The Cheryl Spencer Institute for Nursing Research
Tel: 04-6647904 | email: nurs_res@univ.haifa.ac.il
Prof. Roi Treister
Head, Clinical Pain Innovation Laboratory
Email: rtreister@univ.haifa.ac.il
Tel: 972-4614-6206
Research Interests
Higher Education
Recent Publications
Research Interests
- Developing novel methods to assess pain.
- Pain-related research methodologies and designs.
- Assessment of potential analgesic treatments.
Higher Education
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Degree | Name of Institution and Department | Period of Study |
B.A | Psychology, University of Haifa | 2003-2006
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M.Sc | The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion | 2006-2009
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Ph.D | The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion | 2009-2011
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Post-Doctoral Studies
Name of Host | Name of Institution and Department/Lab | Period of Study |
Professor Pud Dorit
| Faculty of Social Welfare & Health Sciences, University of Haifa / The human experimental pain lab | 2011-2013 |
Professor Oaklander Anne Louise | Neurology department, Masseuses General Hospital & Harvard University | 2013-2016 |
Recent Publications
- Treister R, Eisenberg E, Demeter N, Pud D. Alterations in Pain Response are Partially Reversed by Methylphenidate (Ritalin) in Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Pain Practice. 2015;15(1):4-11.
- Suzan E, Treister R, Haddad M, Pud D, Eisenberg E. “The effect of hydromorphone therapy on psychophysical measurements of the descending inhibitory pain systems in patients with chronic radicular pain”. Pain Medicine. 2015;16(1):168-175.
- Eisenberg E, Burstein Y, Suzan E, Treister R, Aviram J. Spinal cord stimulation attenuates temporal summation in patients with neuropathic pain. 2015;156(3):381-385.
- Goldstein L, Ariche K, Eisenberg E, Treister R, Geller R. Lumbar Facet Joint Injections: Is CT Guided Intra-Articular Needle Position Advantageous? Journal of Pain & Relief. 2015;4(2):1-6.
- Suzan E, Aviram J, Treister R, Eisenberg E ,Pud D. Individually-based measurement of temporal summation evoked by a noxious tonic heat Paradigm. The Journal of Pain Research. 2015;16(8):409-415.
- Treister R, Nielsen CS, Stubhaug A, Farrar TJ, Pud D, Sawilowsky S, Oaklander AL. Experimental comparison of parametric versus nonparametric analyses of data from the cold pressor test. Journal of Pain. 2015;16(6):537-548.
- Klein MM, Treister R, Raij T, Pascual-Leone A, Park L, Nurmikko T, Lenz F, Lefaucheur JP, Lang M, Hallett M, Fox M, Costello A, Cudkowicz M, Carr DB, Ayache SS, Oaklander AL. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) of the Brain: Guidelines for Pain Treatment Research. 2015;156(9):1601-14.
- Treister R, O’Neil K, Downs H, Oaklander AL. Validation of the Composite Autonomic Symptom Scale-31 (COMPASS-31) in Patients with Small-fiber Polyneuropathy. European Journal of Neurology. 2015;22(7):1124-30.
- Gruss S, Treister R, Werner P, Traue HC, Crawcour S, Andrade A, Walter S. Pain Intensity Recognition Rates via Biopotential Feature Patterns with Support Vector Machines. PLoS One. 2015;16;10(10):e0140330.
- Treister R, Nielsen CS, Stubhaug A, Farrar TJ, Pud D, Sawilowsky S, Oaklander AL. Response to the Letter to the Editor: Experimental Comparison of Parametric Versus Nonparametric Analyses of Data From the Cold Pressor Test. The Journal of Pain. 2016;17(1):128-129.
- Canaipa R, Treister R, Moreira JM, Caldas AC. Feeling hurt: Pain sensitivity is correlated with and modulated by social distress. Clinical Journal of Pain. 2016;32(1):14-19.
- Treister R, Trudeau JJ, Van Inwegen R, Jones JK, Katz NP. Development and feasibility of the misuse, abuse, and diversion drug event reporting system (MADDERS®). Journal on Addictions. 2016;25:641–651.
- Owoyele B V., Yakubu MT, Treister R. Pain and Inflammation: Update on Emerging Phytotherapy, Zootherapy, and Nutritional Therapies. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2016;2016:1.
- Klein MM, Treister R, Raij T, Pascual-Leone A, Park L, Nurmikko T, Lenz F, Lefaucheur J-P, Lang M, Hallett M, Fox M, Costello A, Carr DB, Ayache SS, Oaklander AL. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for pain: is it too early to standardise repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation protocols? Reply. 2016;157(5):1175–1176.
- Lang M, Treister R, Oaklander AL. Diagnostic value of blood tests for occult causes of initially idiopathic small-fiber polyneuropathy. Journal of Neurology. 2016;263(12):2515–2527.
