New paper “Neuroinflammation”: does it have a role in chronic pain? Evidence from human imaging is out now!
We are pleased to announce the new publication titled “Neuroinflammation”: does it have a role
New paper in collaboration with Prof. Mainero titled “Phenotyping In Vivo Chronic Inflammation in Multiple Sclerosis by Combined 11C-PBR28 MR-PET and 7T Susceptibility-Weighted Imaging” is out now!
We are pleased to announce a new publication in collaboration with Prof. Mainero titled “Phenotyping
New paper in collaboration with Prof. Peter Grace from MD Anderson, showing that TSPO is upregulated in the rat brain after peripheral nerve injury is downregulated by the drug diroximel fumarate is out!
We are pleased to announce a new publication in collaboration with Prof. Peter Grace from
New publication in collaboration with Prof. Toschi titled ‘Physically informed deep neural networks for metabolite-corrected plasma input function estimation in dynamic PET imaging’ is out!
We are pleased to announce a new publication in collaboration with Prof. Toschi titled ‘Physically
New paper describing a blood-free modeling approach for TSPO PET signal quantification, in collaboration with Prof. Veronese’s group at University of Padova is out!
We are pleased to announce the publication of a new research article titled ‘A blood-free
New paper describing the ENIGMA-Chronic Pain Working Group is out!
We are pleased to announce the publication of a new research article titled “ENIGMA-Chronic Pain:
New Paper in Collaboration with Research Group Led by Professor Paul Hodges!
We are pleased to announce the publication of a new research article titled “Neuroinflammatory activation
New paper about cortico-meningeal translocator protein in multiple sclerosis, in collaboration with Dr. Caterina Mainero’s laboratory
We are pleased to announce the publication of a new research article titled “Characterization of
Congratulations to Young Investigator Award Winners of ISOAI — Angelica and Angel
We are thrilled to announce that Angelica and Angel have won the prestigious Young Investigator
Promotion of Ellie Kim to Program Director, Congratulations!
We are thrilled to announce that our beloved lab manager, Ellie Kim, has been promoted
Welcome to the Lab, Ekim and Maggie!
We are excited to welcome Maggie Wargo (Clinical Research Coordinator) and Ekim Luo (Postdoctoral Research
New paper about neuroepigenetics in chronic pain, in collaboration with Dr. Monica Wey’s laboratory, out in Pain!
The paper document the first use of [11C]Martinostat, an HDAC-selective radiotracer, positron emission tomography to
Congratulations to Silvia for IASP Musculoskeletal Pain Special Interest Group Award!
Congratulations to Postdoctoral Research Fellow Silvia Fanton for receiving a first prize Musculoskeletal Pain Special
Paper Alert! Brain Inflammation in Long-Covid.
In collaboration with Mike Van Elzakker, our paper investigating neuroinflammation and long-COVID has been published
Marco Loggia Invited to Give a Plenary Lecture at the 14th Congress of the European Pain Federation
Dr. Marco Loggia has been invited to give a Plenary Lecture at the 14th Congress
Our Work Featured on the Cover of PAIN
We are excited to share that an image from our recent paper on knee PET
Loggia Lab Has Joined the Harvard Brain Science Initiative!
We are very excited for the lab to be joining the Harvard Brain Science Initiative!
Dr. Marco Loggia Joins the Program in Neuroscience at Harvard Medical School
Our PI, Dr. Marco Loggia, was appointed Faculty Affiliate in the Program in Neuroscience at
Paper Alert! A collaboration with Caterina Mainero’s group
New paper, a collaboration with Caterina Mainero’s group, describes cortico-meningeal expression of the translocator protein
Marco Loggia invited to give plenary lecture at IASP 2024
Marco has been invited to give a Plenary lecture at the 2024 World Congress on
Paper Alert! How did the COVID-19 pandemic affect individuals with chronic pain?
Ludovica Brusaferri, a recent alumna of Loggia Lab, has just published her paper investigating the
Paper Alert! New publication on PET and knee osteoarthritis.
Our very own Angelica Sanström and alumnus of the lab, Angel Torrado-Carvajal, (along with an
Congrats Ellie for winning the Best Research Staff Abstract for the DACCPM Clinical Research Night!
Our amazing lab manager, Ellie Kim, was awarded “Best Research Staff Abstract” for the Department
Preprint of a new study about brain inflammation in long-covid, led by Mike VanElzakker, out now!
A new study, led by Michael B VanElzakker, looking at neuroinflammation related to long-covid is
Welcome to the lab, Silvia!
We are excited to welcome a new Post-doctoral Research Fellow to the Loggia Lab! Silvia,
Marco appointed Section Editor at PAIN!
Congratulations, Marco, on being appointed Section Editor for the Pain Measurement and Imaging section of
Welcome to the lab, Natalie and Ava!
We are excited to welcome two new Clinical Research Coordinators to the Loggia Lab. Natalie
Marco at the 16th Annual Joseph W. Oration in Diagnostic Imaging at Logan University
Check out Marco’s talk from the 16th Annual Joseph W. Oration in Diagnostic Imaging at Logan
Neuroanatomy for Dummies hits 100k Youtube Views!
Marco’s “Neuroanatomy for Dummies” video, posted by the MGH Martinos Center in 2016 as a
Loggia Lab featured in “Through the Magnifying Glass”
Our lab was featured in Bench Press, the official Science blog of the Mass General
New publication, in collaboration with Jacob Hooker, describing the novel PET radioligand Radiocaine!
