My interest in pain research was piqued as an undergraduate student at McGill University. Through my research on catastrophic thinking and pain behaviours in couples, I became particularly interested in the influences of psychological and social factors on the experience of pain.
Subsequent research I conducted at BC Children's Hospital confirmed my passion for health-related research involving vulnerable pediatric populations. I became especially interested in the caregiver-infant relationship, particularly in distressing contexts.
My master's research on infant pain in the context of the caregiver-infant dyad allowed me to explore this interest directly. Specifically, I examined the roles of caregiver emotional availability and caregiver proximity on infant pain responding over the infant's first year of life. Building on this research, my doctoral research is examining the developmental predictors and socioemotional correlates of children's coping with pain at 4 and 5 years of age. I am also interested in the contributing role of caregiver sensitivity.
Publications:
Peer-Reviewed Publications Lisi, D., Campbell, L., Pillai Riddell, R., Garfield, H., Greenberg, S. (2013). Naturalistic Parental Pain Management During Immunizations over the First Year of Life: Observational Norms from the OUCH Cohort. PAIN, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pain.2013.03.036
Campbell, L., Pillai Riddell, R., Greenberg, S., Garfield, H. (2013). A Cross-sectionalExamination of the Relationships between Caregiver Proximal Soothing and Infant Pain over the First Year of Life. PAIN.
Pillai Riddell, R., Campbell, L., Flora, D., Racine, N., Din Osmun, L., Greenberg, S., Garfield, H. (2011). Caregiver Sensitivity and Infant Pain: The Relative Relationships Between Infant Behaviors and Caregiver Sensitivity Over the First Year of Life. PAIN, 152, 2819-2826.
Invited Book Chapters Pillai Riddell, R., Lisi, D., Campbell, L. (2013). Pain Assessment in Neonates. In Encyclopedia of Pain, 2nd edition. Pillai Riddell, R., Racine, N., Craig, K., Campbell, L., (2013). Psychological Models of Pediatric Pain. In P. McGrath, B. Stevens, S. Walker, W. Zempsky (Eds.), Textbook of Pediatric Pain. Oxford University Press.
Peer-Reviewed Published Abstracts Campbell, L., Pillai Riddell, R., Atkinson, N., Tablon, P. (2016). Acute Pain Coping in Childhood: Cognitive, Behavioural, and Parent-Child Factors: A Systematic Review. Pain Research & Management, Abstracts of the 2016 Annual Conference of the Canadian Pain Society.
Gennis, H., Campbell, L., Pillai Riddell, R., Greenberg, S., Garfield, H. (2015). Relationships between Child and Parent Preshool Immunization Anxiety. Pain Research & Management, Abstracts of the 2015 Annual Conference of the Canadian Pain Society, 20(3), e50.
Lisi, D., Campbell, L., Pillai Riddell, R., Garfield, H., & Greenberg, S. (2014). The relationships between parent pain management techniques and infant pain-related distress. Pain Research & Management, Abstracts of the 2014 Annual Conference of the Canadian Pain Society, 19(3), e85.
Lisi, D., Campbell, L., Pillai Riddell, R., Garfield, H., Greenberg, S., & Mithal, P. (2014). A longitudinal, descriptive examination of naturally occurring pain management techniques currently used in infant immunizations, Abstracts of the 2014 Annual Conference of the Canadian Pain Society, 19(3), e85.
Pillai Riddell, R., Campbell, L., Flora, D., Racine, N., Din Osmun, L, Garfield, H., Greenberg, S. (2012). The relationships between caregiver sensitivity and infant pain behaviors across the first year of life. Pain Research and Management. Abstracts of the 2012 Annual Conference of the Canadian Pain Society, 17(3), 185.
Pillai Riddell, R., Racine, N., Campbell, L. (2012). Infant acute pain: Current research evidence exploring the role of caregivers. Pain Research and Management. Abstracts of the 2012 Annual Conference of the Canadian Pain Society, 17(3), 219. Campbell, L., Racine, N., Pillai Riddell, R., Greenberg, S., Garfield, H. (2011). Emotional Availabilityand Infant Pain Responses: The role of different parenting scenarios in the immunization context.Pain Research and Management, Abstracts of the 2011 Annual Conference of the Canadian Pain Society, 16(2), 115.
Presentations:
Peer-Reviewed Oral Symposiums Pillai Riddell, R., Stevens, S., Campbell, L., Racine, N., Horton, R. Understanding the Development of Infant Pain Reactivity and Regulation: New Insights on Infant and Caregiver Factors (Accepted). The Society for Research in Child Development (April, 2013) Biennial Meeting, Seattle, Washington.
Pillai Riddell, R., Campbell, L., Racine, N. Managing Infant Pain: The dos and don’ts for health professional and parents (April, 2013). Expanding Horizons for the Early Years 2013: Promoting Mental Health from Conception and Beyond - An Infant Mental Health Promotion (IMP) Conference, Toronto, ON.
Pillai Riddell, R., Racine, N., Campbell, L. Infant acute pain: Current research evidence exploring the role of caregivers (2012, May). The Canadian Pain Society Annual Conference, Whistler, BC.
