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Blog Articles
You’re the Expert: Why Lived Experience Belongs in Pain Research
Pain research has traditionally involved the same step-by-step process: Develop a research question. Design a study....
From Barriers to Bridges: Making Pain Research More Inclusive
Pain research is strongest when it is inclusive and accessible to every group and population that can benefit from...
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...
7 Tips for Bringing up Trials with Your Doctor
By Tom Norris For those of us living with chronic pain, being overlooked is part of the experience. But your voice...
The Role of an IRB: Safeguarding Research Participants
By Kirsten Ellis Studying pain—or conducting any type of research involving people—requires a system of checks and...
Real-World Evidence: The On-The-Ground Complement To Clinical Trial Findings
By Jill Waldbieser For decades, clinical trials—and specifically, randomized controlled trials (RCTs)—have been the...
From Patchwork to Progress: How Population Data can Drive Chronic Pain Solutions
By Rebecca McKinsey Policy steers clinical research priorities. Economic burden provides the fuel. And data turns the...