Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Faculty Member

Denise Paneduro PhD

Research Interests

• Development, implementation, and evaluation of mindfulness-based programs for families, marginalized communities, educators, and health care professionals
• Mental health, resilience, wellbeing, and attention across the lifespan
• Integrating trauma-informed approaches and Indigenous knowledge in education and healthcare
• Leadership, workplace health and wellbeing, and systems change
• Health promotion
• Clinical research trials
• Program development and evaluation
• Implementation science
• Innovative holistic approaches to prevent and treat chronic stress, trauma, pain, and addiction
• Community-based, patient-oriented, & student-centered research

Representative Publications 

Perreira T, Prokopy M, Shea C, Carlton, E, Greenber, A, Herbert M, Zaki-Azat J, Paneduro D, Brown A, & Harrison, R. (2022). Physician Engagement, Well-Being and Organizational Culture. A Pre-COVID Research Study of Canadian Physicians developed by the Ontario Hospital Association in collaboration with the Institute for Health Policy and Management, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto https://www.oha.com/Bulletins/Paper%205%20-%20Report.pdf

Vuong V*, Mosabbir A, Paneduro D, Picard L, Faghfoury H, Evans M, Gordon A & Bartel L. Effects of rhythmic sensory stimulation on Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: A Pilot Study. Pain Research and Management, vol. 2020 April, Article ID 3586767.

Picard LM, Bartel LR, Gordon AS, Paneduro D, Chung S, & Pink LR. Vibroacoustic therapy for Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: A case study. Annals of Clinical Case Reports 2018; 3(1504).

AlShareef M*, Paneduro D, Gurbaxani K, Amarasinghe A, Pink L, Gordon A. Chronic pelvic pain: A patient perspective of their first health care provider experience. Can J Pain, 2017 May; 1(1):A60-A167.

Braun Janzen T*, Paneduro D, Amarasinghe K, Picard L, Gordon A, Bartel L. The effects of rhythmic sensory stimulation on fibromyalgia symptoms: A randomized controlled trial. Can J Pain, 2017 May; 1(1):A60-A167.

Burns J, Ricci J, Dooks P, Antoniu V, Choudhry F, Rittenberg B, Pink L, Gordon A, Paneduro D, Galonski M. Integrating chronic pain services into the temporomandibular surgical care pathway. Can J Pain, 2017 May; 1(1):A47-A49.

Howard A, Tenenbaum H, Goldberg M, Paneduro D, Freeman B, Amarasinghe K, Gordon A, Bartel L. Music Medicine: An alternative treatment for managing suffering associated with temporomandibular joint disorder. Can J Pain, 2017 May; 1(1):A60-A167.

Paneduro D, Amarasinghe A, Chung S, Robinson T, Kingma A, Gurbaxani K, Galonski M, Gordon A. A novel application and evaluation of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for chronic pain. Can J Pain, 2017 May; 1(1):A47-A49.

Robinson T, Paneduro D, Gurbaxani K, Sulit J. Mindfulness interventions for chronic pain: experience and evidence. Can J Pain, 2017 May; 1(1):A4-A46.

Braun Janzen T*, Paneduro D, Picard L, Gordon A, Bartel A. Is rhythmic sensory stimulation an effective adjunctive therapy for fibromyalgia? Preliminary results. Nordic J of Music Therapy, 2016 June; 25(sup1):122.

Meng H*, Pink L, Paneduro D, Gordon A. Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome heterogeneity: A Foray into the diagnostic dilemma. Pain Res & Manag. 2015 May-Jun; 20(3):e53.

Paneduro D, Pink LR, Smith AJ, Chakraborty A, Kirshen AJ, Backstein D, Woods NN, Gordon, A. Development, implementation, and evaluation of a pain management and palliative care educational seminar for medical students. Pain Res Manag. 2014; 19(5):230-4.

Gordon A, Paneduro D, Pink LR, Lawler V, & Lay, C. Evaluation of the frequency and the association of sexual pain and chronic headaches. Headache: The Journal of Head & Face Pain, 2014; 54:109-115.

Paneduro D, Galonski M, Raju S, Smith AJ, Gordon A. The effects of switching opioid analgesics from OxyContin to OxyNEO on pain management in adults with chronic pain. Pain Res Manag. 2013 Mar-Apr;18(2):e29.

*denotes trainee authors

SELECT PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH GRANTS, OTHER RESEARCH GRANTS, & TRAVEL GRANTS

Social Sciences of Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Insight Development Grant. Awarded $68,000 for research on the Wellness and the Architecture of Public Health Education. PI: Dr. Dionne Gesink Co-Applicants: Mashford-Pringle A, Paneduro D, Perreira T, Poland B, Shea C, Sriharan, A, 2021-22.

Travel Grant for Research Presented at the Canadian Pain Society, Awarded $6000 from the Goodman Fund, Mt. Sinai Hospital, 2016-17.

Dissertation Research Grant, Awarded $6000 from the Rasch Foundation, Mt. Sinai Hospital, 2011.

