Lisa Burback, BSc(Pharm), MD, FRCPC

Area of Study / Keywords

posttraumatic stress trauma informed care psychotherapy interventional psychiatry

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About

Dr. Lisa Burback is currently appointed as Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry.  Her research, teaching and clinical expertise includes psychotraumatology and psychotherapy innovations, including adapting interventions for those with complex trauma or treatment resistant illnesses. She is also a collaborator with HiMARC (Heroes in Mind, Advocacy and Research Consortium), including as co-investigator on the Alberta Multi-modal, Motion-assisted Memory Desensitization and Reconsolidation (3MDR) study (www.threemdr.himarc.ca). For an updated list, please see my google scholar page: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=dXDzv-gAAAAJ&hl=en

 

Vermetten E, Burback L, Sevigny PR, Nijdam MJ, Winkler O, Espejo E, Bright K, Brémault-Phillips S

Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology . 2025 August; 35 (Suppl. 1):S122-S134

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Janssen-Aguilar R, Meshkat S, Al-Shamali, Perivolaris A, Swainson J, Zhang Y, Greenhaw AJ, Burback L, Winkler O, Phillips JL, Enns MW, Sareen J, Nicholson A, Vermetten E, Jetly R, Lanius R, Bhat V.

Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology 2025. 2025 August; 35 (Suppl. 1):S57-S89 10.5152/pcp.2025.241027

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Yap S, Bal M, Youakim M, Aborawi A, Di Pinto G, Samways K, Beck, A, Bright, K, Bremault-Phillips S, Greenshaw A, Winkler O, Burback L.

PLOS Mental Health. 2025 August; 2 (8):e0000373

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Meshkat SH, Howll F, Sousa-Ho R, J. Zeifman RT, Dunkley B, Reichelt A, Zhang Y, Burback L, Winkler O, Greenshaw AJ, Jetly R, Mayo L, Monson C, Bhat V

sychedelic Medicine. 2025 April;

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Meshkat S, Malik G, Zeifman RJ, Swainson J, Balachandra K, Reichelt AC, Zhang Y, Burback L, Winkler O, Greenshaw A, Vermetten E, Mayo, LM, Tanguay R, Jetly, R, Bhat V.

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 2025 April; Apr 15

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Al-Shamali HF, Dong R, Jackson M, Burback L, Wong G, Cao B, Li XM, Greenshaw AJ, Zhang Y

PLOS ONE. 2025 April; 20 (4):e0321813

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Meshkat S, Al-Shamali H, Perivolaris A, Tullu T, Zeifman RJ, Zhang Y, Burback L, Winkler O, Greenshaw A, Husain MI, C. Reichelt A, Vermetten E, Jha MK, Jetly R, Loebenberg R, Bhat V.

Pharmaceutics. 2025 March; 17 (4):411

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Kurkova V, Winkler O, Greenshaw A, Jetly R, Swainson J, Lodewyk K, Saghafi P, Dennett E, Burback L.

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. . 2025 March; Mar 18

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Meshkat S, Malik T, Zeifman R, Swainson J, Zhang Y, Burback L, Winkler O, Greenshaw AJ, Claire Reichelt A, Vermetten E, Erritzoe D, Jha MK, Dunn W, Jetly R, Husain MI, Bhat V.

Journal of Clinical Medicine. . 2025 February; 14 (5):1416

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Evans J, Aixalà MB, Anderson BT, Brennan W, Bremler R, Breeksema JJ, Burback L, Calder AE, Carhart-Harris R, Cheung K, Devenot, N, Gorman I, Greń J, Hendricks PS, Holoyda B, Jacobs E, Krecké J, Kruger, DJ, Luke D, Majić T, McGuire AL, Mehtani NJ, Mathai DS, Nash, K, Tehseen N, Palitsky R, Robinson OC, Simonsson O, Stahre E, van Elk M, Yaden DB.

Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice. . 2025 February; online

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Yap S, Allen RR, Bright KS, Brown RGB, Burback L, Hayward J, Winkler O, Wells K, Jones C, Sevigny PR, McElheran M, Zukiwski K, Greenshaw AJ, Brémault-Phillips S.

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health. 2025 February; 22

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Yap S, Allen RR, Bright KS, Brown RGB, Burback L, Hayward J, Winkler O, Wells K, Jones C, Sevigny PR, McElheran M, Zukiwski K, Greenshaw AJ, Brémault-Phillips S.

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health. 2025 January; 22 (1):81

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Meshkat S, Tello‐Gerez TJ, Gholaminezhad F, Dunkley BT, Reichelt AC, Erritzoe D, Veremetten E, Zhang Y, Greenshaw A, Burback L, Winkler O, Rakesh Jetly MD, Leah M. Mayo PhD, Venkat Bhat.

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 2024 December; 78 (12):744-64

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Yap S, Allen RR, Aquin CR, Bright KS, Brown MR, Burback L, Winkler O, Jones C, Hayward J, Wells K, Vermetten E, Greenshaw A, Bremault-Phillips S.