- Treister R, Nielsen CS, Stubhaug A, Farrar JT, Pud D, Sawilowsky S, Oaklander AL. Response to the Letter to the Editor: Experimental Comparison of Parametric Versus Nonparametric Analyses of Data From the Cold Pressor Test. Journal of Pain. 2016;17(1):128-129.
- Liu X, Treister R, Yan Y, Wang H, Li X. Automated Mechanical Repositioning Treatment for Posterior Canal Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo: A Single-Center Experience and Literature Review. European Neurology. 2017;78(5-6):240–246.
- Mayorga AJ, Flores CM, Trudeau JJ, Moyer JA, Shalayda K, Dale M, Frustaci ME, Katz N, Manitpisitkul P, Treister R, Ratcliffe S, Romano G. A randomized study to evaluate the analgesic efficacy of a single dose of the TRPV1 antagonist mavatrep in patients with osteoarthritis. Scandinavian Journal of Pain. 2017;17:134–143.
- Canaipa R, Castro-Caldas A, Moreira JM, Pimentel-Santos F, Branco JC, Treister R. Impaired Pain Modulation in Fibromyalgia Patients in Response to Social Distress Manipulation. Clinical Journal of Pain 2017;33:611–619.
- Treister R, Eaton TA, Trudeau JJ, Elder H, Katz NP. Development and preliminary validation of the focused analgesia selection test to identify accurate pain reporters. Journal of Pain Research. 2017;10:319–326.
- Treister R, Lodahl M, Lang M, Tworoger SS, Sawilowsky S, Oaklander AL. Initial Development and Validation of a Patient-Reported Symptom Survey for Small-Fiber Polyneuropathy. Journal of Pain. 2017;18:556–563.
- Lodahl M, Treister R, Oaklander AL. Specific symptoms may discriminate between fibromyalgia patients with vs without objective test evidence of small-fiber polyneuropathy. PAIN Reports. 2017;3:1.
- Haddad M, Pud D, Treister R, Suzan E, Eisenberg E. The effects of a dopamine agonist (apomorphine) on experimental and spontaneous pain in patients with chronic radicular pain: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over study. PLoS One. 2018;13:e0195287.
- Liu X, Treister R, Lang M, Oaklander AL. IVIg for apparently autoimmune small-fiber polyneuropathy: First analysis of efficacy and safety. Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders. 2018;11:175628561774448.
- Grinstein A, Treister R. The unhappy postdoc: A survey based study. F1000Research 2018;6:1642.
- Treister R, Lawal OD, Shecter JD, Khurana N, Bothmer J, Field M, Harte SE, Kruger GH, Katz NP. Accurate pain reporting training diminishes the placebo response: Results from a randomized, double-blind, crossover trial. PLoS One. 2018;13:e0197844.
- Treister R, Suzan E, Lawal OD, Katz NP. Staircase-evoked Pain may be More Sensitive than Traditional Pain Assessments in Discriminating Analgesic Effects: A Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trial of Naproxen in Patients with Osteoarthritis of the Knee. Clinical Journal of Pain. 2018 [Epub ahead of print].
- Arsenault P, Chiche D, Brown W, Miller J, Treister R, Leff R, Walker P, Katz NP. NEO6860, Modality-Selective TRPV1 Antagonist: a Randomized, Controlled, Proof-of-concept Trial in Patients with Osteoarthritis Knee Pain. PAIN Reports 2018; 3(6): e696
- Treister R, Honigman L, lawal O, Lanier RK, Katz NP. A deeper look at pain variability and its relationship with the placebo response: results from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial of naproxen in osteoarthritis of the knee. Pain 2019; 160 (7):1522-1528.
- Agostinho M, Canaipa R, Honigman L, Treister R. No relationships between the within-subjects’ variability of pain intensity reports and variability of other bodily sensations reports. Front Neurosci. 2019; 3:13-774.
- Treister R, Mirski Y, Honigman L, Yarnitsky D. Small Fiber Polyneuropathy in young patients. Harefuah. 2020;159(3):181-185. [Hebrew].
- Canaipa R, Mendonça D, Agostinho M, Nascimento V, Honigman L, Treister R. En pointe: dancers report their pain less variably than do controls. J Pain. 2020 20:S1526-5900(20)30048-1
- Kuperman P, Talmi D, Katz N, Treister R. Certainty in ascending sensory signals – The unexplored driver of analgesic placebo response. Med Hypotheses. 2020 22;143:110113
- Freeman R, Gewandter JS, Faber CG, Gibbons C, Haroutounian S, Lauria G, Levine T, Malik RA, Singleton JR, Smith AG, Bell J, Dworkin RH, Feldman E, Herrmann DN, Hoke A, Kolb N, Mansikka H, Oaklander AL, Peltier A, Polydefkis M, Ritt E, Russell JW, Sainati S, Steiner D, Treister R, Üçeyler N. Idiopathic distal sensory polyneuropathy: ACTTION diagnostic criteria. Neurology. 2020 Dec 1;95(22):1005-1014.