Dr. Jennifer Kawi obtained her Bachelor’s degree from the School of Nursing, Saint Louis University, Baguio City, Philippines, her Master’s degree from the School of Nursing, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, and her PhD degree from the College of Nursing, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado. Her clinical expertise in pain management, having practiced as a board-certified family nurse practitioner, formed the foundation for her scientific inquiry. Her program of research is focused on chronic pain and various biobehavioral socioeconomic factors influencing pain, including self-management, pain care disparities, opioid use, and pain interventions involving digital health care, and integrative medicine, specifically auricular point acupressure. She has received funding from NIH and other external funding sources as a primary investigator.