SELECTED PUBLICATIONS.
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Vulvodynia/Chronic Vulvar Pain
Pain Characteristics
An Online Cross-Sectional Comparison of Women With Symptoms of Persistent Genital Arousal, Painful Persistent Genital Arousal, and Chronic Vulvar Pain (2018) [ABSTRACT]
Provoked vestibulodynia: Diagnosis, self-reported pain, and presentation during gynecological examinations (2017) [ABSTRACT]
Self-Reported Neuropathic Pain Characteristics of Women With Provoked Vulvar Pain: A Preliminary Investigation (2017) [ABSTRACT]
Provoked Vestibulodynia: Does Pain Intensity Correlate With Sexual Dysfunction and Dissatisfaction? (2016) [ABSTRACT]
Women in “Sexual” Pain: Exploring the Manifestations of Vulvodynia (2015) [ABSTRACT]
Sexual and Relationship Satisfaction and Vestibular Pain Sensitivity among Women with Provoked Vestibulodynia (2013) [ABSTRACT]
Diffuse Noxious Inhibitory Control Function in Women with Provoked Vestibulodynia (2012) [ABSTRACT]
Pain ratings, Sensory Thresholds, and Psychosocial Functioning in Women with Provoked Vestibulodynia (2009) [ABSTRACT]
Pain, Psychosocial, Seual, and Psychophysical Characteristics of Women with Primary vs. Secondary Provoked Vestibulodynia (2009) [ABSTRACT]
Umbilical Hypersensitivity in Women with Primary Vestibulodynia (2008) [ABSTRACT]
The vulvalgesiometer as a device to measure genital pressure-pain threshold (2007) [ABSTRACT]
Tender Point Examination in Women With Vulvar Vestibulitis Syndrome (2006) [ABSTRACT]
Vestibular tactile and pain thresholds in women with vulvar vestibulitis syndrome (2002) [ABSTRACT]
Guidelines/Recommendations
Development of a core outcome set for treatment studies for provoked vestibulodynia (2024) [ABSTRACT]
Recommendations for the Study of Vulvar Pain in Women, Part 2: Methodological Challenges (2020) [ABSTRACT]
Recommendations for the Study of Vulvar Pain in Women, Part 1: Review of Assessment Tools (2020) [ABSTRACT]
Descriptors of vulvodynia: A multi-societal consensus (International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease) (2019) [ABSTRACT]
Recommendations for Self-Report Outcome Measures in Vulvodynia Clinical Trials (2017) [ABSTRACT]
Vulvodynia: Assessment and Treatment (2016) [ABSTRACT]
2015 ISSVD, ISSWSH, and IPPS Consensus Terminology and Classification of Persistent Vulvar Pain and Vulvodynia (2016) [ABSTRACT]
Primary and Secondary Provoked Vestibulodynia: A Review of Overlapping and Distinct Factors (2016) [ABSTRACT]
Women’s Sexual Pain Disorders (2010) [ABSTRACT]
Brain Imaging
Distinct neural signaling characteristics between fibromyalgia and provoked vestibulodynia revealed by means of functional magnetic resonance imaging in the brainstem and spinal cord (2023) [ABSTRACT]
An Investigation of Descending Pain Modulation in Women with Provoked Vestibulodynia: Alterations of Brain Connectivity (2021) [ABSTRACT]
Exploring the neural correlates of touch and pain in women with provoked vestibulodynia (2020) [ABSTRACT]
Cognitive, Psychophysical, and Neural Correlates of Vulvar Pain in Primary and Secondary Provoked Vestibulodynia: A Pilot Study (2015) [ABSTRACT]
Increased gray matter density in young women with chronic vulvar pain (2008) [ABSTRACT]
Neural correlates of painful genital touch in women with vulvar vestibulitis syndrome (2005) [ABSTRACT]
Reviews
Non-Medical, Medical, and Surgical Approaches for the Treatment of Provoked Vestibulodynia (2016) [ABSTRACT]
Vulvodynia: Definition, Prevalence, Impact, and Pathophysiological Factors (2016) [ABSTRACT]
New Developments in the Pathophysiology of Genital Pain: Role of Central Sensitization (2014) [ABSTRACT]
A Systematic Review of Relationship Adjustment and Sexual Satisfaction among Women with Provoked Vestibulodynia (2011) [ABSTRACT]
Current perspectives in vulvodynia (2009) [ABSTRACT]
Vulvodynia: A review of pathophysiological factors and treatment options (2008) [ABSTRACT]
Pelvic Floor Imaging
Pelvic floor muscle activation amplitude at rest, during voluntary contraction, and during Valsava maneuver – A comparison between those with and without provoked vestibulodynia (2025) [ABSTRACT]
