Please join the faculty and members of the Comprehensive Center for Pain & Addiction, the Center for Excellence in Addiction Studies, the College of Medicine - Tucson Department of Pharmacology, and the National Center for Wellness and Recovery for an all-day event featuring a full lineup of nationally recognized leaders in addiction and chronic pain.

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For registered attendees: Breakfast and lunch is provided, with a reception to follow from 5:00 p.m. to 6 p.m. Refreshments will be served throughout the day.

Schedule

7:30 - 8:00: Breakfast

8:00 - 8:25: Opening Remarks
Todd Vanderah, PhD, Director, Comprehensive Center for Pain & Addiction, University of Arizona Health Sciences, Regents Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine – Tucson, University of Arizona

Don Kyle, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, National Center for Wellness and Recovery

Frank Porreca, PhD, Cosden Professor of Pain and Addiction Studies, Associate Head, Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine – Tucson, University of Arizona

5-minute meet & greet

Session 1 – Todd Vanderah, PhD, Chair

8:30 - 8:55: Imaging pain processing mechanisms in the awake, behaving animal
Allan Basbaum, Professor & Chair, Department of Anatomy, University of California San Francisco Biomedical Science Graduate Program

8:55 - 9:00: Q&A

9:00 - 9:20: Neuroendocrine regulation of female sensory thresholds
Frank Porreca, PhD, Cosden Professor of Pain and Addiction Studies, Associate Head, Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine – Tucson, University of Arizona

9:20 - 9:25: Q&A

9:25 - 9:45: Systemic lupus erythematosus unmasks a prolactin-driven female axis of autoimmune pain
Aubin Moutal, PhD, Assistant Professor, Saint Louis University School of Medicine

9:45 - 9:50: 

9:50 - 10:05: Coffee/Media Break/Group Picture

10:05 - 10:15: Human validation of analgesic targets: an ex vivo assay
Amol Partwardhan, MD, PhD, Medical Director, Multidisciplinary Pain Clinic, A.H. “Buddy” Giesecke, Jr., M.D. Distinguished Professor in Anesthesiology and Pain Management, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas

10:15 - 10:20: Q&A

10:20 - 10:30: Timing Matters: Circadian rhythmicity of pain sensitivity and implications
Chung Jung Mun (“Moon”), PhD, Associate Professor, Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation Arizona State University

10:30 - 10:35: Q&A

10:35 - 10:45: LIFU Neuromodulation: From concept to bedside
Julie Pilitsis, MD, PhD, MBA, Professor and Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Arizona, Physician Executive, Functional Neurosurgery, Banner Health

10:45 - 10:50: Q&A

10:50 - 11:00: Neuromodulation alters attentional bias in chronic pain
Ilknur Telkes, PhD, MS, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine – Tucson, University of Arizona

11:00 - 11:05: Q&A

11:05 - 11:15: Toward population neuroscience: Do overlapping symptoms bias depression screening in the context of chronic pain?
Jennifer S. De La Rosa, PhD, Assistant Research Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Strategy Director, Comprehensive Center for Pain & Addiction, University of Arizona

11:15 - 11:20: Q&A

11:20 - 11:30: Remotely supervised home-based nonpharmacological intervention for osteoarthritis pain in older adults with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias
Juyoung Park, PhD, Professor and Associate Director, Brain Digital Technology Laboratory, College of Nursing, University of Arizona

11:30 - 11:35: Q&A

11:35 - 11:45: Patient-centered approaches to chronic pain management
Marianne Matthias, PhD, Associate Dean of Research, Professor, College of Nursing, University of Arizona

11:45 - 11:50: Q&A

11:50 - 12:00: Aging at the intersection of opioid use: Implications for intervention precision and patient care
Beth Meyerson, MDiv, PhD, Beverly Benson McCord Endowed Chair of Nursing, Director, Harm Reduction Research Lab, Policy Director, Comprehensive Center for Pain & Addiction, Professor, College of Nursing, University of Arizona

12:00 - 12:05: Q&A 3

12:05 - 1:00: Lunch

Session 2 – Don Kyle, PhD, Chair

1:00 - 1:10: Rethinking opioid overdose reversal agents: combating agonism with partial agonism
Justin LaVigne, PhD, Research Scientist, Department of Pharmacology, University of Arizona

1:10 - 1:15: Q&A

1:15 - 1:25: Removing β-arrestin drives negative emotional states in rats
Amanda Wunsch, PhD, Principal Investigator, National Center for Wellness and Recovery

1:25 - 1:30: Q&A

1:30 - 1:40: It’s only a headache…
Tally Largent-Milnes, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Arizona

1:40 - 1:45: Q&A

1:45 - 1:55: Sexually dimorphic mechanisms of migraine
Edita Navratilova, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Arizona

1:55 - 2:00: Q&A

2:00 - 2:10: Optogenetic activation of meningeal CGRP-expressing neurons elicits migraine-like pain
Carol Kopruszinski, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Arizona

2:10 - 2:15: Q&A

2:15 - 2:25: A state-dependent sodium channel blocker to treat pain
Shailesh Khatri, PhD, Principal Investigator, National Center for Wellness and Recovery

2:25 - 2:30: Q&A

2:30 - 2:40: Engineering treatments for chronic low back pain
Rebecca Wachs, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, Arizona State University

2:40 - 2:45: Q&A

2:45 - 3:00: Refreshment Break

Session 3 – Frank Porreca, PhD, Chair

3:00 - 3:10: A molecular signature for pain in the VTA
Art Riegel, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Arizona

3:10 - 3:15: Q&A 4

3:15 - 3:25: The orphan receptors GPR63 and GPR153 suppress microglial activation in pathological pain
John Streicher, PhD, Professor, Vice Chair for Research, Department of Pharmacology, University of Arizona

3:25 - 3:30: Q&A

3:30 - 3:40: From Impact to Aura: The role of cortical spreading depression in post-traumatic headache
Trent Anderson, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Arizona

3:40 - 3:45: Q&A

3:45 - 3:55: The green light at the end of the tunnel
Laurent Martin, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, University of Arizona

3:55 - 4:00: Q&A

4:00 - 4:15: Research...Education...Healthcare
Mohab Ibrahim, MD, PhD, Professor, Departments of Anesthesiology, Neurosurgery, and Pharmacology, Director, Chronic Pain Clinic, Director, Chronic Pain Fellowship, