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Christopher France, Ph.D.,
Professor in the Department of Psychology
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 Dr. France is a professor of clinical psychology. He received his doctorate from
McGill University and has more than 20 years of experience in the assessment of
individual differences in healthy participants’ response to laboratory pain
stimuli and in acute, recurrent, and chronic pain conditions such as osteoarthritis, back
pain, fibromyalgia, and headache. Over the past decade he has served as principal
investigator on two R01 grants from the National Institutes of Health, as well as
grants from the American Heart Association, and others totaling more than $3 million. He
is serving as principal co-investigator or co-investigator on numerous other National
Institutes of Health grants totaling another $3 million. He is the current
editor-in-chief of Annals of Behavioral Medicine, and has received numerous honors
and awards including the Ohio University Presidential Research Scholar Award
(2001-2005) and a Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contributions to
Psychophysiology (1998). He has published more than 125 scholarly articles. His
Psychophysiology and Chronic Pain Laboratory is currently investigating whether pain
perception is a potential biomarker for hypertension. Additionally, Dr. France’s
research focuses on pain-related fear, such as that associated with pain catastrophizing
and kinesiophobia (the fear that physical activity will exacerbate pain or prompt
reinjury). Specifically, his work investigates how pain-related fear relates
to physical disability and the development and maintenance of chronic pain conditions.
Lastly, Dr. France also conducts outstanding research in the area of blood donation. His
ultimate aim is to eliminate discomfort when donating blood in order to sustain an
adequate blood supply for individuals in need of blood products.
To view his publications please link to
PubMed.
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