Relationships Between 3-Dimensional Transperineal Ultrasound Imaging and Digital Intravaginal Palpation Assessments of the Pelvic Floor Muscles in Women With and Without Provoked Vestibulodynia (2018) [ABSTRACT]
Differences in pelvic morphometry between women with and without provoked vestibulodynia: A case-control study (2016) [ABSTRACT]
Differences in the Biometry of the Levator Hiatus at Rest, During Contraction, and During Valsava Maneuver Between Women With and Without Provoked Vestibulodynia Assessed by Transperineal Ultrasound Imaging (2016) [ABSTRACT]
Sexual Wellbeing
Pleasure despite pain: Associations between experiences of vulvar pleasure, pain, and sexual function in patients with chronic vulvar pain conditions (2024) [ABSTRACT]
Moderators of the Relationship Between Pain and Pain-Related Sexual Disability in Women with Provoked Vestibulodynia Symptoms (2022) [ABSTRACT]
Provoked Vestibulodynia: A Comparative Examination of Mental Health, Sleep, Sexual Functioning, and Relationship Adjustment (2017) [ABSTRACT]
Provoked Vestibulodynia: Does Pain Intensity Correlate With Sexual Dysfunction and Dissatisfaction? (2016) [ABSTRACT]
Sexual Function, Relationship Adjustment, and the Relational Impact of Pain in Male Partners of Women with Provoked Vulvar Pain (2014) [ABSTRACT]
Sexual and Relationship Satisfaction and Vestibular Pain Sensitivity among Women with Provoked Vestibulodynia (2013) [ABSTRACT]
Pain ratings, Sensory Thresholds, and Psychosocial Functioning in Women with Provoked Vestibulodynia (2009) [ABSTRACT]
Pain, Psychosocial, Sexual, and Psychophysical Characteristics of Women with Primary vs. Secondary Provoked Vestibulodynia (2009) [ABSTRACT]
Effects of Sexual Arousal on Genital and Non-Genital Sensation: A Comparison of Women with Vulvar Vestibulitis Syndrome and Healthy Controls (2007) [ABSTRACT]
Relationship Wellbeing
Communication Patterns in Women with Provoked Vestibulodynia and their Patterns (2019) [ABSTRACT]
Differential Associations of Communication and Love in Heterosexual, Lesbian, and Bisexual Women’s Perceptions and Experiences of Chronic Vulvar and Pelvic Pain (2014) [ABSTRACT]
Sexual Function, Relationship Adjustment, and the Relational Impact of Pain in Male Partners of Women with Provoked Vulvar Pain (2014) [ABSTRACT]
A Systematic Review of Relationship Adjustment and Sexual Satisfaction among Women with Provoked Vestibulodynia (2011) [ABSTRACT]
Device Development/Validation
The vulvalgesiometer as a device to measure genital pressure-pain threshold (2007) [ABSTRACT]
A New Instrument for Pain Assessment in Vulvar Vestibulitis Syndrome (2004) [ABSTRACT]
Pain Measurement in Vulvodynia (2003) [ABSTRACT]
Questionnaire Development/Validation
The Clinical Utility of the Vulvar Pain Assessment Questionnaire: A Pilot Study (2019) [ABSTRACT]
The Vulvar Pain Assessment Questionnaire: Factor Structure, Preliminary Norms, Internal Consitency, and Test-Restest Reliability (2017) [ABSTRACT]
The Vulvar Pain Assessment Questionnaire Inventory (2016) [ABSTRACT]
Intervention
Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy and Physical Therapy for Provoked Vestibulodynia: A Randomized Pilot Study (2016) [ABSTRACT]
A Prospective Study of Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy: Pain and Psychosexual Outcomes in Provoked Vestubuldoynia (2009) [ABSTRACT]
Effectiveness of Hypnosis for the Treatment of Vulvar Vestibulitis Syndrome: A Preliminary Investigation (2007) [ABSTRACT]
Blood Flow Imaging
Sexual Arousal in Women with Provoked Vestibulodynia: The Application of Laser Doppler Imaging to Sexual Pain (2012) [ABSTRACT]
The Relationship between Female Sexual Arousal and Response Bias in Women with and without Provoked Vestibulodynia (2012) [ABSTRACT]
Healthcare
Vulvodynia attitudes in a sample of Canadian post-graduate medical trainees (2017) [ABSTRACT]
Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder
Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder/Genitopelvic Dysesthesia (2024) [ABSTRACT]
Interpersonal Experience with Persistent Genital Arousal: Connections between Symptoms Disclosure, Partner Responses, and Catastrophizing on Relationship Adjustment and Symptom Severity (2023) [ABSTRACT]
