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Nader Ghasemlou

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Associate ProfessorDepartment of ImmunologyUniversity of Toronto

Nader Ghasemlou

Associate Professor

Department of Immunology

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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45 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 20 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 7 research grants (7 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervisor on 3 trainee awards (3 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Research

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Chronic Pain Cytokines Neuroinflammation Circadian Rhythms Bioinformatics Ecological Momentary Assessment Pain Animal Behaviour

Latest papers

Cryotherapy and Duration of Inflammatory Pain in Mice.
Anesthesiology · 2026
Nociceptor circadian clock genes control excitability and pain perception in mice in a sex- and time-dependent manner.
Nature communications · 2026 · senior author
Chemokines as targets to treat chronic postoperative pain.
Pain · 2026 · senior author

All 88 publications

Latest funding

Cell-autonomous microglial clocks and the rhythmicity of chronic pain
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$1,143,676
Organ-specific immune reservoirs as drivers of secondary damage in spinal cord injury.
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000
Modulating gut-derived immune cell migration and pain outcomes in spinal cord injury through fecal microbiome transplantation
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000

All 11 grants and awards

88 publications.

Cryotherapy and Duration of Inflammatory Pain in Mice.

Lima LV, Pittman C, Laor B, Fouda I, Karaky M, Di Maria M, Cargnel O, Kanani P, Rickert-Llàcer A, Wilcox NC, Sotocinal SG, Ghasemlou N, Diatchenko L, Mogil JS

Anesthesiology20262 citations

DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000006066 PMID: 41894397

Nociceptor circadian clock genes control excitability and pain perception in mice in a sex- and time-dependent manner.

Brécier A, Bannerman CA, Xie YF, Dedek C, Zacharias AM, O'Connor CD, Rickert Llàcer A, Miller SD, Li VW, Meier C, Ballantyne LL, Du Bois J, Duan Q, Prescott SA, Ghasemlou N

Nature communications20261 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-73772-z PMID: 42230621

Chemokines as targets to treat chronic postoperative pain.

Rangachari M, Ghasemlou N

Pain2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003940 PMID: 41800737

Feasibility of intra-day blood biomarker and ecological momentary assessment collection in multiple sclerosis.

Majer ML, Taccardi D, Gowdy HG, Li VW, Zacharias AM, Duan Q, Shawawrah M, Wing AC, Baharnoori M, Finlayson M, Ghasemlou N

Multiple sclerosis and related disorders2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2026.107426 PMID: 42570511

Shedding light on pain management: a translational systematic review of light therapy for the treatment of chronic pain.

Taccardi D, Gowdy HGM, Sharp EV, Adya P, Cupido TL, Pagé MG, Ghasemlou N

EBioMedicine2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2026.106251 PMID: 42055834

“CARING in Action”: A Knowledge Mobilization Project on Co-Creating Evidence-Based Communication Training in Chronic Pain Care for Healthcare Professionals

Doriana Taccardi, Nataly R. Espinoza-Suarez, Swapnil Shah, Jennifer Daly-Cyr, Annie LeBlanc, Nader Ghasemlou, Lynn Cooper, Rachael Bosma, Rachel Roy

Figshare2026Open Access

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.33179959.v1

“CARING in Action”: A Knowledge Mobilization Project on Co-Creating Evidence-Based Communication Training in Chronic Pain Care for Healthcare Professionals

Doriana Taccardi, Nataly R. Espinoza-Suarez, Swapnil Shah, Jennifer Daly-Cyr, Annie LeBlanc, Nader Ghasemlou, Lynn Cooper, Rachael Bosma, Rachel Roy

Figshare2026Open Access

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.33179959

"CARING in Action": A Knowledge Mobilization Project on Co-Creating Evidence-Based Communication Training in Chronic Pain Care for Healthcare Professionals.

Taccardi D, Espinoza-Suarez NR, Shah S, Daly-Cyr J, LeBlanc A, Ghasemlou N, Cooper L, Bosma R, Roy R

Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1080/24740527.2026.2696249 PMID: 42569207

The role of neutrophils in pain: systematic review and meta-analysis of animal studies.

Huerta MÁ, Molina-Álvarez M, García MM, Tejada MA, Goicoechea C, Ghasemlou N, Ruiz-Cantero MC, Cobos EJ

Pain202512 citations

DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003450 PMID: 39450928

Circadian rhythmicity and biopsychosocial characteristics influence opioid use in chronic low back pain.

Taccardi D, Zacharias AM, Gowdy HG, Knezic M, Parisien M, Bisson EJ, Fang ZY, Stickley SA, Brown E, Camiré D, Wilson R, Singer LN, Daly-Cyr J, Choinière M, Lu Z, Pagé MG, Diatchenko L, Duan Q, Ghasemlou N

The Journal of clinical investigation20253 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1172/jci188620 PMID: 41031896

Cell-autonomous microglial clocks and the rhythmicity of chronic pain

Nominated PICIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Ghasemlou, Nader

Keywords: Animal Behaviour; Astrocytes; Chronic Pain; Circadian Rhythms; Clock Genes; Mef2c; Microglia; Neuroinflammation

$1,143,676

Organ-specific immune reservoirs as drivers of secondary damage in spinal cord injury.

