Research Project

Negin Hesam-Shariati
Current Appointments
Postdoctoral FellowKey Research Areas
Dr Negin Hesam-Shariati is a postdoctoral fellow at the School of Psychology, the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and an affiliated scientist in the Centre for Pain IMPACT at Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA).
Negin completed both a BSc and MSc in biomedical engineering. Her postgraduate research was focused on designing functional electrical stimulation control systems to restore upper-limb motor function for people with spinal cord injury (SCI). She completed her doctoral degree at UNSW and NeuRA in 2018. During her PhD, she investigated the neurophysiological changes underpinning the therapy-induced improvements of motor function in chronic stroke.
Currently, she leads the Chronic Pain Neurotherapy program at the UNSW NeuroRecovery Research Hub, directed by Prof Sylvia Gustin. The focus of this program is on developing and testing a brain-computer interface neurofeedback intervention for people with chronic neuropathic pain.
Publications
2023 May
Depressive symptoms moderate functional connectivity within the emotional brain in chronic pain
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2023.61
2022 Nov
Evaluation of emotion-centric psychological interventions for chronic pain: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063102
2022, 16 Aug
Internet delivered dialectical behavioral therapy skills training (iDBT-Pain) for chronic pain: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (Preprint)
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.2196/41890
2022, 16 Aug
Internet delivered dialectical behavioural therapy skills training (iDBT-Pain) for chronic pain: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (Preprint)
View full preprint on https://doi.org/10.2196/preprints.41890
2022 Apr
The No Worries Trial: Efficacy of Online Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Skills Training for Chronic Pain (iDBT-Pain) Using a Single Case Experimental Design
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2021.10.003
2022 Mar
The analgesic effect of electroencephalographic neurofeedback for people with chronic pain: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.15189
2022, 15 Mar
Is chronic pain an affective disorder? Moderation of resting-state functional connectivity within the emotional brain by depressive symptoms
View full preprint on https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.02.11.22270877
2021 Dec
A case report of greater saphenous vein thrombosis in a patient with coronavirus (COVID-19) infection
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40794-021-00131-9
2021 Dec
Incidence and prevalence of coexistent retinal diseases and cognitive impairment or dementia: A systematic review
View full conference-abstract on http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.055870
2021 Dec
Increased pulmonary embolism in patients with COVID-19: a case series and literature review
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40794-021-00145-3
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