IASP Pain Research Forum Podcasts

Pediatric pain is under-recognized and under-treated throughout the world. Recently, a Lancet Child & Adolescent Commission was formed to address this critical problem. In this PRF podcast, three co-authors on the Commission meet virtually with PRF Correspondent Wendy Gaultney to discuss the origins of the Commission's work, the problem of pediatric pain, and the way forward to improve the lives o...

This podcast features K. Ray Chaudhuri , MD, DSc, Professor of Movement Disorders and Neurology at King's College Hospital and King's College London, UK, and Medical Director of the Parkinson Foundation International Centre of Excellence at King's College, and Yazead Buhidma , a PhD student at the Wolfson Centre of Age-related Diseases at King's College London. Chaudhuri studies Parkinson's diseas...

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 of IASP and the evolution of pain research over the past five decades. So, we have begun a new series of podcasts that will cover both of those topics, featuring senior leaders in the field who have made major contributions to pain research and...

In this podcast, Dr. Maria Fitzgerald, PhD, discusses how she got into the pain field, what it was like to work with Patrick Wall, the science of pain in infants, and more.

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 of IASP and the evolution of pain research over the past five decades. So we are beginning a new series of podcasts that will cover both of those topics, featuring senior leaders in the field who have made major contributions to...

Gary Macfarlane, PhD, is Dean for Research and Knowledge Exchange (LIfe Sciences and Medicine). He has also held the Chair in Epidemiology (Clinical) at The University of Aberdeen since 2005. He leads the Epidemiology group at the University of Aberdeen, which focuses its research in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD). His major research interests are in the Epidemiology of RMD, with a p...

In this podcast, Michael Jankowski, PhD, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, US, discusses his path to musculoskeletal pain research and particularly to ischemic muscle pain research, what he's working on now, and what the future looks like in his area of investigation.

In this meeting preview, Allan Basbaum, Laura Bohn and William Schmidt, the scientific organizers of Pain: Aligning the Target, discuss their goal of bringing together researchers who study pain mechanisms with those who have a more translational focus, for the purpose of addressing gaps in knowledge and speeding development of new treatments.

Jennifer Laird, PhD, DSc, Eli Lilly and Company, discusses her sojourns between academic and company settings, what makes for a good drug target, her love of gardening, and more. 

Judith Paice, PhD, RN, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, US, discusses her work with cancer patients who have pain, her thoughts on the opioid crisis, and the importance of multimodal treatment in pain care.

Stephen Waxman, MD, PhD, Yale University, New Haven, US, discusses his studies of rare painful diseases, which have lessons for understanding pain more broadly, advice for trainees as they develop their careers in pain research, and why he thinks it's important to communicate research to the public. 

Amanda Brandow, DO, and Kate Sadler, PhD, both from the Medical College of Wisconsin, discuss sickle cell pain, how they are collaborating to help increase understanding of this condition, and much more.

Jeffrey Mogil, PhD, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, discusses how he came to study sex differences in pain, why those differences matter, and why he now considers himself more as a "meta-scientist" rather than as a pain researcher.

Tor Wager, PhD, Dartmouth College, US, discusses all things placebo, including what brain imaging has revealed about placebo analgesia, the role of prior experience and expectations in the placebo response, and much more.

2018 North American Pain School patient partners Leslie Levine and Jacques Laliberté speak about their experiences with chronic pain, their advocacy efforts, and the importance of including patients as partners in pain research.  

Kathleen Sluka, PhD , University of Iowa, Iowa City, US, discusses her path to pain research, why she thinks it's time for the field to move on from efficacy studies of exercise for pain, and her love of painting.  

Robert Gereau, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, US, discusses his use of human tissue in pain research, optogenetics, and science advocacy, among other topics.

Irene Tracey, PhD, University of Oxford, UK, talks about pain brain (and spinal cord) imaging, why she thinks it's time to rebrand or rename the term "placebo analgesia," and her advice for young scientists.

Ian Gilron, MD, Queen's University School of Medicine, Canada, discusses his work on clinical trials of treatments for chronic pain, combination therapy, and much more.