Weekly Highlights from a Past President of the International Association for the Study of Pain

As a Past President of the?International Association for the Study of Pain?(IASP) I am pleased to provide weekly updates on the most recent activities within the field.

In the following, I draw your attention to the wealth of activities and resources that IASP offers the global pain community.

?IASP News - This Week:

Take Part in the “My Letter to Pain” Campaign!

The “My Letter to Pain” campaign, supported by Novartis, aims to highlight and increase understanding of the different experiences of pain, told from the lived experience of pain perspective, through an online story submission. Additionally, the first 200 people to take part in the campaign by 31 March will be entered to win several prizes! Click here to learn more about the campaign and to submit your story.

IASP Journals:

PAIN is an official journal of IASP. Published monthly,?PAIN?presents original research on the nature, mechanisms, and treatment of pain. Take a look at this original research paper from the April 2023 issue:

Mirror peripheral neuropathy and unilateral chronic neuropathic pain: insights from asymmetric neurological patterns in leprosy Raicher et al. PAIN.?April. 164(4):717-727.

PAIN Reports is an official IASP publication. An online, open access, multidisciplinary journal,?PAIN Reports?promotes a global, rapid, and readily accessible forum that advances clinical, applied, and basic research on pain. ?

Take a look at the latest articles from PAIN Reports by visiting here.

IASP Pain Research Forum:

The IASP Pain Research Forum (PRF) is an interactive community of pain researchers working to understand the basic neurobiology of pain and translate new knowledge into novel treatments for chronic pain.?

PRF News: PRF’s professional science journalists cover the latest topics in pain research each and every week for thousands of readers throughout the world.

DID YOU MISS? From?the?Pipette?to?the?Public: A Podcast with Staja "Star" Booker

PRF?spoke with?Staja?“Star” Booker, PhD, RN,?in?this?episode of?the?IASP?PRF Podcast reflecting?on?Pain Awareness Month?and how we can?increase engagement, awareness, and advocacy?regarding chronic pain.?

PRF Papers of the Week: PRF’s weekly review of the scientific literature on pain. This week’s highlighted papers:

The genetic basis of endometriosis and comorbidity with other pain and inflammatory conditions.?Rahmioglu et al.?Nat Genet. 2023 March.?

Human IAPP is a contributor to painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy.? Albariqi et al. J Clin Invest. 2023 March 14.?

Endogenous inflammatory mediators produced by injury activate TRPV1 and TRPA1 nociceptors to induce sexually dimorphic cold pain that is dependent on TRPM8 and GFRα3.?

Yang et al. J Neurosci. 2023 March.?

Inflammation differentially controls transport of depolarizing Nav versus hyperpolarizing Kv channels to drive rat nociceptor activity.?

Higerd-Rusli et al. PNAS. 2023 March 14.

RELIEF

RELIEF?is the?IASP Pain Research Forum’s companion site for patients and the wider public. RELIEF aims to provide anyone touched by or interested in chronic pain with knowledge and information about the latest research?to help them raise awareness of chronic pain, rally support for pain research, and contribute to an international conversation about ways to advance pain treatment and care.

DID YOU MISS? Does Pain Lead to Mental Illness or is it the Other Way Around?

It’s common knowledge that pain problems and mental illness will affect many of us over the course of our lives. But what actually comes first, is it the pain or is it the mental illness?