Pediatric CHILL Lab members often present their research products at local and national conferences and publish in peer-reviewed journals (below).

Graduate student and undergraduate student contributions noted.

Selected Refereed Journal Articles

Fenelon, E. F., McCracken, K., Bieniak-Fortier, K., Crosby, C., Paredes Cienega, P., & Tran, S. T. (2025). “Hurt & Misunderstood”: Emotional reactions to pain dismissal in emerging adults with chronic pain. Health Care Transitions, 3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hctj.2025.100116

Tran, S. T., Bieniak, K. H., Bedree, H., Adler, M., Ogunmona, S., Kovar-Gough, I., Ma, W., Thabrew, H., & Cunningham, N. R. (2024). Systematic review and meta-analysis of psychological interventions for anxiety in children and youth with chronic medical conditions. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsae097

Bieniak, K. H., Bedree, H., Geanous, N., Greenley, R. N., Miller, S. A., Buscemi, J., & Tran, S. T. (2024). Thematic analysis of COVID-19’s impacts on transitions among emerging adults. Health Care Transitions, 2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hctj.2024.100052

Bedree, H., Tran, S. T., Koven, M., Wershil, S. J., Fortunato, J., & Essner, B. S. (2023). Impact of sleep disturbance on fatigue, nausea, and pain: Mediating role of depressive symptoms among youth with DGBIs. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition.  DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000003887

Bieniak, K., Tinkle, B., & Tran, S. T. (2022). The role of functional disability and social support in psychological outcomes for individuals with pediatric Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Journal of Child Health Care, 13674935221143822.

Bieniak, K., Koven, M. L., Bedree, H., Tinkle, B. T., & Tran, S. T. (2022). Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: Caregiver–child concordance across challenges, readiness to change, and coping. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology, 10(2), 139–149. https://doi.org/10.1037/cpp0000411

Bedree, H., Miller, S. A., Buscemi, J., Greenley, R. N., & Tran, S. T. (2021). Using technology to assess bidirectionality between daily pain and physical activity: The role of marginalization during emerging adulthood. Children 8, 756. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8090756

Tran, S. T., Grotkowski, K., Miller, S. A., Reed, B., Koven, M., Buscemi, J., & Greenley, R. N. (2021). Hassles predict physical health complaints in undergraduate students: A dynamic structural equation model analysis of daily diary data. Psychology & Health 36(7), 828-846. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2020.1800010

Jagpal, A., Hainsworth, K. R., Salamon, K. S., Anderson Khan, A., & Tran, S. T. (2021). The relationship between stressors and pain-related clinical outcomes in pediatric chronic pain patients. Children, 8(1), 21; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8010021

Gamwell, K. L., Gibler, R. C., Kollin, S. R., Bedree, H., Bieniak, K. H., Jagpal, A., Tran, S. T., Hommel, K. A., & Ramsey, R. R. (2021). Systematic evaluation of commercially available pain management apps examining behavior change techniques. PAIN 162(3), 856-865. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002090

Tran, S. T., Jagpal, A., Koven, M. L., Turek, C. E., Golden, J. S., & Tinkle, B. T. (2020). Symptom complaints and impact on functioning in youth with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Journal of Child Health Care, 24(3), 444-457. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367493519867174

Tran, S. T., Koven, M. L., Castro, A. S., Goya Arce, A. B., & Carter, J. S. (2020). Sociodemographic and environmental factors are associated with adolescents’ pain and longitudinal health outcomes. The Journal of Pain, 21(1-2), 170-181. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2019.06.007 

Book Chapters

Tran, S. T., Goya Arce, A. B., & Jagpal, A. (2020). Recognizing the psychiatric burden of anxiety and depression in children with headache, chest, and abdominal pain. In Incayawar, M., Maldonado-Bouchard, S., & Clark, M. (Eds.) Overlapping pain and psychiatric syndromes – Global perspectives. Oxford University Press.

Essner, B., Tran, S. T., & Koven, M. L. (2020). Biopsychosocial approaches to pediatric chronic pain management. In Shah, R. & Suresh, S. (Eds.) Opioid therapy in children and adolescents. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36287-4_16