Nature Neuroscience
David P. Finn and Brian E. McGuire and Simon Beggs and Katelynn E. Boerner and Karen D. Davis and Ruth Defrin and Yves De Koninck and Hemakumar Devan and Ryan Donovan and Eleonora Fetter and Herta Flor and Brona M. Fullen and Catherine R. Healy and Edmund Keogh and Rohini Kuner and Miriam Kunz and Rebecca M. Lane and Stefan Lautenbacher and Emeran A. Mayer and Jeffrey S. Mogil and Siobhain M. OMahony and Kieran OSullivan and Louise Riordan and Michael W. Salter and Francesco Scarlatti and George Shorten and Kathleen A. Sluka and Jennifer N. Stinson and Kevin E. Vowles and Suellen M. Walker and Ipek Yalcin and Michelle Roche
DOI: 10.1038/s41593-025-02164-102 / 2026
Plos One
Gupta, R. and Pawliuk, C. and Somuah-Asamoah, D. and Boerner, K.E. and Engle, J. and Hutchison, S. and Salh, G.K.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0328845Child Psychiatry and Human Development
Semeniuk, D. and Boerner, K.E. and Brain, U. and Ryan, D. and Oberlander, T.F.
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-023-01596-9Pediatrics
Boerner, K.E. and Fox, D.A. and Du, L. and Metzger, D.L. and Marshall, S. and Moore, E.M. and Narang, P. and Wharton, M.-N. and Oberlander, T.F.
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2024-067035Journal of Pain
Boerner, K.E. and Pawliuk, C. and Heran, A. and Donaghy, B. and Moore, D. and Leong, K. and Devan, H. and Oberlander, T.F.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2025.105390Pain
Harrison, L.E. and Boerner, K.E. and Black, W. and Nelson, S. and Santos, M. and Simons, L.E. and Wakefield, E.O. and Warner, J.N. and Wilson, A.C. and Zajacova, A.
DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003481Journal of Pediatric Psychology
Boerner, K.E. and Law, E.F.
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsaf053Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology
Dhariwal, A.K. and Lui, A. and Gordon, S.L. and Kristen, A. and Boerner, K.E. and Opie, J. and Mohun, H. and Green, K.E. and Chapman, A.J.M. and Stanford, E.A. and Vidler, M.M. and Oberlander, T.F.
DOI: 10.1037/cpp0000500Pain
Kaya, B. and Boerner, K.E. and Lord, R.C. and Potter, E. and Dale, C. and Moayedi, M.
DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003309Cognitive and Behavioral Practice
Young, M.A. and Boerner, K.E. and Marshall, S. and Dhariwal, A. and Coelho, J.S.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2024.01.002Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
Keogh, E. and Boerner, K.E.
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2023.12.027Pain
Noyek, S. and Jessa, J.S. and Faulkner, V. and Boerner, K.E. and Dewan, T. and Doyle, D. and Genik, L. and Grainger-Schatz, S. and McMorris, C. and McMurtry, C.M. and Nania, C.G. and Oberlander, T. and Lorenzetti, D. and Turner, K. and Birnie, K.A.
DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003066Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews
Boerner, K.E. and Keogh, E. and Inkster, A.M. and Nahman-Averbuch, H. and Oberlander, T.F.
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105546Pain
Boerner, K.E. and Schechter, N.L. and Oberlander, T.F.
DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003304Journal of Pediatric Psychology
Modi, A.C. and Beal, S.J. and Becker, S.P. and Boerner, K.E. and Burton, E.T. and Chen, D. and Crosby, L.E. and Hilliard, M.E. and Hood, A.M. and Kahhan, N.A. and Law, E. and Long, K.A. and McGrady, M.E. and Sweenie, R.E. and Thurston, I.B. and Valrie, C. and Wu, Y.P. and Duncan, C.L.
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsad094arXiv
Desai, U. and Foladare, H. and Boerner, K.E. and Oberlander, T.F. and Munzner, T. and MacLean, K.E.
DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2405.20508Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
Boerner, K.E. and Dudarev, V. and Pearl-Dowler, L. and Wharton, M.-N. and Siden, H. and Holsti, L. and Oberlander, T.F.
