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Rima El-Sayed, PhD

@rimaelsayed.bsky.social
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PhD in Medical Science, passionate about 🧠neuroscience and pain research

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Rima El-Sayed, PhD @rimaelsayed.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Being the @iasp.bsky.social “research poster girl” for the last 2 yrs has been fun, I hope trainees got their abstracts in by the deadline! All the great conversations I had by my poster were insightful and helped me finalize the study that ended up published in PAIN the following year!
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Rima El-Sayed, PhD @rimaelsayed.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
My final poster presentation as a PhD student happened to be in the same location (MedSci building) as my first ever poster presentation in undergrad. I tend to express myself with colour, and so as a nod of gratitude to my younger self I dressed in the same colourscheme [1/2]
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Rima El-Sayed, PhD @rimaelsayed.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The study that I won a poster award for in the “Pain and sensory disorders” category at last year’s UofT CPIN research day was published this month in EJP!! If you have not read it yet here is the link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Rima El-Sayed, PhD @rimaelsayed.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
It's the best feeling seeing your work presented to others in the field and was a privilege to get to collect neuroimaging and behavioral data from people with chronic pain receiving SCS treatment @karenddavis.bsky.social. Images from Dr. Anuj Bhatia's presentation and my final PhD paper publication
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Karen Davis @karenddavis.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Latest from the Davis lab led by @rimaelsayed.bsky.social Alpha Oscillations and Conditioned Pain Modulation Is Associated With Treatment Resistance to Spinal Cord Stimulation for Neuropathic Pain - El‐Sayed 2026 European Journal of Pain - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Alpha Oscillations and Conditioned Pain Modulation Is Associated With Treatment Resistance to Spinal Cord Stimulation for Neuropathic Pain
Background Neuropathic pain (NP) is a severe form of chronic pain associated with reduced quality of life. Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) can provide pain relief for some but not all treated, highlig...
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