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*Author Underlining indicates that I am the primary supervisor of the author and I am the SENIOR AUTHOR on the paper

*Authorship order follows APA style and indicates contribution order [supervisor after students who led project] 

Peer-Reviewed papers (2015-2021)

  1. Shiff, I., Greenberg, S., Garfield, H., Pillai Riddell, R. Trajectories of Distress Regulation During Preschool Vaccinations: Child and Caregiver Predictors Pain. (2021). Pain. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002399
  2. Weiss, J., Robinson, S., Pillai Riddell, R., and Flora D. (in press) Understanding stability and change in perceived social support in parents of autistic children and adolescents. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences.
  3. Pillai Riddell, R.R., Bucsea, O., & Shiff, I., Gennis, H., Badovinac, S., DiLorenzo, M., Racine, N., Ahola Kohut, S., Lisi, D. M., Turcotte, K., Stevens, B., & Uman, L. S. (2021; under final revision). Non-pharmacological management of infant and young child procedural pain- An Update. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
  4. Badovinac, S., Pillai Riddell, R., Deneault, A.A., Martin, J., Bureau, J.F., & O’Neill*, M. (2021, In Press) Associations between early childhood parent-child attachment and internalizing/ externalizing symptoms: A systematic review and narrative synthesis. Marriage and Family Review.
  5. O’Neill, M. Pillai Riddell, R.R., Bureau, J-F, Deneault, A-A., Garfield, H., & Greenberg, S. (in press) Longitudinal and concurrent relationships between caregiver-child behaviours in the vaccination context and preschool attachment.  Pain. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002091
  6. Jones, L., Laudano-Dray, P., Whitehead, K, Meek, J., Fitzgerald, M., *Fabrizi, L., &* Pillai Riddell., R (2020) The impact of parental contact upon cortical noxious-related activity in human neonates.  European Journal of Pain.  (*Shared Senior Author position; neuroscience publication convention) EDITOR’S CHOICE DISTINCTION https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.1656
  7. Shiff, I. , Bucsea, O. & Pillai Riddell, R. (in press) . Psychosocial and Neurobiological Vulnerabilities of the Hospitalized Preterm Infant and Relevant Non-Pharmacological Pain Mitigation Strategies. Marriage and Family Review.
  8. Waxman, J., DiLorenzo, M., Pillai Riddell, R., Flora, D., Schmidt L, et al. (2020). Investigating convergence of cardiac and behavioral indicators of distress during routine vaccinations over the second year of life. Developmental Psychobiology. doi: 10.1002/dev.22034
  9. Gennis, H. & Pillai Riddell, R. (2020) Opioid Exposure and Cognitive Development: Unpacking Clinical Relevance. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 45 (5), 486-487. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsaa025
  10. Laudano-Dray, M.P., Pillai Riddell, R., Jones, L., Iyer, R., Whitehead, K., Fitzgerald, M., Fabrizi, L., Meek, J. (2020). Quantification of neonatal procedural pain severity: A platform for estimating total pain burden in individual infants. Pain, 161 (6), 1270-1277. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001814
  11. Waxman J., DiLorenzo, M., Pillai Riddell, R., Flora, D. (2020). Convergence of behavioral and cardiac indicators of distress in toddlerhood: A systematic review and narrative synthesis. International Journal of Behavioral Development. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025420922618
  12. Waxman J., DiLorenzo, M., Pillai Riddell, R., Flora, D., Schmidt L, et al. (2020) An examination of the reciprocal and concurrent relationships between behavioural and cardiac indicators of acute pain in toddlerhood. Pain. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001840
  13. Gennis, H., Pillai Riddell, R.,Spiegel, R., Martin, J., & Connolly, J. (2019). Enhancing the student experience through exposure to university researchers: a quasi cluster-randomized controlled study. Innovations in Education and Teaching International. doi:10.1080/14703297.2019.1654401
  14. Bucsea, O, Pillai Riddell, R. (2019). Nociception and the newborn brain: non-pharmacological approaches to pain management. Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, 24 (4), 101017. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2019.05.009
  15. O’Neill, M., Ahola Kohut, S., Pillai Riddell, R., & Oster, H. (2019). Age related differences in the acute pain facial expression during infancy. European Journal of Pain, 23 (9), 1596-1607. doi: 10.1002/ejp.1436
