IASP Pain Research Forum Podcasts

Jun 25, 2021

For its sixth episode, The Pain Beat gathered together an international group of pain researchers, science communicators and civic science advocates to discuss what effective, empathic and inclusive science communication looks like. Specific questions discussed in the podcast include: What are the major...

Jun 25, 2021

For its fifth episode, The Pain Beat gathered together a group of pain researchers virtually to discuss how the mammalian nervous system encodes sensory modalities related to touch, pain and temperature. Are there labeled lines? Is there population coding? Do the mechanisms differ by location – the brain, spinal cord...

Jun 25, 2021

For its fourth episode, The Pain Beat gathered together a group of pain researchers via Zoom to discuss the use of human tissue in pain research and prospects for clinical translation of new knowledge emerging from this approach. Podcast participants include:

• Steve Davidson, PhD, University of Cincinnati, US
• Michael...

Jun 25, 2021

For its third episode, The Pain Beat gathered a group of pain researchers together to discuss ideas and issues related to the transition from acute to chronic pain. Podcast participants include:

• A. Vania Apkarian, PhD, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, US
• Annemieke Kavelaars, PhD,...

Jun 25, 2021

For its second episode, The Pain Beat gathered together a group of pain researchers in Keystone, Colorado, US, where two joint Keystone Symposia, Somatosensation: From Detection to Perception and Pain: Aligning the Target, were being held from February 2-5, 2020. The podcast participants include:

• Allan Basbaum,...