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Prior to joining the Clinical Psychology program at Fielding University, Dr. Lazaridou was a postdoctoral fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital, Surgery Department and a Clinical fellow at McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA. Dr. Lazaridou is currently a researcher at the Anesthesiology department at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School.

The focus of her work has been on the effects of cognitions and emotions on physiological responses to painful stimuli. Current studies include an investigation of how pain affects the human immune system, and how psychosocial processes such as negative emotions (e.g catastrophizing) may magnify the physiological impact of pain. More recently, several of her ongoing projects evaluate the effects of behavioral interventions for chronic pain, anxiety, depression and opioid use disorder (e.g., cognitive-behavioral therapy, mindfulness, and yoga.)