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Discoveries of TRP and PIEZO Channels Pave a Path to the Kavli Prize: A Conversation With David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian

by Stephani Sutherland on 9 Sep 2020

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Editor’s note: In May 2020, the Kavli Foundation awarded the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience jointly to neuroscientists David Julius, University of California, San Francisco, US, and Ardem Patapoutian, Scripps…

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PRF Seminar – Spinal Cord Mechanisms of Itch

by PRF Team on 14 Sep 2020

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Editor’s note: This is the 19th in a series of weekly PRF seminars designed to help keep the pain research community connected during the COVID-19 pandemic and to provide…

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PRF Seminar – Pain and the Brain: The Impact and Influence of Descending Modulatory Controls

by PRF Team on 8 Sep 2020

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Editor’s note: This is the 18th in a series of weekly PRF seminars designed to help keep the pain research community connected during the COVID-19 pandemic and to provide…

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Drawn to the Pain Field Not by the Science, but by the Patients: A Podcast With Howard Fields

by PRF Executive Editor on 31 Aug 2020

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Editor’s note: IASP will be celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2024. Even though the anniversary is still a few years away, it already has us thinking about the history…

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The Epidemiology of Musculoskeletal Pain: A Podcast With Gary Macfarlane

by Francie Moehring on 27 Aug 2020

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Editor’s note: Gary Macfarlane, PhD, is dean of Research & Knowledge Exchange (Life Sciences & Medicine) and clinical chair in Epidemiology at The University of Aberdeen, Scotland, where he leads the…

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PRF Seminar – Neuroimmune-Glia Interactions in Neuropathic Pain: How Does the Periphery Meet the Central Nervous System?

by PRF Team on 31 Aug 2020

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Editor’s note: This is the 17th in a series of weekly PRF seminars to help keep the pain research community connected during the COVID-19 pandemic and to provide all…

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PRF Seminar – Mechanisms of Ischemic Muscle Pain and How to Target Them for Treatment

by PRF Team on 24 Aug 2020

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Editor’s note: This is the 16th in a series of weekly PRF seminars designed to help keep the pain research community connected during the COVID-19 pandemic and to provide…

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A Deep Dive into Ischemic Muscle Pain: A Podcast with Michael Jankowski

by Francie Moehring on 11 Aug 2020

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Editor’s note: Michael P. Jankowski, PhD, is the Theodore W. Striker, MD Endowed Chair in Anesthesia Research, and associate professor and director of Research in the Department of Anesthesia…

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PRF Seminar – The Role of Keratinocytes in Heat Sensation, Cold Sensation, and Mechanosensation

by PRF Team on 17 Aug 2020

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Editor’s note: This is the 15th in a series of weekly PRF seminars designed to help keep the pain research community connected during the COVID-19 pandemic and to provide…

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PRF Seminar – Are Stem Cells the Way Out? How to Best Translate Pain Research from Labs to Humans

by PRF Team on 10 Aug 2020

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Editor’s note: This is the 14th in a series of weekly PRF seminars designed to help keep the pain research community connected during the COVID-19 pandemic and to provide…

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Building an Evidence Base in Chiropractic Medicine: A Conversation With Petra Schweinhardt

by Catherine Paré on 30 Jul 2020

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Editor’s note: Petra Schweinhardt, MD PhD, is the head of research of the Department of Chiropractic Medicine at the Balgrist University Hospital and the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Her…

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PRF Seminar – Preclinical Migraine Models and the Identification of Sexually Dimorphic (and Monomorphic) Mechanisms

by PRF Team on 3 Aug 2020

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Editor’s note: This is the 13th in a series of weekly PRF seminars designed to help keep the pain research community connected during the COVID-19 pandemic and to provide…

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Improving Musculoskeletal Pain Care in Brazil Through Education: An Interview With Physiotherapist-Turned-Researcher Felipe Reis

by Lincoln Tracy on 21 Jul 2020

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Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on RELIEF, PRF’s companion website for patients and the wider public, and is being republished here for PRF readers.

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The Pain Beat (Episode 2) – Optogenetics and Chemogenetics for Pain Treatment: How Feasible Are They? How Effective Could They Be?

by PRF Team on 15 Jul 2020

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Editor’s note: Welcome to the second episode of The Pain Beat, PRF’s new monthly podcast series! Supported by a generous grant from The MAYDAY Fund, The Pain Beat brings…

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The 2020 PRF Virtual Correspondents Blog

by PRF Correspondents on 3 Aug 2020

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Eight early-career researchers are taking part in the first cycle of the PRF Virtual Correspondents Program. This science communications training program provides participants with knowledge and skills needed to…

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PRF Seminar – Psychological Treatments for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Focus on Mechanisms

by PRF Team on 22 Jul 2020

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Editor’s note: This is the 12th in a series of weekly PRF seminars designed to help keep the pain research community connected during the COVID-19 pandemic and to provide…

