Marianne Matthias

Dr. Marianne Matthias, PhD is Associate Dean of Research and a Professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Arizona. She is a health services researcher who focuses on patient empowerment in healthcare contexts, with particular interests in treatment decision-making in chronic pain care and behavioral interventions to improve chronic pain care and advance health equity. She has specific methodological expertise in qualitative methodology and clinical trials. Dr. Matthias recently completed a VA-funded study as principal investigator of a randomized controlled trial focused on patient activation and communication for Black Veterans with chronic pain. Currently she leads a VA-funded clinical trial of an intervention to increase the use of evidence-based nonpharmacological pain treatments and a study funded by NIH's HEAL Initiative focused on increasing access to treatment options for Black patients with chronic pain and comorbid depression. In addition, she is a co-investigator on a number of other funded studies, including a study funded by NIH's HEAL Initiative testing a mindfulness-based intervention to improve pain management and reduce opioid use among rural veterans. She serves on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of General Internal Medicine and Pain Medicine and has published over 130 scholarly articles.