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Eden Buell
When Eden’s mother, Kelly, needed a quick change of clothing while at dialysis, Eden’s husband, Markus, bought this...
Recognizing the People Behind the Progress
Pain research can feel distant and abstract—removed from the day-to-day reality of chronic pain, dwindling treatment...
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...
Pain research federal committee meeting update
Since 2017, Gwenn Herman, LCSW, DCSW, Clinical Director of Pain Connection, has served as a public member/patient...
Continuing to represent the patient voice–virtually
While most in-person conferences and meetings have been canceled or postponed as a result of the pandemic, U.S. Pain...
Millions in federal funding earmarked for pain research
In April at the National Rx Drug Abuse Summit and in a recent Journal of American Medical Association article, Dr....
Still time to take action to increase federal pain spending
A record 540 U.S. Pain members have sent 2,010 letters to their representatives through an online campaign to support...
Help support a landmark pain research funding bill
Pain advocates are encouraged to ask Congress to support Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative Act, which was introduced in...