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Massieh Moayedi

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Associate ProfessorDepartment of Pain and NeuroscienceUniversity of Toronto

Massieh Moayedi

Associate Professor

Department of Pain and Neuroscience

Faculty of Dentistry

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Canada Research Chair in Pain Neuroimaging

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33 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 (8 CIHR, 3 NSERC, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2026.
Supervised 4 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2023.

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PhD
Bachelor of Science (BSc)

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Research

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

Mri Pain Temporomandibular Disorders Brain Endocannabinoids Masticatory Muscles Orofacial Pain Trigeminal Nerve

Latest papers

Identification of high-impact chronic pain in adolescents with musculoskeletal pain.
Pain · 2026
Nociceptive sensitization and pain perception are dissociable in humans.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026 · senior author
How does the hippocampus contribute to the pain experience?
Pain · 2026 · senior author

All 68 publications

Latest funding

Gender-Affirming Chest Surgery and Allostatic Load in Transgender Men and Non-Binary Individuals: A Prospective Study of the Contributions of Body Image and Epistemic Injustice to Physiological Health
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
$700,000
Investigating the Interplay between FAAH and Opioid Misuse in Chronic Pain
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$1,315,800
Quantitative sensory testing in youth: an international comprehensive standardized protocol and consensus on core reporting outcomes
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$20,000

All 23 grants and awards

68 publications.

Identification of high-impact chronic pain in adolescents with musculoskeletal pain.

White JN, King CD, Coghill RC, López-Solá M, Moayedi M, Stinson JN, Angst MS, Gaudillière B, Aghaeepour N, Simons LE

Pain2026

DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000004092 PMID: 42663526

Nociceptive sensitization and pain perception are dissociable in humans.

Cormie MA, Mouseli P, Martini C, De Silva K, Lauric I, Khalil O, Seminowicz DA, Moayedi M

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2603667123 PMID: 42647122

How does the hippocampus contribute to the pain experience?

Ayoub LJ, Nelson S, McAndrews MP, Moayedi M

Pain2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000004034 PMID: 42615501

Hypermobility and chronic pain in adolescents: diverging functional and neural profiles without sensory differences.

Huft K, Gaydos EF, White JN, Pascual-Diaz S, Schubert-Hjalmarsson E, Harrison N, Moua L, Hoeppli ME, Biggs E, Stinson JN, Aghaeepour N, Angst MS, Gaudilliere B, Coghill RC, Moayedi M, López-Solá M, King CD, Simons LE

Pain2026

DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003999 PMID: 42187063

The human claustrum supports cognitive networks for externally and internally driven task demands.

Stewart BW, Cormie MA, Keaser ML, Moayedi M, Mathur BN, Seminowicz DA

PLoS biology2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003843 PMID: 42361098

Reliability and stability of pain ratings and secondary hyperalgesia to experimental phasic heat pain across multiple days and weeks.

De Vera NW, Abssy SS, Seminowicz DA, Moayedi M

The journal of pain2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2026.106253 PMID: 41765342

Brain-immune correlates of quality of life in adolescents with chronic musculoskeletal pain.

Pascual-Diaz S, Suñol M, Hoeppli ME, Biggs E, King CD, Aghaeepour N, Angst MS, Ganio E, Cambriel A, Feyaerts D, Gaudilliere B, Stinson JN, Moayedi M, Coghill RC, Simons LE, López-Solà M

Brain, behavior, and immunity2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2025.106225 PMID: 41421736

The thermal grill elicits central sensitization.

Cormie MA, Seminowicz DA, Moayedi M

Pain2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003776 PMID: 40923916

Salience or value: what drives priority in pain-cognition interactions?

Hadjis GE, Barnett A, Yu A, Lin AY, Zhou Y, Kong D, Seminowicz DA, McAndrews MP, Moayedi M

Pain2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003747 PMID: 40788275

Subjective salience ratings are a reliable proxy for physiological measures of arousal.

Hadjis GE, Atlas LY, Mouseli P, Sexton CA, McAndrews MP, Moayedi M

Pain2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003699 PMID: 40623245

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Massieh Moayedi

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Identification of high-impact chronic pain in adolescents with musculoskeletal pain.

Nociceptive sensitization and pain perception are dissociable in humans.

How does the hippocampus contribute to the pain experience?

Hypermobility and chronic pain in adolescents: diverging functional and neural profiles without sensory differences.

The human claustrum supports cognitive networks for externally and internally driven task demands.

Reliability and stability of pain ratings and secondary hyperalgesia to experimental phasic heat pain across multiple days and weeks.

Brain-immune correlates of quality of life in adolescents with chronic musculoskeletal pain.

The thermal grill elicits central sensitization.

Salience or value: what drives priority in pain-cognition interactions?

Subjective salience ratings are a reliable proxy for physiological measures of arousal.

Gender-Affirming Chest Surgery and Allostatic Load in Transgender Men and Non-Binary Individuals: A Prospective Study of the Contributions of Body Image and Epistemic Injustice to Physiological Health

Investigating the Interplay between FAAH and Opioid Misuse in Chronic Pain

Quantitative sensory testing in youth: an international comprehensive standardized protocol and consensus on core reporting outcomes

Determining the Neural and Pharmacological Mechanisms of a Novel Affective Orofacial Nociceptive Circuit

Peak Alpha Frequency and Pain Sensitivity

The Role of Limbic Structures, Memory and Emotion in Chronic Neuropathic Pain

Exploring the relationship between gender, body image and pain-a mixed models approach

Interdisciplinary perspectives on oral and facial pain and headache: unravelling the complexities for improved understanding, prevention, and management

Human Pain Seminar Series Summit 2024-Advances in Pain Neuroimaging: harnessing individual differences to delineate mechanisms and biomarkers of disease

The role of limbic structures, memory and emotion in chronic neuropathic pain

Frequent collaborators

Iacopo Cioffi

Mojgan Hodaie

Anil Kishen

Jennifer Stinson

Jonathan Downar

Peter Giacobbe

Katharine Dunlop

Emery Potter

Melanie Noel

David Dubins

Fidel Vila-Rodriguez

Limor Avivi-Arber

Craig Dale

Fiona Campbell

Michael Thaut