Charles Jonassaint PhD, MHS

Dr. Charles Jonassaint is an associate professor of medicine and a practicing clinical health psychologist with an MHS in epidemiology. He has clinical expertise in chronic disease self-management and cognitive behavioral therapy interventions. He has had extensive experience working with health disparities populations, namely, with adolescents and adults living with sickle cell disease. He completed his graduate training at Duke University and went on to do a master's in epidemiology and a clinical research fellowship at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He currently has active funding through the NIMH, NHLBI, and the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute to lead a program of research focused on designing and testing evidence-based digital health interventions for pain and mental health among underserved populations.