Scientific Meeting SIG Schedule
Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are a forum where APS members can meet and discuss a field or topic of common interest. Hear the latest in pain research from experts as they share emerging science and how it translates to clinical practice at the Scientific Meeting. Members and Nonmembers may attend any Special Interest Group meeting in Milwaukee.
Thursday, April 4, 2019
1:30 – 2:30 pm
Precision Pain Care and Ethical Implications: Pain and Genetics and Ethics SIGs Meeting
Pain and Genetics SIG Chair: Vidya Chidambaran, MD @Vidyachidambar1
Ethics SIG Co-Chair: Samantha Rafie, PhD @ChronicPain_Doc
Ethics Sig Co-Chair: Sarah Rispinto, PhD
Esther Bernhofer, PhD RN-BC, CPE; Associate Professor; Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing Case Western Reserve University
Inna Belfer, MD PhD; Program Director, Nasic & Mechanistic Research Branch; National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Panel of experts discuss precision pain care, relevance of genomic analysis in pain care, and unraveling pain care dilemmas. Models of pain management ethics will be introduced to illustrate providing values-based care. Genetic bases of pain will be reviewed with their clinical and translational relevance to diagnosis and treatment. Session will conclude with overview of future directions, NIH funding opportunities, and awards for selected research in pain genetics research.
3:15 – 4:15 pm
Nursing, Geriatric, and Pain Education SIGs: Pain Management in the Context of the Opioid Epidemic
Nursing SIG Chair: Staja Booker, PhD RN
Pain Education SIG Chair: Shaheen Lakhan, MD
This dynamic panel of providers and researchers will offer evidence-informed and transparent perspectives on pressing issues related to managing concurrent public health crises: chronic pain and opioid misuse. Our specifc objectives are: 1) to understand the opioid epidemic through the lens of policy and legislation; 2) to discuss the clinical impact of the opioid crisis and clinical practice guidelines on patient care; and 3) to explore patient-related issues related to access to opioid medication and medication-assisted treatment.
Panelists will include: Dr. Miroslav Backonja, MD; Dr. Renee Manworren, PhD APRN-BC FAAN; Dr. Barbara St. Marie, PhD ANP-BC GNP-BC; and will be moderated by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan, MD.
SIG Chairs: Dr. Staja Booker, PhD RN and Dr. Keesha Roach, PhD RN (Nursing); Dr. Ellen Terry, PhD and Marilyn Bazinski, BSN RN-BS (Geriatric Pain); Dr. Shaheen Lakhan, MD and Dr. Talal Khan, MD (Pain Education).
Panelists will include: Dr. Miroslav Backonja, MD; Dr. Renee Manworren, PhD APRN-BC FAAN; Dr. Barbara St. Marie, PhD ANP-BC GNP-BC; and will be moderated by Dr. Shaheen Lakhan, MD.
SIG Chairs: Dr. Staja Booker, PhD RN and Dr. Keesha Roach, PhD RN (Nursing); Dr. Ellen Terry, PhD and Marilyn Bazinski, BSN RN-BS (Geriatric Pain); Dr. Shaheen Lakhan, MD and Dr. Talal Khan, MD (Pain Education).
Clinical Trials SIG Meeting
Chair: Neil Singla, MD
This SIG meeting does not offer CE.
Friday, April 5, 2019
1:45 – 2:45 pm
Sickle Cell Pain SIG Meeting
Chair: Carlton Dampier, MD
SIG members will be updated on SIG activities including the ASH Sickle Cell Coalition and the ACTTION-APS-AAPM pain taxonomy initiative. This will be followed by educational presentations on new research in sickle cell pain and its treatment.
VA/DoD SIG Meeting
Chair: Laura Wandner, PhD
Co-Chair: Mary Driscoll, PhD
3 -4 pm
Basic Science SIG Meeting
Chair: E. Alfonso Romero-Sandoval, MD PhD
Co-Chair: Sarah Ross, PhD
Geoffroy Laumet, PhD
Michael Burton, PhD
The Basic Science SIG session will be designed to have a strong scientific component and a business component. First, two 10 min scientific lectures will be presented by two 2017 Future Leaders in Pain Research basic scientist awardees. SIG members will have the opportunity to interact with the presenters through a 5-10 min Q&A session. Then, we will conduct the business portion of the session, starting with a welcoming activity to new APS or Basic Science SIG members by asking the audience to raise their hands and introduce themselves. Our intention is to create an inclusive atmosphere that makes new members feel an important part of our SIG and society. We will continue with updates on advocacy activities and opportunities that the SIG has been working on or SIG members could get involved in. Then, our SIG Board Liaison will provide updates on specific topics that require SIG actions as an organization or from individual members. This will give us the opportunity to discuss strategies and plan for follow up approaches for more complex issues. We will conclude with information about our online SIG co-chair electoral process, and with the announcement of the Clinical and Basic Science Data Blitz winners.
Psychosocial Research SIG Meeting
Co-Chair: Patrick Finan, PhD
Co-Chair: Shreela Palit, MA
Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents SIG Data Blitz
Chair: Jennifer Rabbitts, MD
Vice Chair: Eric Scott, PhD
Past Chair: Bill Zempsky, MD
Effective pain management while reducing exposure to opioids is important within the vulnerable infant, pediatric, and adolescent population. The focus of his symposium is to highlight innovative and novel treatments within the pediatric pain management field, especially highlighting early career investigators and scientists and their efforts. The format will be five 10-minute presentations allowing 7 minutes of presentation followed by three minutes for Q&A with the audience. There will be one moderator introducing the topic and summarizing the information presented. Participants will interact with the faculty during the Q&A portion of each presentation. One presenter will be honored as recipient of the Junior Investigator Award for research in Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents.