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Looking to Toxins to Understand Pain: A Chat With Australian Pain Society 2020 Rising Star Samuel Robinson

by Lincoln Tracy on 9 Jul 2020

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Samuel Robinson, PhD, is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Australia. He completed his PhD with Raymond Norton at Monash University, Melbourne,…

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PRF Seminar – Transcriptional and Epigenetic Adaptations in Models of Neuropathic Pain

by PRF Team on 13 Jul 2020

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Editor’s note: This is the 11th in a series of weekly PRF seminars designed to help keep the pain research community connected during the COVID-19 pandemic and to provide…

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PRF Seminar – Pain Programs at the NIH’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS): The Preclinical Screening Platform for Pain (PSPP) and the Early Phase Pain Investigation Clinical Network (EPPIC-Net)

by PRF Team on 6 Jul 2020

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Editor’s note: This is the 10th in a series of weekly PRF seminars designed to help keep the pain research community connected during the COVID-19 pandemic and to provide…

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PRF Seminar – Pathomechanisms of Focal Nerve Injuries: Lessons From Entrapment Neuropathies as Human Model Systems

by PRF Team on 29 Jun 2020

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Editor’s note: This is the ninth in a series of weekly PRF seminars designed to help keep the pain research community connected during the COVID-19 pandemic and to provide…

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The Pain Beat (Episode 1) – Pain Targets: Molecules? Cells? Circuits? Systems?

by PRF Team on 15 Jun 2020

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Editor’s note: Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Pain Beat, PRF’s new monthly podcast series! Supported by a generous grant from The MAYDAY Fund, The Pain Beat brings…

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PRF Seminar – Human Spinal Cord Neuroimaging of Chronic Pain and Opioid Use

by PRF Team on 22 Jun 2020

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Editor’s note: This is the eighth in a series of weekly PRF seminars to help keep the pain research community connected during the COVID-19 pandemic and to provide all…

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PRF Seminar – Mapping and Modulating Myeloid Cells in a Model of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

by PRF Team on 16 Jun 2020

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Editor’s note: This is the seventh in a series of weekly PRF seminars to help keep the pain research community connected during the COVID-19 pandemic and to provide all…

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Investigating the Mechanisms of Neuropathic Pain: An Interview With Margarita Calvo

by Lincoln Tracy on 2 Jun 2020

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Margarita Calvo, MD, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Physiology at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago. After completing her medical training there, she undertook her…

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PRF Seminar – Spinal Cord Circuitry of Pain and Itch

by PRF Team on 8 Jun 2020

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Editor’s note: This is the sixth in a series of weekly PRF seminars to help keep the pain research community connected during the COVID-19 pandemic and to provide all…

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PRF Seminar – The Amygdala in Pain: From Patient H.M. to Cell Type-Specific Functionality

by PRF Team on 1 Jun 2020

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Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a series of weekly PRF seminars to help keep the pain research community connected during the COVID-19 pandemic and to provide all…

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PRF Seminar – Pain in Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Theory-Driven Approach to an Understudied Problem

by PRF Team on 27 May 2020

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Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of weekly PRF seminars to help keep the pain research community connected during the COVID-19 pandemic and to provide all…

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PRF Seminar – Opioids and Pain Persistence: A Role for Neuroimmune Mechanisms

by PRF Team on 18 May 2020

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Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of weekly PRF seminars to help keep the pain research community connected during the COVID-19 pandemic and to provide all…

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PRF Seminar – An Introduction to Preclinical Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses

by PRF Team on 11 May 2020

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Editor’s note: This is the second in a planned series of weekly PRF seminars to help keep the pain research community connected during the COVID-19 pandemic and to provide…

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A Message to the PRF Community from IASP President Lars Arendt-Nielsen

by Lars Arendt-Nielsen on 15 Apr 2020

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Editor’s note: The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), PRF’s publisher, recently made the difficult decision to postpone the World Congress on Pain until next year due…

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PRF Seminar – The Quebec Network of Junior Pain Investigators (QNJPI): A Student-Led Pain Network and Its Outreach Activities for Knowledge Transfer

by PRF Team on 4 May 2020

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Editor’s note: This is the first in a planned series of weekly PRF seminars to help keep the pain research community connected during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to provide…

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The IASP Global Alliance of Pain Patient Advocates (GAPPA): Incorporating the Lived Experience of Pain into the Study of Pain

by PRF Team on 18 Mar 2020

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This article was originally published on RELIEF, the IASP Pain Research Forum's companion website for patients and the wider public, and is reposted here for the benefit of the…

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In Memoriam: Ronald Melzack (1929-2019)

by Terence Coderre on 11 Mar 2020

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Editor’s note: Terence J. Coderre, PhD (Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain, McGill University, Montreal, Canada), and Lucia Gagliese, PhD (School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University,…

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IASP Pain Research Forum Webinar: Automated Measurement of Acute Mechanical Pain at Millisecond Timescales

by PRF Team on 24 Mar 2020

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During a PRF webinar on March 24, 2020, Ishmail Abdus-Saboor discussed approaches to developing objective “pain scales” in animals by using neurobiology, mathematics, and computational biology. After his talk,…

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