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Bijar Ghafouri

Professor, Head of Unit

I am professor in pain biochemistry with a focus on proteomics

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Bijar Ghafouri is a pre-clinical Professor of biochemistry of chronic pain with a focus on proteomics at department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, division of Prevention, Rehabilitation and Community Medicine. She graduated from Faculty of Science and Engineering 2001 and completed her PhD at Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences 2005. She is director of third-cycle education at department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences. She is also head of PAINOMICS laboratory at the division of Pain and Rehabilitation Medicine. Professor Ghafouri has co-authored more than 100 articles, reviews, and posters on clinical biomarkers with a major interest in chronic pain. She is an editor of Scientific Reports and reviews for many peer-reviewed journals. Her main research interest is investigating molecular “signature” of chronic pain using omics. She supervises undergraduate students and doctoral students in the research field of clinical biomarkers

Publications

2024

Leif Håkansson, Pontus Duner, Erik Brostromer, Bengt Gustavsson, Yvonne Wettergren, Bijar Ghafouri, Annika Hakansson, Birgitta Clinchy (2024) A New IL-6-Inducing Mechanism in Cancer with New Therapeutic Possibilities Cancers, Vol. 16, Article 3588 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Bijar Ghafouri, Bo Rolander, Björn Gerdle, Charlotte Wåhlin (2024) Neck and shoulder pain and inflammatory biomarkers in plasma among forklift truck operators - A case-control study Scandinavian Journal of Pain, Vol. 24, Article 20230142 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Kristian Kjaer-Staal Petersen, Lars Arendt-Nielsen, Bijar Ghafouri, Rocco Giordano (2024) An alternative perspective on the causes of pain in osteoarthritis of the knee and its persistence after total knee replacement surgery Reply to Devor Pain, Vol. 165 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Alexandra Dimitrijevic Carlsson, Kerstin Wahlund, Bijar Ghafouri, Erik Kindgren, Martina Frodlund, Hanna Sale, Eva Klintström, Carin Starkhammar Johansson, Per Alstergren (2024) Parotid saliva and blood biomarkers in juvenile idiopathic arthritis in relation to temporomandibular joint magnetic resonance imaging findings JOURNAL OF ORAL REHABILITATION (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Huan-Ji Dong, Katherine Brain, Max Olsson, Elena Dragioti, Björn Gerdle, Bijar Ghafouri (2024) Eating habits and the desire to eat healthier among patients with chronic pain: a registry-based study Scientific Reports, Vol. 14, Article 4705 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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