Christian Faig, Ph.D.

• Ph.D. in Pharmacology, University of Alberta, Canada
• ​​B.S. in Pharmacology, University of Alberta, Canada
• 2024 Dr. Susan Dunn Graduate Award, Department of Pharmacology, University of Alberta
• 2024 Ms. Judy Deuel Graduate Travel Award
• 2023 CPS Travel Award
• 2022 Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship, Government of Alberta
• Christian is interested in understanding how diverse genetic and environmental causes similar behavioural and neural circuit alterations in autism spectrum disorder. Outside the lab, they enjoy playing games with their friends as well as going on hikes and bike rides

Publications
Faig CA, Liu CL, Jackson J, Mathur BM, Seminowicz DA, Taylor AMW 
Pain in the claustrum
Neurobiology of Pain, 2026 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ynpai.2026.100228

Faig CA, Kim GHK, Do AD, Dworsky-Fried Z, Jackson J, Taylor AMW.
Claustrum projections to the anterior cingulate modulate nociceptive and pain-associated behaviour
Current Biology 2024 May 6;34(9):1987-1995.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.03.044.​

Friedman TN, La Caprara O, Zhang C, Lee K, May J, Faig CA, Baldwin T, Plemel JR, Taylor AMW, Kerr BJ 
Sex differences in peripheral immune cell activation: Implications for pain and pain resolution
Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2023 114, 80–93. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2023.07.029

Dworsky-Fried, Z, Faig CA, Vogel HA, Kerr BJ, Taylor AMW
Central amygdala inflammation drives pain hypersensitivity and attenuates morphine analgesia in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Pain, 2022 163(1), e49–e61. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002307