Lisa Carlesso

Lisa Carlesso is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Montreal's Faculty of Medicine and School of Rehabilitation. Her research focuses on musculoskeletal pain mechanisms, clinical orthopedics and arthritis, and epidemiological methodologies. She leads the 2018-2019 FRQS-funded pilot study on pain phenotypes in chronic low back pain among injured workers, collaborating with Manon Choinière and Christian Larivière.

• Supervised Fatme Hoteit's 2021 Master's thesis on knee osteoarthritis pain
• Affiliated with CRHMR (Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Center), REPAR (Quebec Rehabilitation Research Network), and RQRD (Quebec Pain Research Network)

Her work combines clinical research with methodological rigor, addressing both basic mechanisms and applied interventions in musculoskeletal disorders. She has published extensively on osteoarthritis pain biomarkers, pain phenotyping, and manual therapy safety.