DOI: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000001319Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology
Modi, A.C. and Beal, S.J. and Becker, S.P. and Boerner, K.E. and Burton, E.T. and Chen, D. and Crosby, L.E. and Hilliard, M.E. and Hood, A.M. and Kahhan, N. and Law, E. and Long, K. and McGrady, M.E. and Sweenie, R. and Thurston, I.B. and Valrie, C. and Wu, Y.P. and Duncan, C.L.
DOI: 10.1037/cpp0000519Michelle E. Tougas and Christine T. Chambers and Penny Corkum and Julie M. Robillard and Anatoliy Gruzd and Vivian Howard and Andrea Kampen and Katelynn E. Boerner and Amos S. Hundert
DOI: 10.32920/2199207502 / 2023
Trends in Neurosciences
Nahman-Averbuch, H. and Li, R. and Boerner, K.E. and Lewis, C. and Garwood, S. and Palermo, T.M. and Jordan, A.
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2023.01.006medRxiv
Chhabra, M. and Lewis, E.C. and Balshaw, R. and Stewart, B. and Zaslawski, Z. and Lowthian, T. and Alidina, Z. and Chesick-Gordis, M. and Xie, W. and Drgemller, B.I. and Wright, G.E.B. and Birnie, K.A. and Boerner, K.E. and Tsang, V.W.L. and Irwin, S.L. and Pohl, D. and Weil, A.G. and Sell, E. and Penz, E. and Robson-MacKay, A. and Mbabaali, S. and Blackman, S. and Gordon, S. and Alcorn, J. and Huntsman, R.J. and Oberlander, T.F. and Finley, G.A. and Kelly, L.E.
DOI: 10.1101/2023.08.04.23293647Children
Boerner, K.E. and Desai, U. and Luu, J. and MacLean, K.E. and Munzner, T. and Foladare, H. and Shen, J. and Gill, J. and Oberlander, T.F.
DOI: 10.3390/children10081355International Journal for Equity in Health
Gttgens, I. and Sleutjes, J.A.M. and Boerner, K.E. and Sialino, L.D. and Valdrighi, N.
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-023-01899-2Paediatrics and Child Health (Canada)
Boerner, K.E. and Dhariwal, A.K. and Chapman, A. and Oberlander, T.F.
DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxac052Journal of Pediatric Psychology
Boerner, K.E. and Harrison, L.E. and Battison, E.A.J. and Murphy, C. and Wilson, A.C.
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsad075Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
Boerner, K.E. and Pearl-Dowler, L. and Holsti, L. and Wharton, M.-N. and Siden, H. and Oberlander, T.F.
DOI: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000001183Pilot and Feasibility Studies
Boerner, K.E. and Desai, U. and MacLean, K.E. and Munzner, T. and Foladare, H. and Gill, J. and Oberlander, T.F.
DOI: 10.1186/s40814-022-01170-5Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Boerner, K.E. and Coelho, J.S. and Syal, F. and Bajaj, D. and Finner, N. and Dhariwal, A.K.
DOI: 10.1177/13591045211048170Journal of Pediatric Psychology
Tonya M Palermo and Melissa A Alderfer and Katelynn E Boerner and Marisa E Hilliard and Anna M Hood and Avani C Modi and Yelena P Wu
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsab06308 / 2021
Pain Reports
MacKenzie, N.E. and Tutelman, P.R. and Chambers, C.T. and Parker, J.A. and MacDonald, N.E. and Meghan McMurtry, C. and Pluye, P. and Granikov, V. and Taddio, A. and Barwick, M. and Birnie, K.A. and Boerner, K.E.
DOI: 10.1097/PR9.0000000000000907BMC Health Services Research
MacKenzie, N.E. and Tutelman, P.R. and Chambers, C.T. and Parker, J.A. and MacDonald, N.E. and McMurtry, C.M. and Pluye, P. and Granikov, V. and Taddio, A. and Barwick, M. and Birnie, K.A. and Boerner, K.E.
