Yoni Ashar, PhD

Publications

• Reichman O, Sahar T, Ashar YK. Dyspareunia: a novel clinical approach for diagnosis based on pain mechanisms. Pain. 2026 Feb 1;167(2):254-257. PubMed PMID: 40893008
• Ashar YK, Low EL, Knight K, Schubiner H, Gordon A, LeRoux A, Lumley MA, Wager TD. Pain Reprocessing Therapy vs Placebo and Usual Care for Patients With Chronic Back Pain: 5-Year Follow-Up of a Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Psychiatry. 2025 Oct 1;82(10):1049-1051. PubMed PMID: 40736996
• Nikolis A, Nikolis L, Wynia Z, Murillo C, Friedrich J, Ashar YK. The impact of emotional distress on response to radiofrequency ablation. Pain Rep. 2025 Jun;10(3):e1253. PubMed PMID: 40190784
• Khatib S, Palgi Y, Ashar YK, Polyvyannaya N, Goldstein P. The Combined Effect of Multisensory Stimulation and Therapist Support on Physical and Mental Health of Older Adults Living in Nursing Homes: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2025 Jan 14;27:e55042. PubMed PMID: 39808474
• Zorina-Lichtenwalter K, Bango CI, Ceko M, Ashar YK, Keller MC, Wager TD, Friedman NP. Patterns of shared genetic risk between chronic pain, psychopathologies, and neuroticism. Clin Psychol Sci. 2025 Sep;13(5):933-950. PubMed PMID: 41098658
• Bott FS, Zebhauser PT, Hohn VD, Turgut Ö, May ES, Tiemann L, Gil Ávila C, Heitmann H, Nickel MM, Day MA, Adhia DB, Ashar YK, Wager TD, Granovsky Y, Yarnitsky D, Jensen MP, Gross J, Ploner M. Exploring electroencephalographic chronic pain biomarkers: a mega-analysis. EBioMedicine. 2025 Oct;120:105955. PubMed PMID: 41033105
• Sturgeon J, Trost Z, Ashar YK, Lumley MA, Schubiner H, Clauw D, Hassett AL. Brief pain reprocessing therapy for fibromyalgia: a feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy pilot. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2025 Sep 18. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 40973446
• Poldrack RA, Markiewicz CJ, Appelhoff S, Ashar YK, Auer T, Baillet S, Bansal S, Beltrachini L, Benar CG, Bertazzoli G, Bhogawar S, Blair RW, Bortoletto M, Boudreau M, Brooks TL, Calhoun VD, Castelli FM, Clement P, Cohen AL, Cohen-Adad J, D'Ambrosio S, de Hollander G, de la Iglesia-Vayá M, de la Vega A, Delorme A, Devinsky O, Draschkow D, Duff EP, DuPre E, Earl E, Esteban O, Feingold FW, Flandin G, Galassi A, Gallitto G, Ganz M, Gau R, Gholam J, Ghosh SS, Giacomel A, Gillman AG, Gleeson P, Gramfort A, Guay S, Guidali G, Halchenko YO, Handwerker DA, Hardcastle N, Herholz P, Hermes D, Honey CJ, Innis RB, Ioanas HI, Jahn A, Karakuzu A, Keator DB, Kiar G, Kincses B, Laird AR, Lau JC, Lazari A, Legarreta JH, Li A, Li X, Love BC, Lu H, Marcantoni E, Maumet C, Mazzamuto G, Meisler SL, Mikkelsen M, Mutsaerts H, Nichols TE, Nikolaidis A, Nilsonne G, Niso G, Norgaard M, Okell TW, Oostenveld R, Ort E, Park PJ, Pawlik M, Pernet CR, Pestilli F, Petr J, Phillips C, Poline JB, Pollonini L, Raamana PR, Ritter P, Rizzo G, Robbins KA, Rockhill AP, Rogers C, Rokem A, Rorden C, Routier A, Saborit-Torres JM, Salo T, Schirner M, Smith RE, Spisak T, Sprenger J, Swann NC, Szinte M, Takerkart S, Thirion B, Thomas AG, Torabian S, Varoquaux G, Voytek B, Welzel J, Wilson M, Yarkoni T, Gorgolewski KJ. The past, present, and future of the brain imaging data structure (BIDS). Imaging Neurosci (Camb). 2024 Mar 1;2:1-19. PubMed PMID: 39308505
• Ashar YK, Sun M, Knight K, Flood TF, Anderson Z, Kaptchuk TJ, Wager TD. Open-Label Placebo Injection for Chronic Back Pain With Functional Neuroimaging: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Sep 3;7(9):e2432427. PubMed PMID: 39259542
