Pain Seminar Series

The NIH Pain Seminar Series, sponsored by the NIH PAIN Special Interest Group, features presentations by national leaders in the field of pain. Seminars highlight research conducted on model organisms at the behavioral, molecular, cellular and systems levels, as well as brain imaging work in patients and healthy volunteers. Our goal is to provide a forum where NIH researchers from different backgrounds can openly exchange their ideas and perspectives as well as discuss the latest technical approaches for the study of pain.

Fellows Pain SIG Seminar Meeting with the speakers: As part of the Pain Seminar Series, NIH trainees are invited to meet with speakers following the seminar. This is a great opportunity for trainees to network and learn more about the speaker and their affiliated institution. All trainees are welcome to attend and actively participate. For more information or to ask questions, please contact Helena Ahn (helena.ahn@nih.gov) or Jinhee Wang (jinhee.wang@nih.gov).

Cajal Legacy. Instituto Cajal (CSIC), Madrid

Upcoming events

Currently, NIH is urging that all large meetings and symposia that are not mission critical and are scheduled to be held at NIH facilities or organized by NIH either be held virtually using tele/videoconferencing services, postponed, or canceled. We will let you know about rescheduled events and online viewing options as plans are made.

Only NIH staff are allowed to participate. Contact Jinhee Wang to register (jinhee.wang@nih.gov).

January 14, 2021 - 9:00 a.m. ET to 10:00 a.m. ET

The emotional consequences of chronic pain: Special focus on the Anterior Cingulate Cortex

Ipek Yalcin, Ph.D., Pharm. D.
Research Director; Head of the team, Neuroanatomy, Pain and Psychopathology,
Institute of Cellular and Integrative Neuroscience UPR3212 CNRS and University of Strasbourg, France

February 11, 2021 - 9:00 a.m. ET to 10:00 a.m. ET

Applying Evolutionary Principles to Pain Research

Amanda C. de C Williams, Ph.D.
Professor of Clinical Health Psychology, Research Dept of Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology, University College London; Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Pain Management Centre
University College London Hospital

March 18, 2021 - 9:00 a.m. ET to 10:00 a.m. ET

All in the Mind? The Role of Psychology in the Treatment and Etiology of Pain

Tim Salomons, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology; Queen's University, Canada

April 8, 2021 - 9:00 a.m. ET to 10:00 a.m. ET

Somatosensory Neuron Types and Neural Networks

Xu Zhang, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Science (CAS); Director of Institute of Brain-Intelligence Technology
Zhangjiang Laboratory

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Past events

2020

December 10, 2020 - 9:00 a.m. ET to 10:00 a.m. ET

Incerta-thalamic Circuit Controls Nocifensive Behavior via Cannabinoid Type I Receptors

Xiao-Ming Li, Ph.D.
Professor; Executive Dean of Zhejiang University School of Medicine; Executive Director of the Institute of Neuroscience of Zhejiang University
China

November 12, 2020 - 9:00 a.m. ET to 10:00 a.m. ET

The functional role of spinoparabrachial pathway in nociceptive information processing

Yan-Gang Sun, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator
Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology (CEBSIT); Chinese Academy of Science

June 11, 2020 - 10:30 a.m. ET to 11:30 a.m. ET

CANCELED: BOLD Decoding of Individual Pain Anticipation Bias: Implication for Precision Pain Management

Irina Strigo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Departments of Psychiatry, San Francisco VA Health Care System, University of California San Francisco

May 14, 2020 - 11:00 a.m. ET to 12:00 p.m. ET

CANCELED: Boosting Mind-Body Mechanisms To Improve Outcomes for Chronic Pain - Insights from the Study of Migraine and Other Disorders

Randy L. Gollub, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor in Psychiatry
Assistant in Neuroscience in Radiology
MGH Associate Director for Translational Research
Harvard Medical School
Psychiatric Neuroimaging Program, MGH

