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Luda Diatchenko

Adjunct Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Adjunct Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology · 2021 - Present Anesthesiology, Clinical Science Departments

Recent Publications


Sex-specific genetics underlie increased chronic pain risk in women: genome-wide association studies from the UK Biobank.

Journal Article Br J Anaesth · May 22, 2025 BACKGROUND: Chronic pain disproportionately affects women, but the reasons for this disparity are unclear. METHODS: We investigated this from a genetic perspective using data from the UK Biobank, focusing on multi-site chronic pain, which is highly heritab ... Full text Link to item Cite

Targeting C1q prevents microglia-mediated synaptic removal in neuropathic pain.

Journal Article Nat Commun · May 17, 2025 Activation of spinal microglia following peripheral nerve injury is a central component of neuropathic pain pathology. While the contributions of microglia-mediated immune and neurotrophic signalling have been well-characterized, the phagocytic and synapti ... Full text Link to item Cite

Biological markers and psychosocial factors predict chronic pain conditions.

Journal Article Nat Hum Behav · May 12, 2025 Chronic pain is a multifactorial condition presenting significant diagnostic and prognostic challenges. Biomarkers for the classification and the prediction of chronic pain are therefore critically needed. Here, in this multidataset study of over 523,000 p ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (Russia) · 1993 Ph.D.
Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (Russia) · 1990 M.D.
Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (Russia) · 1990 M.S.