Healthcare . 2024 October; 12 (19):1971

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Jones C, Spencer S, O’Greysik E, Smith-MacDonald L, Bright KS, Beck AJ, Carleton RN, Burback L, Greenshaw A, Zhang Y, Sevigny P, Hayward J, Cao B, Brémault-Phillips.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. . 2024 July; 21

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Burback L, Forner C, Al-Shamali H, Paquet J, Ayoub Y, Verghese M. Winkler O.

Psychology Research and Behavior Management. 2024 June;

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Yu Z, Burback L, Winkler O, Xu L, Dennett L, Vermetten E, Greenshaw A, Li XM, Milne M, Wang F, Cao B.

Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2024 May; 15

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Burback L, Bremault-Phillips S, Nijdam M, McFarlane A, Vermetten E.

Current Neuropharmacology. 2024 April; 22 (4):557-635 10.2174/1570159x21666230428091433

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Burback L, Yap S, Purdon SE, Abba-Aji DA, O'shea K, Brémault-Phillips S, Greenshaw AJ, Winkler O.

Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2024 February; 15

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Raman Dhaliwal, Sidney Yap, Fernanda Talarico, Huda Al-Shamali, Robert Mcweeny, Matthew Reeson, Reham Shalaby, Teresa Chen, Elena Spronk, Rayven Snodgrass, Eileen Tu, Taylor Erick, Tyler Marshall, Megan Kennedy, Andrew J Greenshaw, Olga Winkler, Lisa Burback

Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2023 November; 25

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Chelsea Jones, Brenda Juby, Shaylee Spencer, Lorraine Smith-MacDonald, Elly O’Greysik, Michelle Vincent, Colleen Mooney, Katherine S Bright, Phillip R Sevigny, Lisa Burback, Andrew Greenshaw, R Nicholas Carleton, Raymond Savage, Jake Hayward, Yanbo Zhang, Bo Cao, Suzette Brémault-Phillips

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023 August; 20 (17):6664

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Smith-MacDonald L, Jones C, Brown MRG, Dunleavy RS, VanderLaan A, Kaneva Z, Hamilton T, Burback L, Vermetten E, Bremault-Phillips S.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023 April; 20 (7):5415. 10.3390/ijerph20075415

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Agyapong B, Brett-MacLean P, Burback L, Agyapong VIO, Wei Y.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023 April; 20 (9):5625. 10.3390/ijerph20095625

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Burback L, Dhaliwal R, Reeson M, Erick T, Hartle K, Chow E, Vouronikos G, Antunes N, Marshall T, Kennedy M, Dennett L, Greenshaw A, Smith-MacDonald L, Winkler O.

Current Research in Behavioral Sciences. 2023 March; 4 10.1016/j.crbeha.2023.100102

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Winkler O, Burback L, Greenshaw AJ, Jin J.

Case Reports in Psychiatry. 2023 January; 2023 10.1155/2023/8161010

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Friesen L, Gaine G, Klaver E, Burback L, Agyapong V.

PLoS One. 2022 September; 19 (9):e0274197 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274197

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Winkler O, Burback L, Brémault-Phillips S, Vermetten E.

In: Martin Dorahy, Steve Gold, Paul Dell, John O’Neil, editors. Dissociation and the Dissociative Disorders: Past, Present, Future. Routledge Press. . 2022 September; ISBN 9781003057314

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Jin J, Burback L, Greenshaw A, Winkler O.

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY-REVUE CANADIENNE DE PSYCHIATRIE. 2022 September; 1-3 https://doi.org/10.1177/07067437221125

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Belinda Agyapong, Gloria Obuobi-Donkor, Lisa Burback, Yifeng Wei.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022 August; 19 (17):10706 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710706

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Jones C., Smith-MacDonald L., Brown M.R.G., VanDehy J., Grunnet-Jepsen R., Ordek V.P., Kruger S., Gerhart A.A., van Veelen N., Nijdam M.J., Burback L., Cao B., Roy M.J., Sessoms P., Vermetten E., Brémault-Phillips S.

JMIR Human Factors. 2022 July; 9 (3):e33682 10.2196/33682

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Al-Shamali H, Hussain A, Dennett L, Cao B, Burback L, Greenshaw L, Zhang Y

Journal of Affective Disorders Reports. 2022 July; 9 10.1016/j.jadr.2022.100356

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Al-Shamali H*, Talarico F, Winkler O*, Greenshaw A, Forner C, Zhang Y, Vermetten E and Burback L* (*equal contribution)

AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2022 February; 48674221077029 10.1177/00048674221077029

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Hamilton T.*, Burback L.*, Smith-MacDonald L., Jones C., Brown M.R.G., Mikolas C., Tang E., O'Toole K., Vergis P., Merino A., Weiman K., Vermetten E.H.G.J.M., Brémault-Phillips S. (*first authors)

Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2021 December; 12 (779829) 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.779829

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Winkler O.*, Dhaliwal R., Greenshaw A., O'Shea K., Abba-Aji A., Chima C., Purdon S.E., Burback L* (*equal contribution)

JMIR Research Protocols. 2021 November; 10 (11):e30711 10.2196/30711

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Ceccherini-Nelli A, Bucuci E, Burback L, Li D, Alikouzehgaran M, Latif Z, Morin K, Ganapathy K, Salsali M, Abdullah U, Westwood W, Orris J and White PJ

Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2021 August; 12:693788 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.693788

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