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*All publications from 2022 and beyond are in Biomedical style (senior, corresponding author in last authorship project). Authorship order began to transition in 2019/2021 to Biomedical style from APA style [senior and corresponding author after their own students who led project]).

Peer-Reviewed papers (2021-2026)

  1. Di Pierdomenico, K., Bucsea, O., Hashemi, H., Leguia, A., Lovegrove, A., Cribbie, R., & Pillai Riddell, R. (in press). Universal digital mental health interventions for children and youth: A systematic review and meta-analysis. npj Digital Medicine.
  2. Hashemi, H., Cohen, E., Garvey, N., Leguia, A., Johannsson, L., Bacchini, F., Cheng, C., Shah,V., & Pillai Riddell, R. (2025). Understanding Maternal Perspectives of Skin-to-Skin Contact for the Management of Acute Pain in Very and Extremely Preterm Infants. PAIN. doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003885
  3. Di Pierdomenico, K., Bucsea, O., Hashemi, H., Leguia, A., Lovegrove, A., Cribbie, R., & Pillai Riddell, R. (2025). Universal digital mental health interventions for children and youth: A scoping review. Frontiers in Digital Health – Digital Mental Health, 7, 1665975. doi: 10.3389/fdgth.2025.1665975
  4. Badovinac, S., Flora, D, Edgell, H., Flanders, D., Garfield, H., Weinberg, E., Savlov, D., & Pillai Riddell, R. (2025). Caregivers' physiological responses during toddler vaccinations: Associations with psychological and behavioural responses. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 50(4), 307–316. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsae095
  5. Hamwi, L., Du,.H., Jasim, S., Wang, S., Shah, V., Cheng, C., Fabrizi, L., Fitzgerald, M., Meek, J., Racine, N., Stedman, I., Pillai Riddell, R. (2025).  Machine learning classification of EEG responses to pain versus non-pain related stimuli in preterm infants. Pain Reports, 10(5), e1332. doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/pr9.0000000000001332
  6. Jasim, S., Flora, D., Flanders, D., Weinberg, E., Savlov, D., Garfield, H., & Pillai Riddell, R. (2025). Cardiac and behavioural trends in toddler pain distress responses across early development. Scientific reports, 15(1), 22015. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-05421-2
  7. Adu, M., Banire,B.,  Dockrill,M.,  Ilie, A., , Lappin,E.,  McGrath,P.J.,  Munro, S., Myers, K., Obuobi-Donkor, G.,  Orji, R.,  Pillai Riddell, R., Wozney, L.,  & Yisa,V. (2024).  Centering equity, diversity, and inclusion in youth digital mental health: Findings from a research, policy, and practice knowledge exchange workshop.  Frontiers in Digital Health-Digital Mental Health, 6, 1449129. doi: 10.3389/fdgth.2024.1449129 
  8. Racine, N. Barriau, S., Deneault, A., Kempme, S., Madigan, S., Lovegrove, A., Dimit, G., Pillai Riddell, R. (2024). A randomized waitlist control trial of the Make the Connection® online program for caregivers of infants and young children: Study Protocol. Digital Health,10:20552076231221053. doi: 10.1177/20552076231221053. 
  9. Racine, N., Chow, C., Hamwi, L.  Bucsea, O., Cheng, C., Du., H., Fabrizi, L., Fitzgerald M., Meek., J. Mistry, N., Shah, V., Stedman, I., & Pillai Riddell, R. (2024). Healthcare Professionals and Parent Perspectives on the Use of Artificial Intelligence for Pain Monitoring in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Multi-Site Qualitative Study.  Journal of Medical Internet Research. 3:e51535 
    doi: 10.2196/51535  
  10. Bucsea, O., Rupawala, M., Shiff, I., Wang, X., Meek J., Fitzgerald, M., Fabrizi L., Pillai Riddell, R., & Jones, L. (2023). Clinical thresholds in pain-related facial activity linked to differences in cortical network activation in neonates (shared first author [Bucsea and Rupawala] and shared last author [Pillai Riddell and Jones]). Pain, 164(5), 1039-1050. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002798  
  11. Pillai Riddell, R., Bucsea, O., Shiff, I., Chow, C., Gennis, H., Badovinac, S., DiLorenzo, M., Racine, N., Ahola Kohut, S., Lisi, D., Turcotte, K., Stevens, B., & Uman, L. (2023). Non-pharmacological management of infant and young child procedural pain. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 6, 1465-1858. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006275.pub4 
  12. Badovinac, S., Flora, D, Edgell, H., & Pillai Riddell, R. (2023). A measure of caregivers’ distress-promoting behaviours during toddler vaccination:  Validation of the OUCHIE-RV. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, jsad050. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsad050.  
  13. Zaffino, J., Shiff, I., Stern, A., & Pillai Riddell, R. (2023). Caregiver Ratings of Toddler Pain: The Role of Caregiver Psychological Predictors. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 48 (10): 870-878. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsad061 
  14. Badovinac, S., Chow, C., H.T, DiLorenzo-Klas, M., Edgell, H., Flora, D., & Pillai Riddell, R. (2023).  Parents’ physiological reactivity to child distress and associations with parenting behaviour: A systematic review. Neurosciences and Biobehavioural Reviews, 151. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105229. 
