Dr. Hassett is a licensed clinical psychologist who is an Associate Professor and Director of Pain and Opioid Research in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan.
As a principal investigator at the Chronic Pain & Fatigue Research Center, she conducts interdisciplinary research related to exploring the role of cognitive, affective, and behavioral factors in chronic pain populations. She has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and is a leader in the field of resilience and pain. Her work has focused on exploring the role of positive emotions in people with pain, as well as novel interventions to promote resilience and better pain self-management.
Her current research involves developing resilience-enhancing activities to promote the sparing of premature cellular aging in patients with chronic pain (NINR R01 NR017096), testing the mechanisms underlying treatments for chronic low back pain (HEAL BACPAC; NIAMS U19 AR076734) and developing “prehabilitation” programs for anxious surgical patients to optimize outcomes including reducing opioid use (MiCarePath). Dr. Hassett is a Past President of the Association of Rheumatology Professionals – a division of the American College of Rheumatology and the author of Chronic Pain Reset, an innovative pain self-management book for patients and their clinicians released in September of 2023.