Timothy Wideman - Membre du RQRD

Biography

Dr. Wideman’s research broadly aims to help researchers and clinicians better understand and manage disability associated with musculoskeletal pain. Toward this goal, his research has focused on exploring the biopsychosocial risk factors for persistent pain-related disability and studying interventions that target these factors. His past research has helped shed light on how different psychological risk factors (e.g. fear, catastrophizing, depression) influence the trajectory of recovery following pain rehabilitation and how rehabilitation professionals can better address these factors within their clinical practice. His current research investigates why certain individuals with musculoskeletal pain are more sensitive to physical activity and how this increased sensitivity influences engagement and response to activity-based rehabilitation programs.

What excites you most about your research program or field?

What excites me most about pain research is that pain is both scientifically complex and deeply personal. It can be studied from many different perspectives, but no single approach captures the whole picture. A lot of my work is motivated by trying to bring those different perspectives together. That means combining rigorous methods with the knowledge of clinicians and, especially, people living with pain. I think the field is at its best when we resist reducing pain to a single number or mechanism and instead try to understand what pain means in the context of a person’s life. That complexity is what makes pain research challenging, but also what makes it so interesting and potentially useful.

Media

Action On Pain podcast ''Integrating Patient Voices in Pain Education''

Funding

CIHR ''Determining the feasibility of a type 1 effectiveness-implementation trial that evaluates the integration of people living with pain into health professional pain education: A pilot randomized controlled trial''