Dr. Geraldine Martorella

Dr. Geraldine Martorella is an associate professor in the College of Nursing. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Montreal (Canada) and was a postdoctoral fellow at McGill University (Canada). Her program of research consists in developing and evaluating innovative non-pharmacological interventions for pain management and chronic pain prevention. Using experimental and mixed method designs, she focuses her research on psychosocial factors of pain, the use of information technologies, and complementary and alternative therapies.

Dr. Martorella currently is a member of the American Psychological Association’s Guideline Development Panel for the Treatment of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain in Adults. She is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.