Rate My Professor Sylvia Gustin

Gustin's translational research program develops and tests novel therapeutic interventions, including Virtual Reality Walking and gamified Brain-Computer Interface neuromodulation for neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury, phantom pain, complex regional pain syndrome, and chronic orofacial pain. She also focuses on haptic virtual reality walking treatments to restore somatosensory perception in individuals with spinal cord injuries classified as having total sensorimotor loss. Her work has secured funding from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council, Medical Research Future Fund, Rebecca L. Cooper Medical Research Foundation, International Association for the Study of Pain, Wings for Life, US Department of Defense, NSW Defence Innovation Network, and NSW Health. Key publications include 'Brain anatomy changes associated with persistent neuropathic pain following spinal cord injury' (Cerebral Cortex, 2010), 'Thalamic activity and biochemical changes in individuals with neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury' (Pain, 2014), and 'Psychological, physical and complementary therapies for the management of neuropathic pain' (International Review of Neurobiology, 2024). She chairs the ENIGMA Chronic Pain Working Group and leads the Pain Research, Education and Management Program at UNSW and NeuRA. Her research has garnered over 3,800 citations across 111 publications.