Brent Leininger, DC, MS, PhD

Assistant Professor, Integrative Health and Wellbeing Research Program
Brent Leininger

Contact

Office Phone
Office Address

Mayo C504
United States

Mailing Address

MMC 505
420 Delaware Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Education

PhD, Health Services Research, Policy and Administration, University of Minnesota

Doctor of Chiropractic, Palmer College of Chiropractic

Masters of Science, Clinical Research, University of Minnesota

Bachelors of Science, Biology, South Dakota State University

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Bio

Dr. Leininger is an Assistant Professor in the Integrative Health & Wellbeing Research Program within the Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Health at the University of Minnesota. He is clinically trained as a chiropractor and received both his Master’s in Clinical Research and PhD in Health Services Research, Policy, & Administration from the University of Minnesota. He is a former fellow in the Integrative Health Research Fellowship Program. His research focuses on the clinical and cost-effectiveness of non-drug and self-management treatments for pain and he has over a decade of experience conducting clinical trials of these approaches. Most recently, he is co-leading an NIH-funded project assessing whole person approaches for back and neck pain with an emphasis on addressing health disparities.

Research

Research

Research Summary/Interests

  • Musculoskeletal pain (particularly low back pain, neck pain and headache)
  • Complementary and integrative therapies (mind-body)
  • Cost-effectiveness analyses
  • Self-management strategies
  • ADD -  Health disparities

Research Funding Grants

  • Partners for Pain & Wellbeing Equity: A Randomized Trial of Community Supported Complementary and Integrative Health Self Management for Back Pain (1R61AT012309-01 Evans/Leininger) -- National Institutes of Health Center for Complementary & Integrative Health
  • Spinal Manipulation and Patient Self-Management to Prevent Back Pain Chronicity -- PACBACK (4UG3AT008769, Bronfort) -- National Institutes of Health Center for Complementary & Integrative Health
  • Reaching Rural Veterans: Applying Mind-Body Skills for Pain Using a Whole Health Telehealth Intervention -RAMP-WH (1UG3NR020929-01 - Burgess/Evans/Hadlandsmyth)

Publications

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/brent.leininger.1/bibliography/public/