2018 NIH Pain Consortium Symposium

From Science to Society: At the Intersection of Chronic Pain Management and the Opioid Crisis

May 31, 2018 - Jun 01, 2018

May 31, 2018

8:30am	Welcome and Opening Remarks Nora Volkow, M.D., Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse
8:50am	Introduction of Keynote Speaker Ann O'Mara, PhD, RN, FAAN, National Cancer Institute
	Keynote Address Unintended Consequences: Ensuring Access to Pain Control During an Opioid Epidemic Judith Paice, R.N., Ph.D., Northwestern University
9:45am	Break & Poster Session (FAES Terrace)
10:15am	Panel Session: At the Intersection of Pain, Reward and Opioids Moderator: Rita Valentino, Ph.D., National Institute on Drug Abuse
	Overview: Impact of Sex and Age on Opioid Modulation of Pain Anne Z. Murphy, Ph.D., Georgia State University
10:45am	Opioid-induced Plasticity and the Intersection with Pain Jose Moron-Concepcion, Ph.D., Washington University
11:05am	Role of Epigenetic Silencing of OPRM1 in Opioid Tolerance in Cancer Patient Populations Brian L. Schmidt, D.D.S., M.D., Ph.D., New York University
11:25am	Panel Session Q&A
11:45am	Networking Lunch & Poster Session (FAES Terrace)
1:00pm	Introduction of Junior Investigator Presentations Patricia A. Grady, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, Director, National Institute of Nursing Research
1:10pm	A Mouse Pain Scale: Assessment of Pain Sensation in Mice Using Sub-second Behavioral Mapping and Statistical Modeling Ishmail Abdus-Saboor, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
1:25pm	Cdk5 Inhibitory Peptide TFP5 Attenuates Acute Orofacial Inflammation and Reduces the Severity of Mechanical Allodynia Michaela Prochazkova, Ph.D., National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
1:40pm	Neural Dopamine: Unraveling the Mechanisms of Stimulant-Induced Analgesia and Arousal Norman Taylor, M.D. Massachusetts General Hospital
2:00pm	Keynote Presentations & Fireside Chat
	The NIH HEAL Initiative Francis Collins, M.D., Director, National Institutes of Health VADM Jerome Adams, M.D., M.P.H., U.S. Surgeon General
3:00pm	Break & Poster Session
3:25pm	Panel Session: The BRAIN Initiative: Harnessing Technology for Pain Research Moderator: Khara Ramos, Ph.D., National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
	Overview: The BRAIN Initiative and Pain Walter Koroshetz, M.D., Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
3:40pm	Radiomagnetogenetics Sarah Stanley, M.B.B.Ch., Ph.D., Mount Sinai
4:00pm	Spinal Cord Stimulation to Restore Sensation and Reduce Phantom Limb Pain After Limb Amputation Lee Fisher, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
4:20pm	Panel Session Q&A
4:35pm	Mitchell Max Award Presentation David Shurtleff, Ph.D., Acting Director, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
4:50pm	Adjourn
June 1, 2018
8:30am	Update from the American Pain Society William Maixner, D.D.S., Ph.D., Duke University
8:50am	A Patient's Perspective Proper Pain Diagnoses, Treatment, Effect Understanding and the Opioid Guidelines Backlash George Carter, Sickle Cell Patient & Advocate
9:10am	Panel Session: Disparities in Clinical Pain Management Moderator: Eliseo Peréz-Stable, M.D., Director, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
	Overview: Differences in Opioid Prescribing by Specialty and Demographics Asheley Cockrell Skinner, Ph.D., Duke University
9:40am	Understanding Adverse Selection: The Role of Mental Health in Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain Mark Sullivan, M.D., Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle
10:00am	Break & Poster Session (FAES Terrace)
10:40am	Using Interactive Virtual Humans to Improve Pain Care for Racial Minority and Low-income patients Adam T. Hirsh, Ph.D., Indiana University - Purdue University, Indiana
11:00am	Insights into Ethnic Differences in Pain from Experimental Studies Claudia Campbell, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
11:20am	Panel Session Q&A
11:40am	Closing Remarks Martha Somerman, D.D.S., Ph.D., Director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
12:00pm	Adjourn

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