Pillai Riddell, R., Horton, R., Racine, N., Campbell, L. Caregiver Management of Infant Acute Pain-Related Distress: What Works and What Doesn’t. (2012, June) International Conference on Infant Studies, Minneapolis, MN. Pillai Riddell, R., Hillgrove Stuart, J., Campbell, L. The OUCH Cohort: Preliminary Data Regarding t he Development of Infant Pain Responses and the Impact of Parental Soothing. (2011, April). The Canadian Pain Society Annual Conference, Niagra Falls, ON.
Select Poster Presentations:
Campbell, L., Pillai Riddell, R., Atkinson, N., DiLorenzo, M. (2016, May). Children’s Coping with Needle-Related Procedures: A Systematic Review of Parent Factors. The Canadian Pain Society Annual Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Gennis, H., Campbell, L., Pillai Riddell, R., Greenberg, S., Garfield, H. (2015, May). Relationships between Child and Parent Preschool Immunization Anxiety. International Forum for Pediatric Pain, White Point, Nova Scotia.
Campbell, L., Gennis, H., Pillai Riddell, R., Greenberg, S., Garfield, H. (2015, October). The Contributions of Pre-needle Anxiety and Caregiver Sensitivity to Preschool Pain-related Distress. International Forum for Pediatric Pain, White Point, Nova Scotia.
Campbell, L., Gennis, H., Pillai Riddell, R., Greenberg, S., Garfield, H. (2015, October). Pre-needle Anxiety, Caregiver Sensitivity, and Preschool Pain-related Distress. Lillian Wright Maternal Child Learning Institute, Toronto, Ontario.
Campbell, L., Gennis, H., Pillai Riddell, R., Greenberg, S., Garfield, H. (2015, June). The Contributions of Pre-needle Anxiety and Caregiver Sensitivity to Preschool Pain-related Distress. International Symposium on Paediatric Pain, Seattle, Washington.
Gennis, H., Campbell, L., Pillai Riddell, R., Greenberg, S., Garfield, H. (2015, May). Relationships between Child and Parent Preschool Immunization Anxiety. The Canadian Pain Society Annual Conference, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
Campbell, L., Pillai Riddell, R., Greenberg, S., Garfield, H. (2014, June). The Relationships between Caregiver Proximal Soothing and Infant Pain. Canadian Psychological Association Annual Convention, Vancouver, BC.
Lisi, D., Campbell, L., Pillai Riddell, R., Garfield, H., Greenberg, S., & Mithal, P. (2014, May). A longitudinal, descriptive examination of naturally occurring pain management techniques currently used in infant immunizations.The Canadian Pain Society Annual Conference, Quebec City, QC.
Lisi, D., Campbell, L., Pillai Riddell, R., Garfield, H., & Greenberg, S. (2014, May). The relationships between parent pain management techniques and infant pain-related distress.The Canadian Pain Society Annual Conference, Quebec City, QC.
Campbell, L., Pillai Riddell, R., Greenberg, S., Garfield, H. (2013, September). Caregiver Proximal Soothing and Infant Pain. Lillian Wright Maternal Child Learning Institute, Toronto, Ontario.
Campbell, L., Pillai Riddell, R., Greenberg, S., Garfield, H. (2013, June). The Relationships between Caregiver Proximal Soothing and Infant Pain. International Symposium on Paediatric Pain, Stockholm, Sweden.
Campbell, L., Pillai Riddell, R., Greenberg, S., Garfield, H. (2013, April). Caregiver Proximal Soothing and Infant Distress Regulation at 12 Months: Does Mode of Proximal Soothing Make a Difference? The Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting, Seattle, Washington.
Campbell, L., Pillai Riddell, R., Racine, N., Din Osmun, L., Greenberg, S., Garfield, H. (2012, June). Exploring a Transactional Model of Caregiver Emotional Availability and Infant Pain-related Distress.International Conference on Infant Studies, Minneapolis, MN.
Campbell, L., Racine, N., Din Osmun, L., Pillai Riddell, R., Greenberg, S., Garfield, H. (2011, October). Predicting Caregiver Sensitivity to the Pained Infant: The Relative Contributions of I nfant and Caregiver Factors. International Forum on Pediatric Pain, Halifax, NS.
Campbell, L., Racine, N., Pillai Riddell, R., Greenberg, S., Garfield, H. (2011, June). Emotional Availability and Infant Pain Responses: The role of different parenting scenarios in the immunization context. The British Pain Society/Canadian Pain Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Edinburgh, Scotland. Campbell, L., Popliger, M., Talwar, V. (2011, June). White Lie-Telling in Children: The Role of Age and Cost-to-Self. Canadian Psychological Association Annual Convention, Toronto, ON. Campbell, L., Racine, N., Pillai Riddell, R., Greenberg, S., Garfield, H. (2011, April). Emotional Availability and Infant Pain Responses: The role of different parenting scenarios in the immunization context. The Canadian Pain Society Annual Conference, Niagra Falls, ON.
