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:

2024 IASP Leadership Election Results

On behalf of the 2024 Nominations Committee of the International Association for the Study of Pain, we are delighted to announce the results of our recent leadership election. We are pleased to introduce the newly elected members who will guide our association forward: President-Elect: Mary Cardosa, MBBS, Malaysia; Treasurer: Michael Gold, PhD, United States of America; and Secretary: Michele Sterling, PhD, Australia.? Congratulations to our newly elected leaders and thanking them for their dedication to working together for pain relief throughout the world.? Find out who the elected councilors are and more online at iasp-pain.org.?

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 June 2024 issue:

Clinical improvements due to specific effects and placebo effects in conservative interventions and changes observed with no treatment in randomized controlled trials of patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Pedersen et al. PAIN. June. 165(6):1217-1232.

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? IASP’s 50th Anniversary: A Podcast with Louisa E. Jones

In 2024, IASP is celebrating its 50th Anniversary, and to highlight this milestone, IASP is reflecting on its history and the advances and contributions made by its members over the past 50 years.? In this episode of the IASP-PRF Podcast, Lincoln Tracy spoke with Louisa E. Jones – who occupied a pivotal role in the foundation of IASP.

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

Innervation of nociceptor neurons in the spleen promotes germinal center responses and humoral immunity. Wu et al. Cell. May 2024.

IRF7 overexpression alleviates CFA-induced inflammatory pain by inhibiting nuclear factor-κB activation and pro-inflammatory cytokines expression in rats. Jiang et al. Brain Behav Immun. 20 May 2024.