  16. Mamedova, K., DiLorenzo, M., Pillai Riddell, R., & Flora D. (2019) Parental report of self and child worry during acute pain: a critical factor in determining parental pain judgment. Clinical Journal of Pain, 35 (8), 696-702. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000731
  17. Von Baeyer, C. Stevens, B., Craig, K., Finley, A., Johnston, C., Grunau, R., Chambers, C., Pillai Riddell, R., Stinson, J. & McGrath P. (2019). Pain in Child Health from 2002 to 2015: The Early Years of an International Research Training Initiative. Canadian Journal of Pain, 3(1), 1-17 https://doi.org/10.1080/24740527.2018.1562844
  18. Badovinac, S., Martin, J., Guérin-Marion, C., O’Neill, M., Pillai Riddell, R., Bureau, J-F., & Spiegel, R. (2018). Associations between mother-preschooler attachment and maternal depression symptoms: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS ONE, 13(10), e0204374. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204374
  19. Badovinac, S., Gennis, H., PillaiRiddell, R., Garfield, H., & Greenberg, S. (2018). Understanding the Relative Contributions of Sensitive and Insensitive Parent Behaviors on Infant Vaccination Pain. Children,5(6), 80. doi:10.3390/children5060080
  20. Di Lorenzo, M., Pillai Riddell, R., Flora, D., Craig, K. (2018). Infant Clinical Pain Assessment: Core Behavioural Cues.  Journal of Pain. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2018.03.016
  21. Gennis, H., Pillai Riddell R., O’Neill, M., Katz, J., Taddio, A. Garfield H. & Greenberg, S. (2018). Parental psychological distress moderates the impact of a video intervention to help parents manage young child vaccination pain. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 43(10),1170-1178. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsy058
  22. Racine, N., Gennis, H., Pillai Riddell, R., Greenberg, S., & Garfield, H. (2018). Distress responses in a routine vaccination context: Relationships to early child school readiness and mental health.   Children. 2018 Feb 21;5(2). pii: E29. doi: 10.3390/children5020029. 
  23. Pillai Riddell*. R., Gennis*, H., Tablon, P., Greenberg, S., & Garfield, H. (2018). Developing a measure of distress-promoting parent behaviours during infant vaccination: assessing reliability and validity. (*Shared first author). Canadian Journal of Pain. 2(1), 135-144. doi:10.1080/24740527.2018.1471325
  24. Pillai Riddell, R., O’Neill, M., Campbell, L., Taddio, A., Greenberg, S., Garfield, H (2018). The ABCD’s of Pain Management: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial for a Brief Educational Video for Parents of Young Children undergoing Vaccination. ​Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Volume 43, Issue 3, 1 April 2018, Pages 224–233. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsx122.  EDITOR’S CHOICE DISTINCTION 
  25. Mithal, P., Pillai Riddell, R. , et al.(2017) To look or not to look during vaccination: A pilot randomized trial. Canadian Journal of Pain,2(1), 1-8. doi:10.1080/24740527.2017.1412254 
  26. Campbell, L., Pillai Riddell, R., Cribbie, C., Garfield, H., Greenberg, S. Preschool children’s coping responses and outcomes in the vaccination context: child and caregiver transactional and longitudinal relationships. (2017). Pain, 159(2), 314-330. doi:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001092  EDITOR’S CHOICE DISTINCTION
  27. Taddio, A., Pillai Riddell, R., Ipp, M., Moss, S., Baker, S., Tolkin, J., Dave, M., Feerastra, S.,  Govan, P., Fletcher, E., Wong, H., McNair, C., Mithal., M., Stephens, D. (2017) A longitudinal randomized trial of the impact of consistent pain management for infant vaccinations on future vaccination distress. The Journal of Pain.doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2017.04.002.
  28. Waxman, J., DiLorenzo, M., Pillai Riddell, R., Flora, D, Greenberg S., Garfield H. (2017).  Preschool Needle Pain Responding: Establishing ‘Normal’.  Journal of Pain.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2017.01.010
  29. McNair, C. Fung, M.  Taddio, A., Ipp, M., Moss, S. Baker, S. Tolkin, J., Feersta, I., Govan., P, Pillai Riddell, R. (2017). Parent-led Interventions in Reducing Infant Vaccination Pain after Participation In a Longitudinal Randomized Control Trial. Pediatrics and Child Health. https://doi.org/10.1093/pch/pxx040
  30. Campbell, L. , Di Lorenzo, M., Pillai Riddell, R. (2017).  A Systematic Review of the Interrelationships among Children’s Coping Responses, Children’s Coping Outcomes, and Parent Cognitive-Affective, Behavioral, and Contextual Variables in the Needle-related Procedures Context.  Journal of Pediatric Psychology.doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsx054. 
