Karen Davis (masanin kimiyyar jijiyoyi)

Karen Davis farfesa ce a fannin ilimin jijiyoyi a Jami'ar Toronto, shugabar bincike ta Kanada a fannin binciken ciwo mai tsanani da na kullum (mataki na 1), babbar masanin kimiyya kuma shugabar sashen kwakwalwa, hoto da ɗabi'a, Cibiyar Bincike ta Krembil a Cibiyar Lafiya ta Jami'ar. 

An shigar da Davis cikin ƙungiyar malamai ta Johns Hopkins a shekarar 2009,  Kwalejin Kimiyyar Lafiya ta Kanada a shekarar 2018  da kuma Ƙungiyar Royal ta Kanada a shekarar 2020.  Ta yi aiki a matsayin Shugabar Ƙungiyar Ciwon Kanada (2020–2022)  kuma an ba ta lambar yabo ta CPS.  Tun daga shekarar 2023, Davis tana aiki a matsayin Babban Editan PAIN, mujallar Ƙungiyar Ƙasa da Ƙasa don Nazarin Ciwon .

Davis ya taɓa riƙe Shugaban Bincike na matakin 2 a Kanada a fannin Kwakwalwa da Halayya.  kuma ya kasance ɗan Mayday Pain and Society Fellow. 

 Bincike 
Babban abin da Davis ke sha'awa shi ne manyan hanyoyin da ke haifar da ciwo mai tsanani da na yau da kullun da kuma fahimtar yanayin zafi, tasirin hankali, da kuma hanyoyin da ke haifar da laushi a ƙarƙashin yanayi na yau da kullun da kuma ga marasa lafiya da ke fama da cututtukan jijiyoyi ko tabin hankali . Ana amfani da dabarun gwaji iri-iri, gami da hoton kwakwalwa mai aiki ( fMRI, PET, MEG ), kimantawar psychophysical da fahimi, da rikodin electrophysiological a cikin thalamus da cortex. [1] Dakin gwaje-gwajen Davis ya haɓaka sabbin hanyoyin daukar hoton kwakwalwa, wanda ya ƙare da hotunan MRI na farko na hanyoyin sadarwa na kwakwalwa waɗanda ke ƙarƙashin ƙwarewar ciwon ɗan adam da hotunan farko na tasirin ƙarfafa kwakwalwa mai zurfi don rawar jiki na Parkinsonian. [

 Ayyukan ɗabi'un jijiyoyi 
Davis tana aiki a fannin bincike kan ilimin jijiyoyi da fassarorin ilimi. Ta rubuta ne don wayar da kan jama'a game da batutuwan da suka shafi ilimin jijiyoyi da shari'a da suka shafi amfani da hoton kwakwalwa don gano ciwon da ke damunta. Ta jagoranci wani kwamiti na IASP wanda ya yi nazarin wannan batu wanda ya ƙare a cikin wata takarda mai taken "Gwajin hoton kwakwalwa don ciwon da ke damunta: matsalolin lafiya, shari'a da ɗabi'a da shawarwari" da aka buga a cikin Nature Reviews Neurology a shekarar 2017.  Ita kuma edita ce tare da Daniel Buchman na wani littafi mai taken Pain Neuroethics (Elsevier; Judy Illes, editan jerin littattafai).

 Shirye-shiryen ilimi da kuma wayar da kan jama'a 
An karrama Davis saboda kyakkyawan jagoranci da ta samu daga Cibiyar Kimiyyar Lafiya, Jami'ar Toronto (Kyautar Silverman) da kuma Kyautar Jagorancin Ciwon Kai ta Kanada. [ <span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2018)">ana buƙatar ambato</span> ]
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