Associate Professor @umanitoba. Clinician-Scientist. Director of Health, Anxiety, & Trauma Lab. Medical Trauma | PTSD | Perioperative Mental Health | Pain | VR
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Joined April 2019
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Dr. Renée El-Gabalawy retweeted
📝New original research by @UM_HATLab et al. in the #CanadianJournalPain:
“Evaluation of an Internet-Delivered Multidisciplinary Pain Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (IMPACT) Program for Individuals Living with Chronic Pain (...)”
Access it here👇
doi.org/10.1080/24740527.202…
Dr. Renée El-Gabalawy retweeted
Please welcome Dr. Renée El-Gabalawy @UM_HATLab to #vMed26!🌟
Expert in medical trauma & perioperative mental health with 150+ publications, advancing VR for preop anxiety, phantom limb pain & intraoperative care.
🔗 Register: link in bio!
#DigitalHealth #MedicalXR #VRinMedicine
Dr. Renée El-Gabalawy retweeted
Building the future of #MXR research starts with the right team! 🚀 Join Brennan Spiegel, Renee El-Gabalawy, Alexandre Dumais, and Edris Mahtab as they discuss how to establish and sustain a successful MXR research team. 🌍 #MedicalResearch #HealthcareInnovation #XR #vMed25
Dr. Renée El-Gabalawy retweeted
🎉 Kicking off #vMed25! 🎉Join us as @BrennanSpiegel opens the conference by unlocking healthcare’s next wave with #MXR. Explore how #VR is reshaping medicine & what it means for the future of healthcare. Let’s get started! 🚀 #MedTech #FutureOfMedicine
Dr. Renée El-Gabalawy retweeted
Discover the lesser-known hero of perioperative care: XR technology! Dr. Renee El-Gabalawy sheds light on how XR is transforming surgical planning, patient education, and recovery processes. Don't miss this groundbreaking session at #vMed25! 💡🌐 #MedTech #XR #Surgery
#Innovation
Dr. Renée El-Gabalawy retweeted
How is #XR being used perioperatively? In her talk at #vMed24, @UM_HATLab describes 9 different techniques researchers have used to support patients preparing for surgery, ranging from distraction from pain and anxiety to habituation, mindfulness, hypnosis.
Dr. Renée El-Gabalawy retweeted
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Dr. Renée El-Gabalawy retweeted
Excited to welcome Dr. Renee El-Gabalawy from @umanitoba, to #vMed25! She'll be diving into the clinical applications of XR in the perioperative setting—highlighting this lesser-known hero of modern medicine. Don’t miss out! #XRinMedicine
Dr. Renée El-Gabalawy retweeted
Our new study, in partnership with Mt. Sinai Hospital who ran the experiments, found that compared to a "stressful" VR experience, relaxing/meditative VR lowers cortisol, body temperature, white blood cell count, and affects heart rate variability. Info:
Can VR help us manage stress?
A new pilot study shows that immersive VR experiences can alter stress levels and even impact cortisol and immune responses.
Read now: liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/j…
Dr. Renée El-Gabalawy retweeted
So much more work to be done to prevent gender-based violence. Today we honor the lives lost.
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Dr. Renée El-Gabalawy retweeted
Submit your abstract for the #vMed25 Poster Session by 1/10/2025 ✍️📋 Abstracts should be no longer than 3000 characters. Don’t miss this chance to showcase your work! 🧠🔬
For more information: buff.ly/3YvklR9
#ResearchOpportunity #PosterSession #AbstractSubmission
Dr. Renée El-Gabalawy retweeted
Viewpoint by @IoanaA_Cristea, @pimcuijpers, and @joarhalvorsen discusses the critical yet overlooked role of the psychotherapy component in assessing the validity of the trials of MDMA–assisted psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder. ja.ma/3CgKwUg
Dr. Renée El-Gabalawy retweeted
Are you a grad student, post-doc fellow, or clinician-scientist in a full-time Pain Research training program?💥
@NAPainSchool applications: 28.11.2024 to 15.01.2025 📅
NAPS 22-27.06.2025✨️
Honoured to be a #ChronicPain Patient Partner in 2025 🎯
Info ⤵️
northamericanpainschool.com/…
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ALT Information for 2025 edition of North American Pain School - a website screenshot
ALT Information on the 2025 edition of North American Pain School - a website screenshot
ALT Information for the Patient Partner for the 2025 edition of the North American Pain School (NAPS) - @SandraWoodsMtl or www.SandraWoods.art - a NAPS website screenshot
Dr. Renée El-Gabalawy retweeted
Present your MXR research at #vMed25! Submit your abstract by 1/10/2025 for the Poster Session on 3/27, and get the chance to present on the Main Stage on 3/28! 🏆 Winners will receive priority consideration for publication in JMXR! #MXR #ResearchOpportunity #AMXRA
Dr. Renée El-Gabalawy retweeted
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Dr. Renée El-Gabalawy retweeted
🎃👻 BOO! Seems appropriate that on Halloween, our new paper examining how VR can stress mind and body was just released. Compared to relaxing VR, stressful VR boosted cortisol levels and led to changes in white blood cell counts! 😱🧠📈👩🔬 Check it out: liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/j…
Dr. Renée El-Gabalawy retweeted
🧠 This week we are exploring chronic pain & mental health as studied by CPN's @UM_HATLab. The thread below outlines the relationship between conditions like PTSD, anxiety, and chronic pain, and their impact on health outcomes such as opioid misuse and disability. 👇
Dr. Renée El-Gabalawy retweeted
Latest study by our research group on Virtual Funerals during the pandemic. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… @VirtualHospice @UM_RadyFHS @CancerCareMB @CCMB_Research @whpca @CanadianHPCAssn @AAHPM @CSI_KCL @CSI_KCL @IPOSPsychoOncol @CAPCpalliative @CAPO_ACOP @EAPCvzw @CdnMedHallFame
Dr. Renée El-Gabalawy retweeted
We are looking for an analyst to join our team to work on a @BrainCanada funded investigation of the genetics of cognitive and brain reserve in multiple sclerosis. Apply here: linkedin.com/jobs/view/40443… and please share! @MSCanOfficial @endMS @ACECHR_ACCSDC @UM_RadyFHS @CAN_ACN