Schedule at a Glance
Tuesday, May 10 | Wednesday, May 11
Thursday, May 12 | Friday, May 13 | Saturday, May 14
Registration is closed. Please register onsite at the APS meeting!
Detailed schedule. View the online session handouts.
Tuesday, May 10
7 am–4 pm
Fundamentals of Pain Management Course
Wednesday, May 11
7am–Noon
Fundamentals of Pain Management Course
8 am–5 pm
Preconference Event
Optimizing Analgesic Clinical Trials Conduct
Moderator: Neil Singla, MD
Preregistration required; there is a $100 fee to attend.
1–4:15 pm
The Early Career Forum is intended to provide opportunities for predoctoral students, postdoctoral trainees, and early career faculty to network with senior mentors in the field and to participate in sessions focused on career development topics.This year’s Forum will include a mentor networking event, a focus on SIGs event, and panel discussions with break out groups on several cross-cutting topics.
The Mentor Networking session and SIGs event will take place during the first portion of the forum. During the second portion, attendees will choose two of three career development sessions on cross-cutting topics. Each session will begin with a faculty panel discussion with subsequent small-group breakouts to allow attendees to talk further with faculty mentors about the topic area.
Breakout Session Option I: Getting Your Research Funded
- This session will address approaches to maximize your success with funding opportunities including seed funds, pilot mechanisms, foundation grants, and NIH funding sources.
Breakout Session Option II: Planning for Your First Job
- This session will focus on preparing you for transition to a postdoc or faculty position, and provide guidance on successfully navigating interviews and negotiations.
Breakout Session Option III: Maintaining Balance in Your Career
- This session will attend to strategies to achieve balance in different aspects of your career, including balancing research and clinical commitments, accomplishing teaching, education, and mentorship roles, fulfilling service roles, and maintaining work-life balance.
Forum attendees are welcome to choose any two of the above breakout sessions. It is not necessary to indicate your session preferences at the time of registration.
The Early Career Forum aims to:
- Facilitate networking to share ideas and experiences and to develop new collaborations.
- Provide opportunities for early career members to interact with senior researchers and clinicians within the American Pain Society.
- Enhance early career members’ professional development.
- Promote education as an important component of pain research and treatment.
- Encourage future generations of pain researchers and clinicians.
Participants will receive communication/a survey from APS with a request to select a list of top five mentors for the Mentor Networking session. This information will be used to group attendees and mentors together for two 25-minute networking rounds during the Forum. Mentors' names and areas of interest/expertise will be provided on the survey. Participants will receive confirmation of their assigned mentor groups in March.
This session is limited to 120 participants. Please register to attend.
This session is not being offered for CME credit.
4:30–6 pm
Opening Reception in the Experience Exchange
6–8 pm
APS Clinical and Basic Science Data Blitz
Moderators: Michael Jankowski, PhD, Steve Davidson, PhD and Marie Hoeger Bement, PhD MPT
This year's Data Blitz will feature selected presentations of new research in a rapid format, with presenters having 5 minutes to present data and 5 additional minutes for questions from the audience.