  15. Di Lorenzo-Klas, M., Waxman, J., Flora, D., Schmidt, L., Flanders, D., Weinberg, E., Savlov, D., Pillai Riddell, R. (2023).  Caregiver and child distress as predictors of dyadic physiological attunement during vaccination Clinical Journal of Pain, 39(7), 340-348. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000001125. 
  16. Du, H., Wang, X., Pillai Riddell, R. A Hybrid Complex-valued Neural Network Framework with Applications to Electroencephalogram EEG. (2023) Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bspc.2023.104862. 
  17. Gennis, H., Flora, D., McMurtry, C.M., Flanders, D., Weinberg, E., Savlov, D., Garfield, H., Pillai Riddell, R. (2023).  It takes two: The relative contributions of parent versus child-led regulatory behaviours on toddler vaccination.  European Journal of Pain. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.2197. 
  18. Di Lorenzo-Klas, M., Waxman, J., Flora, D., Schmidt, L., Flanders, D., Weinberg, E., Savlov, D., Pillai Riddell, R. (2023).  Distinct Trajectories of Caregiver-Toddler Physiological Attunement During Routine Vaccinations. Pain Reports, 8(3), e1077. doi: 10.1097/PR9.0000000000001077 
  19. Hashemi, H., Cohen, E. & Pillai Riddell, R. (2023). The Importance of Managing Acute Pain in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Context. Invited Commentary. Indian Pediatrics 60: 887-888. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-023-3030-y  
  20. Gennis, H., Flora, D., Norton, L., McMurtry, C.M., Espinosa Merlano, T., Zaghi, A., Flanders, D., Weinberg, E., Savlov, D., Garfield, H., Pillai Riddell, R. (2022). Understanding the concurrent and predictive relations between child-led emotion regulation behaviors and pain during vaccination in toddlerhood Pain *EDITOR’S CHOICE AWARD* doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002816  
  21. Ilhan, E., Pacey, V., Brown, L., Spence, K., van Ganzewinkel, C-J., Pillai Riddell, R., Campbell-Yeo, M., Stevens, B. J., Eriksson, M., Shah, V., Anand, K. J. S., Bellieni, C., Daly, M., Johnston, C., & Hush, J. (2022). What is the definition of acute episodic and chronic pain in critically ill neonates and infants? A global, four-stage consensus and validation study. British Medical Journal, 12(3), e055255. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055255    
  22. Constantin, K., Constantin, K., Moline, R., Pillai Riddell, R., Spence, & McMurtry, C.M. (2022). Biopsychosocial contributors to parent behaviours during pediatric venipuncture. Children, 9, 1000. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9071000 .   
  23. Pillai Riddell, R., Jasim, S., and Hamwi, L., (2022). Out of the Mouth of Babes: A Lot about Pain has Nothing to Do with Pain. Pain, 163, 117-125. https://doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002761   
  24. Gennis, H. Bucsea, O., Badovinac*, S., Costa*, S., McMurtry, C. M., Flora, D., & Pillai Riddell, R. (2022). Child distress expression and regulation behaviors: A systematic review and meta-analysis Children, 9(2), 174. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9020174  
  25. Constantin, K., Moline, R.L., Pillai Riddell, R., Spence, J.R., Fiaconni, C.M., Lupo-Flewelling, K. & McMurtry, C.M. (2022). Parent and child self and co-regulation during pediatric venipuncture. Exploring heart rate variability in response to a brief mindfulness intervention. Developmental Psychobiology,64, e22277. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.22277  
  26. DiLorenzo, M., Bucsea, O., J., Rumeo, C., Waxman, Flora, D., Schmidt, L., & Pillai Riddell, R (2022). Caregiver and Young Child Biological Attunement in Distress Contexts: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis. Neuroscience and Biobehavioural Reviews, 132, 1010-1036. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.10.045.  
  27. Ahola Kohut, S., Stinson, J., Chambers, C., Reid, G. & Pillai Riddell, R. (2022).  The Pain Coping Questionnaire Short Form (PCQ-SF): Preliminary Reliability and Validity. Pain Reports, 7(1), e982. doi: 10.1097/PR9.0000000000000982 
  28. Badovinac, S., Pillai Riddell, R., Deneault, A.A., Martin, J., Bureau, J.F., & O’Neill*, M. (2021) Associations between early childhood parent-child attachment and internalizing/externalizing symptoms: A systematic review and narrative synthesis. Marriage & Family Review, 57(7), 573–620. doi: 10.1080/01494929.2021.1879984
  29. O’Neill, M. Pillai Riddell, R.R., Bureau, J-F, Deneault, A-A., Garfield, H., & Greenberg, S. (2021) Longitudinal and concurrent relationships between caregiver-child behaviours in the vaccination context and preschool attachment.  Pain. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002091
  30. Shiff, I. , Bucsea, O. & Pillai Riddell, R. (2021) . Psychosocial and Neurobiological Vulnerabilities of the Hospitalized Preterm Infant and Relevant Non-Pharmacological Pain Mitigation Strategies. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 9, 568755. doi: 10.3389/fped.2021.568755
  31. 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
  32. Weiss, J., Robinson, S., Pillai Riddell, R., and Flora D. (2021) Understanding stability and change in perceived social support in parents of autistic children and adolescents. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 2, 679974. doi: 10.3389/fresc.2021.679974