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Lysia Demetriou
Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Neuroimaging and Pain Data Analysis
I am a post-doc researcher in the Pain in Women and the EndoCaRe research groups. As a cognitive neuroscientist I am interested in investigating the effects of chronic pain on the brain using imaging methods and the impact of this pain on people’s quality of life.
I am currently working on the data analysis of the Translational Research in Pelvic Pain (TRiPP) study, which focuses on two specific types of chronic pain: endometriosis-associated pain (EAP) and bladder pain syndrome (BPS).
In addition to my research, I am module co-leader for the Reproductive Science course of the Graduate Medicine program.
Prior to joining the group I completed a PhD in Clinical Medicine Research at Imperial College London, an MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of York and a BSc in Psychology at the University of Warwick. During my PhD I investigated the effects of the novel reproductive hormone kisspeptin in the brain and specifically in the limbic system using fMRI.
Recent publications
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Exploring the value of a well-established conditioned pain modulation paradigm in women: a Translational Research in Pelvic Pain (TRiPP) study
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Demetriou L. et al, (2025), Frontiers in Pain Research, 6
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Dyspareunia is rarely assessed in rodent models of endometriosis and interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome.
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Nunez-Badinez P. et al, (2025), Reprod Fertil, 6
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Symptom flares in women with chronic pelvic pain: Questionnaire study within a cohort study (translational research in pelvic pain (TRiPP))
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Coxon L. et al, (2024), BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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Clinical profiling of specific diagnostic subgroups of women with chronic pelvic pain
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Demetriou L. et al, (2023), Frontiers in Reproductive Health, 5
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Stressful experiences impact clinical symptoms in people with endometriosis
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Demetriou L. et al, (2022), Reproduction and Fertility