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Bijar Ghafouri

Professor, Head of Unit

I am professor in pain biochemistry with a focus on proteomics

Presentation

Bijar Ghafouri is a pre-clinical Professor of biochemistry of chronic pain with a focus on proteomics at department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, division of Prevention, Rehabilitation and Community Medicine. She graduated from Faculty of Science and Engineering 2001 and completed her PhD at Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences 2005. She is director of third-cycle education at department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences. She is also head of PAINOMICS laboratory at the division of Pain and Rehabilitation Medicine. Professor Ghafouri has co-authored more than 100 articles, reviews, and posters on clinical biomarkers with a major interest in chronic pain. She is an editor of Scientific Reports and reviews for many peer-reviewed journals. Her main research interest is investigating molecular “signature” of chronic pain using omics. She supervises undergraduate students and doctoral students in the research field of clinical biomarkers

Publications

2026

Xiangyu Qiao, Vanessa William Toma, Jing Wang, Ángel Herraiz-Adillo, Simon Söderholm, Daniel Berglind, Susanna Calling, Bledar Daka, Mats Martinell, Frida Bergman, Pontus Henriksson, Bijar Ghafouri, Martin Ulander, Carl Johan Östgren, Claudio Cantù, Wen Zhong, Fredrik Iredahl (2026) Scientific Reports, Vol. 16, Article 9652 (Article in journal)
Maria Samefors, Karin Rådholm, Carl Johan Östgren, Malin Ernberg, Kaisa Mannerkorpi, Eva Kosek, Bijar Ghafouri (2026) Scandinavian Journal of Pain, Vol. 26, Article 20250043 (Article in journal)

2025

Madeleine Blomqvist, Martina Bardino Morch, Bijar Ghafouri, Karin Wåhlén, Oonagh Shannon, Julia R. Davies (2025) BMC Oral Health, Vol. 26, Article 203 (Article in journal)
Bijar Ghafouri, Niclas Stensson, Rozalyn Simon, Leah M. Mayo, Eva Lund, Mikael Forsgren, Olof Dahlqvist Leinhard, Peter Lundberg, Helene Van Ettinger-Veenstra (2025) Scandinavian Journal of Pain, Vol. 25, Article 20250023 (Article in journal)
Peder af Geijerstam, Emir Johansson, Siri Fägerstam, Jason HY Wu, Bijar Ghafouri, Karin Karlsson, Lana Hebib, Lisa Kastbom, Patrik Wennberg, Emelie Gustafson Hedov, Maria Storgärds, Johan Sundström, Karin Rådholm (2025) BMJ Open, Vol. 15, Article e110141 (Article in journal)

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