SupervisorCIHR2025DRA : Canada Graduate Research Scholarship - Doctoral Program (CGRS D)

Principal investigators: Rickert Llàcer, Aitana

Keywords: Central Nervous System Injury; Marginal Pool; Microbiome; Monocyte-Derived Macrophages (Mdms); Neuroimmune; Photoconversion; Spinal Cord Injury; Tissue-Specific Migration

$120,000

Modulating gut-derived immune cell migration and pain outcomes in spinal cord injury through fecal microbiome transplantation

SupervisorCIHR2025DRA : Canada Graduate Research Scholarship - Doctoral Program (CGRS D)

Principal investigators: Wilcox, Natalie C

Keywords: 16s Rrna Sequencing; Fecal Microbiome Transplant; Flow Cytometry; Gut Microbiome; Immune Cell Migration; Immunofluorescence Microscopy; Mouse Pain Behaviour Assays; Neuropathic Pain; Single Cell Rna Sequencing; Spinal Cord Injury

$120,000

Circadian rhythm control of chronic pain and neuroinflammation: a bedside-to-bench study

Nominated PICIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Ghasemlou, Nader; Page, Gabrielle

Keywords: Animal Models; Bioinformatics; Biopsychosocial Assessment; Chronic Pain; Ecological Momentary Assessment; Neuroinflammation; Transcriptomics; Translational Research

$956,250

CircaHealth iCT: Targeting circadian rhythmicity using light therapy to alleviate chronic pain

Nominated PICIHR2023Operating Grant: SPOR Innovative Clinical Trial Multi-Year Grant - LOI

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

CircaHealth-CircaPain iCT: Targeting circadian rhythmicity using bright light therapy to alleviate chronic low back pain

Nominated PICIHR2023Operating Grant: SPOR Innovative Clinical Trial Multi-Year Grant

Principal investigators: Ghasemlou, Nader; Buckley, David N; Clarke, Hance A; CUPIDO, TRACY L; Di Renna, Tania; Duggan, Scott S; Martel, Marc Olivier; Poulin, Patricia A; Daly-Cyr, Jennifer; Page, Gabrielle

Keywords: Bioinformatics; Biomakers; Biopsychosocial Approach; Bright Light; Chronic Pain; Circadian Rhythms; Ecological Momentary Assessment; Immune Cells; Light Therapy; Randomized Controlled Trial

$2,000,000

Examining the influence of circadian rhythmicity on biopsychosocial factors of chronic pain

SupervisorCIHR2023Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Gowdy, Hailey G

Keywords: Biopsychosocial; Chronic Low Back Pain; Chronic Pain; Circadian Rhythms; Ecological Momentary Assessment; Pain Rhythmicity

$105,000

Neuro-immune control of postoperative pain via CCL22:CCR4 signaling

Nominated PICIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Ghasemlou, Nader

Keywords: Behavioural Assays; Cytokines; Dendritic Cells; Electrophysiology; Immunology; Neuroinflammation; Neuroscience; Pain

$937,126

Neuro-immune control of postoperative pain via CCL22:CCR4 signalling

Nominated PICIHR2019Project Grant - PA: MSK/Skin/Oral Health: Clinical Research - Skin Health

Principal investigators: Ghasemlou, Nader

Keywords: Behavioural Assays; Cytokines; Dendritic Cells; Electrophysiology; Immunology; Inflammation; Neuroscience; Pain

$100,000

Cellular and molecular mechanisms of inflammatory pain

Nominated PICIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Ghasemlou, Nader

Keywords: Animal Behaviour; Calcium Imaging; Cytokines; Flow Cytometry; Immunohistochemistry; Inflammation; Myeloid Cells; Nociceptors; Pain; Proteomics

$100,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Nader Ghasemlou

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Cryotherapy and Duration of Inflammatory Pain in Mice.

Nociceptor circadian clock genes control excitability and pain perception in mice in a sex- and time-dependent manner.

Chemokines as targets to treat chronic postoperative pain.

Feasibility of intra-day blood biomarker and ecological momentary assessment collection in multiple sclerosis.

Shedding light on pain management: a translational systematic review of light therapy for the treatment of chronic pain.

“CARING in Action”: A Knowledge Mobilization Project on Co-Creating Evidence-Based Communication Training in Chronic Pain Care for Healthcare Professionals

“CARING in Action”: A Knowledge Mobilization Project on Co-Creating Evidence-Based Communication Training in Chronic Pain Care for Healthcare Professionals

"CARING in Action": A Knowledge Mobilization Project on Co-Creating Evidence-Based Communication Training in Chronic Pain Care for Healthcare Professionals.

The role of neutrophils in pain: systematic review and meta-analysis of animal studies.

Circadian rhythmicity and biopsychosocial characteristics influence opioid use in chronic low back pain.

Frequent collaborators

Ian Gilron

Doriana Taccardi

Samuel David

Sébastien Talbot

Qingling Duan

Luda Diatchenko

Moutih Rafei

Manon Choinière

Gabrielle Pagé

Jeffrey Mogil

Prameet Sheth

Zihang Lu

Kathryn Birnie

Lesley Singer

Perri Tutelman

Annie Leblanc

Danuta Radzioch

Jordan Miller

Dawn Richards

Christine Chambers

Colin McCartney

Trisha Mahtani