
Advances in Pain
Tuesday, May 3 - Wednesday, May 4, 2022 EDT
The New York Academy of Sciences, 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich St Fl 40, New York
Frequently a response to an injury or a marker of illness, pain is often a complex problem that can be difficult to evaluate, diagnose, and effectively treat. Recent figures estimate that approximately 20% of adults suffer from pain globally and that 10% are diagnosed with chronic pain annually. Researchers, however, are opening up new avenues in our understanding of the mechanistic underpinnings of pain, genetic components, diagnostics, as well as emerging therapies (particularly those that go beyond the traditional opioid drugs, or have non-addictive properties).
This 2-day conference will bring together international academic and industry researchers from diverse disciplines that include neuroscience/neurobiology, pharmacology, physiology, genetics/genomics, anesthesiology, psychology, and more, to explore the novel mechanisms underlining pain conditions and recent diagnostic/treatment progress. Featuring a keynote address, plenary lectures, and poster presentations, the scientific agenda will present emerging basic and translational research in the following areas: dissection of central pain circuits, genetics of pain, biomarkers of pain, emerging therapies for pain, neuro-immune and auto-immune mechanisms, sex and ethnic differences in pain, and innovations in the identification and development of new therapeutic targets for pain.
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Tuesday
May 03, 2022
Registration, Breakfast, and Poster Setup
Welcome Remarks
Opening Keynote Presentation: Unravelling Pain Mechanisms through Patients
Speaker
SESSION I: Dissection of Central Pain Circuits
Spinal Circuits
Speaker
Opioid Actions on Brain Circuits
Speaker
Identifying and Manipulating Cortical Pain Circuits
Speaker
Networking Coffee Break
SESSION II: Genetics of Pain
Large Scale Genetic Studies In Migraine
Speaker
Genetic Basis for Overlapping Pain Conditions
Speaker
Networking Luncheon
SESSION III: Biomarkers of Pain
Neuroimaging Biomarkers of Pain and Pharmacodynamics
Speaker
Interruptions of Sleep — A New Pain Biomarker
Speaker
Computational Approaches to Understanding Pain
Speaker
Networking Coffee Break
SESSION IV: Emerging Therapies for Pain
An Anesthetic Hook Into Cortical Pain Processing
Speaker
Emerging Treatment Approaches for Neonatal Pain
Speaker
NaV1.7 Channel Blockers
Speaker
Closing Remarks
Speaker
Networking Reception and Poster Session
Adjourn
Wednesday
May 04, 2022
Registration and Breakfast
SESSION V: Neuro-immune and Auto-immune Mechanisms
Neuronal Detection of Microbes in Pain and Host Defense
Speaker
Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain
Speaker
T Cells as an Emerging Target for Chronic Pain Therapy
Speaker
Networking Coffee Break
SESSION VI: Data Blitz Presentations
Speaker to be selected from submitted abstracts
Speaker to be selected from submitted abstracts
SESSION VII: Sex and Ethnic Differences in Pain
Sex Differences in Immune Mechanisms
Speaker
Sex Differences in Nociception
Speaker
Biopsychosocial Contributions to Ethnic Group Differences in Pain
Speaker
Networking Luncheon
SESSION VIII: Transduction of Somatosensation
Natural Products as Probes of the Pain Pathway: From Physiology to Atomic Structure
Speaker
Molecules and Cells for Touch and Pain
Speaker
Schwann Cells as Pain Drivers
Speaker
Networking Coffee Break
SESSION IX: Innovations in the Identification and Development of New Therapeutic Targets for Pain
Cell- Versus Target-based Screening for Novel Analgesics
Speaker
Developing Safer Opioids
Speaker
Novel Bispecific Molecule for Chronic Pain
Speaker
Panel Discussion: Overcoming Challenges to Developing Non-mu Opioid Pain Therapeutics
Speakers
Closing Remarks
Speakers