Future Leaders in Pain Research Past Recipients
Since its inception in 2005, the American Pain Society (APS) Future Leaders in Pain Research Grant Program has funded 49 researchers. The recipients of this grant have written over 1,000 publications, and have been the principal investigators for 96 NIH grants totaling over $100 million dollars. Two prior grant awardees have received awards for the prestigious APS collaboration with the Rita Allen Foundation’s Scholars in Pain Grant. Many of these recipients have circled back around to advise and participate in APS committees.
Grant Recipients
2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005
2018
Bryan Copits, PhD
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
Molecular mechanisms of somatosensory circuit assembly
Mary Janevic, PhD MPH
The Regents of the University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
A new model to reach vulnerable older adults with pain self-management support
Behnaz Jarrahi, PhD
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, CA
Machine Learning to Characterize Effects of Opioids on the Brain in Chronic Pain
2017
Michael D. Burton, PhD
The University of Texas at Dallas
Dallas, TX
Uncovering Cell-specific Mechanisms in Sex Differences in TLR4-dependent Pain
Geoffroy Laumet, PhD
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Neuroimmune Mechanism of Latent Pain Sensitization in Response to Chemotherapy
Vani Mathur, PhD
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
Social Mechanisms of Psychophysical Pain Disparities
2016 Grant Recipients
Anna Taylor, PhD
The Regents of the University of California
Los Angeles, CA
Revealing a brain-gut microbiome connection following chronic opioid treatment
Melanie Noel, PhD
The University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta, CA
The sociolinguistic context of pain memory development in young children
2015 Grant Recipients
Jennifer Rabbitts, MBChB
Seattle Children’s Research Institute
Seattle, WA
Understanding family psychosocial needs to prevent postsurgical pain in children
Loren Martin, PhD
Governing Council of the University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, CA
Sex differences in the activation of the HPA axis in chronic neuropathic pain
2014 Grant Recipients
Peter Grace, PhD
University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, CO
Exacerbation of neuropathic pain by opioids: a role for TLR4 and inflammasomes
Sarah Linnstaedt, PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
MicroRNA mechanisms mediating chronic pain development after motor vehicle trauma
2013 Grant Recipients
Jessica Fales, PhD
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Seattle, WA
The Nature and Significance of Peer Victimization Among Youth with Chronic Pain
Erica Schwartz, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Nocicpetive and Inflammatory Mediators of CP/CPPS
Qing Yang, MD MS
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, TX
Novel Target for Preventing and Ameliorating Paclitaxel-Induced Neuropathic Pain
APS gratefully acknowledges Eli Lilly, Purdue Pharma L.P. and Teva Pharmaceuticals for their generous funding of the 2013 grants program.
2012 Grant Recipients
Burel R. Goodin, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
The Effects of Intranasal Oxytocin Pain Sensitivity, Endogenous Pain Processing and Mood: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover Study
Adam T. Hirsh, PhD
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN
The Influence of Patient Race, Provider Bias, and Contextual Ambiguity on Opioid Treatment Decision
David A. Seminowicz, PhD
University of Maryland School of Dentistry
Baltimore, MD
Brain Networks in a Rodent Model of Neuropathic Pain
Ohannes K. Melemedjian, PhD
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
Mechanisms of Dysfunctional Mitochondria Evoked Pain
2011 Grant Recipients
Claudia Campbell, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Determining the Role of Stress Hormones, Inflammatory Markers and Sleep on Ethnic Disparities in Pain Perception
Jennifer J. DeBerry, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Mechanisms Underlying Long-Term Afferent Sensitization and Persistent Bladder Pain
Timothy Doyle, PhD
Saint Louis University
St. Louis, MO
Sphinogosine Receptor 1 and Morphine Antinociceptive Tolerance
2010 Grant Recipients
Steve Davidson, PhD
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
