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Hance Clarke

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ProfessorDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineUniversity of Toronto

Hance Clarke

Professor

Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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84 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 16 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 12 research grants (12 CIHR), most recently in 2026.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2023.

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Academic metrics

186

Publications

1,008

Citations

147

Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

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Education

Ph.D.
M.D.
M.Sc.
B.Sc. with Distinction

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Research

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Chronic Pain Medical Cannabis Depression Pain Osteoarthritis Cannabinoids Self-Management Women

Latest papers

Sex Differences in Inflammatory Biomarker Levels in Patients With Acute Myofascial Pain Syndrome: Observational Study
Pain Management Nursing · 2026
The Heart of Depression: A Review of New-Onset Depression Following Cardiac Surgery.
Cardiology in Review · 2026
Non-suicidal self-injury and suicide attempts among individuals seeking assessment for Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes
Journal of Psychosomatic Research · 2026

All 186 publications

Latest funding

Opioid prescribing among injured workers: Understanding patterns of prescribing and their association with opioid-related harms after a compensated work-related injury
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$642,600
The PLATform for INnovative Multicentre trials for comorbid chronic Pain and Depressive disorders (PLATINuM-PD)
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$730,576
Vivre avec une maladie complexe, multisystémique et douloureuse : Cartographier le parcours de vie avec un trouble héréditaire du tissu conjonctif pour développer un parcours d'apprentissage patients
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$397,800

All 35 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 186 publications.

Sex Differences in Inflammatory Biomarker Levels in Patients With Acute Myofascial Pain Syndrome: Observational Study

Grosman-Rimon L, Parkinson W, Clarke H, Katz J, Rimon J, Bondi M, Eilat-Adar S, Kumbhare D

Pain Management Nursing2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.pmn.2025.07.015

The Heart of Depression: A Review of New-Onset Depression Following Cardiac Surgery.

Socransky O, Friedman Z, Gutterman D, Shinfeld A, Koren D, Rimon J, Kumbhare D, Clarke H, Slepian PM, Lidor R

Cardiology in Review2026

DOI: 10.1097/crd.0000000000001447

Non-suicidal self-injury and suicide attempts among individuals seeking assessment for Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes

Williams CM, Siegal R, Ratnasekera A, McCarthy M, Flynn M, Gobin K, McGillis L, Mittal N, Buryk-Iggers S, Di Renna T

Journal of Psychosomatic Research2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2026.112660

A Therapeutic Conversational Agent (Solace) for Management of Chronic Pain: Acceptability and Usability Study.

Slepian PM, Buryk-Iggers S, Lomanowska AM, Nguyen B, Janmohamed T, Clarke H, Katz J, Niederstrasser NG

JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies2026

DOI: 10.2196/87689 PMID: 41711568

PAINscape-Exploring patient experiences with ketamine for chronic neuropathic pain: A qualitative study.

Parakh N, Lessor D, Dang K, Ritvo P, Wijeysundera DN, Tucci V, Leda M, Lu M, Mattina G, Pazmino-Canizares J, Thomas Z, Nayar R, Hanlon JG, Pereira SM, Ladha KS, Clarke H, Rizvi SJ, Pritlove C, Goel A

Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur2026

DOI: 10.1080/24740527.2026.2615473 PMID: 41798319

Association of preoperative corticosteroids with persistent opioid requirements following total knee arthroplasty: an exploratory population-based cohort study.

Hussain N, Brull R, Gilron I, Nguyen A, D'Souza R, Weaver T, Bhatia A, Clarke H, Banik R, Abdel-Rasoul M, Abdallah FW

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie2026

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-026-03118-2 PMID: 42087046

PRehab tO PreparE Living Liver Donors for Enhanced Recovery (PROPELLER): A Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial.

Sibley D, Clarke H, Randall I, Au D, Brahmbhatt P, Selzner N, Rozenberg D, West E, Wiggins C, Long A, Munoz S, Mach C, McKinney L, Matthew AG, Cattral M, Mucsi I, Oh P, Sellers D, McCluskey S, Peer M, Mina DS

Clinical transplantation2026

DOI: 10.1111/ctr.70490 PMID: 41782467

Topical analgesics for neuropathic pain: an evidence-informed guide for the practicing clinician.

Lawson E, Singla P, Adler J, Argoff CE, Bettinger JJ, Bhaskar A, Clarke H, Eidelman A, Hirani S, Hooten WM, Tishler J, Wallace MS, Barreveld AM

Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)2026

DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnaf130 PMID: 41017645

Progress in mechanisms and therapy for fibromyalgia.

Clarke H, Fitzcharles MA

Nature reviews. Rheumatology2026First author

DOI: 10.1038/s41584-025-01344-4 PMID: 41420087

Beyond the Benefit of Doubt: Biases and Credibility in the Adjudication of Chronic Pain.

Assis RD, Cohen SP, Clarke H, Mittal N, Fitzcharles MA

The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics2026

DOI: 10.1017/jme.2026.10261 PMID: 41992939

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Hance Clarke

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Sex Differences in Inflammatory Biomarker Levels in Patients With Acute Myofascial Pain Syndrome: Observational Study

The Heart of Depression: A Review of New-Onset Depression Following Cardiac Surgery.

Non-suicidal self-injury and suicide attempts among individuals seeking assessment for Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes

A Therapeutic Conversational Agent (Solace) for Management of Chronic Pain: Acceptability and Usability Study.

PAINscape-Exploring patient experiences with ketamine for chronic neuropathic pain: A qualitative study.

Association of preoperative corticosteroids with persistent opioid requirements following total knee arthroplasty: an exploratory population-based cohort study.

PRehab tO PreparE Living Liver Donors for Enhanced Recovery (PROPELLER): A Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial.

Topical analgesics for neuropathic pain: an evidence-informed guide for the practicing clinician.

Progress in mechanisms and therapy for fibromyalgia.

Beyond the Benefit of Doubt: Biases and Credibility in the Adjudication of Chronic Pain.

Frequent collaborators

Joel Katz

Nimish Mittal

Daniel Santa Mina

Dmitry Rozenberg

Karim Ladha

Akash Goel

Dinesh A Kumbhare

Paul Ritvo

Tania Di Renna

Anuj Bhatia

Monica Parry

Michael McGillion

Keyvan Karkouti

Harsha Shanthanna

James Khan

Martine Puts

Ian Gilron

Antonio Finelli

Stephen Choi

Urban Emmenegger

Mandeep Singh

Toni Zhong

Duminda Wijeysundera

Philip Devereaux

Timothy Leroux

Tara Gomes

Nicholas Mitsakakis

Chitra Lalloo

Norman Buckley

Jennifer Stinson

Jason Walter Busse

Irina Kudrina

Scott Duggan

Louise Pilote

Chung-Wai Chow

Keisha Gobin

Marcelo Cypel

William Lloyd Parkinson

James Paul

Hannah Wunsch