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EDUCATION

1998 – 2002                  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Physiological Sciences

                                    McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

                                    Advisors: Drs. M Catherine Bushnell, Gary H Duncan

1994 – 1998                  Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Physiological Sciences

                                    McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada                            

HONORS AND AWARDS

LANGUAGES           

English, Russian, Spanish (written and spoken)

French (working knowledge)

EXPERIENCE

2004-present                 Post-Doctoral Research Scientist

                                    Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA

·         Examining neural networks of affective processing in depression

2004-present                 Post-Doctoral Research Scientist

                                    Atkinson Pain Research Laboratory, CHW St. Joseph’s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ

·         Mapping of pain and temperature pathways with the use of fMRI

2003 – 2004                  Post-Doctoral Research Scientist

                                    Radiology, Columbia University, New York, NY

·         Designed and executed experimental paradigms for psychophysical and fMRI testing of visual and language systems in normal volunteers and patients in minimally conscious state.

2002 – 2003                  Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

                                    McGill Anesthesia, Montreal, Quebec

·         Conducted Psychophysical and fMRI experiments examining heat pain dynamics in normal volunteers.

·         Conducted psychophysical and brain imaging study to investigate sensory processes in patient with pain-induced epilepsy.

·         Conducted fMRI experiments examining pelvic pain.

1997 – 2002                  Medical Researcher

McGill Physiology/Anesthesia, Montreal, Quebec

1998 – 2002                  Conducted studies examining Psychophysical and Neural mechanisms underlying visceral and cutaneous human pain perception 

·         Designed psychophysical and neurophysiological experiments for novel comparison of two types of pain in humans.

·         Wrote experimental protocols for grant applications and ethics approval.

·         Assembled and coordinated multidisciplinary group from institutions across North America.

·         Performed quantitative sensory testing (QST) in normal subject population.

·         Managed and analyzed psychophysical and brain imaging data.

·         Presented results in formal meetings across Canada and the US (for presentations see appendix).

·         Results published in abstract form and peer-reviewed journal articles (for publications see appendix).

2000 – 2001                  Conducted a study examining Tactile innervation of human skin

·         Performed QST in patient population and normal subjects.

·         Assisted with acquisition and analyses of brain imaging data.

·         Results presented in BBC News report (July 29, 2002) and published in Nature Neuroscience journal.

2002                             Workshop Lecturer

                                    McGill University, Montreal, Quebec

·         Presented to anesthesia, physiology, and medical students, as well as general population on clinical and basic-science aspects of visceral pain.

2000, 2001                    Lab Demonstrator/Professor Assistant

                                    McGill University Department of Physiology, Montreal, Quebec

·         Guided student’s application of physiology theory to study sensory-motor transformation in the human body.

·         Supervised students’ laboratory work.

2000 – 2001                  Publication Committee – Post Graduate Student Society

McGill University, Montreal, Quebec

·         Designed society’s annual hand-book, wrote content.

1998 – 2000                  Student Representative – Post Graduate Student Society

                                    McGill University, Montreal, Quebec

·         Attended monthly meetings; communicated the society’s activities to students in the department.

1997 – 1998                  Vice President – Physiology Undergraduate League of Students

                                    McGill University, Montreal, Quebec

·         Organized and coordinated social events; chaired weekly meetings.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Statistical packages: Systat, Statistica

fMRI analyses software:  fMRISTAT/MULTISTAT, SPM2, BrainVoyager

Matlab: Image Processing Toolbox, Psychophysics Toolbox

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Member of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), 

Society for Neuroscience (SFN), 

American Physiological Society (APS), 

Canadian Pain Society (CPS), 

Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (CAG), 

European Brain & Behavior Society (EBBS), 

Human Brain Mapping (HBM)

PUBLICATIONS

1. IA Strigo, MC Albanese, MC Bushnell, and GH Duncan. Visceral and Cutaneous Pain Representation in Parsylvian Cortex. Neuroscience Letters [in press]

2. CF Pukall, IA Strigo, YM Binik, S Khalife, and MC Bushnell. Neural Processing of Genital Pain in Women with Vulvar Vestibulitis Syndrome:  A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study. Pain 2005; 115:118-127.

3. LH Hua, IA Strigo, LC Baxter, SC Johnson, AD Craig. Antero-posterior somatotopy of innocuous cooling activation focus in human dorsal posterior insular cortex. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2005 Mar 31; [Epub ahead of print]

4. IA Strigo, MC Bushnell, GH Duncan, M Boivin, I Wainer, Esther M. Rodriguez-Rosas and J Persson. The Effects of Racemic Ketamine on Human Pain Perception. Pain 2005; 113(3):255-64. 