  31. Gauthier L, Dworkin R. H, Warr D, Pillai Riddell R. R, Macpherson A, Rodin G, Zimmerman C, Librach, L. S, Moore M, Shepherd F, Melzack R, & Gagliese L.  (2017) Age-related patterns in cancer pain and its psychosocial impact: investigating the role of variability in physical and mental health quality of life. Pain Medicine.  doi: 10.1093/pm/pnx002.  
  32. Taddio, A., Pillai Riddell, R., Ipp, M., Moss, S., Baker, S., Tolkin, J., Dave, M., Feerastra, S.,  Govan, P., Fletcher, E., Wong, H., McNair, C., Mithal., M., Stephens, D. (2016).  A longitudinal randomized trial of the relative effectiveness of additive pain interventions during vaccination in infants. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 189 (6). E227-E234. doi:10.1503/cmaj.160542
  33. DiLorenzo, M., Pillai Riddell, R., Holstii, L. (2016).  Beyond Acute Pain: Understanding Pain that Persists in Infancy. Children, 3, 26 doi:10.3390/children3040026. 
  34. O’Neill, M., Pillai Riddell, R. R., Flora, D. Garfield, H, & Greenberg, S. (2016). Does Caregiver Behaviour Mediate the Relationship Between Cultural Individualism and Infant Pain at 12 Months of Age? Journal of Pain,17 (12):1273-1280. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2016.08.008. 
  35. Racine, N., Pillai Riddell, R, Flora, D., Taddio, A., Greenberg, S., and Garfield. H. (2016). Preschool Anticipatory Distress to Immunization Pain:  Understanding Development. Pain. Sep;157(9):1918-32. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000590.
  36. McMurtry C.M., Taddio A., Noel M., Antony M.M., Chambers C.T., Asmundson G.J.G., Pillai Riddell R., Shah V., MacDonald N.E., Rogers J., Bucci L.M., Mousmanis P., Lang E., Halperin S., Bowles S., Halpert C., Ipp M., Rieder M.J., Robson K., Uleryk E., Votta Bleeker E., Dubey V., Hanrahan A., Lockett D., Scott J. (2016). Exposure-based interventions for the management of individuals with high levels of needle fear across the lifespan: A clinical practice guideline and call for further research. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.  May 3: 45 (3) 217-235. doi: 10.1080/16506073.2016.1157204.
  37. Horton, R., Lisi, D. L., Pillai Riddell, R.R., (2016). Do Infant and Caregiver Behaviours during Immunization Predict Attachment: An Exploratory Study. Attachment and Human Development 18(1): 90-99. doi: 10.1080/14616734.2015.1115113.
  38. Waxman, J., Pillai Riddell, R. R., Pinhasov, A., Schmidt, L. A., Tablon, P. (2016). Development of cardiovascular indices of acute pain responding in infants: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Pain Research and Management,2016, 1-15. doi:10.1155/2016/8458696
  39. Racine, N., Pillai Riddell, R., Taddio, A.  Khan, M., Calic, M., Tablon, P. (2016). Systematic review: predisposing, precipitating, perpetuating, and present factors predicting anticipatory distress to painful medical procedures in children. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 41(2), 159-181. doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsv076 *MOST CITED PAPER 2016 AWARD
  40. Pillai Riddell, R. R., Racine, N. R., Gennis, H. G., Turcotte, K., Uman, L., Horton, R., Ahola Kohut, S., Din Osmun, L., Hillgrove Stuart, J.,Stevens, B. J., & Gerwitz Stein, A. (2015). Non-pharmacological management of infant and young child procedural pain- An Update. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2015, Art. No.: CD006275. Doi:10.1002/14651858.CD006275.pub3
  41. Hillgrove-Stuart, J., Pillai Riddell, R., Flora, D., Greenberg, S., & Garfield, H. (2015). Caregiver soothing behaviours after immunization and subsequent infant attachment style: A longitudinal analysis. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 36(9), 681-689. Doi:10.1097/DBP.0000000000000220
  42. Taddio, A., Shah, V., McMurtry, C. M., MacDonald, N. E., Ipp, M., Pillai Riddell, R., Noel, M., Chambers, C. T., & HELPinKids&Adults Team. (2015). Procedural and physical interventions for vaccine injections: systematic review of randomized controlled trials and quasi-randomized controlled trials. Clinical Journal of Pain 187(13): 975–982. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.150391
  43. Pillai Riddell, R., Taddio, A., McMurtry, C. M., Chambers, C. T., Shah, V., Noel, M., & HELPinKIDS&Adults Team. (2015). Psychological Interventions for vaccine injections in young children 0 to 3 years: Systematic review of randomized controlled trials and quasi-randomized controlled trials. Clinical Journal of Pain, (10 Suppl):S64-71. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000279.
