Ian A. Boggero, PhD

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859 562-3291
ian.boggero@uky.edu

Division of Orofacial Pain

Positions

Assistant Professor, College of Dentistry

Biography and Education

Biography

I am the Director of Psychological Services and Director of Research at UK’s Orofacial Pain Clinic. As a clinician-scientist, I am devoted to understanding the psychological contributors to chronic orofacial pain and to helping people successfully manage their orofacial pain conditions. To date, my research has focused on the role of fatigue and poor sleep quality on chronic pain outcomes. Although that continues to be a research interest of mine, I am becoming increasingly more interested in integrating my clinical work and research to understand ways to optimize psychological interventions for patients with chronic orofacial pain. I am currently working on a K23 grant testing the feasibility of brief psychological interventions for chronic masticatory muscle pain disorders.

Education

BA, UCLA

MS, University of Kentucky

Ph.D., University of Kentucky

Summary:

Hometown: Torrance, CA

Selected Publications

Boggero, I. A., Sangalli, L., Brasch, L.*, & King, C. D. (2024). Social health in young women with chronic pain. PAIN Reports, 9(2), e1146. doi: 10.1097/PR9.0000000000001146.

Alessandri-Bonetti, A.*, Sangalli, L., & Boggero, I. A. (2024). Relationship between insomnia and pain in patients with chronic orofacial pain. Pain Medicine.

Boggero, I. A., Nahman-Averbuch, H., Hunter, B. M., Peugh, J., Leon, E., Schneider II, V. J., Emerson, N, M., Thomas, P. L., Kashikar-Zuck, S., Hughes, C., Hoeppli, M. E., King, C.D., & Coghill, R. C. (2024). Weak relationships between psychological factors and experimental pain outcomes in pain-free individuals. An aggregate analysis of 8 studies. The Journal of Pain, 25(6). doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2023.12.001.

Sangalli, L., Alessandri-Bonetti, A.*, Kapos, F. K., & Boggero, I. A. (2024). Occupation is associated with treatment-seeking and biopsychosocial functioning at a tertiary orofacial pain clinic. A cross-sectional study. The Journal of the American Dental Association, 155(5), 430-444. doi: 10.1016/j.adaj.2023.09.021.

Yanez, F., Boggero, I. A., Kaspo, G., & Moreno-Hay, I. (2023). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on orofacial pain practice: Perceptions from a convenience sample of orofacial pain practitioners. The Journal of the American Dental Association, 154(3), 266-271.Doi: 10.1016/j.adaj.2022.03.012

Boggero, I. A., Valrie, C., Morgan, K., Hagiwara, N., Kashikar-Zuck, S., & King, C. D. (2022). Characterizing fatigue subtypes in adolescents with chronic musculoskeletal pain and pain-free controls. Journal of Pain Research, 15, 2041-2049. Doi: 10.2147/JPR.S363912