Rate My Professor Le Chi Vo

Lechi Vo is a Senior Lecturer and Higher Education Academy Fellow (FHEA) in the Discipline of Psychology at Murdoch University. Vo earned a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Psychology from Murdoch University in 2014, with a thesis titled "Understanding pain: How is pain processed in healthy humans?" Earlier, Vo completed an Honours degree from the same university in 2010, investigating "Myopia for the future? Decision-making in alcohol and amphetamine dependence." During doctoral studies, Vo was awarded the Australian Postgraduate Awards Scholarship. Vo's career at Murdoch University includes postdoctoral research following the PhD, leading to the current senior lecturing position. Vo co-leads the Pain Research Lab with Professor Peter Drummond, focusing on pain mechanisms in healthy and chronic pain populations.

Vo's research specializations include the influence of psychosocial factors on pain perception, effects of non-invasive brain stimulation on pain, hearing changes in fibromyalgia, healthy aging and pain modulation, and the role of high glucose in pain sensitivity. The lab employs psychophysical techniques, neurophysiological methods, pupillometry, and behavioral assessments to examine neural pain modulation processes. Key publications feature "Painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy: role of oxidative stress and central sensitisation" (Diabetic Medicine, 2022; 60 citations); "High frequency electrical stimulation concurrently induces central sensitization and ipsilateral inhibitory pain modulation" (European Journal of Pain, 2013; 47 citations); "Coexistence of ipsilateral pain-inhibitory and facilitatory processes after high-frequency electrical stimulation" (European Journal of Pain, 2014; 21 citations); "Analgesia to pressure-pain develops in the ipsilateral forehead after high-and low-frequency electrical stimulation of the forearm" (Experimental Brain Research, 2014; 18 citations); "Big Girls Don’t Cry: The effect of the experimenter’s sex and pain catastrophising on pain" (Scandinavian Journal of Pain, 2021; 17 citations); "Hyperglycemia and Central Obesity Disrupt Conditioned Pain Modulation" (The Journal of Pain, 2024); and "Comparable Conditioned Pain Modulation and Painful-Exercise-Induced Hypoalgesia in Healthy Young Adults" (The Journal of Pain, 2024). Vo's work has accumulated over 260 citations on Google Scholar, contributing to advancements in pain research and management.