Thursday, May 12
7:30–7:45 am
Gathering and Introductions
7:45–8:15 am
(100) State of the Society
Greg Terman, MD PhD
APS President
8-8:15 am
Presentation of Awards: Lawson, Narcessian, and Bonica
8:15–9:30 am
General Session: Continuing Medical Education Credit Available—1.25 Hours
(101) Keynote Address
Pain: A Political History
Keith Wailoo, PhD
Townsend Martin Professor of History and Public Affairs, Princeton University
Activity Type: Knowledge
(102) Global Year Against Pain Lecture
Osteoarthritis Joint Pain: Mechanisms, Models, Molecules
Anne-Marie Malfait, MD PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry, Rush University Medical Center
TBD
Activity Type: Knowledge
9:30–11 am
Poster Session and Networking in the Experience Exchange
Author-Attended Poster Session (Odd-Numbered Posters)
11 am–12:30 pm
Symposia
Continuing Medical Education Credit Available for Sessions 200–205: 1.5 Hours
(200) Innovations in Postsurgical Pain Research: Basic, Experimental, and Clinical Studies of Pain Mechanisms and Impact
Jennifer Rabbitts, MD (Moderator); Claudia Campbell, PhD; Jing Wang, MD PhD
Classification: Translational
Activity Type: Knowledge
(201) Stress-Induced Persistent Pain: Mechanistic Insights from Humans and Animals
Sara Linnstaedt, PhD (Moderator); Jon Levine, MD PhD; Samuel McLean, MD MPH
Classification: Translational
Activity Type: Knowledge
(202) Transforming Care of Persons with Back Pain: Next Steps in Implementing the Recommendations of the National Pain Strategy
Robert Kerns, PhD (Moderator); Sean Mackey, MD PhD; Michael Reed, DPT OCS
Classification: Clinical
Activity Type: Knowledge
(203) Social Modulation of Pain in Mice, Kids, and Couples
Jeffrey Mogil, PhD (Moderator); Christine Chambers, PhD; Annmarie Cano, PhD
Classification: Translational
Activity Type: Knowledge
(204) Big Data on Nociceptive Afferents
Michael Iadarola, PhD (Moderator); H. Richard Koerber, PhD; Alan Light, PhD
Classification: Basic Science
Activity Type: Knowledge
(205) A Socioecological Framework to Examine Disparities in Pain Care
Cheryse Sankar, PhD (Moderator); Adam Hirsh, PhD; Diana Burgess, PhD
Classification: Translational
Activity Type: Knowledge
12:45–2 pm
Town Hall Talks in Experience Exchange
2:15–3:45 pm
Symposia
Continuing Medical Education Credit Available for sessions 300–305: 1.5 Hours
(300) Improving Pediatric Pain Management Practices: What New Lessons are We Learning from Basic and Clinical Science Models?
Michael Jankowski, PhD (Moderator); Anne Murphy, PhD; Anna Taddio, PhD RPH
Classification: Translational
Activity Type: Knowledge
(301) Role of Cannabinoids in Chronic Pain: Translational Approaches
Todd Vanderah, PhD (Moderator); Mark Ware, MD MRCP (UK) MSc; Edgar Alfonso Romero-Sandoval, MD PhD
Classification: Translational
Activity Type: Knowledge
(302) Stem Cell Therapy for Chronic Pain: Evidence from Preclinical and Clinical Studies
Ru Rong Ji, PhD (Moderator); Ke Ren, PhD; Matthew Murphy, PhD
Classification: Translational
Activity Type: Knowledge
(303) New Innovations in Opioid Research and Therapies
Nathaniel Jeske, PhD (Moderator); John Traynor, PhD; Lawrence Chu, MD MS
Classification: Basic Science
Activity Type: Knowledge
(304) Arthritis Pain: Thinking Beyond the Joint
Kristine Phillips, MD (Moderator); Yvonne Lee, MD MMSc; Ajay Wasan, MD MSc
Classification: Clinical
Activity Type: Knowledge
(305) The Neurobiology of the Pain Biography: How a History of Pain Plasticity Encodes the Transition to Chronic Pain
Rebecca Seal, PhD (Moderator); Theodore Price, PhD; Simon Beggs, PhD
Classification: Basic Science
Activity Type: Knowledge
3:45–5:15 pm
Poster Session and Networking in the Experience Exchange
Author-Attended Poster Session (Even-Numbered Posters)
5:30–6:30 pm
Special Interest Group (SIG) Meetings
(127) Advancing the Science of Quality/Pain Measurement and Its Impact
(128) Complementary and Alternative Medicine
(129) Ethics
(130) Nursing Issues
(131) Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents
(132) Psychosocial Research
(133) Basic Science
6:30-8 pm
President's Reception (Invitation Only)
CCOE Awards Presentation
Friday, May 13
6-7:15 am
Breakfast Symposium
Clinical Dialogues: What is the role of buprenorphine in chronic pain?
