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Blog Articles
From Overlooked to Understood: Why Research Must Reflect Real Lives
Every November, the U.S. Pain Foundation brings our community together to spotlight something powerful: knowledge. We...
Kelly Amspacher
Kelly, wearing a neck brace to protect the occipital neurostimulator she had implanted as part of a clinical trial, is...
Centering the Patient Voice: Why Research Needs Lived Experience at Every Stage
By Samantha Kahn For decades, research treated people with pain as passive subjects, collecting data without letting...
The Science of Understanding Pain
By Stephani Sutherland While commonly considered a pathway to the development of new treatments, research does much...
Dive into Innovative Pain Science at 3 Leading Universities
By Kirsten Ellis Pain research is growing in leaps and bounds—with educational institutions playing a key role. Hear...
Dismantling Disparities in Pain Research
By Ashley Hattle When you pick up your medication or see a pain specialist, you want the best possible care. But what...
Innovative Pediatric Pain Research: The TRAC-Pain Study
By Mariah Z. Leach Aiden Pratt and his mom, Katie Pratt. When Aiden Pratt was in seventh grade, he fell and hurt his...
Explore Efforts to Engage Patients as Research Partners
By Ashley Hattle When research views individuals with pain as data points on a graph or medical curiosities, clinical...
Patient Registries: Communities Steering Modern Research
By Julia Daye The last decade has seen a boom in patient registries—databases that collect voluntary information from...
Measuring an Invisible Experience: Understanding Pain Scales—And Their Limitations
By Samantha Kahn Providers and researchers routinely ask patients: “On a scale from 0 to 10, how would you rate your...
No Stone Unturned: How to Navigate Clinical Trials
By Rebecca McKinsey Lindsey Wahlstrom and her daughter, Rona Edwards, during one of the clinical trials they...