Rita Allen Foundation Award in Pain
The Rita Allen Foundation and the American Pain Society may award two grants in the amount of $50,000 annually, for a period of up to three years.
2018
Helen C. Lai, PhD
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Understanding the molecular and developmental basis of painlessness
Candice E. Paulsen, PhD
Yale University
Uncovering the regulation of TRPA1 by irritants, cofactors, and proteins
2017
Arkady Khoutorsky, PhD
McGill University
Extracellular matrix-mediated spinal cord plasticity in neuropathic pain
Kyle Baumbauer, PhD
University of Connecticut
Targeting ASIC3 for disruption of nociceptor sensitization following spinal cord injury
2016
Steve Davidson, PhD
University of Cincinnati
Thalamo-limbic circuit control of pain
Katherine Hanlon, PhD
University of New England
DRG macrophages: function and impact on nociception
2015
Robert Sorge, PhD
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Immune System Modulation of Pain via Diet
Yi Ye, PhD
New York University
The Role of Schwann Cells in Neural Invasion and Associated Cancer Pain
2014
Gregory Scherrer, PhD PharmD
Stanford University
Molecular Mechanisms of Opioid-Induced Analgesia, Tolerance and Hyperalgesia
Tuan Trang, PhD
The University of Calgary
The Spinal Determinants of Arthritis Pain: Role of Microglia and P2X7 Receptors
2013
Rebecca Seal, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Mechanical Pain Circuits in the Dorsal Horn: A Role of VGLUT3
Reza Sharif Naeini, PhD
McGill University
Role of Parvalbumin Neurons in the Dorsal Horn Pain Circuits
2012
Sarah Ross, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine Investigating the Neural Circuits of Itch and Pain
Michael Jankowski, PhD
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Molecular Mechanisms of Muscoloskeletal Pain after Ischemic Tissue Injury
2011
Edgar Romero-Sandoval, MD PhD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Spinal Cord Mechanisms in the Resolution of Postoperative Pain
Yuan-Xiang Tao, PhD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Discovery of a Large Native Non-Coding RNA and Its Involvement in Neuropathic Pain
2010
Diana Bautista, PhD
University of California Berkeley
Molecular Mechanisms of Somatosensory Mechanotransduction
Seena Ajit, PhD
Drexel University College of Medicine
MicroRNA Regulation and Its Utility as Biomarkers in Neuropathic Pain
2009
Theodore J. Price, PhD
University of Arizona Medical School
Translations Regulation as a Novel Paradigm for Understanding Nociceptor Sensitization and Developing Analgesic Targets
Steven A. Prescott, MD, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Pain Processing by Neural Networks: A Critical Link between the Molecular and Perceptual Changes