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-021-06326-2Journal of Pediatric Psychology
Katelynn E Boerner and Katherine Green and Andrea Chapman and Elizabeth Stanford and Theresa Newlove and Katherine Edwards and Amrit Dhariwal
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsz10203 / 2020
European Journal of Pain (United Kingdom)
Keogh, E. and Boerner, K.E.
DOI: 10.1002/ejp.1499Journal of Pediatric Psychology
Katelynn E Boerner and Amrit K Dhariwal
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsz01205 / 2019
JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting
Michelle E Tougas and Christine T Chambers and Penny Corkum and Julie M Robillard and Anatoliy Gruzd and Vivian Howard and Andrea Kampen and Katelynn E Boerner and Amos S Hundert
DOI: 10.2196/1119312 / 2018
Canadian Journal of Pain
Meghan G. Schinkel and Katelynn E. Boerner and Christine T. Chambers and C. Meghan McMurtry
DOI: 10.1080/24740527.2018.153767201 / 2018
Pain
Boerner, K.E. and Chambers, C.T. and Gahagan, J. and Keogh, E. and Fillingim, R.B. and Mogil, J.S.
DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001275The Journal of Pain
Katelynn E. Boerner and Christine T. Chambers and Patrick J. McGrath and Vincent LoLordo and Rudolf Uher
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2017.01.00706 / 2017
PAIN
Katelynn E. Boerner and Christopher Eccleston and Christine T. Chambers and Edmund Keogh
DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.000000000000080304 / 2017
The Journal of Pain
Hannah Durand and Kathryn A. Birnie and Melanie Noel and Tine Vervoort and Liesbet Goubert and Katelynn E. Boerner and Christine T. Chambers and Line Caes
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2016.11.01204 / 2017
Pain Practice
Katelynn E. Boerner and Melanie Noel and Kathryn A. Birnie and Line Caes and Mark Petter and Christine T. Chambers
DOI: 10.1111/papr.1230607 / 2016
PAIN
Line Caes and Katelynn E. Boerner and Christine T. Chambers and Marsha Campbell-Yeo and Jennifer Stinson and Kathryn A. Birnie and Jennifer A. Parker and Anna Huguet and Abbie Jordan and Jill MacLaren Chorney and Meghan Schinkel and Justine Dol
DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.000000000000040302 / 2016
Pain
Boerner, K.E. and Birnie, K.A. and Caes, L. and Schinkel, M. and Chambers, C.T.
DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000601The Clinical Journal of Pain
Katelynn E. Boerner and Kathryn A. Birnie and Christine T. Chambers and Anna Taddio and C. Meghan McMurtry and Melanie Noel and Vibhuti Shah and Rebecca Pillai Riddell
DOI: 10.1097/ajp.000000000000027010 / 2015
The Journal of Sexual Medicine
Katelynn E. Boerner and Natalie O. Rosen
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.1288906 / 2015
Pain Management
Katelynn E Boerner and Meghan Schinkel and Christine T Chambers
DOI: 10.2217/pmt.14.4201 / 2015
Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics
Melanie Noel and Katelynn E. Boerner and Kathryn A. Birnie and Line Caes and Jennifer A. Parker and Christine T. Chambers and Conrad V. Fernandez and Kang Lee
DOI: 10.1097/dbp.0000000000000122Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology
Katelynn E. Boerner and Joanne M. Gillespie and Elizabeth N. McLaughlin and Leora Kuttner and Christine T. Chambers
DOI: 10.1037/cpp000007409 / 2014
Pain
Katelynn E. Boerner and Kathryn A. Birnie and Line Caes and Meghan Schinkel and Christine T. Chambers
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2014.01.03105 / 2014
Behavioral Sleep Medicine
Katelynn E. Boerner and J. Aime Coulombe and Penny Corkum
DOI: 10.1080/15402002.2013.87434803 / 2014
Oxford Medicine Online
Kathryn A. Birnie and Katelynn E. Boerner and Christine T. Chambers
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199642656.003.001211 / 2013
Pain
Katelynn E. Boerner and Christine T. Chambers and Kenneth D. Craig and Rebecca R. Pillai Riddell and Jennifer A. Parker
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.12.01504 / 2013
Eating Disorders
Nicole Obeid and Annick Buchholz and Katelynn E. Boerner and Katherine A. Henderson and Mark Norris
DOI: 10.1080/10640266.2013.76108802 / 2013
Behavioral Sleep Medicine
Katelynn E. Boerner and J. Aime Coulombe and Penny Corkum
DOI: 10.1080/15402002.2013.838766The Journal of Pain
Kathryn A. Birnie and Mark Petter and Katelynn E. Boerner and Melanie Noel and Christine T. Chambers
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2012.06.00509 / 2012
In adult pain research there is a common finding that women experience more frequent, intense, and interfering chronic pain. Many studies also suggest that pain care is often biased towards dismissing the pain of female-identifying individuals. However, very little research has considered the impact of sex and gender on pain from a developmental perspective. Our research aims to address that issue by looking at experiences of acute and chronic pain, intergenerational transmission of pain behaviours, and pain treatment outcomes from a sex and gender lens. Our work has also considered the unique experiences of gender-diverse and transgender young people who live with pain, and advocates for an intersectional approach to understanding pain experiences.
