2013 Frederick W.L. Kerr Basic Science Research Award

Jeffrey S. Mogil, PhD

Jeffrey S. Mogil, PhD, is currently the E. P. Taylor Professor of Pain Studies and the Canada Research Chair in the Genetics of Pain. Dr. Mogil has made seminal contributions to the field of pain genetics and is the author of many major reviews of the subject, including an edited book, The Genetics of Pain (IASP Press, 2004). He is also a recognized authority in the fields of sex differences in pain and analgesia and pain testing methods in laboratory mice. Dr. Mogil has authored more than 170 journal articles and book chapters since 1992 and has presented more than 220 invited lectures during that same period. He is the recipient of numerous awards including the Neal E. Miller New Investigator Award from the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, the John C. Liebeskind Early Career Scholar Award from the American Pain Society, the Patrick D. Wall Young Investigator Award from the International Association for the Study of Pain, the Early Career Award from the Canadian Pain Society, and the SGV Award from the Swiss Laboratory Animal Science Association. He currently serves as a section editor (neurobiology) at the journal, Pain, and was the chair of the Scientific Program Committee of the 13th World Congress on Pain.

This award and lectureship was established in 1987 in honor of Frederick W. L. Kerr, a founder of APS, to recognize individual excellence and achievement in pain scholarship. Since then, the Kerr medallion has been presented to 26 outstanding pain professionals—researchers and clinicians—whose career achievements have made important contributions to the field of pain.

The 2013 Frederick W. L. Basic Science Research Award is supported by an unrestricted grant from Pfizer Inc.

This award and lectureship were established in 1987 in honor of Frederick W. L. Kerr, a founder of the American Pain Society, to recognize individual excellence and achievement in pain scholarship. Since then, the Kerr medallion has been presented to 25 outstanding pain professionals—researchers and clinicians—whose career achievements have made important contributions to the field of pain.