Irina Strigo, PhD
Working Title
Professor
Preferred Pronouns
She/Her/Hers
Irina Strigo, Ph.D. is Professor-in-Residence in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSF and Research Biologist at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. She received her research training from Columbia University (Radiology), Barrow Neurological Institute (Neurosurgery) and UC San Diego (Psychiatry). She received her Ph.D. and B.Sc. in Physiology from McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Our group investigates brain networks that process pain and emotion in individuals with depressive, anxiety disorders, chronic pain and traumatic brain injury. In addition we seek to understand how individual differences in pain response relate to pain chronification. This research has been funded by the National Alliance for Research in Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD), National Institute of Health (NIH),the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Painless Research Foundation.
Our group investigates brain networks that process pain and emotion in individuals with depressive, anxiety disorders, chronic pain and traumatic brain injury. In addition we seek to understand how individual differences in pain response relate to pain chronification. This research has been funded by the National Alliance for Research in Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD), National Institute of Health (NIH),the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Painless Research Foundation.
Pain Management
Pain Threshold
Craving
Pain
Low Back Pain
Emotions
Veterans
Chronic Pain
Interoception
Anorexia Nervosa
Pain Perception
Cerebral Cortex
Anticipation, Psychological
Time Perception
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
October 1, 2024 - September 30, 2029 - CSRD Research Career Scientist Award Application , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: IK6CX002926
October 1, 2023 - September 30, 2028 - RCT of a Weighted Blanket to Reduce Pain in Veterans with Chronic Pain , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: I01CX002591
October 1, 2013 - March 31, 2028 - The role of expectation in the pain-trauma co-morbidity among Veterans , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: I01CX000816
October 1, 2018 - September 30, 2023 - Examination of mu opioid mediated pain vulnerability in combat mild Traumatic Brain Injury , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: I01CX001652
July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2013 - The Neural Basis of Pain Modulation in Depression , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R00MH080003
September 19, 2007 - August 31, 2010 - Neural Processes Underlying Pain Perception in Depression , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R21MH077205
July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2009 - The Neural Basis of Pain Modulation in Depression , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: K99MH080003
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