Harrison Dickens

Doctoral Student

Last publication 2026 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

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6 h-index 19 pubs 80 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Harrison Dickens's research investigates health disparities and the social determinants of health across various populations. His work has examined racial, gender, and neighborhood-level disparities in pediatric trauma care, as well as the associations of race, insurance status, and geographic location with opioid prescriptions, postdischarge referrals, and mortality in trauma patients. Dickens has also studied the cognitive-affective-behavioral pathways linking adversity and discrimination to daily pain in African-American adults, and explored how adversity type and timing predict temporal summation of pain in this demographic. His recent work extends to the effects of cannabidiol on sleep disturbances and public knowledge of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia. With an h-index of 6, Dickens has authored 18 publications and accumulated 78 citations. Key collaborators include Jamie Walker and Veronica Floyd, with whom he has multiple shared publications.

Metrics

  • h-index: 6
  • Publications: 19
  • Citations: 80

Selected Publications

  • The effects of cannabidiol on sleep disturbances within a sample of high trait worriers: A double-blind, randomized placebo controlled trial. (2026)
  • Estimating Public Knowledge About Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) and Alternative Treatments (2026)
  • The relation between sleep and pain sensitization in pediatric sickle cell disease (2025)
  • 0518 Blunted Cortisol Stress Reactivity to the Trier Social Stress Test Among Individuals with Greater Insomnia Symptoms (2025)
  • 0385 Gender and Race Disparities in Sleep Disorder Diagnosis and Treatment (2025)
  • Temporal summation of pain in sickle cell disease: comparison of adolescents and young adults with chronic vs. infrequent pain (2024)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • 0422 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia: The First Line Treatment for Insomnia Remains Elusive (2024)
  • 0383 Common Pathways Between Distress and Impairment Related to Insomnia, Pain, and Stress (2024)
  • Adversity type and timing predict temporal summation of pain in African-American adults (2023)
    7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • 0640 Depression Symptom Outcomes After a Self-Guided Mobile Application CBT-I Intervention Among College Students (2023)
  • 0651 Sleep Reactivity as a Vulnerability Factor for Depressive Symptoms (2023)
  • Cognitive-Affective-Behavioral Pathways Linking Adversity and Discrimination to Daily Pain in African-American Adults (2022)
    8 citations DOI OpenAlex

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