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Yoni K. Ashar, PhD
Co-Director of the Pain Science Program
Assistant Professor

Yoni K. Ashar, PhD is an assistant professor at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå Anschutz Medical Campus. He completed his doctorate in clinical psychology and neuroscience at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå Boulder and an NIH-funded postdoctoral fellowship at Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. Ashar directs a research laboratory using functional MRI brain imaging, natural language processing, and other clinical and computational tools to understand how mind and brain processes influence health, especially chronic pain. A main research focus is investigating a new class of psychological and neuroscience-based treatments aiming for recovery from chronic pain.

Joseph Frank, MD
Co-Director of the Pain Science Program
Associate Professor

Dr. Frank is a general internist physician, an Associate Professor at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå and the Associate Director of the VA Seattle-Denver Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care. He is the Section Chief of Pain Medicine and Director of the Chronic Pain & Wellness Center at VA Eastern Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå Health Care System.  Dr. Frank is a health services researcher, whose research seeks to advance whole-person, neuroscience-based pain treatment with an emphasis on Veteran engagement and the care of Veterans with complex chronic pain.