Predictors of Psychosocial and Functional Outcomes in Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder/Genito-Pelvic Dysesthesia: Application of the Fear Avoidance Model (2023) [ABSTRACT]
Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder/Genitopelvic Dysthesia: Review of the Current State of the Treatment Literature and Future Directions in Treatment (2023) [ABSTRACT]
Examining the Psychometric Properties of the HBI-19 Scale in a Sample of Women with Persistent Genital Arousal Symptoms (2023) [ABSTRACT]
#PGADFacts: Results from a 12-month knowledge translation campaign on persistent genital arousal disorder/genito-pelvic dysesthesia (PGAD/GPD) (2022) [ABSTRACT]
Persistent Genital Arousal in Relationships: A Comparison of Relationship, Sexual, and Psychological Well-Being (2021) [ABSTRACT]
Healthcare Experiences of Individuals With Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder/Genito-Pelvic Dysesthesia (2021) [ABSTRACT]
International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health Review of Epidemiology and Pathophysiology, a Consensus Nomenclature and Process of Care for the Management of Persistent Genital Arousal (2021) [ABSTRACT]
Online Pelvic Floor Group Education Program for Women With Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder/Genito-Pelvic Dysesthesia: Descriptive Feasibility Study (2021) [ABSTRACT]
Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder (2021) [ABSTRACT] ***MUST ADD!!!
Prevalence of Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder in two North American Samples (2020) [ABSTRACT]
Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder: a Biopsychosocial Framework (2020) [ABSTRACT]
A Comparison of Medical Comorbidities, Psychosocial, and Sexual Well-being in an Online Cross-Sectional Sample of Women Experiencing Persistent Genital Arousal Symptoms and a Control Group (2020) [ABSTRACT]
Genital Sensations in Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder: A Case of Overarching Nosology of Genitopelvic Dysesthesias (2019) [ABSTRACT]
An Online Cross-Sectional Comparison of Women With Symptoms of Persistent Genital Arousal, Painful Persistent Genital Arousal, and Chronic Vulvar Pain (2018) [ABSTRACT]
Symptom Characteristics and Medical History of an Online Sample of Women Who Experience Symptoms of Persistent Genital Arousal (2017) [ABSTRACT]
Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder: A Review of Its Conceptualizations, Potential Origins, Impact, and Treatment (2016) [ABSTRACT]
Other Forms of Genitopelvic Pain/Dyspareunia
An Investigation of Associations between Pain Catastrophizing and Pain Disability in a Diverse Sample of Persons with Endometriosis (2024) [ABSTRACT]
“Blue balls” and sexual coercion: a survey study of genitopelvic pain after sexual arousal without orgasm and its implications for sexual advances (2023) [ABSTRACT]
Pain characteristics, sexual script flexibility, and penetration control cognitions in those experience anodyspareunia (2023) [ABSTRACT]
Comparing Self-Reported Pain During intercourse and Pain During a Standardized Gynecological Exam at 12- and 24-Month Postpartum (2022) [ABSTRACT]
Trajectories of Dyspareunia From Pregnancy to 24 Months Postpartum (2022) [ABSTRACT]
Investigation of the Relationships among Self-Efficacy, Stress, and Dyspareunia during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022) [ABSTRACT]
Trajectories of Dyspareunia From Pregnancy to 24 Months Postpartum (2022) [ABSTRACT]
Efficacy and Safety of Drug Combinations for Chronic Pelvic Pain: Protocol for a Systematic Review (2021) [ABSTRACT]
Persistent Genitopelvic Pain: Classification, Comorbidities, Chronicity, and Interpersonal Factors (2020) [ABSTRACT]
Comparing the Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Repercussions of Postpartum Genito-Pelvic Pain and Dyspareunia (2016) [ABSTRACT]
Pelvic Examination Experiences in Women With and Without Chronic Pain During Intercourse (2014) [ABSTRACT]
To Lube or Not to Lube: Experiences and Perceptions of Lubricant Use in Women With and Without Dyspareunia (2012) [ABSTRACT]
