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Shad Benjamin Smith

Associate Professor in Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology

Selected Grants


Sexually dimorphic pain signaling mechanisms

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research · 2022 - 2026

Development of Adrb3 Antagonists for the Treatment of Pain

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2025

Neural Architecture of the Murine and Human Temporomandibular Joint

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2025

DNA Methylation and Mediation of Risk Factors for Chronic Facial Pain

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by McGill University · 2019 - 2025

Interdisciplinary Clinical Advances and Research Excellence in TMDs (ICARE 4 TMDs) Collaborative

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of California - Los Angeles · 2024 - 2024

Identification of TMD pain drivers through patient stratification and multi-omic analyses

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2024

Role of Preoperative Baroreflex Sensitivity on Persistent Postoperative Pain and Opioid Consumption after Thoracic Surgery

ResearchBiostatistician · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2022

Analgesic effects of perioperative propranolol administration for spine surgery

FellowshipStatistician · Awarded by Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research · 2020 - 2020

External Relationships


  • Great River Learning
  • McGill University; Canadian Institutes of Health Research

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