Research
Latest papers
All Hands on Deck-Let's Not Forget About Orofacial Pain in Low- and Middle-Income Settings.
European journal of pain (London, England) · 2025
The Contribution of Insomnia and Obstructive Sleep Apnea on the Transition from Acute to Chronic Painful Temporomandibular Disorders and their Persistence: A Prospective 3-Month Cohort Study.
Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur · 2023 · senior author
Needle-free Mental Incisive Nerve Block:In vitro, Cadaveric, and Pilot Clinical Studies.
International journal of pharmaceutics · 2021
Latest funding
- $20,000
Interdisciplinary perspectives on oral and facial pain and headache: unravelling the complexities for improved understanding, prevention, and management
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
- $306,000
Identification of the risk factors and salivary biomarkers associated with the transition from acute to chronic pain-related temporomandibular disorders as well as its persistence
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
- $2,000,000
Network for Canadian Oral Health Research
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
5 publications.
All Hands on Deck-Let's Not Forget About Orofacial Pain in Low- and Middle-Income Settings.
Lobbezoo F, Häggman-Henrikson B, Verhoeff MC, Aarab G, Ahlberg J, Alstergren P, Baad-Hansen L, Bucci R, Cioffi I, Dayo AF, Durham J, Huang Z, Koutris M, Lövgren A, Manfredini D, Michelotti A, Nixdorf DR, Oyarzo JF, Peck CC, Pigg M, Svensson P, Velly A, Visscher CM, Wetselaar P, Sessle BJ, Orofacial and Head Pain Special Interest Group (SIG) of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), International Network for Orofacial Pain and Related Disorders Methodology (INfORM) of the International Association for Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Research (IADR)
The Contribution of Insomnia and Obstructive Sleep Apnea on the Transition from Acute to Chronic Painful Temporomandibular Disorders and their Persistence: A Prospective 3-Month Cohort Study.
Elsaraj SM, Gornitsky M, Hovey R, Samim F, Der Khatchadourian Z, Velly A
Needle-free Mental Incisive Nerve Block:In vitro, Cadaveric, and Pilot Clinical Studies.
Gao Q, Henley A, Noël G, Der Khatchadourian Z, Taqi D, Abusamak M, He Z, Grœn S, Taher R, Menassa K, Velly A, Emami E, Mongeau L, Tamimi F
Needle-free injection: Dental infiltration anesthesia.
Gao Q, Noël G, Der Khatchadourian Z, Taqi D, Abusamak M, Henley A, Menassa K, Velly A, Emami E, Mongeau L, Tamimi F
Specific and number of comorbidities are associated with increased levels of temporomandibular pain intensity and duration.
Dahan H, Shir Y, Velly A, Allison P
Interdisciplinary perspectives on oral and facial pain and headache: unravelling the complexities for improved understanding, prevention, and management
Principal investigators: Velly, Ana Miriam; Sharifzadeh-Amin, Maryam
Keywords: Chronic Pain; Oral And Facial Pain And Headaches; Oral Health
Identification of the risk factors and salivary biomarkers associated with the transition from acute to chronic pain-related temporomandibular disorders as well as its persistence
Principal investigators: Velly, Ana Miriam
Keywords: Acute Pain; Biomarkers; Chronic Pain; Orofacial Pain; Pain-Related Temporomandibular Disorders; Transition From Acute To Chronic Pain
Network for Canadian Oral Health Research
Principal investigators: Velly, Ana Miriam; Allison, Paul J; Bhullar, Rajinder P; Chandad, Fatiha; Filiaggi, Mark J; Mathu-Muju, Kavita; Matthews, Debora C; Moreau, Alain; Papagerakis, Petros; Quiñonez, Carlos R; Sharifzadeh-Amin, Maryam; Siqueira, Walter L
Keywords: Education; Health; Minority; Multidisciplinary Research; Network; Oral Health
The risk of cancer among opioid users
Principal investigators: Velly, Ana Miriam
Keywords: Cancer; Nested Case-Control; Opioids
Optimizing pain management: a pilot randomized trial in patients undergoing arthroscopic shoulder surgery
Principal investigators: Velly, Ana Miriam
Keywords: Inter-Scalene Block; Non-Opioid Medication; Pain Management; Pilot Study; Postoperative Pain; Randomized Trial
The risk of community-acquired pneumonia among immunosuppressive opioids users
Principal investigators: Velly, Ana Miriam
Keywords: Clinical Practice Research Datalink (Cprd); Community-Acquired Pneumonia; Opioids
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Elham Emami and Elham Emami: 64 shared papers
- Paul Allison and Paul Allison: 18 shared papers
- Elham Emami and Ana Velly: 2 shared papers
- Elham Emami and Paul Allison: 2 shared papers
- Elham Emami and Paul Allison: 2 shared papers
- Ana Velly and Elham Emami: 2 shared papers
- Paul Allison and Elham Emami: 2 shared papers
- Paul Allison and Elham Emami: 2 shared papers
- Ana Velly and Paul Allison: 1 shared paper
- Ana Velly and Richard Hovey: 1 shared paper
- Ana Velly and Iacopo Cioffi: 1 shared paper
- Ana Velly and Paul Allison: 1 shared paper
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Restorative Dentistry
- Dental Public Health Sciences
- Stomatology
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Other
Co-authors at McGill University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Elham Emami
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2021
Elham Emami
Restorative Dentistry
2 shared papers, latest 2021
Paul Allison
Stomatology
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Richard Hovey
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Iacopo Cioffi
Dental Public Health Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Paul Allison
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2015
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