Jeffrey Gudin, MD
Jeffrey Fudin, PharmD, DAAPM, FCCP, FASHP
Richard Rauck, MD
Supported by Endo Pharmaceuticals
7:30 am
Presentation of Awards: Liebeskind and Distinguished Service Award
7:30–8:30 am
General Session: Continuing Medical Education Credit Available: 1 Hour
7:30–8 am
(103) Wilbert E. Fordyce Clinical Lecture and Presentation of Fordyce Award
Learning Health Systems: A New Dawn in Personalized Pain Care and Real-World Discovery Research
Sean Mackey, MD PhD
Professor, Stanford University Medical Center
Activity Type: Knowledge
8–8:30 am
(104) Plenary Lecture
Motivation, Action, Learning, and Pain Sensation
Howard Fields, MD PhD
Professor, University of California San Francisco
Activity Type: Knowledge
8:45–10:15 am
Poster Session and Networking in the Experience Exchange
Author-Attended Session (Even-Numbered Posters)
8:45-10:15 am
Session Sound Bytes in the Learning Lounge
Join us for informal, TED-style talks in which you'll have an opportunity to interact with the speakers and engage in dialogue on clinical and basic science topics.
- 8:45-9:05 am: Mark Sullivan, MD PhD; Jane Ballantyne, MD
- 9:10-9:30 am: Emeran Mayer, MD
- 9:35-9:55 am: Sean Mackey, MD PhD
- 10-10:20 am: Howard Fields, MD PhD
10:30 am–Noon
Symposia
Continuing Medical Education Credit Available for Sessions 400–405: 1.5 Hours
(400) Novel Directions in Basic Research: Rita Allen Scholars
Tuan Trang, PhD (Moderator); Robert Sorge, PhD; Gregory Scherrer, PhD; Yi Ye, PhD
Classification: Basic Science
Activity Type: Knowledge
(401) Can Complementary & Integrative Approaches for Pain Management Engage Brain Circuitry of Endogenous Pain Modulation?
Jon-Kar Zubieta, MD PhD (Moderator); Robert Coghill, PhD; Luana Colloca, MD PhD
Classification: Clinical
ACPE Activity Type: Knowledge
(402) Self-Management of Pain in Older Adults: Addressing the National Pain Strategy (NPS) Through Science and Application
Keela Herr, PhD RN FAAN (Moderator); Cary Reid, MD PhD, Katherine Beissner, PhD
Classification: Translational
Activity Type: Knowledge
(403) When the Pain Really Is in Your Head: Phenotyping, Treating, and Modeling Centralized Pain
Julie Christianson, PhD (Moderator); Chad Brummett, MD; Christine Sieberg, PhD EdM MA
Classification: Translational
Activity Type: Knowledge
(404) Using Buprenorphine to Mitigate the Major Hazards of Traditional Opioids
Lucinda Grande, MD (Moderator); Howard Kornfeld, MD; Jonathan Daitch, MD
Classification: Clinical
Activity Type: Knowledge
(405) Preclinical and Clinical Experimental Models of Sleep Deficiency: Implications for Pain Management
See Wan Tham, MBBS (Moderator); Mark Opp, PhD; Monika Haack, PhD
Classification: Translational
Activity Type: Knowledge
12:15–1:30 pm
Lunch Symposium
(L1000) Pain Psychology 101
Robert R. Edwards, PhD (Moderator); Mark Jensen PhD; Lance M. McCracken, PhD; Judith A. Paice, PhD RN
Classification: Clinical
Activity Type: Knowledge
1:45–3:15 pm
Symposia
Continuing Medical Education Credit Available for sessions 500–501: 1.5 hours
(500) Marijuana in Pain Treatment: An Update on Emerging Evidence and Policy
Benjamin Morasco, PhD (Moderator); Mark Ilgen, PhD; Seddon Savage, MD MS
Classification: Clinical
Activity Type: Knowledge
(501) New Ways to Use Light to Measure and Manipulate Activity in Pain Circuits
Robert Gereau, IV, PhD (Moderator); Michael Bruchas, PhD; Gregory Scherrer, PhD
Classification: Basic Science
Activity Type: Knowledge
3:30–5 pm
Symposia
Continuing Medical Education Credit Available for Sessions 600–601: 1.5 Hours
(600) Enhancing Resilience in Chronic Pain: Exploring Factors and Interventions that Promote Resilient Functioning
Emily Bartley, PhD (Moderator); Mary Davis, PhD; Afton Hassett, PsyD
Classification: Translational
Activity Type: Knowledge
(601) Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (CGRP) and Migraine
Andrew Russo, PhD (Moderator); Ana Recober, MD
Classification: Translational
Activity Type: Knowledge
1:45–5 pm
Workshops
Continuing Medical Education Credit Available for Sessions W700 and W701: 3.0 Hours
(W700) National Institutes of Health (NIH) Workshop on Successful Grant Writing and Funding Opportunities in Pain Research