Reversal of peripheral sensitization by group II metabotropic glutamate receptors
Christopher D. King, PhD
University of Florida College of Dentistry
Gainesville, FL
Opioid Modulation of Two Models of Pain Inhibition in Healthy Controls and Patients with Temporomandibular Disorder (TMD)
Jennifer E. Lee, PhD, MA
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) and Mucositis Cancer Pain
Shivani B. Ruparel, MS, PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Role of Oxidized Linoleic Acid Metabolities
Kimberly T. Sibille, PhD
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Effects of Chronic Pain and Psychosocial Stress on Telomere Length and Telomerase Activity
2009 Grant Recipients
Michelle Fortier, PhD
University of California-Irvine
Orange, CA
The Forgotten Patient: The Child with Cancer in Pain
Durga P. Mohapatra, PhD, MSc
The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Iowa City, IA
Modulation of TRPV1 by cytokines and natriuretic peptides released from ischemic heart
Lynnae Schwartz, MD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Research Institute
Philadelphia, PA
Enteric astrogliosis and neurokinin-1 receptor activation in the persistent abdominal pain of pediatric AIDS
Laura E. Simons, PhD
Children’s Hospital Boston
Mayo Family Pediatric Pain Rehabilitation Center at Children’s Hospital at Waltham
Waltham, MA
Pain-related fears in children and adolescents with chronic pain and their parents: Mechanism of change and implications for treatment
2008 Grant Recipients
Patrick D. Braun, PhD
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Signaling mechanism of novel peptides in the pain pathway
Gregory O. Dussor, PhD
University of Arizona Health Sciences Center
Tucson, AZ
Cutaneous nociceptors respond to mediators released from skin cells
Tara A. Macey, PhD
Washington State University
Vancouver, WA
The Role of Akt Signaling in Morphine Tolerance
Khara M. Ramos, PhD
University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, CO
Beyond astrocytes and microglia: the role of oligodendrocytes and endothelial cells in exaggerated pain states
Edgar Alfonso Romero-Sandoval, MD PhD
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH
Cannabinoids and glial interactions in acute and chronic pain
2007 Grant Recipients
Laura A. Frey Law, PhD PT
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Individual Differences Contributing to Muscle Pain Heterogeneity
Anna C. (Long) Wilson, PhD
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR
Web-based cognitive behavioral therapy for adolescents with chronic pain: Measuring functional outcomes
Lisa C. Loram, PhD MSc
University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, CO
Long Duration Reversal of Neuropathic Pain by a Single Intrathecal Administration of Adenosine 2a Receptor Agonists: A Novel Therapy for Neuropathic Pain
Magali Millecamps, PhD
McGill University
Montreal, Canada
Animal Models of Low Back Pain
Jamie L. Rhudy, PhD
University of Tulsa
Tulsa, OK
Menstrual Cycle Influences on Supraspinal Modulation of Pain & Nociception
2006 Grant Recipients
Marie Hoeger Bement, PT PhD
Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI
Acute Hormonal Fluctuations as a Mechanism for Exercise-Induced Hypoalgesia in Women
Beth D. Darnall, PhD
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR
A Prospective Investigation of Immunologic Response to Negative Cognition in Persons with Chronic Pain
Jill C. Fehrenbacher, PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center – San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Sex-Dependent Modulation of Clinical Outcomes Following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Bryan C. Hains, PhD
Yale University
West Haven, CT
Supraspinal Modulation of Pain after SCI by Microglia
Theodore J. Price, PhD
McGill University
Montreal, Canada
Role of RNA Transport and Local Translation in Nociceptive Processing
2005 Grant Recipients
Susan G. Dorsey, PhD MS
University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Nursing
Baltimore, MD
Development of a Mouse Model of HIV Therapy-Induced Painful Peripheral Neuropathy
Robert R. Edwards, PhD MSPG
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Individual Differences in Pain Modulation as a Predictor of Long-term Pain and Analgesic Use in Women Following Surgical Management of Breast Cancer
Barbara A. Hastie, PhD MA
University of Florida College of Dentistry
Gainesville, FL
Ethnic Differences in Acute Pain and Analgesic Side Effects