5. IA Strigo, GH Duncan, M Boivin, and MC Bushnell. Differentiation of visceral and cutaneous pain in human brain. Journal Of Neurophysiology 2003; 89(6):3294-303

6. H Olausson, Y Lamarre, H Bcklund, C Morin, BG Wallin, G Starck, S Ekholm, IA Strigo, K Worsley, AB Vallbo, and M Bushnell. Unmyelinated tactile afferents signal touch and project to insular cortex. Nature Neuroscience 2002; 5(9):900-904

7. IA Strigo, MC Bushnell, M Boivin, and GH Duncan. Psychophysical analysis of visceral and cutaneous pain in human subjects. Pain 2002; 97:235-246

8. MC Bushnell, C Villemure, IA Strigo, and GH Duncan. Imaging pain in the brain: the role of cerebral cortex in pain perception and modulation. Muscoskeletal Pain 2002; 10(1-2):59-72

9. IA Strigo, F Carli, and MC Bushnell. The effect of ambient temperature on human pain and temperature perception. Anesthesiology 2000; 92(3):699-707

book chapters

1. KD Davis, MC Bushnell, IA Strigo, GH Duncan, CK Kwan, N Diamant, S Sarkar, L Gregory, Q Aziz. Imaging visceral sensations. Proceedings of the 10^th World Congress on Pain, edited by JO Ostrovsky, DB Carr, and M Koltzenburg, 2002

WORKSHOPS

1.       IA Strigo. Ways of studying visceral pain. McGill University 6^th Annual Pain Day; January 2002

2.       IA Strigo. Visceral Pain. Back to Basics 2002 Seminar for Medical Students. Faculty of Medicine. McGill University; March 2002

PRESENTATIONS

1.       IA Strigo, H Backlund, H Olausson, GJ Bennett, and MC Bushnell. Neural Mechanisms of Offset Analgesia. Society for Neuroscience 2004 Presentation, San Diego, CA; October 2004

2.       IA Strigo, H Backlund, H Olausson, and MC Bushnell. Temporal activation pattern of burning pain. Society for Neuroscience 2003 Presentation, New Orleans, LA; November 2003

3.       IA Strigo. Psychophysical and fMRI analysis of visceral and cutaneous pain. Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA; June 2002

4. IA Strigo. Are all pains the same? Physiology Department Seminar Series. McGill University; May 2002

5. IA Strigo. The effects of racemic ketamine on painful stimulation of skin and visceral. McGill University Anesthesia Department; April 2002

6. IA Strigo. Visceral and cutaneous pain: neural correlates and pharmacological intervetion. Brain Mapping Center Seminar Series, UCLA, CA; February 2002

7. IA Strigo. Perceptual characteristics and cerebral activity during painful stimulation of skin and viscera. McGill University Anesthesia Department; April 2001

8. IA Strigo. A psychophysical study of tonic visceral and cutaneous sensation. CDDW, Bunff, Alberta; February 2001

9. IA Strigo. Visceral pain: experimental approach. McGill University Pain Rounds; November 2000

10. IA Strigo. Cerebral activation during painful stimulation of skin and viscera. McGill University Anesthesia Department; April 2000

11. IA Strigo. Psychophysical characteristics of visceral and cutaneous pain. McGill University Anesthesia Department; April 1999

12. IA Strigo. The effect of ambient temperature on pain perception. McGill University Anesthesia Department; April 1998

ABSTRACTS

1. C Pukall, IA Strigo, Neural processing of genital Pain in women with vulvar vestibulitis syndrome:  a functional magnetic resonance imaging study. American Pain Society/Canadian Pain Society 2004 [abstract]

2. IA Strigo, H Buckland, H Olausson, and MC Bushnell. Temporal activation pattern of burning pain. Soc Neurosci Abst 2003; 29:238.1 [abstract]

3. H Olausson, J Charron, IA Strigo, S Marchand, and MC Bushnell. Cortical correlates of warmth perception. Soc Neurosci Abst 2003; 29:379.10 [abstract]

4. IA Strigo, GH Duncan, and MC Bushnell. Does secondary somatosensory cortex contribute to human pain localization? Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis 2003; 63:S5 [abstract] (presented at EBBS meeting 2003, Barcelona, Spain)

5. IA Strigo, MC Bushnell and GH Duncan. Temporal patterns of visceral pain encoded in insular and sensory cortices. Neuroimage 2003; 19(2):Suppl 1531 [abstract] (presented at OHBM meeting 2003, New York, NY)

6. C Pukall, IA Strigo Functional magnetic resonance imaging of vulvar tactile sensation. Neuroimage 2003; 19(2):Suppl. 1510 [abstract] (presented at OHBM meeting 2003, New York, NY)

7. IA Strigo, MC Bushnell, GH Duncan, M Boivin, and J Persson. The effect of racemic ketamine on painful stimulation of skin and viscera. International Association for Study of Pain 2002 [abstract]

8. MC Bushnell, IA Strigo, M Boivin, and GH Duncan. How do visceral and cutaneous pain differ? Evidence from within-subject psychopohysical and brain imaging studies. Visceral pain symposium. International Association for Study of Pain 2002 [abstract]

9. MC Bushnell, IA Strigo, and GH Duncan. Diagnostic imaging in chronic pain. Chronic Pelvic Pain Workshop, NICHD 2002 [abstract]

10. IA Strigo, MC Bushnell, M Boivin, and GH Duncan. Cerebral activity during painful stimulation of skin and viscera. Soc Neurosci Abst 2001; 27:507.6 [abstract]

11. IA Strigo, MC Bushnell, M Boivin, and GH Duncan. A psychophysical study of tonic visceral and cutaneous sensation in normal subject. Can J Gastroenterol 2001; 15(Suppl A):62A [abstract]

12. IA Strigo, MC Bushnell, M Boivin, and GH Duncan. Quantitative and qualitative analysis of visceral and cutaneous pain. Soc Neurosci Abst 2000; 26:159.6 [abstract]

13. IA Strigo, F Carli, and MC Bushnell. The effect of ambient temperature on human pain  

perception. Soc Neurosci Abst 1998; 24:447.10 [abstract]

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