Acute and chronic pain experiences are more common in autistic individuals, but they are underrepresented in research. An ongoing program of research on pain in autistic young people aims to: (a) describe the representation of autistic young people in the “gold-standard” chronic pain treatment literature, (b) summarize what evidence is available for the effective treatment of chronic pain in autistic children and youth, (c) determine the epidemiology of everyday acute and chronic pain experiences in autistic children, youth, and young adults, as well as the associations of this pain with other important health metrics such as sleep, mental health, sensory experiences, and (d) explore the experiences of autistic youth and young adults with chronic pain, as well as parents of autistic children who live with chronic pain, with respect to diagnostic uncertainty, gendered pain expectations, and experiences of healthcare.
Most child health research takes place in laboratory of clinical settings, but these settings are often anxiety-provoking and unfamiliar to families. Families who do not live close to a large hospital or university often do not have the opportunity to take part in this type of research, and even when they can, the research often captures a single snapshot of the family’s experience. The Living Lab at Home (LLAH) aims to make research participation more accessible by co-creating with children and families a series of methods that can answer important research questions from the community, that are adapted to fit the needs of children and youth who function across the developmental spectrum. By working with families and constantly adapting our tools, we have developed methods for doing in-home research that are flexible to adapt to family needs, and can better capture experiences like pain, mental health, sleep, and social interactions, that are dynamic and change over time. We are also developing and testing a data visualization platform so families taking part in LLAH studies can see and interact with their own data.
Co-Principal Investigator. Real-time data for pain in youth with ASD: Can you see a difference?. Funding Source: BC Children’s Hospital Digital Health Research Accelerator Grant – Tier 2
Co-Principal Investigator. A mixed-methods study of pain experiences in young people with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Funding Source: Laurel Foundation
Principal Applicant. Understanding the perspectives and experiences of gender-diverse youth who live with chronic pain: Incorporating the lived experience from inception to dissemination. Funding Source: Crawford Postdoctoral Fellowship Research Grant in Pediatric Psychology.
Principal Applicant. Adapting in-home data collection for families of children with severe neurologic impairment. Funding Source: CHILD-BRIGHT Graduate Fellowship in Patient-Oriented Research.
Co-Investigator. The ‘Living Lab at Home’: Taking developmental and behavioural research into the community. Funding Source: BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute Brain Behaviour & Development Theme Establishment Fund.
2020–2023 – Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Postdoctoral Award
2021 – ZonMw: The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development Gender in Research Fellowship
2018 – Brain Star Award, Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction
2018 – Best Paper Award, International Association for the Study of Pain Sex, Gender and Pain Special Interest Group
2016 – Brian Dufton Memorial Prize for Outstanding Graduate Achievement in Psychology
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Dr. Katelynn Boerner is a Brain, Behaviour & Development investigator at BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR), an assistant professor in the Division of Developmental Pediatrics in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia (UBC), and a psychologist with the Complex Pain Service at BC Children’s Hospital.
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