4:45 – 5:45 pm
Primary Care SIG Meeting
Chair: Jessica Merlin, MD MBA
Headache SIG Meeting
Chair: Greg Dussor, PhD
Co-Chair: Andrew Russo, PhD
Pain and Disparities SIG Meeting
Chair: Vani Mathur, PhD
Vice Chair: Mary Janevic, MPH PhD
The Pain and Disparities 2019 SIG meeting will feature a panel discussion on engaging diverse and underrepresented samples in pain research. Despite the rapidly-increasing diversity of the U.S. population, certain groups remain underrepresented in pain research, including, but not limited to, people of color and those with socioeconomic vulnerabilities. These same groups tend to have more limited access to health care and greater pain burden; therefore, much existing research may not generalize to the groups that are most in need of improved pain care and outcomes. Barriers to recruiting diverse samples in research include lack of trust given a history of exploitation by the research community, low health literacy, and logistical problems such as transportation, among others.
Three panelists will share their experiences in recruiting and retaining diverse samples for pain-related research, highlighting effective strategies and lessons learned.
Kate Yeager, PhD, RN, MS [Emory University] is a nurse scientist who will talk about her experience recruiting African American cancer patients with pain and other burdensome symptoms from a safety net hospital and tertiary cancer center.
Jamie Rhudy, PhD [The University of Tulsa] is a clinical psychologist who serves as the PI for the Oklahoma Study for Native American Pain Risk, an NIH funded study to identify the physiological and psychosocial mechanisms of pain risk in Native American adults. He will discuss his experiences with the challenges (and advantages) of working with Native American IRBs and the local communities. Further, he will talk about the tactics his team uses for recruitment, as well as methods for maintaining engagement in long term follow up assessments.
Mary Janevic, PhD, MPH [University of Michigan School of Public Health] is a community health researcher who will discuss strategies for recruiting older African African adults in an economically-challenged urban setting to participate in behavioral interventions.
Speakers will use a solution-oriented approach that will enable audience members to think about new strategies for how they can increase the diversity of participants in their own studies. We will then engage in a discussion, encouraging audience contributions and questions.
The annual Pain and Disparities SIG Young Investigator Poster award will also be presented.
Three panelists will share their experiences in recruiting and retaining diverse samples for pain-related research, highlighting effective strategies and lessons learned.
Kate Yeager, PhD, RN, MS [Emory University] is a nurse scientist who will talk about her experience recruiting African American cancer patients with pain and other burdensome symptoms from a safety net hospital and tertiary cancer center.
Jamie Rhudy, PhD [The University of Tulsa] is a clinical psychologist who serves as the PI for the Oklahoma Study for Native American Pain Risk, an NIH funded study to identify the physiological and psychosocial mechanisms of pain risk in Native American adults. He will discuss his experiences with the challenges (and advantages) of working with Native American IRBs and the local communities. Further, he will talk about the tactics his team uses for recruitment, as well as methods for maintaining engagement in long term follow up assessments.
Mary Janevic, PhD, MPH [University of Michigan School of Public Health] is a community health researcher who will discuss strategies for recruiting older African African adults in an economically-challenged urban setting to participate in behavioral interventions.
Speakers will use a solution-oriented approach that will enable audience members to think about new strategies for how they can increase the diversity of participants in their own studies. We will then engage in a discussion, encouraging audience contributions and questions.
The annual Pain and Disparities SIG Young Investigator Poster award will also be presented.
Integrative Pain Management Case Studies in Holistic and Patient-Centered Care: CAM SIG Meeting
Chair: Norman Kettner, DC
Co-Chair: Lucy Chen, MD
Shaheen Lakhan, MD
The use of integrative medicine in management of acute, subacute and chronic pain, including post-surgical and cancer pain is emerging and supported by evidence-based literature and practice guidelines. Integrative pain care reduces the risks of adverse events and opioid addiction as it employs non-pharmacologic approaches to pain management with emphasis on the biopsychosocial model and improving quality of life. Integrative pain management however, is still unfamiliar to many clinicians and health care providers. This symposium will serve to focus attention on the use of integrative care in pain management and enable the audience to develop knowledge and familiarity with this approach. The topics will address the use of acupuncture, mind/body interventions and manual therapy in pain management. Three speakers will prevent illustrative cases of integrative pain management and as each clinician practices in a different academic hospital setting, they will offer insights into the incorporation of integrative pain management. Audience engagement with the case presentation will be encouraged by the use of a facilitator who is experienced in interactive clinical education.
6 – 7 pm
Measurment of Pain and Its Impact SIG: Laboratory-Based and Practical Bedside Applications of Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST)
Co-Chair: Kristin Schreiver, MD PhD
Co-Chair: Elizabeth Roy Felix, PhD
The objective and subjective measurement of pain is at the heart of pain research, whether in the lab or the clinic. This SIG is dedicated to increasing knowledge about various measures being used in pain research, including quantitative sensory testing (QST), which has come into more common use in both animal and human research, as well as in the clinic. This symposium will serve to bring together diverse groups of scientists and clinicians interested in pain measurement, and specifically foster communication between basic scientists who use QST in preclinical behavioral studies, translational scientists who use QST in humans, and clinicians who measure pain in clinical context, and may use QST as part of their assessment. In addition to the annual business meeting, topical content will include insights into the utility of QST in understanding pain mechanisms, including presentations by basic and clinical scientists. Importantly, this symposium will also include an interactive QST demonstration with participants.
Sex & Gender in pain and Analgesia SIG Meeting
Chair: Samar Khoury, PhD
Co-Chair: Carol Meloto, DDS PhD
This SIG meeting does not offer CE.
