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Firoozeh Samim
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Latest papers
Changes in smoking and alcohol use following the diagnosis of an oral potentially malignant disorder: a retrospective pilot study.
BMC oral health · 2026
The Importance of Recognition and Management of Oral Lichen Planus: Navigating Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Cancer Risk, and Advances in Management.
Head & neck · 2025 · senior author
Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw: evolving research for multimodality medical management.
Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024 · senior author
Latest funding
- $100,000
Feasibility of Multimodal Wearable Sensing to Characterize Jaw Function in Painful Temporomandibular Disorders
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
- $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 · Co-investigator
10 publications.
Changes in smoking and alcohol use following the diagnosis of an oral potentially malignant disorder: a retrospective pilot study.
Tsyvian A, Beema AN, Naksho A, Chammas JB, Gigliotti J, Samim F, Makhoul N, Idrissi Janati A
The Importance of Recognition and Management of Oral Lichen Planus: Navigating Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Cancer Risk, and Advances in Management.
Akbari E, Epstein JB, Samim F
Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw: evolving research for multimodality medical management.
Abdolrahmani A, Epstein JB, Samim F
Unveiling the Hidden Links: Periodontal Disease, Fusobacterium Nucleatum, and Cancers.
Akbari E, Epstein JB, Samim F
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
A Rare Case of Lipomatous Variant Mammary-Type Myofibroblastoma of the Lateral Tongue.
Spalti M, Samim F, Florianova L
Back and neck pain: A comparison between acute and chronic pain–related Temporomandibular Disorders
Jack Botros, Mervyn Gornitsky, Firoozeh Samim, Zovinar Der Khatchadourian, Ana Míriam Velly
Retrospective study of factors associated with late detection of oral cancer in alberta: A qualitative study.
Badri P, Baracos V, Ganatra S, Lai H, Samim F, Amin M
The contribution of pain and disability on the transition from acute to chronic pain-related TMD: A 3-month prospective cohort study
Ana Míriam Velly, Sherif M. Elsaraj, Jack Botros, Firoozeh Samim, Zovinar Der Khatchadourian, Mervyn Gornitsky
Oral pain in the cancer patient.
Samim F, Epstein JB, Osagie R
Feasibility of Multimodal Wearable Sensing to Characterize Jaw Function in Painful Temporomandibular Disorders
Principal investigators: Beraldo Meloto, Carolina; Trivisonno, Melissa; Rahman, Quazi A
Keywords: Biomechanics; Feasibility Study; Jaw Function; Multimodal Physiology; Orofacial Pain; Temporomandibular Disorders; Wearable Sensors
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
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.
Frequent collaborators
- Maryam Amin and Hollis Lai: 10 shared papers
- Maryam Amin and Seema Ganatra: 9 shared papers
- Hollis Lai and Seema Ganatra: 4 shared papers
- Ana Velly and Firoozeh Samim: 3 shared papers
- Vickie Baracos and Seema Ganatra: 3 shared papers
- Vickie Baracos and Maryam Amin: 2 shared papers
- Vickie Baracos and Hollis Lai: 2 shared papers
- Ana Velly and Richard Hovey: 1 shared paper
- Vickie Baracos and Firoozeh Samim: 1 shared paper
- Richard Hovey and Amal Idrissi Janati: 1 shared paper
- Richard Hovey and Firoozeh Samim: 1 shared paper
- Amal Idrissi Janati and Firoozeh Samim: 1 shared paper
- Maryam Amin and Firoozeh Samim: 1 shared paper
- Hollis Lai and Firoozeh Samim: 1 shared paper
- Seema Ganatra and Firoozeh Samim: 1 shared paper
- Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Dentistry Dept
- Mike Petryk School of Dentistry
- Oncology Dept
Co-authors at McGill University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Ana Velly
Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences
3 shared papers, latest 2023
Vickie Baracos
Oncology Dept
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Richard Hovey
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Nicholas Makhoul
Department of Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Amal Idrissi Janati
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Maryam Amin
Mike Petryk School of Dentistry
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Hollis Lai
Dentistry Dept
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Seema Ganatra
Dentistry Dept
1 shared papers, latest 2022
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