Research

Today APS will receive a two-year research grant of $100,000 from the Mayday Fund to support the organization’s Future Leaders in Pain Research Grant Program. The money will fund two $25,000 grants in 2016 and 2017 for basic science research.

This is to equip states to improve the timeliness of surveillance of opioid-involved morbidity and mortality. 

Up to $2 Million Pledged by Pfizer for Multiple Research Proposals

The American Pain Society (APS) today announced a new collaboration with Pfizer Independent Grants for Learning and Change (IGLC) to allocate up to $2 million to fund research grants focused on solutions to improve care for individuals with chronic pain.

APS and Pfizer Independent Grants for Learning and Change (IGLC) are excited to announce their collaboration in a new $2 million funding opportunity focused on improving care for individuals with chronic pain.

In order to further scientific advancement, Leidos, a health, national security and engineering solutions company, in partnership with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), created OnPAR (Online Partnership to Accelerate Research). OnPAR represents a new funding paradigm that provides a second opportunity for promising unfunded NIH research proposals. Leidos has developed the OnPAR processes and website and will manage the overall program.

On Tuesday afternoon March 15th the CDC released the final version of their 2016 Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain.

The American Pain Society (APS) today endorsed the federal government’s National Pain Strategy for its recommendations to better educate primary care physicians about pain and pain treatments, reduce stigma by increasing public awareness about pain and its overall impact on society, and expanding access to personalized multimodal and multidisciplinary pain care.

The American Pain Society has released a new evidence-based clinical practice guideline, appearing in The Journal of Pain, with 32 recommendations to help clinicians achieve optimal pain management following surgery.

Please consider submitting a proposal for the Pediatric Data Blitz at the 35th Annual Scientific Meeting, May 12, 2016.

The CDC is seeking applications to investigate the connection between Rx opioid use and transition to heroin. Application submissions are due February 15, 2016. Click here for more information. 

News from The Journal of Pain, new research on opioid prescribing in Washington State reports that a health plan initiative to change shared expectations of physicians regarding clinically appropriate drug levels for long-term management of chronic pain achieved significantly greater reductions in opioid dosing.

“Autoantibodies from RA patients administered to mice cause pain-like behavior, independent of inflammation, through chemokine signaling.”

An e-newsletter from the Chronic Pain Research Alliance designed to provide up to date information on recent basic science and clinical pain research for all members of the pain community.

Children who still have moderate to severe post-operative pain one month after a surgical procedure are at risk for deterioration of their health-related quality of life, according to research reported in The Journal of Pain.

From the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, statistics show new findings in adolescent back pain. 

A multicenter team of Spanish researchers conducted a randomized clinical trial to compare the one-year effectiveness of manual physical therapies, including desensitization maneuvers of the central nervous system, and surgery in patients with CTS. CTS surgery has the highest utilization rate among upper extremity procedures performed.

The next meeting of the Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee (IPRCC) will be held on Thursday, December 3, 2015. The meeting will feature invited speakers and discussions of committee business items including pain research updates from federal agencies and
discussion of a federal pain research strategy. The meeting will be open to the public and accessible by live webcast.

September launched “It Doesn’t Have to Hurt” campaign by the Centre for Pediatric Pain Research and Dr. Christine Chambers. This campaign aims to provide parents with research evidence to help manage pain for children.

Register now for upcoming Pain Research Forum webinar, “Targeting Unusual Voltage-Gated Sodium Currents for Pain Therapy.” 

IASP will present an award at the IASP World Congress on Pain to an individual or to a team who has achieved a level of excellence in programs of either: (1) Basic science research in pain or pain management OR (2) Clinical research or practice and/or policy changes in pain management in the developing world. Deadline is October 15.