Prof. Irit Weissman-Fogel

Email:
ifogel@univ.haifa.ac.il

Affiliation Faculty / Department:
Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences

Academic Background:
B.Sc in Physiotherapy, Tel Aviv University; Master of Science in Medical Sciences ,Technion; Ph.D. in Clinical Neurophysiology, Technion; Post-Doctoral Studies in Brain, Imaging and Behaviour-Systems Neuroscience, Toronto Western Research Institute, University Health Network and University of Toronto

Research Interests:
I investigate brain functions in relation to pain by combining brain imaging (magnetic resonance imaging [MRI]) and electrophysiological techniques (electroencephalography [EEG], evoked potentials and trans-cranial magnetic stimulation [TMS]). I focuse my research on brain mechanisms that subserve and regulate pain in the healthy state; this is in order to identify alterations in mechanisms supporting pain modulation in chronic pain disorders, including their therapeutic relevance. I am also studying the role that individual differences in brain morphology and neurophysiology have on predicting treatment success.

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