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John T. Farrar, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Epidemiology in Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Biostatistics and Epidemiology

Contact information
Room 816, Blockley Hall
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021
Office: 215-898-5802
Fax: 215-573-5315
Education:
ScB. (Biology, Computer Science minor)
Brown University, 1976.
M.D.
The University of Rochester School of Medicine, 1981.
M.S.C.E. (Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics)
The University of Pennsylvania, 2000.
Ph.D. (Graduate Group - Biostatistics and Epidemiology)
The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2004.
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Selected Publications

Sayegh RR, Vitale S, Agrón E, Farrar JT, Asbell PA, Chew EY; AREDS Research Group: Prevalence and Risk Factors for the Development of Chronic Postoperative Pain After Cataract Surgery in the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS). The Journal of Pain 28, January 2025.

Miller CJ, Farrar JT: Methodology for Determining Minimally Clinically Important Differences in Acute Pain Intensity with the Double Stopwatch Technique. The Journal of Pain Dec 2024.

Howard SD, Singh S, Macaluso D, Hsu JY, Cajigas I, Qiu L, Halpern CH, Aamodt WW, Farrar JT: Correlation of the Clinical Rating Scale for Tremor with a Global Assessment. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery Dec 2024.

Aamodt WW, Sun C, Dahodwala N, Elser H, Schneider ALC, Farrar JT, Coe NB, Willis AW: End-of-Life Health Care Service Use and Cost Among Medicare Decedents with Neurodegenerative Diseases. Neurology 103(9), Nov 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000209925. Epub 2024 Oct 11.

Farrar JT, Locke KT Jr, Clemens JQ, Griffith JW, Harte SE, Kirkali Z, Kreder KJ, Krieger JN, Lai HH, Moldwin RM, Mullins C, Naliboff BD, Pontari MA, Rodríguez LV, Schaeffer AJ, Schrepf A, Stephens-Shields A, Sutcliffe S, Taple BJ, Williams DA, Landis JR: Widespread Pain Phenotypes Impact Treatment Efficacy Results in Randomized Clinical Trials for Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome: a Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain Network Study. Pain Page: 1-12, Feb 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003455.

Hohenschurz-Schmidt D, Cherkin D, Rice ASC, Dworkin RH, Turk DC, McDermott MP, Bair MJ, DeBar LL, Edwards RR, Evans SR, Farrar JT, Kerns RD, Rowbotham MC, Wasan AD, Cowan P, Ferguson M, Freeman R, Gewandter JS, Gilron I, Grol-Prokopczyk H, Iyengar S, Kamp C, Karp BI, Kleykamp BA, Loeser JD, Mackey S, Malamut R, McNicol E, Patel KV, Schmader K, Simon L, Steiner DJ, Veasley C, Vollert J.: Methods for Pragmatic Randomized Clinical Trials of Pain Therapies: IMMPACT Statement. Pain 165(10): 2165-2183, Oct 2024.

Howard SD, Singh S, Macaluso D, Cajigas I, Aamodt WW, Farrar JT.: Validation of the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision-Clinical Modification Diagnostic Code for Essential Tremor. Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements 14(1): 1-8, July 2024.

Haroutounian S, Holzer KJ, Kerns RD, Veasley C, Dworkin RH, Turk DC, Carman KL, Chambers CT, Cowan P, Edwards RR, Eisenach JC, Farrar JT, Ferguson M, Forsythe LP, Freeman R, Gewandter JS, Gilron I, Goertz C, Grol-Prokopczyk H, Iyengar S, Jordan I, Kamp C, Kleykamp BA, Knowles RL, Langford DJ, Mackey S, Malamut R, Markman J, Martin KR, McNicol E, Patel KV, Rice ASC, Rowbotham M, Sandbrink F, Simon LS, Steiner DJ, Vollert J: Patient Engagement in Designing, Conducting, and Disseminating Clinical Pain Research: IMMPACT Recommended Considerations. Pain 165(5): 1013-1028, May 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003121. Epub 2023 Dec 19.

Clemens JQ, Locke K Jr, Landis JR, Kreder K, Rodriguez LV, Yang CC, Tu FF, Harte SE, Schrepf A, Farrar JT, Sutcliffe S, Naliboff BD, Williams DA, Afari N, Spitznagle T, Taple BJ, Lai HH: Validation of a Simple Body Map to Measure Widespread Pain in Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: A MAPP Research Network Study. Neurourology and Urodynamics 43(3): 727-737, March 2024.

Brown VL, James A, Hunleth J, Bradley CS, Farrar JT, Gupta P, Lai HH, Lowder JL, Moldwin R, Rodriguez LV, Yang CC, Sutcliffe S: Believing Women: A Qualitative Exploration of Provider Disbelief and Pain Dismissal Among Women with Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome from the MAPP Research Network. International Urogynecology Journal 35(1): 139-148, Jan 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1007/s00192-023-05677-0. Epub 2023 Nov 22.

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