas of pediatric pain, placebo research and biomedical informatics at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School.

Publications

Acceptability of a Fentanyl Vaccine to Prevent Opioid Overdose and Need for Personalized Decision-Making. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Aug 15; 75(Supplement_1):S98-S109. ViewAcceptability of a Fentanyl Vaccine to Prevent Opioid Overdose and Need for Personalized Decision-Making.

Estimating the prevalence of paediatric chronic pain in Switzerland: an online survey among paediatricians. Swiss Med Wkly. 2022 06 06; 152:w30194. ViewEstimating the prevalence of paediatric chronic pain in Switzerland: an online survey among paediatricians.

Effect of Open-label Placebo on Children and Adolescents With Functional Abdominal Pain or Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Pediatr. 2022 04 01; 176(4):349-356. ViewEffect of Open-label Placebo on Children and Adolescents With Functional Abdominal Pain or Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Instrumental Substance Use Among Youth with Rheumatic Disease-A Biopsychosocial Model. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2022 02; 48(1):51-65. ViewInstrumental Substance Use Among Youth with Rheumatic Disease-A Biopsychosocial Model.

Association of parental and adolescent emotion-related factors with adolescent chronic pain behaviors. Pain. 2022 07 01; 163(7):e888-e898.