International Association for the Study of Pain

Register for next week’s 4 November webinar, “Pain in Osteoarthritis” presented by the Musculoskeletal Pain SIG. This webinar is dedicated to explaining some of the mechanisms involved in chronic osteoarthritis pain. In addition, the webinar will highlight how a better understanding of pain mechanisms can help explain why some patients do not respond to standard pain therapies for OA. https://bit.ly/4dwefW1

Register now for this webinar from IASP’s Sex, Gender, Race, and Pain SIG and Social Aspects of Pain SIG about pain management in Indigenous populations on 13 November from 4-5 PM EST https://bit.ly/3NeaPwi #PRF #webinar

The November cover of #PAIN features original art by Asta Arendt-Tranholm. Strings of RNA occupy the space between DNA and cells, representing the role the transcriptome plays in facilitating proteomic variability and consequently the destiny of cells. Learn more at https://bit.ly/3U1EeOe

IASP Connect is a member benefit providing a safe and secure platform for IASP members to network, collaborate, share information, and meet new peers. All Special Interest Groups (SIGs) have active communities, and all SIG members have their profiles automatically added to IASP Connect. Connect will be available to all IASP members in 2025. https://bit.ly/4eBHQyF

The October issue of #PainReports includes 16 #OpenAccess articles like “Adjunctive use of hypnosis for clinical pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis” by Tasha Stanton et al. https://bit.ly/3TUOWWF

Register for next week’s 30 October webinar, “How to Peer Review Pain Research” presented by IASP’s Early Career Network. Join Editor-in-Chief of PAIN, Karen D. Davis, PhD, and Editor-in-Chief of Pain Reports, David Yarnitsky, MD for insights on how to peer review for a pain journal. This will be followed by a Q&A where they will answer audience questions on how to become involved and provide the most effective peer review. https://bit.ly/3ZSVzNc

Check out the newest episode of the IASP-PRF podcast where Correspondent Lindsay speaks with renowned pain scientist Frank Porreca about the importance of studying sex differences in drug development research https://bit.ly/4eXHl1O

In this week’s #PAIN featured image, Kristian K. Petersen et al. illustrates how a patient with joint pain can be placed on a spectrum between nociceptive and nociplastic pain without truly belonging to either phenotype. Learn more in their commentary: https://bit.ly/3YfxWgt

The NeuPSIG Scientific Program Committee is now accepting Topical Workshop Proposals to be considered for presentation at the 9th International Congress on Neuropathic Pain. This year, NeuPSIG is also looking for interdisciplinary line-ups, e.g. on what neuropathic pain and itch research can learn from other painful and/or inflammatory conditions. Submit your Topical Workshop Proposal by 11 November: https://bit.ly/4eq7tCv

Check out articles like “Sustained nerve growth factor-induced C-nociceptor sensitization to electrical sinusoidal stimulation in humans” by Solinski et al. in #PainReports https://bit.ly/3TUOVC5