Vaginismus: A True Disorder? (2010) [ABSTRACT]
The Female Sexual Pain Disorders: Genital Pain or Sexual Dysfunction (2002) [ABSTRACT]
New Clinical and Research Perspectives on the Sexual Pain Disorders (2000) [ABSTRACT]
LGBTQ+
Social support among gender diverse people: Are we measuring what we think we are? (2024) [ABSTRACT]
Measuring Sexual Function in Gender Minority Individuals: A Critical Review (2024) [ABSTRACT]
Looks, personality, and everything in between: Understanding sexually attractive characteristics among cisgender and gender diverse individuals (2024) [ABSTRACT]
Where Does the “B” Belong?: Anti-Bisexual Experiences, Self-Stigma, and Bisexual Individuals’ Sense of Belonging (2022) [ABSTRACT]
Transgender-specific factors related to healthcare professional students’ engagement in affirmative practice with LGBTQ+ clients (2021) [ABSTRACT]
Sex After Prostate Cancer in Gay and Bisexual Men: A Review of the Literature (2020) [ABSTRACT]
Sexual problems and sexual scripts: overview and future directions for bisexual-identified individuals (2018) [ABSTRACT]
Support processes in same- and mixed-sex relationships: Type and source matters (2018) [ABSTRACT]
Not All Orgasms Were Created Equal: Differences in Frequency and Satisfaction of Orgasm Experiences by Sexual Activity in Same-Sex versus Mixed-Sex Relationships (2017) [ABSTRACT]
Family matters, but sometimes chosen family matters more: Perceived social network influence in the dating decisions of same- and mixed-sex couples (2015) [ABSTRACT]
Differential Associations of Communication and Love in Heterosexual, Lesbian, and Bisexual Women’s Perceptions and Experiences of Chronic Vulvar and Pelvic Pain (2014) [ABSTRACT]
Can less be more? Comparing duration vs. frequency of sexual encounters in same-sex and mixed-sex relationships (2014) [ABSTRACT]
Somewhere under the rainbow: Exploring identities and experiences of trans persons (2014) [ABSTRACT]
Sexual Psychophysiology/Blood Flow Imaging
Validation of Laser Doppler flowmetry for the continuous measurement of women’s genital response (2022) [ABSTRACT]
Concurrent measurement of genital lubrication and blood flow during sexual arousal (2019) [ABSTRACT]
Laser Doppler Imaging as a Measure of Female Sexual Arousal: Further Validation and Methodological Considerations (2019) [ABSTRACT]
Concurrent Assessment of Penile Blood Flow and Circumference as Indicators of Male Sexual Arousal (2018) [ABSTRACT]
Effects of Genital Response Measurement Device and Stimulus Characteristics on Sexual Concordance in Women (2017) [ABSTRACT]
Sexual Arousal in Women with Provoked Vestibulodynia: The Application of Laser Doppler Imaging to Sexual Pain (2012) [ABSTRACT]
The Relationship between Female Sexual Arousal and Response Bias in Women with and without Provoked Vestibulodynia (2012) [ABSTRACT]
Sexual Arousal in Women with Provoked Vestibulodynia: The Application of Laser Doppler Imaging to Sexual Pain (2012) [ABSTRACT]
Laser Doppler Imaging of Genital Blood Flow: A Direct Measure of Female Sexual Arousal (2009) [ABSTRACT]
Sexual Flexibility, Relationships, and Communication
“It happens to everyone” vs. “You’re not a real man”: The relationship between intimate communication and men’s sexual difficulties (2024) [ABSTRACT]
A Prospective, Longitudinal Comparison of Sexual Distress Across Relationship Status During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2024) [ABSTRACT]
Sexual script flexibility after a prostate cancer diagnosis: Implications for sexual satisfaction (2022) [ABSTRACT]
An Investigation of Sexual and Relationship Adjustment During COVID-19 (2022) [ABSTRACT]
The SexFlex Scale: A Measure of Sexual Script Flexibility When Approaching Sexual Problems in a Relationship (2017) [ABSTRACT]
Go Long! Predictors of Positive Relationship Outcomes in Long-Distance Dating Relationships (2015) [ABSTRACT]
Sexual and Relationship Functioning in Men with Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome and Their Partners (2007) [ABSTRACT]
Predictors of Sexual and Relationship Functioning in Couples with Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (2007) [ABSTRACT]
Pregnancy/Postpartum
