Rima El-Sayed, PhD

@UofT PhD in Medical Science, passionate about 🧠neuroscience and pain research

[Rima El-Sayed, PhD @RimaElSayed1]

The publication: https://t.co/AkrFNvh41i

[Rima El-Sayed, PhD @RimaElSayed1]

Being the @IASPpain “research poster girl” for the last 2 yrs has been fun, I hope trainees got their abstracts in by the deadline! All the great conversations I had by my poster were insightful and helped me finalize the study that ended up published in PAIN the following year!

[Rima El-Sayed, PhD @RimaElSayed1]

Many undergraduate students ended up coming by my poster, it really felt like I was speaking to and encouraging my younger self. Winning the poster award was the cherry on top, but really I think success follows when you intentionally value each step in the journey [2/2]

[Rima El-Sayed, PhD @RimaElSayed1]

My final poster presentation as a PhD student happened to be in the same location (MedSci building) as my first ever poster presentation in undergrad. I tend to express myself with colour, and so as a nod of gratitude to my younger self I dressed in the same colourscheme [1/2]

[Rima El-Sayed, PhD @RimaElSayed1]

The study that I won a poster award for in the “Pain and sensory disorders” category at last year’s CPIN research day (@CPIN_UofT ) was published this month in EJP!! If you have not read it yet here is the link: https://t.co/Svl3fbkYx5

[Rima El-Sayed, PhD @RimaElSayed1]

https://t.co/Svl3fbkYx5

[Rima El-Sayed, PhD @RimaElSayed1]

It's the best feeling seeing your work presented to others in the field and was a privilege to get to collect neuroimaging and behavioral data from people with chronic pain receiving SCS treatment @kren27 @DrAnujBhatia. My final PhD paper published last week is linked below!

[Karen Deborah Davis @kren27]

Latest from the Davis Lab led by @RimaElSayed1 Alpha Oscillations and Conditioned Pain Modulation Is Associated With Treatment Resistance to Spinal Cord Stimulation for Neuropathic Pain - El‐Sayed - 2026 - European Journal of Pain - Wiley Online Library https://t.co/Mo0hXdEMSX

[North American Pain School @NAPainSchool]

#NAPainSchool booth pre-reunion

It’s so nice to see you and we hope you’ll join us at the Manhattan Lounge today at 6:30 pm 🥰

[Rima El-Sayed, PhD @RimaElSayed1]

Beyond pain scores/reflexes: the wealth of additional knowledge from expressions and rapid movements in people and animals - particularly when captured by high-speed videography as demonstrated by @IshmailSaboor at @NAPainSchool #NAPainSchool

[Rima El-Sayed, PhD @RimaElSayed1]

Behind the scenes: The NAPS-PRF Correspondents @PainResForum late last night learning how to set up the mics for our @NAPainSchool podcast interviews! 🎙 thank you @ErwanQprn for all your help 🙏
#NAPainSchool #PRF #podcast

[Rima El-Sayed, PhD @RimaElSayed1]

Grateful for the opportunity to share my research at NAPS and for all the supportive and kind comments following my talk! 💖 Feeling so lucky to be here with such brilliant, lovely and supportive people. Thank you @NAPainSchool and @cpn_rdc for sponsoring me!
#NAPainSchool

[Rima El-Sayed, PhD @RimaElSayed1]

This was a challenging and stimulating lunch topic led by Michael Suillivan "Can psychological factors "cause pain"" - and how this claim impacts policy, social empathy and the lived experiences of those with chronic pain shared by Laurent Dupuis #NAPainSchool #patientpartners

[North American Pain School @NAPainSchool]

#NAPainSchool

[Rima El-Sayed, PhD @RimaElSayed1]

A common theme in @DrCChambers and Jennifer Haythornthwaite's morning talks at the @NAPainSchool - pain catastrophizing starts in children and integrating evidence based management of pain needs to include children and family that advocate for them #NAPainSchool @KidsInPain

[Rima El-Sayed, PhD @RimaElSayed1]

Yes, pain research really IS that interesting!😊 mission accomplished with the lecture I gave last week ✅ Always happy to give this talk for @Neurosci101CPIN. These brilliant students are learning a lot of neuroscience concepts early on via Neurosci101!

[Rima El-Sayed, PhD @RimaElSayed1]

@EP_Mills did an amazing interview with @srirangakashyap for episode 1 of Seeds of Science!😊 Its been very rewarding meeting and hearing the scientific journeys of @UHN_Research trainees, If you missed the S1 teaser video check it out at the ORT website: https://t.co/PENgWI4C58

[The Office of Research Trainees (ORT) at UHN @uhntrainees]

Episode 1 of Seeds of Science podcast is out now!

Listen to meet Dr. Sriranga Kashyap (@srirangakashyap), a postdoc at @technainstitute. Learn about Sri's neuroimaging research, and to hear his profound insights into the trainee process!

Listen here: https://t.co/asmYqibaCc

[Rima El-Sayed, PhD @RimaElSayed1]

@kren27 Thank you so much Karen! Excited to continue my studies in your lab.

[Rima El-Sayed, PhD @RimaElSayed1]

Such valuable perspectives on chronic pain from patient partners like @_justinam given @CanadianPain webinar. Experiences even applicable to other chronic conditions during #COVID19 ; the loss of "movement [as] medicine" and risks of traveling to access medical care #CPSPlus