Barbara St. Marie, PhD, AGPCNP-BC, FAAN, FAANP, is an Associate Professor at the University of Iowa College of Nursing and certified Adult–Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner. She is a Fellow of both the American Academy of Nursing and American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Dr. St. Marie earned her PhD from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee in 2012 and completed postdoctoral training in Pain and Associated Symptoms (NINR/NIH, T32 NR011147) at the University of Iowa from 2012 to 2014. She is editor of the first and second editions of the Core Curriculum for Pain Management Nursing, published by Elsevier.

Dr. St. Marie’s research focuses on individuals living with chronic pain who receive opioid therapy, clinical decision making among prescribing healthcare providers, and alternative approaches to manage pain while reducing risk of opioid use disorder (OUD). As Principal Investigator on NIH/NIDA K23 award (K23DA043049), she developed and tested a decision-support tool to assist providers in diagnosing and treating patients with headaches and facial pain, while simultaneously evaluating risk for depression and OUD. Her work also includes intramural pilot studies evaluating use of TENS for individuals with OUD receiving buprenorphine, examining its potential to reduce craving, withdrawal, pain, and pain interference. She recently submitted an NIH R34 application (GRANT14584249) to further investigate TENS and its potential neural mechanisms. Additionally, through the Iowa Injury Prevention Center, Dr. St. Marie is Co-PI on a study exploring Support for Recovery in rural Iowa emergency departments, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (R49CE003710).

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