Prof. Dorit Pud
Head, The human experimental pain research laboratory
Email: dpud@univ.haifa.ac.il
Tel: +972-4-8288002
Research Interests
Higher Education
Recent Publications
Research Interests
- Psychophysical assessment of pain
- Factors predicting pain perception
- Use of medical cannabis for pain management
Higher Education
1982 | B.Sc in Nursing, registered nurse (RN) | The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Faculty of Medicine, School of nursing | |
1997 | M.A in Nursing | University of Tel-Aviv, Sackler School of Medicine, Department of nursing | |
2002 | Ph.D. in Neurophysiology | Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine | |
2006 | Ph.D. in Biomedical Science | University of Aalborg, Denmark, Sensory-Motor Interaction (SMI) center |
Recent Publications
- Grosberg D, Zeilig G, Pud D, Bondi M, Gaidukov E, Bluvshtein V, Michaeli D, Defrin R. Preemptive pregabalin administration for the prevention of neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury: Findings from a pilot study. J Spinal Cord Med. 2026 Jun 4:1-10. doi: 10.1080/10790268.2026.2671478. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42240601.
- Pud D, Aamar S, Schiff-Keren B, Sheinfeld R, Brill S, Robinson D, Fogelman Y, Habib G, Sharon H, Amital H, Boltyansky B, Haroutounian S, Eisenberg E. Cannabis oil extracts for chronic pain: what else can be learned from another structured prospective cohort? Pain Rep. 2024 Apr 26;9(2):e1143. doi: 10.1097/PR9.0000000000001143. PMID: 38680212; PMCID: PMC10898655.
- Gershoni T, Pud D, Aviram J, Eisenberg E. Wellness of patients with chronic pain is not only about pain intensity. Pain Pract. 2023 Feb;23(2):145-154. doi: 10.1111/papr.13168. Epub 2022 Oct 12. PMID: 36181347; PMCID: PMC10092262.
- Grouper H, Löffler M, Flor H, Eisenberg E, Pud D. Increased functional connectivity between limbic brain areas in healthy individuals with high versus low sensitivity to cold pain: A resting state fMRI study. PLoS One. 2022 Apr 20;17(4):e0267170. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0267170. PMID: 35442971; PMCID: PMC9020745.