Brent Leininger, DC, MS, PhD

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 Summary/Interests

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

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/