Trajectories of Dyspareunia From Pregnancy to 24 Months Postpartum (2022) [ABSTRACT]
Comparing Self-Reported Pain During intercourse and Pain During a Standardized Gynecological Exam at 12- and 24-Month Postpartum (2022) [ABSTRACT]
Is Mode of Delivery Associated With Sexual Response? A Pilot Study of Genital and Subjective Sexual Arousal in Primiparous Women With Vaginal or Cesarean Section Births (2019) [ABSTRACT]
Clinical profile of persistent genito-pelvic postpartum pain (2017) [ABSTRACT]
Perceptions of the effects of childbirth on sexuality among nulliparous individuals (2017) [ABSTRACT]
For new mothers, the relationship matters: Relationship characteristics and postpartum sexuality (2016) [ABSTRACT]
Comparing the Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Repercussions of Postpartum Genito-Pelvic Pain and Dyspareunia (2016) [ABSTRACT]
Circumcision
Are you in pain if you say you are not? Accounts of pain in Somali-Canadian women with female genital cutting (2020) [ABSTRACT]
Attitude Toward One’s Circumcision Status Is More Important than Actual Circumcision Status for Men’s Body Image and Sexual Functioning (2017) [ABSTRACT]
Examining Penile Sensitivity in Neonatally Circumcised and intact Men Using Quantitative Sensory Testing (2016) [ABSTRACT]
Response to: The Literature Supports Policies Promoting Neonatal Male Circumcision in N. America (2015) [ABSTRACT]
You either have it or you don’t: The impact of male circumcision status of sexual partners (2015) [ABSTRACT]
A Review of the Current State of the Male Circumcision Literature (2014) [ABSTRACT]
Sexual Wellbeing
The contribution of the cervix to sexual response: an online survey study (2023) [ABSTRACT]
Diagnostic criteria for enduring sexual dysfunction after treatment with antidepressants, finasteride and isotretinoin (2021) [ABSTRACT]
Resilience and Sexuality After Concussion in Women (2021) [ABSTRACT]
Picking up good vibrations: Discrepant vibrator use, sexual functioning, and sexual well-being in women with male partners (2019) [ABSTRACT]
Sexual Function, Relationship Adjustment, and the Relational Impact of Pain in Male Partners of Women with Provoked Vulvar Pain (2014) [ABSTRACT]
Brain and Spinal Cord Imaging Studies (fibromyalgia, pain-free participants)
Evidence of a persistent altered neural state in people with fibromyalgia syndrome during functional MRI studies and its relationship with pain and anxiety (2025) [ABSTRACT]
Pain processing in the human brainstem and spinal cord before, during, and after the application of noxious heat stimuli (2018) [ABSTRACT]
Continuous descending modulation of the spinal cord revealed by functional MRI (2016) [ABSTRACT]
fMRI of spinal and supra-spinal correlates of temporal pain summation in fibromyalgia patients (2016) [ABSTRACT]
Neural correlates of temporal summation of second pain in the human brainstem and spinal cord (2015) [ABSTRACT]
Healthcare
“Don’t Give Up, Advocate for Yourself”: A Pilot Study Examining Healthcare Experiences of People with Mayer Rokitansky Küster Hauser Syndrome (2025) [ABSTRACT]
Sexual health-related training of Canadian midwives and its association with practice outcome (2020) [ABSTRACT]
Are Ontario Midwives Prepared to Respond to Their Clients’ Sexual Concerns? A Survey of Attitudes, Perceived Training, Knowledge and Comfort (2018) [ABSTRACT]
Vulvodynia attitudes in a sample of Canadian post-graduate medical trainees (2017) [ABSTRACT]
“Just Relax”: Physicians’ Experiences with Women Who Are Difficult or Impossible to Examine Gynecologically (2009) [ABSTRACT]
Sex Research Participation
Effects of Individual Difference Variables, Gender, and Exclusivity of Sexual Attraction on Volunteer Bias in Sexuality Research (2019) [ABSTRACT]
Exploring Comfort Levels and the Role of Compensation in Sexual Psychophysiology Study Participation (2019) [ABSTRACT]
Sexuality and personality correlates of willingness to participate in sex research (2019) [ABSTRACT]
Mayer Rokitansky Küster Hauser Syndrome
“Don’t Give Up, Advocate for Yourself”: A Pilot Study Examining Healthcare Experiences of People with Mayer Rokitansky Küster Hauser Syndrome (2025) [ABSTRACT]