Hashmi, Javeria Ali

Javeria Ali Hashmi, MSc, PhD
- Affiliated Scientist, Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine, Dalhousie University
- Director of Brain Networks and Neurophysiology Lab, Department of Anesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine, Dalhousie University
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The NetPhys Lab uses brain imaging in predictive analytics for chronic pain diagnosis and management. The NetPhys Lab is dedicated to understanding the behavioral relevance of neural communication in large-scale brain networks. We use sensory and affective pain as our modality for understanding how the brain processes internal and external information to generate perception. We also observe how ongoing mental processes alter pain perception. Our overall goal is to establish the scope and limits for using brain imaging for predicting pain modulation and other complex behaviors in clinical populations. Another core focus of NetPhys is predictive analytics geared at using multimodal brain imaging data for developing tools to stratify patients into groups and to predict treatment outcomes, especially in chronic pain patients. We seek to establish the usefulness of our tools for predicting pain response and other types of behavior in all ages across the lifespan. Other projects will study brain networks in altered states of consciousness—such as general anesthesia or mindful-awareness meditation—in multimodal data.

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