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Lynn Breau is a Registered Psychologist who holds a CIHR New Investigator Award and is a faculty member of the School of Nursing and Departments of Pediatrics and Psychology at Dalhousie University. She was awarded postdoctoral fellowships by the Canadian Pain Society/Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society and CIHR Child Health Clinician Scientist Program. Dr Breau also works clinically with the Pediatric Complex Pain Team at the IWK Health Centre. Dr. Breau has conducted research about pain in people with intellectual disabilities for 14 years and has published more than 30 articles and given more than 20 invited addresses in 7 countries about her research. She recently developed psychological pain treatments for those with intellectual disabilities, and is currently looking at how children with intellectual disabilities try to cope with pain. |