Linda Porter, PhD (Moderator); Partap Khalsa, PhD; Susan Marden, PhD; Asaf Keller, PhD
Classification: Clinical
Activity Type: Application
(W701) Movement Good, Stasis Bad: Manual Therapy Approaches to Two Common Painful Problems
Geoffrey Bove, DC PhD (Moderator); Mary Barbe, PhD; Susan Chapelle, RMT
Classification: Translational
Activity Type: Application
5:15–6:15 pm
Special Interest Group (SIG) Meetings
(137) Genetics and Pain/Pain and Disparities
Ethnic Differences in Endogenous Pain Modulation: Roger Fillingim, PhD
Genetic and Sex Differences in Pain Processing: Jeffrey Mogil, PhD
Pain in Aging Populations: Genes, Behaviors, and Social Factors: Cielito Reyes-Gibby, DrPH
Pharmacogenetics and Ethnicity-Dependent Differences in Analgesic Response due to Genetic Variation in the Pharmacology of Opioid Therapies: Naissan Hussainzada, PhD
(138) Geriatric Pain
(139) Primary Care
This year, the Primary Care SIG will meet at the annual assembly in order to network, grow its membership, and brainstorm symposium ideas for submission to next year's conference.
(140) Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
The Pain in Sickle Cell Disease SIG seeks to foster the development of a multidisciplinary community that brings together pain researchers, including basic scientists, and clinicians, nurses, psychologists, and other health professionals to increase the knowledge of pain in sickle cell disease and its treatment.
(141) Pain Education
- Provide updates on members' activities and interests
- Participate in a presentation on "hot topics," the future of pain education, and the role of APS in leading pain education initiatives
- Meet in working groups to discuss specific topics of interest in pain education (e.g. approaches for the study and assessment of pain education, strategies for promoting and establishing interprofessional pain education curricula, dissemination of education resources for the general health care public, etc.)
(142) Military/Veterans
5:30–7:30 pm
Basic Science Research Dinner
Continuing education credit is not available for this session.
(136) A "Town-Hall" Discussion of the Translatability of Current Behavioral Pain Models
Michael Jankowski, PhD and Steve Davidson, PhD (Moderators); Todd Vanderah, PhD; Anne Murphy, PhD; Michael Iadarola, PhD
Seating is limited. Preregistration is required.
Saturday, May 14
9 am
Presentation of Award: Foley Award
9–10:30 am
General Session: Continuing Medical Education Credit Available: 1.5 Hours
9–9:30 am
(105) Frederick W. L. Kerr Basic Science Research Lecture and Presentation of Kerr Award
From the Bedside to the Bench and Back Again – Why It Is Important for Pain Clinicians and Basic Scientists to Keep Talking to Each Other
Michael Gold, PhD
Professor, University of Pittsburgh
9:30–10 am
(106) Plenary Lecture: Functional Contextualism, Psychological Flexibility, and the Evolution of Psychological Approaches to Chronic Pain
Lance McCracken, PhD
Professor, King's College London, UK
10–10:30 am
(107) Plenary Lecture: Understanding Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions – Are We Making Progress?
Emeran Mayer, MD
Professor, UCLA
10:30–10:45 am
Break
10:45 am–Noon
National Pain Strategy Presentation
Members of the National Pain Strategy (NPS) work groups presented an informative session at the 2015 Annual
Scientific Meeting in Palm Springs. The 2016 NPS presentation will provide an update on the progress of the
strategy and highlight current areas of focus.
Grant Baldwin, PhD, MPH
Director of the Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention at the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Talking about the CDC guidelines
Linda L. Porter, Ph.D.
Policy Advisor for Pain
National Institutes of Health/NINDS
Talking about the Federal Pain Research Strategy and the NPS
Christine Cichetti
Senior Behavioral Health Policy Advisor
Department of Health and Human Services
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health/Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health
Talking about implementation of the National Pain Strategy