Sylvia Gustin
@sylviagustin.bsky.social
Professor UNSW; Director Centre for Pain IMPACT *investigating pain mechanisms to advance clinical translation*; Director UNSW NeuroRecovery Research Hub; Senior Principal Research Scientist Neuroscience Research Australia; Chair ENIGMA Chronic Pain
After a long journey of hardware and software development, we’re excited to share the first positive results: our in-house developed, gamified EEG neurofeedback system can reduce nerve pain. A big step forward in non-drug pain therapies!
www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/new...
www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/new...
Brain training game offers new hope for drug-free pain management
The first clinical trial of an interactive game that trains people to alter their brain waves has shown promise as a treatment for nerve pain – offering hope for a new generation of drug-free treatmen...
www.unsw.edu.au
June 3, 2025 at 10:51 AM
After a long journey of hardware and software development, we’re excited to share the first positive results: our in-house developed, gamified EEG neurofeedback system can reduce nerve pain. A big step forward in non-drug pain therapies!
www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/new...
www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/new...
Stress plays a key role in why chronic pain is linked to anatomical changes in the brain. Our research, "Stress‐Related Brain Alterations in Chronic Pain", has been just published in the European Journal of Pain. Read it here: doi.org/10.1002/ejp....
May 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Stress plays a key role in why chronic pain is linked to anatomical changes in the brain. Our research, "Stress‐Related Brain Alterations in Chronic Pain", has been just published in the European Journal of Pain. Read it here: doi.org/10.1002/ejp....
New chronic pain therapy retrains the brain to process emotions | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
New chronic pain therapy retrains the brain to process emotions
UNSW and NeuRA researchers have created an effective therapy for chronic pain that reduces pain intensity by focusing on emotional regulation.
www.eurekalert.org
May 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
New chronic pain therapy retrains the brain to process emotions | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Reposted by Sylvia Gustin
Great to see wonderful Irene Tracey on top of the league www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best...
International Women’s Day: top universities led by women
More than a quarter of the top 200 universities in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings are run by women, a number which is increasing year on year
www.timeshighereducation.com
March 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Great to see wonderful Irene Tracey on top of the league www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best...
Reposted by Sylvia Gustin
In an unprecedented move, the US National Institutes of Health has begun mass terminations of research grants that fund active scientific projects because they no longer meet “agency priorities”.
https://go.nature.com/4bpG2It
https://go.nature.com/4bpG2It
Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
go.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
In an unprecedented move, the US National Institutes of Health has begun mass terminations of research grants that fund active scientific projects because they no longer meet “agency priorities”.
https://go.nature.com/4bpG2It
https://go.nature.com/4bpG2It
Reposted by Sylvia Gustin
In a new editorial from Editor-in-Chief of PAIN @karenddavis.bsky.social reaffirms the journal’s commitment to considering #diversity, #DEI, and #GenderIdentity in pain research and management. bit.ly/3D5WgJO
February 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
In a new editorial from Editor-in-Chief of PAIN @karenddavis.bsky.social reaffirms the journal’s commitment to considering #diversity, #DEI, and #GenderIdentity in pain research and management. bit.ly/3D5WgJO