April 9, 2020 - 10:30 a.m. ET to 11:30 a.m. ET

CANCELED: Amygdala Pain Mechanisms - Role of the CRF System

Volker Neugebauer, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Departments of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Science Center (TTUHSC) School of Medicine, Lubbock, TX, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Departments of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Science Center (TTUHSC) School of Medicine, Lubbock, TX

March 12, 2020 - 11:00 a.m. ET to 12:00 p.m. ET

CANCELED: Using RNA Sequencing To Gain New Insight into Mechanism of Neuropathic Pain in Rodents and Humans

Theodore Price, Ph.D., Director, Center for Advanced Pain Studies/Eugene McDermott Professor, University of Texas Dallas, Ph.D.
Director
Eugene McDermott Professor
Center for Advanced Pain Studies
University of Texas Dallas

February 7, 2020 - 11:00 a.m. ET to 12:00 p.m. ET

Mouse Models and Human Stem Cells - Complementary Approaches to Study Sensory Neurobiology

Katrin Schrenk-Siemens, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology, University of Heidelberg

Jan Siemens, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Pharmacology, University of Heidelberg

January 9, 2020 - 11:00 a.m. ET to 12:00 p.m. ET

CANCELED: All in the Mind? The Role of Psychology in the Treatment and Etiology of Pain

Tim Salomons, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Queen’s University, Canada

2019

2018

2017

December 7, 2017 - 1:00 p.m. ET to 4:00 p.m. ET

Sex and Pain: What's the Story?

Dr. Jeffrey Mogil
McGill University

Dr. Roger Fillingim
University of Florida

Dr. Hanna Grol-Prokopczyk
University of Buffalo

Dr. Ann Berger
NIH

Dr. Siobán D. Harlow
University of Michigan

Dr. Marjorie R. Jenkins
FDA

Dr. David Thomas
NIDA/NIH Pain Consortium

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November 9, 2017 - 11:00 a.m. ET to 11:00 a.m. ET

Neuronal Circuitry for Pain and Itch Processing in the Spinal Dorsal Horn

Andrew Todd, Ph.D.
Professor
Spinal Cord Group, Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow

October 12, 2017 - 12:00 a.m. ET to 12:00 a.m. ET

Circuit and Function of Mammalian Pain- and Touch-Sensing Neuron

Wenqin Luo, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
Department of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

May 11, 2017 - 11:00 a.m. ET to 12:00 p.m. ET

Using C. elegans to Study the Effects of Bioactive Lipids in Sensory Ion Channels

Valeria Vásquez, Ph.D.

April 13, 2017 - 11:00 a.m. ET to 12:00 p.m. ET

Understanding Pain in the Brain: Top-Down Versus Bottom Up

Ben Seymour, Ph.D.
Wellcome Intermediate Fellow
Principal Investigator
Computational and Biological Learning Lab, Cambridge University
Center for Information and Neural Networks (CiNet), Osaka, Japan

March 9, 2017 - 11:00 a.m. ET to 12:00 p.m. ET

Cerebral Mechanisms of Pain Avoidance Learning

Mathieu Roy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology, McGill University

February 9, 2017 - 11:00 a.m. ET to 12:00 p.m. ET

Chronic Pain Control by Neuroinflammation and Alternative Medicine Approaches

Ru-Rong Ji, Ph.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology and Neurobiology, Chief of Pain Research
Duke University Medical Center

January 12, 2017 - 11:00 a.m. ET to 12:00 p.m. ET

Challenges to Translational Pain Research

Miroslav "Misha" Backonja, M.D.
Senior Medical Director
Emeritus Professor of Neurology
Clinical Professor
Worldwide Clinical Trials, Seattle, WA
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Department of Neurology, University of Washington

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Contacts

For additional information about the PAIN Seminar series ot the PAIN SIG, please contact any of the organizers: Dr. Yarimar Carrasquillo, Dr. Lauren Atlas, or Dr. Alex Chesler.