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Research
Latest papers
Impact of depression and anxiety on health-related quality of life changes over time within individuals with rheumatoid arthritis or inflammatory bowel disease: A prospective Canadian cohort study.
PloS one · 2026
The Spectrum of Psychiatric Comorbidity in Individuals With Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Crohn's & colitis 360 · 2025
Adverse psychiatric effects of disease-modifying therapies in multiple Sclerosis: A systematic review.
Multiple sclerosis and related disorders · 2018
Latest funding
- $120,000
Building a Patient- and Healthcare Provider-Informed Virtual Reality Intervention to Address Unmet Needs During Dilation and Curettage Procedures
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
CircaHealth iCT: Targeting circadian rhythmicity using light therapy to alleviate chronic pain
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $105,000
A Preoperative Virtual Reality Simulation of Surgery to Reduce Perioperative Psychiatric Sequelae
CIHR · 2018 · Supervisor
4 publications.
Impact of depression and anxiety on health-related quality of life changes over time within individuals with rheumatoid arthritis or inflammatory bowel disease: A prospective Canadian cohort study.
Hitchon CA, Bernstein CN, Bolton JM, Dolovich C, El-Gabalawy R, Graff LA, Lix LM, Marriott JJ, Fisk JD, Marrie R
The Spectrum of Psychiatric Comorbidity in Individuals With Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Cadogan K, Marrie RA, Graff LA, El Gabalawy R, Enns MW, Bolton JM, Sareen J, Bernstein CN
Adverse psychiatric effects of disease-modifying therapies in multiple Sclerosis: A systematic review.
Gasim M, Bernstein CN, Graff LA, Patten SB, El-Gabalawy R, Sareen J, Bolton JM, Marriott JJ, Fisk JD, Marrie RA, CIHR team “Defining the burden and managing the effects of psychiatric comorbidity in chronic inflammatory disease”
Psychological sequelae of surgery in a prospective cohort of patients from three intraoperative awareness prevention trials.
Whitlock EL, Rodebaugh TL, Hassett AL, Shanks AM, Kolarik E, Houghtby J, West HM, Burnside BA, Shumaker E, Villafranca A, Edwards WA, Levinson CA, Langer JK, Fernandez KC, El-Gabalawy R, Zhou EY, Sareen J, Jacobsohn E, Mashour GA, Avidan MS
Building a Patient- and Healthcare Provider-Informed Virtual Reality Intervention to Address Unmet Needs During Dilation and Curettage Procedures
Principal investigators: Penner, Kailey E
Keywords: Dilation And Curettage; Feasibility Trial; Gynaecological Procedures; Mental Health; Non-Pharmacological Interventions; Pain Management; Perioperative Distress; Virtual Reality; Women'S Health
CircaHealth iCT: Targeting circadian rhythmicity using light therapy to alleviate chronic pain
Principal investigators: Ghasemlou, Nader; Di Renna, Tania; Duggan, Scott S; Bosma, Rachael L; Choinière, Manon; Daly-Cyr, Jennifer; El-Gabalawy, Renée; Lu, Zihang; Page, Gabrielle; Poulin, Patricia A; Singer, Lesley N
Keywords: Bioinformatics; Biomarkers; Biopsychosocial Approaches; Chronic Pain; Circadian Rhythms; Cytokines; Ecological Momentary Assessment; Immune Cells; Light Therapy; Randomized Controlled Trial
A Preoperative Virtual Reality Simulation of Surgery to Reduce Perioperative Psychiatric Sequelae
Principal investigators: Sommer, Jordana
Keywords: Mixed Methods; Perioperative Mental Health; Posttraumatic Stress; Randomized Clinical Trial; Surgery; Virtual Reality Simulation
A targeted preoperative virtual reality intervention with artificial intelligence integration for anxiety in patients undergoing breast cancer surgery
Principal investigators: El-Gabalawy, Renée
Keywords: Perioperative Medicine; Virtual Reality; Anxiety;Mental Health; Breast Cancer Surgery; Randomized Clinical Trial; Qualitative; Exposure-Based Intervention; Artificial Intelligence
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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