Chronic pain

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Power over Pain Portal supports patients living with chronic pain Power over Pain Portal supports patients living with chronic pain
August 22, 2023 - Dr. Patricia Poulin, working with colleagues and patient partners across the country, has launched a first-in-Canada virtual chronic pain management portal.
Men and women process pain signals differently Men and women process pain signals differently
March 22, 2022 - A new study published in the journal BRAIN shows for the first time that neurons in the spinal cord process pain signals differently in women compared to men. The finding could lead to better and more personalized treatments for chronic pain, which a
Researchers bridge the gap between animal studies and new treatments for chronic pain Researchers bridge the gap between animal studies and new treatments for chronic pain
July 25, 2019 - Carleton University’s Dr. Mike Hildebrand and his partners, including Dr. Eve Tsai of The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa, are publishing new research into managing chronic pain. The lack of effective treatments has created a major healt
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Researchers


Name Scientific appointment Diseases, conditions and populations of interest Research and clinical approaches
Cahill, Taliesin
RN MSN
Clinician Investigator
(ICD)
Addiction, Chronic pain, Health equity, Health in disadvantaged peoples, Hepatitis C, HIV, Infectious disease, Mental health
Finestone, Hillel
MD, FRCPC
Clinician Investigator
(ICD)
Chronic pain, Musculoskeletal conditions, Pain, Stroke Rehabilitation
James, Daniel
MD
Clinician Investigator
(ACR)
Chronic pain Emergency medicine
Poulin, Patricia
C. Psych.
Associate Scientist
(NS)
Addiction, Anxiety, Cancer, Chronic pain, Depression, Health equity, Musculoskeletal conditions, Pain Anesthesiology, Behaviour, Biomarkers, Clinical research, Clinical trials, Emergency medicine, Epidemiology, Health professional behaviour change, Health services research, Knowledge translation and implementation research, Palliative care, Patient decision aids, Patient safety, Peri-operative medicine, Pragmatic trials, Psychology, Qualitative methods, Quality Improvement, Systematic reviews
Presseau, Justin
PhD
Senior Scientist
(MIR)
Chronic pain, COVID-19, Diabetes, Health equity, Hepatitis C, Immigrant and refugee health, Inflammatory bowel syndrome, Retinal disease, Vision Artificial intelligence and data science, Health services research, Patient engagement, Psychometrics, Public health, Qualitative methods, Quality Improvement, Rapid reviews, Transfusions, Transplantation, Behaviour, Psychology, Health professional behaviour change, Knowledge translation and implementation research, Health promotion, Cluster randomized trials, Surveys
Singh, Sukhbir
MD, FRCSC, FACOG
Associate Scientist
(ACR)
Chronic pain Clinical trials, Health services research, Surgery, Surveys


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