A nice interview with #painresearch legend Clifford Woolf from #NAPS, found on @painresforum.bsky.social painresearchforum.org/from-mechani...

The list of the latest published pain papers is out now on PRF! Dr. Qiufu Ma's curated list for August 15-21, 2025 and his choice for Editor's pick can be found here: painresearchforum.org/paper @iasp.bsky.social @nyupainresearch.bsky.social @utdpaincenter.bsky.social @sutherlandphd.bsky.social

The Trump administration, seemingly determined to hobble the NIH, continues to devise new and insidious ways to politicize what has long been considered the crown jewel of US research. My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com (🎁 link):

I’ve resurrected my monthly newsletter, Notes on Pain eepurl.com/jh0VaM

Just posted on Pain Research Forum! Dr. Greg Scherrer's curated list of pain-related papers published August 1-7, 2025 and his choice for Editor's pick. Check it out at painresearchforum.org @iasp.bsky.social @nyupainresearch.bsky.social @utdpaincenter.bsky.social @sutherlandphd.bsky.social

Congrats to A2CPS's Rachel Bergmans & Robert McCarthy at Rush University on publication of their paper, A Multilateral Qualitative Study of Perspectives on Enhancing Clinical Trial Diversity Among Historically Underrepresented Groups, in Clinical Therapeutics. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

This dashboard on U.S. research spending is one to watch for researchers applying for #NIH, #NSF, #DOD grants and other research grants. Thanks to @alesszimm.bsky.social and @aaas.org www.aaas.org/news/fy-2026...

Women are disproportionately affected by chronic pain. @a2cps-pain.bsky.social et al. describe sex-specific mechanisms in the transition to chronic pain that may inform individualized approaches to pain management in both sexes. buff.ly/1vi5oNT

There’s still time! Join us 5/15 noon ET

Happening now: NINDS Council public meeting, including presentation of the #HEAL #painresearch recommendations videocast.nih.gov/livew.asp?li...

Check out this amazing opportunity to hear kNOw-PAIN co-lead @daspainbrain.bsky.social talk about his latest work!

Missing your fellow #painresearch compatriots? Want to learn more about #brainimaging #biomarkers for #chronicpain? Join our next #a2cps Journal Club, featuring @daspainbrain.bsky.social on his latest work in @jama.com Neurology. Next Thurs May 15 at noon ET uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Packed house! Happening now, Katie Martucci talking about the deep phenotyping data from the MAPP study and all it’s taught us about pelvic pain

Don’t miss our symposium today 5/1 11:45 Caribbean Room at #usasp2025 - Pain Research Enters the Age of Big Data - we want to share our data with you!

Don’t miss our symposium today 5/1 11:45 Caribbean Room at #usasp2025 - Pain Research Enters the Age of Big Data - we want to share our data with you!

Beth Darnall delivering a fantastic plenary laying out the overwhelming evidence for how CBT, mindfulness treatments work for #chronicpain and how to best to deliver them, even remotely #usasp2025

Be sure to catch up with A2CPS investigators this week at #usasp2025 - we’re here and happy to answer your questions about our data, available now! @torwager.bsky.social @fmristats.bsky.social @sutherlandphd.bsky.social a2cps.org/researchers/...

Next week at #USASP2025 don't miss our symposium, Pain Research Enters the Age of Big Data with Tor Wager, Katherine Martucci and Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, moderated by Michael Falcon - Thursday at 11:45 in the Caribbean/Caspian rooms. See you there!

How will you use A2CPS data to answer questions about pain, health and disease? Baseline data available now. More at a2cps.org/researchers/

Gather with fellow pain researchers! Join us for our next Journal Club featuring @daspainbrain.bsky.social talking about his latest paper in JAMA Neurology showing cortical biomarkers of persisting pain - Thurs May 15 at noon ET, register now for free! uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

GRANT APPLICATIONS DUE TOMORROW: If you're a science writing trainee looking for financial aid to support your internship experience this coming summer, apply for our NASW Summer Diversity Fellowship. Get $3,000 in supplemental funding . Due Tuesday April 1: www.nasw.org/2025Div... 🧪📰

@a2cps-pain.bsky.social annual meeting is now taking place in Ann Arbor, Michigan. We are excited for the full 1.5-day agenda!

Happening now! The public MDWG meeting of NINDS with a presentation by @robgereau.bsky.social & Kathleen Sluka of the HEAL Strategic planning report - the research recommendations go to council for approval in May. videocast.nih.gov/livew.asp?li...

A2CPS Consortium members are gearing up to meet in person next week in Michigan - we're SO excited! Among the discussion items will be the continued release of our data to YOU! the scientific community. Check out our new pages For Researchers to learn more and access our data! a2cps.org/researchers/

Researchers in Australia, the US and Canada have identified a new biomarker for pain sensitivity in healthy people that could help predict risk for #chronicpain #HEAL jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Biomedical and scientific research funded by the NIH is the lifeblood of the new treatments and therapies that save lives today. Without it, we’ll miss those lifesaving treatments tomorrow. #ImpactInAction

Exciting news! The wait is over - the first release of public data from #A2CPS is here, available via the NDA data portal. Learn more at our For Researchers pages, and see our preprint all about it at @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

big data drop! great work by the @a2cps-pain.bsky.social team

#A2CPS now ranks #9 among the largest brain-imaging studies ever undertaken - and our data will soon be available to you, #painresearchers! Learn more a2cps.org

There's still time! Register now for free for #A2CPS Journal Club this Thurs Sep 5 with Gwen Sowa, MD, PhD, on Phenotyping Low Back Pain at 9PT/ noon ET www.surveymonkey.com/r/A2CPSJourn...

Congrats to A2CPS Investigator Dr. Kathleen Sluka who was honored by NIH HEAL with a well-deserved award for her ongoing mentorship

And the milestones just keep on coming- A2CPS has now enrolled over 1,000 participants with knee replacement surgery. What will you discover with our data? Learn more at A2CPS.org

Our comprehensive research study on chronic pain has reached a major milestone: 1,000 study participants have undergone brain imaging! We can’t wait to share our data with you- learn more at A2CPS.org

Hey there, #pain #chronicpain #painresearcher #biomarkers community! Check out our growing #A2CPS video library on vimeo, where you can find a whole array of great #paintalks, like our Dec Journal Club with Dr. Kimberly Sibille of UFlorida on whole-person biomarkers of pain vimeo.com/manage/90610...

Hey #painresearchers Join us for our next Journal Club Thu Dec 7 at noon ET featuring Dr. Kimberly Sibille of U Florida: Whole Person Biomarkers: Elucidating Individual Differences in ChronicPain. Register here for free! www.surveymonkey.com/r/A2CPSJourn...

The Acute to Chronic Pain Signatures #A2CPS project is a comprehensive, prospective, longitudinal study of #biomarkers of #chronicpain. We're collecting data (to be made public) from thousands of people after surgery from PRO's to omics. Our Consortium includes >200 researchers & staff. a2cps.org