SELECT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

*Teng H, Paneduro D, & Fiocco A. Does caregiving status, baseline stress levels, and trait mindfulness matter? The role of individual differences on the cognitive effect of mindfulness training in older adults. Health Sciences Undergraduate Honours Thesis Poster Day, McMaster University, 2023, Hamilton, Ontario.

*Mosabbir A, Braun Janzen T, Naghdi L, Paneduro D, Picard L, Gordon A, Ahonen H, Macario P, & Bartel L. The effects of rhythmic sensory stimulation on fibromyalgia symptoms. Paper presented at the International Association of Music and Medicine (IAMM) Conference, May 2020, Boston, MA.

*Vuong V, Mosabbir A, Picard L, Paneduro D, Faghfoury H, Evans M, Gordon A & Bartel L. The effects of rhythmic sensory stimulation on Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: A Pilot Study. Paper presented at the International Association of Music and Medicine (IAMM) Conference, May 2020, Boston, MA.

Paneduro D, Amarasinghe A, Chung S, Robinson T, Kingma A, Gurbaxani K, Galonski M, & Gordon A. A novel application and evaluation of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for chronic pain. Poster presented at the Canadian Pain Society meeting, May 2017, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Robinson E, Paneduro D, Sulit J, & Gurbaxani K. Mindfulness interventions for chronic pain: Experience and evidence. Symposia workshop presentation at the Canadian Pain Society, May 2017, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

*Braun-Janzen T, Paneduro D, Picard L, Gordon A, & Bartel L. Is Rhythmic Sensory Stimulation an effective adjunctive therapy for fibromyalgia? Preliminary results. Poster presented at the 10th European Music Therapy Conference July 2016, Vienna, Austria.

Fuss S, Robinson T, Gordon A, Galonski M, Paneduro D, Pink L, & Katz J. An examination of the use of motivational interviewing to enhance engagement in and outcomes of a Cognitive-Behavioral Program for chronic pain: A cluster, randomized, controlled trial. Poster presented at the American Pain Society Conference, May 2016, Austin, Texas.

*Gurbaxani K, Paneduro D, Robinson E, Amarasinghe K, & Gordon A. Examining the effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: The role of social isolation and pain catastrophizing in improving pain management outcomes among individuals with chronic pain. Poster presented at the Canadian Pain Society, May 2016, Vancouver, British Columbia.

*Howard, A, Tenenbaum H, Goldberg M, Bartel L, Paneduro D, Amarasinghe K, & Gordon A. Music medicine: An alternative treatment for managing TMD symptoms. Poster presented at the Canadian Pain Society, May 2016, Vancouver, British Columbia.

*Meng H, Pink L, Paneduro D, & Gordon A. Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome heterogeneity: A foray into the diagnostic dilemma. Poster presented at the Canadian Pain Society, May 2015, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

Paneduro D, Wiseheart M, Robinson T, Pink L, Galonski M, & Gordon A. The Effects of Mindfulness-Based  Stress Reduction on pain-related symptoms in patients with chronic pain: A randomized controlled trial. Poster presented at the IASP 15^th World Congress on Pain, Oct 2014, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Paneduro D, Smith A, Pink L, Galonski M, Badalato H, & Gordon A. A Foot in Both Camps: Describing pain and risk of problematic use in an integrated multidisciplinary chronic pain and addiction medicine program. Poster presented at the IASP 15^th World Congress on Pain, Oct 2014, Buenos Aires, Argentina. ​

Paneduro D, Galonski M, Raju S, Smith A, & Gordon AS. The effects of switching opioid analgesics from OxyContin to OxyNEO on pain management in adults with chronic pain. Poster presented at the Canadian Pain Society, May 2013, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Paneduro D, Pink L, Smith A, Chakraborty A, Kirshen AJ, Backstein D, Woods N, & Gordon, AS. Evaluation of a pain management and palliative care educational seminar for medical students. Poster presented at the IASP 14^th World Congress on Pain, Aug 2012, Milan, Italy.

Paneduro D, Tsering T, Sikakane T, & Cepeda NJ. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR): The role of mindfulness, homework, and treatment expectancy in improving psychological health outcomes. Poster presented at the International Symposia for Contemplative Studies, Apr 2012, Denver, Colorado.

Foster L, Dexter LA, Freedman L, Poile D, & Paneduro D. Mindfulness in schools. Poster presented at the Toronto Action Research Groups for Excellence in Teaching Symposium, 2011, Toronto, Ontario.

Basile A, Paneduro D, Tannock R, & Toplak M. Temporal discounting and risk involvement in adolescents with ADHD. Poster presented at the Canadian Psychology Association Annual Convention, 2011, Toronto

Paneduro D, Kharitonova M, & Cepeda NJ. Effects of bilingualism on flexibility and abstract representations in children. Poster presented at the Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting, Nov 2008, Chicago, Illinois.

*denotes trainee authors