  44. Birnie, K. A., Chambers, C. T., Taddio, A., McMurtry, C. M., Noel, M., Pillai Riddell, R., Shah, V., & HELPinKids&Adults. (2015). Psychological interventions for vaccine injections in children and adolescents: Systematic review of randomized and quasi-randomized controlled trials. Clinical Journal of Pain. (10 Suppl):S72-89. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000265
  45. Boerner, K. E., Birnie, K. A., Chambers, C. T., Taddio, A., McMurtry, C. M., Noel, M., Shah, V., Pillai Riddell, R., & HELPinKIDS&Adults Team. (2015). Simple psychological interventions for reducing pain from common needle procedures in adults: Systematic review of randomized and quasi-randomized controlled trials. Clinical Journal of Pain. (10 Suppl):S90-8. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000270.
  46. McMurtry, C. M., Noel, M., Taddio, A., Chambers, C. T., Pillai Riddell, R., Shah, V., & HELPinKids&Adults. (2015). Interventions for individuals with high levels of needle fear: Systematic review of randomized controlled trials and quasi randomized controlled trials. Clinical Journal of Pain. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ajp.0000000000000273
  47. Shah, V., Taddio, A., McMurtry, M., Halperin, S. A., Noel, M., Pillai Riddell, R., Chambers, C. T., & HELPinKids&Adults. (2015). Pharmacological and combined interventions to reduce vaccine injection pain in children and adults: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Journal of Pain,31, S38-S63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ajp.0000000000000281
  48. Pillai Riddell, R., Taddio, A., McMurtry, C. M., Shah, V., Noel, M., Chambers, C. T., & HELPinKids&Adults. (2015). Process interventions for vaccine injections: Systematic review of randomized controlled trials and quasi-randomized controlled trials. Clinical Journal of Pain.31, S99-S108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ajp.0000000000000280
  49. Taddio, A., McMurtry, C. M., Shah, V., Yoon, E., Uleryk, E., Pillai Riddell, R., Lang, E., Noel, M., Chamber, C. T., Noel, M., MacDonald, N. E., & HELPinKids&Adults. (2015). Methodology for knowledge synthesis of the management of vaccination pain and needle fear. Clinical Journal of Pain, (10 Suppl):S12-9. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000263.
  50. McMurtry, C. M., Pillai Riddell, R., Taddio, A., Racine, N., Asmundson, G. J. G., Noel, M., Chambers, C. T., Shah, V., & HELPinKids&Adults Team. (2015). Far from “just a poke”: common painful needle procedures and the development of needle fear. Clinical Journal of Pain.31, S3-S11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ajp.0000000000000272
  51. Noel, M., Taddio, A., McMurtry, C. M., Chambers, C. T., Pillai Riddell, R., Shah, V., & HELPinKids&Adults. (2015). HELPinKids&Adults knowledge synthesis of the management of vaccination pain and high levels of needle fear: limitations of the evidence and recommendations for future research. Clinical Journal of Pain. (10 Suppl):S124-31. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000266.
  52. Taddio, A., McMurtry, C. M., Shah, V., Pillai Riddell, R., Chambers, C. T., Noel, M., & HELPinKids&Adults. (2015). Clinical practice guideline (summary) for reducing pain during vaccination injections. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 187(13). 975-982.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.150391
  53. Atkinson, N., Gennis, H., Racine, N. & Pillai Riddell, R. (2015). Caregiver emotional availability, caregiver soothing behaviours, and infant pain during infant immunization. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 40(10), 1105-1114. doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsv067
  54. Gibbins, S., Stevens, B., Dionne, K., Pillai Riddell, R., Yamada, J., McGrath, P.J., Asztalos, L.,  McNamara, P.,  O’Brien, K., Beyene, J, & Johnston, C. (2015). Perceptions of Health Professionals on Pain in Extremely Low Gestational Age (ELGA) Infants. Qualitative Health Research, 1-12. DOI: 10.1177/1049732315580105
  55. Horton, R., Pillai Riddell, R. R., Flora, D., Moran, G., & Pederson, D. (2015). Distress regulation in infancy: Attachment and temperament in the context of acute pain. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 36(1), 35-44. doi: 10.1097DBP.0000000000000119.
  56. Taddio, A., Vibhuti, S., Wang, J., Parikh, C., Smart, S., Ipp, M., Pillai Riddell, R., & Franck, L. S. (2015). Usability and knowledge testing of educational tools about infant vaccination pain management directed to postnatal nurses. BMC Medical Education 2015, 15,45  doi:10.1186/s12909-015-0305-6