The 2017 Call for Award Nominations has been extended to Monday, August 8. Recognize your colleagues by nominating them for their excellence in the field of pain science. Submit a nomination!

Call for Nominations for the American Psychological Foundation’s (APF) 2017 Gold Medal Awards for Life Achievement in Psychology.

The Rita Allen Foundation has named its 2016 class of Rita Allen Foundation Scholars, recognizing seven young leaders in biomedical science whose research holds great promise for revealing new pathways to advance human health. Read more about the 2016 Scholars.

The Charles L. Brewer Distinguished Teaching of Psychology Award recognizes significant career contributions of a psychologist who has a proven track record as an exceptional teacher of psychology.

Pain Research webinar was presented by 2013 Rita Allen Foundation Award in Pain Awardees.

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.

Two U.S. Pain Treatment Centers Honored for Achievements in Multidisciplinary Pain Care

AUSTIN, May 12, 2016 – The American Pain Society (APS), www.americanpainsociety.org, today honored recipients of its annual Clinical Centers of Excellence in Pain Management Awards recognizing the nation’s outstanding pain care centers. Two multidisciplinary pain programs were recognized.

News from the American Pain Society’s 35th Annual Scientific Meeting

American Pain Society Presents 2016 Achievement Awards

AUSTIN, May 12, 2016 – The American Pain Society (APS), www.americanpainsociety.org, today announced recipients of its prestigious achievement awards during the organization’s annual scientific meeting. APS recognizes excellence in pain management with awards for career achievement, pain scholarship, education and public service, advocacy on behalf of children, outstanding service to APS, early career achievements, and journalism.

Hello APS Colleagues,

On behalf of the Pain and Disparities SIG, we would like to invite all APS members to complete a 5-minute survey to help us update our webpage.

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 (APS) will host its 35th Annual Scientific Meeting May 11-14 at the Austin Convention Center.

The Clinical and Basic Science Data Blitz will be held Wednesday, May 11, 6–8 pm, in Austin, TX, as part of the 35th Annual Scientific Meeting. The Call for Submissions for the Data Blitz will be available on February 4, 2016. The submission deadline is March 17, 2016.

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.

The Basic Science SIG in conjunction with Pain Research Forum (PRF) started a Q & A forum on the PRF website. The Q & A is now available for readers to ask the community for answers. Ask your questions today and start a discussion!

Today, the American Pain Society, a member of CO*RE,  joined the Obama Administration and a number of public and private sector partners to announce new efforts to address the prescription drug abuse and heroin epidemic. The President will highlight these efforts at an event in Charleston, West Virginia today where he will hear directly from individuals and families affected by this epidemic and the health care professionals, law enforcement officers, and community leaders working to prevent addiction and respond to its aftermath.

We were a Stakeholder Review Group for the draft CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines and that the Opioid Issues Workgroup of the Public Policy Committee reviewed the document. We have elected to honor the request of the CDC in temporarily keeping both the Guidelines and our comments confidential in order to NOT create unnecessary dismay at a draft guideline that we have been assured is a first draft. 

William D. Willis, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.

On September 15, 2015, the field of Neuroscience lost a giant and colleagues around the world mourned the passing of a friend, a gentleman and a scholar. After a long and very productive research career, William Darrell “Bill” Willis, Jr MD, PhD, 81, passed away, leaving behind a legacy of trainees and colleagues who were better scientists and better people for having known him.

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.

The IASP Council has approved plans to publish PAIN Reports, a peer-reviewed, online-only journal devoted to pain research and management.