An official website of the United States governmentTackling Pain at the National Institutes of Health: Updates From the Bench, the Clinic, and the New NIH Pain Research Center
The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) Division of Intramural Research is convening a 2-day symposium to learn from and discuss with key stakeholders across the National Institutes of Health (NIH) the current state and future directions of the intramural pain research program and to highlight current collaborations and discuss future research within the Pain Research Center (PRC). Attendees will hear from NIH Institute, Center, and Office (ICO) leadership and clinical and basic researchers across NIH and will learn about ongoing projects and collaborations that are underway in the PRC.
The PRC, with support from the NIH Intramural Research Program (IRP) Director’s Challenge Award, various NIH ICOs, the Clinical Center, and other contributors and collaborators, serves as a hub for clinical pain research, creating and continuing to develop a pain phenotyping platform to better characterize and understand mechanisms of diverse pain states, and to further develop and test therapies to better manage or prevent the development of chronic pain and opioid abuse.
This meeting is NIH-only. Please register with your NIH email address.
Agenda
March 31–April 1, 2022
| Day 1: March 31, 1:00–5:00 p.m. ET | |
| 1:00 p.m. | Welcome Address: What is the Pain Research Center (PRC)? Helene M. Langevin, M.D., NCCIH |
| 1:10–2:10 p.m. | Institute, Center, and Office (ICO) Perspective on Current Gaps and Future Opportunities for Pain Research in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Intramural Research Program (IRP) and PRC 5 minutes each:
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| 2:10–2:45 p.m. | Clinical Center (CC) Medical Units 5 minutes each:
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| 2:45–3:00 p.m. | Break |
| 3:00–3:50 p.m. | Session 1: Studying Pain Mechanisms in Humans
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| 3:50–4:40 p.m. | Session 2: Studying Pain Mechanisms in Animal Models
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| 4:40–5:00 p.m. | Roundtable: Bridging the Gap Between Animal and Human Studies
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| 5:00 p.m. | Adjourn for the day |
| Day 2: April 1, 1:00–4:15 p.m. ET | |
| 1:00–1:05 p.m. | Welcome Address David Shurtleff, Ph.D., NCCIH |
| 1:05–1:30 p.m. | Richard Nahin, Ph.D., M.P.H. (NCCIH). Populations at risk for developing chronic, disabling pain |
| 1:30–3:40 p.m. | PRC Collaborative Project Presentations
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| 2:30–2:40 p.m. | Break |
PRC Collaborative Project Presentations (continued)
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| 3:40–4:05 p.m. | Future Directions
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| 4:05–4:15 p.m. | Closing Remarks David Shurtleff, Ph.D., NCCIH |
| 4:15 p.m. | Adjourn |
Speakers
Titilola Akintola, Ph.D.
Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow
Section on Affective Neuroscience and Pain
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
Yeka Aponte, Ph.D.
Chief, Neuronal Circuits and Behavior Unit
Associate Director for Diversity and Inclusion
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Lauren Atlas, Ph.D.
Chief, Section on Affective Neuroscience and Pain
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
Joint faculty member at National Institute on Drug Abuse and National Institute of Mental Health
Miroslav “Misha” Backonja, M.D.
Supervisory Clinician Physician
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
Ann Berger, M.S.N., M.D.
Chief, Pain and Palliative Care Service
NIH Clinical Center
Carsten G. Bönnemann, M.D., habil.
Chief, Neuromuscular and Neurogenetic Disorders of Childhood Section
Senior Investigator and Acting Chief, Neurogenetics Branch
Alison Boyce, M.D.
Lasker Clinical Research Scholar
Metabolic Bone Disorders Unit
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Yarimar Carrasquillo, Ph.D.
Chief, Behavioral Neurocircuitry and Cellular Plasticity Section
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
Alexander Chesler, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator
Sensory Cells and Circuits Section
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
Joint faculty member at National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Yogita Chudasama, Ph.D.
Chief, Section on Behavioral Neuroscience
Director, Rodent Behavioral Core
National Institute of Mental Health
William Dahut, M.D.
Scientific Director for Clinical Research
Center for Cancer Research
National Cancer Institute
Deepika Darbari, M.D.
Special Volunteer
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Attending Physician, Division of Hematology
Children’s National Hospital
Eleni Frangos, Ph.D.
Research Fellow
Pain and Integrative Neuroscience Branch
Pain Research Center
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
James Gilman, M.D.
Chief Executive Officer
NIH Clinical Center
Michael Gottesman, M.D.
Deputy Director for Intramural Research
Office of Intramural Research
Peter Herscovitch, M.D.
Chief, Positron Emission Tomography
Senior Attending Physician
NIH Clinical Center
Michael Iadarola, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Department of Perioperative Medicine, Anesthesia Section
NIH Clinical Center
George Koob, Ph.D.
Director
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Helene M. Langevin, M.D.
Director
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
Janice Lee, D.D.S., M.D., M.S.
Clinical Director
Chief, Cranial Anomalies & Regeneration Section
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Deputy Director for Intramural Clinical Research
Office of Intramural Research
Yuanyuan “Kevin” Liu, Ph.D.
Chief, Somatosensation and Pain Unit
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Joint faculty member at National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
Nicholas Madian, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Pain and Integrative Neuroscience Branch
Pain Research Center
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
Andrew Mannes, M.D., M.E., M.B.A.
Chief, Department of Perioperative Medicine
NIH Clinical Center
Matt Merguerian, M.D., Ph.D.
Special Volunteer
National Human Genome Research Institute
Instructor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hematology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Saad Nagi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in Neurophysiology
Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience
Linköping University
Richard Nahin, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Lead Epidemiologist
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
Amy Newman, Ph.D.
Scientific Director, Intramural Program
Chief, Molecular Targets and Medications Discovery Branch
Chief, Medicinal Chemistry Section
Director, Medication Development Program
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Maryland Pao, M.D.
Clinical Director and Deputy Scientific Director
National Institute of Mental Health
Acting Clinical Director
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
Leorey Saligan, Ph.D., R.N., C.R.N.P., F.A.A.N.
Acting Chief, Symptom Science Center
Senior Investigator, Symptom Biology Unit
National Institute of Nursing Research
Nina Schor, M.D., Ph.D.
Deputy Director and Acting Scientific Director
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Jay Shah, M.D.
Senior Staff Physiatrist and Clinical Investigator
Rehabilitation Medicine
NIH Clinical Center
David Shurtleff, Ph.D.
Deputy Director
Acting Scientific Director
Acting Chief, Clinical Investigations Branch
Acting Chief, Pain and Integrative Neuroscience Branch
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
Sudhuman Singh, Ph.D.
Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow
Section on Behavioral Neurocircuitry and Cellular Plasticity
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
Ellen Staedtler, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Perioperative Medicine
NIH Clinical Center
Carlos Zarate, M.D.
Chief, Experimental Therapeutics and Pathophysiology Branch
National Institute of Mental Health
Shannon Zenk, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.N., F.A.A.N.
Director
National Institute of Nursing Research