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Past Recipients 2023

Pain Fellowships

Impact of Chiropractic Care on Opioid Use for Non-Cancer Spinal Pain: A Systematic Review and Pilot Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Peter Emary, PhD
Supervisors: Jason Busse

Graduate Studentships

The development of trustworthy guidance addressing whether spinal fusion surgery, when added to spinal decompression, improves patient-important outcomes among individuals with low back pain related to lumbar spinal stenosis and spondylolisthesis

Arnav Agarwal, Masters Student
Supervisor: Jason Busse

Understanding the mechanisms that underpin the development of chronic post-surgical pain; predicting risk using neurophysiology and predictive modeling

Stevie Foglia, PhD Candidate
Supervisor: Harsha Shanthanna

Seed Grants

Advanced controlled transcranial magnetic stimulation to modulate neural plasticity and alleviate pain in diabetic neuropathy’ and uses a new TMS technology that aims to reduce pain symptoms in diabetic neuropathy

Aimee Nelson, Member, Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care
Co-Investigator: Harsha Shanthanna

A systematic review and individual patient data (IPD) meta-analysis of perioperative prognostic factors associated with chronic pain after total knee arthroplasty and development of a risk prediction model

Benham Sadeghirad, Member, Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care
Co-Investigator: Jason Busse

PBMT for pain relief after Caesarean section

Harsha Shanthanna, Member, Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care

Catalyst Grant

Quantitative Measurements of Chronic Pain

Matiar Howlader, Health Sciences, Science, Engineering