Dr. Patricia Bruckenthal is associate dean for research and innovations and associate professor at Stony Brook University School of Nursing. She received her PhD in nursing from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and her post-doctoral training at the Applied Behavioral Medicine Institute at Stony Brook University, Department of Psychiatry. She sits on several advisory committees, including the Pain Action Alliance to Implement the National Pain Strategy of the Center for Practical Bioethics and the States Pain and Policy Action Alliance. She is recognized nationally as an expert in pain management, is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and Advanced Diplomat American Academy for Integrative Pain Management, has served as the president of the American Society for Pain Management Nursing, and is an associate editor for Pain Management Nursing.