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Scientific Program Committee Chair, Luda Diatchenko, invites you to the 2019 Scientific Meeting in Milwaukee.

Read the newly released APS statement on research, funding, and opioids.

The American Pain Society today announced its selections of clinical psychologist Tonya Palermo, Ph.D. as Treasurer and three new members of the Board of Directors: John Markman, M.D., Jamie Rhudy, Ph.D. and David Tauben, M.D.

William Maixner, DDS PhD, gave an update from the American Pain Society at the 13th Annual Pain Consortium Symposium on June 1. View the presentation.

APS Urges Expanded Insurance Coverage for Interdisciplinary Pain Care

Dentist and pain researcher William Maixner, DDS, PhD, now serves as president of the American Pain Society.

News from the American Pain Society Scientific Summit

Reliance on behavioral indicators, such as crying, to assess pain in infants underestimates how much pain babies actually feel when they undergo stressful medical procedures.

News from the American Pain Society Scientific Summit

Chronic pain after surgery is a major health problem but little is known about individual pain experiences and how and why pain usually resolves.

APS is pleased to announce the introduction of the GF Gebhart Journal of Pain Early Career Investigator Award!

President David A. Williams, PhD, expresses disappointment with the McCaskill report.

APS has changed the format for its 2018 conference to a Scientific Summit titled "Understanding Pain Mechanisms." The event is March 4-6 at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim. The conference brings together leading pain researchers and clinicians to explore biopsychosocial mechanisms that influence pain perception and treatment response discovered through clinical, translational and basic science pain research.

APS Scientific Program Chair, Tonya Palermo, PhD, dives into details regarding the upcoming APS Scientific Summit, March 4-6 at the Disneyland® Hotel in Anaheim. 

APS Future Leader Grant Recipient, Beth Darnall, PhD, earns $8.8 million award from PCORI.

Furthering its mission to support and advance pain science, APS today announced recipients of its annual Future Leaders in Pain Research grants program.

CHICAGO, July 11, 2017 – Switching from 36 years of tradition in hosting its annual scientific meeting, the American Pain Society has changed the format for its 2018 conference to a Scientific Summit titled "Understanding Pain Mechanisms."

"Pain Management" is a series of articles that brings you the stories behind the science and treatment of pain. President David Williams, PhD, shares the APS's research priorities.

APS today announced recipients of its prestigious achievement awards during the organization's annual scientific meeting.

The President and other leaders of the APS have met with the Steering Committee of the NIH Pain Consortium annually since 2005.

CHICAGO, March 31, 2017 – The American Pain Society (APS), www.americanpainsociety.org, today condemned the Trump Administration's proposed 19 percent cut in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and warned that such a draconian budget reduction would devastate biomedical research in the United States unless Congress acted to prevent it.

APS has a responsibility to our members and the scientific community to advocate against issues that can negatively impact the ability to conduct research and treat patients effectively.