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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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Supervision signals

Professors usually supervise graduate students in their department's programs.
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 11 research grants (11 CIHR), most recently in 2026.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2023.

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Academic metrics

186

Publications

1,008

Citations

h-index

162

Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

Counts cover the works listed on the university profile; citation counts come from Dimensions.

Education

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

Profiles and links

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Signals and details

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Toronto profile.

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

Latest papers

Canadian real-world evidence: observational 24-week outcomes for health care practitioner authorized cannabis.
Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur · 2026 · senior author
The impact of dyspnea on health-related quality of life and physical activity in hypermobile Ehlers Danlos syndrome and generalized-hypermobility spectrum disorder.
Respiratory medicine · 2026
Effects of alcohol consumption on postoperative outcomes: a scoping review.
Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2026

All 186 publications

Latest funding

The PLATform for INnovative Multicentre trials for comorbid chronic Pain and Depressive disorders (PLATINuM-PD)
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$730,576
Investigating the Interplay between FAAH and Opioid Misuse in Chronic Pain
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,315,800
Ecstasy to Alleviate SEvere Chronic Neuropathic Pain (EASE Pain) - A Multi-centre Internal Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,034,806

All 27 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 186 publications.

Canadian real-world evidence: observational 24-week outcomes for health care practitioner authorized cannabis.

Yang B, Diep C, Thaker S, Jackson T, Lakhani A, Landolt C, Pope E, Lara-Corrales I, Cortes Pradilla H, Yu HC, Mae Gabriel G, Darville R, Weisbrod K, Tingling K, Nandra K, Ganty P, Fiorellino J, Huang A, Tao L, Singh M, Chung Tai P, Carlen P, Ladha K, Clarke H

Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/24740527.2025.2593253 PMID: 41640820

The impact of dyspnea on health-related quality of life and physical activity in hypermobile Ehlers Danlos syndrome and generalized-hypermobility spectrum disorder.

Al Kaabi N, Camacho E, Al-Timimi AS, Andrawes R, Masthan MI, Momen R, Reid WD, Slepian M, McGillis L, Rachinsky M, Ryan CM, Chow CW, Santa Mina D, Clarke H, Mittal N, Rozenberg D

Respiratory medicine2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2026.109158 PMID: 42722088

Effects of alcohol consumption on postoperative outcomes: a scoping review.

McGinn RN, Torensma B, Mathew A, Woodford E, Clarke H, Englesakis M, McCluskey SA, Bieze M

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie2026

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-026-03184-6 PMID: 42693309

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

Ketamine assisted psychotherapy to reduce chronic neuropathic pain: A mixed-methods randomized pilot trial.

Goel A, Diep C, Zahin A, Rosenblat JD, Pereira SM, Teja B, Rao K, Pritlove C, Hodwitz K, Clarke H, Katz J, Wijeysundera DN, Pazmino-Canizares J, Mattina G, Nayar R, Thomas Z, Dang K, Ladha KS, Ritvo P, KARE Collaborators

Med (New York, N.Y.)2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.medj.2026.101259 PMID: 42594864

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

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

Profile data last refreshed on September 25, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.

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Hance Clarke

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Canadian real-world evidence: observational 24-week outcomes for health care practitioner authorized cannabis.

The impact of dyspnea on health-related quality of life and physical activity in hypermobile Ehlers Danlos syndrome and generalized-hypermobility spectrum disorder.

Effects of alcohol consumption on postoperative outcomes: a scoping review.

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.

Ketamine assisted psychotherapy to reduce chronic neuropathic pain: A mixed-methods randomized pilot trial.

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

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.

Frequent collaborators

Joel Katz

Nimish Mittal

Daniel Santa Mina

Dmitry Rozenberg

Karim Ladha

Akash Goel

Dinesh A Kumbhare

Paul Ritvo

Paul Ritvo

Anuj Bhatia

Tania Di Renna

Harsha Shanthanna

Monica Parry

Michael McGillion

Keyvan Karkouti

James Khan

Martine Puts

Urban Emmenegger

Antonio Finelli

Mandeep Singh

Ian Gilron

Stephen Choi

Philip Devereaux

Duminda Wijeysundera

Toni Zhong

Tara Gomes

Timothy Leroux

Chitra Lalloo

Nicholas Mitsakakis

Jason Walter Busse

Norman Buckley

Jennifer Stinson

Colleen Norris

Keisha Gobin

Louise Pilote

James Paul

William Lloyd Parkinson

Chung-Wai Chow

Marcelo Cypel

Raoul Daoust