This article, in collaboration with Jacob Hooker, describes Radiocaine, a novel radioligand based on the
Welcome to the lab, Erin Hardy!
The Loggia Lab welcomes Erin Hardy, our new Clinical Research Coordinator and the most recent
Welcome our new Clinical Research Coordinator, Erin!
The Loggia Lab welcomes Erin Hardy, our new Clinical Research Coordinator and the most recent
New paper alert! Increased clinical pain locations and pain sensitivity in women after breast cancer surgery.
Check out our new paper exploring longitudinal changes in clinical pain and quantitative pain sensitivity between
New paper published describing increased clinical pain locations and pain sensitivity in women after breast cancer surgery.
Check out our new paper exploring longitudinal changes in clinical pain and quantitative pain sensitivity between
Marco named Specialty Chief Editor of Frontiers
Congratulations to our PI, Marco, for being named Specialty Chief Editor of Frontiers in Pain
Watch video abstracts of our recent knee osteoarthritis PAIN paper!
This short video abstract summarizes our recent paper “Thalamic neurometabolite alterations in patients with knee
Welcome our visiting PhD student, Lucia!
The Loggia Lab welcomes Lucia Maccioni! Lucia is a visiting PhD student from the University of
Welcome our new Intern, Julia!
The Loggia Lab welcomes Julia Bialobrzewski, our new intern and the most recent addition to
Several new papers were recently accepted!
Several papers from the lab were recently accepted! One paper, in collaboration with Prof. Federico Turkheimer’s
Welcome our new Clinical Research Coordinator, Jack!
The Loggia Lab welcomes Jack Schnieders, our new Clinical Research Coordinator and the most recent
Welcome to the lab, Courtney!
The Loggia Lab welcomes Courtney Chane, our new Clinical Research Coordinator and the most recent
Welcome to the lab, Jennifer and Grace!
The evergrowing Loggia Lab welcomes Jennifer Murphy and Grace Grmek as our new Clinical Research
Welcome to the lab, Joshua!
The Loggia Lab welcomes Joshua Smith, our new Clinical Research Coordinator and the most recent
New paper on the transcriptional and cellular signatures of cortical morphometric remodelling in chronic pain
Check out our new paper on morphometric remodeling in chronic pain, in collaboration with King’s
New paper out on the influence of expectancies on pain and function over time in knee arthroplasty patients!
Check out this new paper in collaboration with Dr. Rob Edward’s team at the MGB
New publication published on test-retest reliability of BOLD and ASL, in collaboration with U of Pittsburgh
Our paper with Ibinson and colleagues assesses test-retest reliability of BOLD and pCASL fMRI in a
New Paper on brain connectivity and underlying temporal summation of pain in Fibromyalgia
New paper on brain processing of temporal summation of pain in patients with fibromyalgia, a
“Pandemic brain” paper featured in MGH press release!
Our latest paper on neuroinflammation in non-infected individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic has been featured
New paper on “pandemic brain” in non-infected individuals published in Brain Behavior and Immunity!
Our exciting new paper on neuroinflammation in non-infected individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic is out
New paper published describing neuroinflammation in aviremic patients with HIV on ART and elite controllers!
Check out a new paper featuring our work in collaboration with Cristina Granziera’s lab on
Watch our lab’s video feature by Radiology Strategic Communications!
Do you want to find out what our lab is all about? Watch this video
Listen to our Buzzfeed Daily podcast interview about our research on “pandemic brain”!
Click here to listen to Marco and Ludovica discuss our research into how the pandemic has affected
New fibromyalgia paper, in collaboration with the Napadow lab, out in Arthritis & Rheumatology!
Our new paper, co-first authored by Josh Cheng and Alessandra Anzolin, explores the dynamical functional
Marco is featured in an episode of Nurau’s “Master Your PhD” podcast!
Listen to Marco talk about science, mentoring, mental health during the pandemic and more, on
New paper on microstructural brain changes in Gulf War Illness, in collaboration with Boston U, is out!
This paper, in collaboration with Dr. Bang-Bon Koo’s laboratory at Boston University, describes the association
New paper led by Zeynab Alshelh is out now in Brain!
New paper assessing neuro-immune signatures in chronic low back pain subtypes, led by Zeynab Alshelh,
New paper in collaboration with King’s College published in Pain!
New paper investigating transcriptional and cellular signatures of cortical morphometric remodeling in chronic pain, out
Frontiers in Pain Research – Highlights in Non-Pharmacological Treatment of Pain 2021/22
Research Topic co-edited by Dr. Marco Loggia with Drs. Mark Pitcher and Catherine Bushnell We
Our new paper on neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration in chronic stroke patients is out!
Our paper, lead by Judith Schaecther, supports the presence of extensive glial activation along with
Marco joins the Department of Anesthesia at MGH!
In addition to retaining his appointment in the Department of Radiology, as of August 2021
Welcome to our new Clinical Research Coordinator, Chelsea Pike!
The Loggia Lab welcomes Chelsea Pike, a Clinical Research Coordinator with Dr. Jodi Gilman and the newest
Our paper showing that that [11C]PBR28 kinetics are not driven by alterations in blood flow is out in JCBFM!
Our paper, now published in the Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, uses both
New paper on the use of 3D magnetic resonance spectroscopy in fibromyalgia, in collaboration with the Napadow lab, is out!
This paper by Lee et al. links various clinical measures (clinical pain, pain catastrophizing, evoked