Steve Davidson, PhD
Chair, Early Career Advisory Group
Board Liaison

I am an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. My research interests include skin-nerve interactions and thalamo-limbic circuitry in itch and pain. My principal goals for the Early Career Advisory Group are to create new funding opportunities for early career basic scientists and increase the visibility of their research.

Amanda Klein, PhD MS
Co-Chair, Early Career Advisory Group

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Minnesota, Duluth campus. My scientific background includes spinal cord and nerve fiber electrophysiology, behavioral experiments in rodents and human psychophysics. The American Pain Society already has a fantastic support system for early career scientists, and our group looks forward to improving and expanding new opportunities for early career scientists at all levels.

Mark Bicket, MD
Past Chair, Early Career Advisory Group
Member, Clinical Guidelines and Resources Committee

I am an anesthesiologist specializing in pain medicine at the Johns Hopkins Blaustein Pain Treatment Center. My research interests include evidence summaries, patient reported outcomes, and opioid prescribing after surgery. APS offers great opportunities throughout the year and at the annual meeting for early career members, and I am committed to helping young investigators and those interests in pain grow through APS.

Neels Groenewald, MBChB

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Washington and a staff pediatric anesthesiologist and pain physician at Seattle Children’s Hospital. My current research focuses on health service use for pediatric pain disorders and pediatric opioid use. My goal for ECAG is to support and highlight the work of young pain researchers and clinicians within APS.

Mitchell Knisely, PhD RN-BC ACNS-BC

I am a postdoctoral fellow in the genomics program at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing. My program of research seeks to understand the influence of genetic factors on the experiences of pain and other co-occurring symptoms in people with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and other chronic conditions. I look forward to work with the ECAG to help identify and support initiatives that promote the professional development of students, scientists, and clinicians that are early in their career.

Vani A. Mathur, PhD
Chair, Pain and Disparities Shared Interest Group

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Texas A&M University. My primary research interests are related to understanding sociocultural and brain mechanisms that contribute to increased suffering and disparities in pain. APS has supported my early career development and has been a wonderful source of mentorship, and as a part of the Early Career Advisory Group I am working toward ever increasing support of new researchers and early career scientists.

Katie Martucci, PhD
Member, Membership Committee

I am a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Stanford University. My primary research interests relate to understanding how altered neurophysiology and behavior contribute to chronic pain using brain and spinal cord neuroimaging and measures of pain psychophysics in patients. I am currently transitioning towards a faculty career (K99 awardee), and I am passionate about making sure that my colleagues have knowledge of and access to the resources that have helped me succeed in research thus far.

Hants Williams, PhD(c) RN

I am a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Pain and Translational Sciences at the University of Maryland Baltimore. My area of research involves the study of non-pharmacological treatments of chronic pain and Sickle Cell Disease. As a member of the Early Career Advisory Group, I hope to increase resources for new APS members and help grow the yearly fundamentals course.

Marie-Eve Hoeppli, PhD

I am a postdoctoral research fellow at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. My research interests include cerebral representations of pain, central and peripheral mechanisms of muscle pain and fatigue, and changes in pain mechanisms throughout the lifespan. APS provides amazing opportunities for early career members to develop their skills as independent researchers, and I am passionate about bringing further opportunities for early career members to reach their full potential inside or outside of academia.