Lisa Lombard, Ph.D.

12/10/2025

It was an amazing invitation to teach with NPHTI faculty in Australia and New Zealand. We met incredible healthcare providers through SPANZA, who work hard and are eager to learn more about supporting children experiencing pain, anxiety, and medical procedures.

11/22/2025

Recent updates to the CDC website suggesting a link between vaccines and autism contradict the scientific consensus that autism has complex, multifactorial origins involving genetic, biological, and environmental interactions.

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11/04/2025

Brisbane!

10/28/2025

10/19/2025

Chicago!

08/26/2025

Excited to offer this to families managing food allergies, using self-administered injections, reviewing their "back to school" plans!

08/10/2025

Great to collaborate with Dr. Justin Moore and Dr. Rashmi Bhandari. We co-presented, pediatric clinical hypnosis, pain/anxiety, caregiver confidence.

03/23/2025

03/01/2025

Learn evidence based ways to cope with anticipatory anxiety and discomfort related to self-injections.

03/01/2025

Last weekend was in Washington DC and met this girl walking in support of Ukraine (an annual parade marking the Russian invasion). She’s right, isn’t she?

02/26/2025

Quite interesting, why and how false narratives spread

UC Berkeley Professor Timothy Tangherlini uses lessons from folklore and AI to understand how social media fuels the spread of conspiracies, and how we can use storytelling tools to stem the tide of misinformation.