• Quidé Y, Jahanshad N, Andoh J, Antoniou G, Apkarian AV, Ashar YK, Badran BW, Baird CL, Baxter L, Bell TR, Blanco-Hinojo L, Borckardt J, Cheung CL, Ciampi de Andrade D, Couto BA, Cox SR, Cruz-Almeida Y, Dannlowski U, De Martino E, de Tommaso M, Deus J, Domin M, Egorova-Brumley N, Elliott J, Fanton S, Fauchon C, Flor H, Franz CE, Gatt JM, Gerdhem P, Gilman JM, Gollub RL, Govind V, Graven-Nielsen T, Håkansson G, Hales T, Haswell C, Heukamp NJ, Hu L, Huang L, Hussain A, Jensen K, Kircher T, Kremen WS, Leehr EJ, Lindquist M, Loggia ML, Lotze M, Martucci KT, Meeker TJ, Meinert S, Millard SK, Morey RA, Murillo C, Nees F, Nenadic I, Park HRP, Peng X, Ploner M, Pujol J, Robayo LE, Salan T, Seminowicz DA, Serian A, Slater R, Stein F, Stevens J, Strauss S, Sun D, Vachon-Presseau E, Valdes-Hernandez PA, Vanneste S, Vernon M, Verriotis M, Wager TD, Widerstrom-Noga E, Woodbury A, Zeidan F, Bhatt RR, Ching CRK, Haddad E, Thomopoulos SI, Thompson PM, Gustin SM. ENIGMA-Chronic Pain: a worldwide initiative to identify brain correlates of chronic pain. Pain. 2024 Dec 1;165(12):2662-2666. PubMed PMID: 39058957
• Schubiner H, Lowry WJ, Heule M, Ashar YK, Lim M, Mekaru S, Kitts T, Lumley MA. Advancing the Definition and Clinical Utility of the ICD-11 Primary Pain Diagnosis. J Pain. 2024 Nov;25(11):104531. PubMed PMID: 38763258
• Tankha H, Lumley MA, Gordon A, Schubiner H, Uipi C, Harris J, Wager TD, Ashar YK. Response to Letter to the Editor: On the Influence of Unmatched Treatment Conditions on Study Outcomes. J Pain. 2024 May;25(5):104461. PubMed PMID: 38679453
• Schubiner H, Lowry WJ, Heule M, Ashar YK, Lim M, Mekaru S, Kitts T, Lumley MA. Application of a Clinical Approach to Diagnosing Primary Pain: Prevalence and Correlates of Primary Back and Neck Pain in a Community Physiatry Clinic. J Pain. 2024 Mar;25(3):672-681. PubMed PMID: 37777033
• Ivkovic, A., Evans, S., Mirsky, P., Ashar, Y. K., Muskin, Philip. (2023) Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Psychiatry. In: Tasman’s Psychiatry, 5th edition. Tasman A, Riba MB, Alarcon RD, Alfonso CA et al. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42825-9_159-1.
• Tankha H, Lumley MA, Gordon A, Schubiner H, Uipi C, Harris J, Wager TD, Ashar YK. "I don't have chronic back pain anymore": Patient Experiences in Pain Reprocessing Therapy for Chronic Back Pain. J Pain. 2023 Sep;24(9):1582-1593. PubMed PMID: 37094744
• Ashar YK, Lumley MA, Perlis RH, Liston C, Gunning FM, Wager TD. Reattribution to Mind-Brain Processes and Recovery From Chronic Back Pain: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Sep 5;6(9):e2333846. PubMed PMID: 37768666
• Schubiner H, Lowry WJ, Heule M, Ashar YK, Lim M, Mekaru S, Kitts T, Lumley MA. Application of a Clinical Approach to Diagnosing Primary Pain: Prevalence and Correlates of Primary Back and Neck Pain in a Community Physiatry Clinic. J Pain. 2023 Sep 28. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37777033
• Weber KA 2nd, Teplin ZM, Wager TD, Law CSW, Prabhakar NK, Ashar YK, Gilam G, Banerjee S, Delp SL, Glover GH, Hastie TJ, Mackey S. Confounds in neuroimaging: A clear case of sex as a confound in brain-based prediction. Front Neurol. 2022;13:960760. PubMed PMID: 36601297
• Ashar YK, Wager TD. Dissimilar Control Interventions in Clinical Trials Undermine Interpretability-Reply. JAMA Psychiatry. 2022 Mar 1;79(3):272. PubMed PMID: 35044441
• Han X, Ashar YK, Kragel P, Petre B, Schelkun V, Atlas LY, Chang LJ, Jepma M, Koban L, Losin EAR, Roy M, Woo CW, Wager TD. Effect sizes and test-retest reliability of the fMRI-based neurologic pain signature. Neuroimage. 2022 Feb 15;247:118844. PubMed PMID: 34942367
• Ashar YK, Gordon A, Schubiner H, Uipi C, Knight K, Anderson Z, Carlisle J, Polisky L, Geuter S, Flood TF, Kragel PA, Dimidjian S, Lumley MA, Wager TD. Effect of Pain Reprocessing Therapy vs Placebo and Usual Care for Patients With Chronic Back Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Psychiatry. 2022 Jan 1;79(1):13-23. PubMed PMID: 34586357
• Ivkovic, A., Evans, S., Mirsky, P., Ashar, Y. K., Muskin, Philip. (2022) Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Psychiatry. In: Tasman, A., et al. (Ed.). Tasman’s Psychiatry, 5th Edition. Springer.

Practice Locations

UCHealth Internal Medicine - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct
5th Floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-2300