  The hot and dense strongly interacting Quark-Gluon Plasma (sQGP) created in
ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions can be probed by studying high-$p_{\rm
T}$ particle production and parton energy loss. Similar measurements performed
in p-Pb collisions may help in determining whether initial or final state
nuclear effects play a role in the observed suppression of hadron production at
high-$p_{\rm T}$ in Pb--Pb collisions. By examining the nuclear modification
factors through the comparison of identified hadron yields in different
collision systems one can gain insight into particle production mechanisms and
nuclear effects.
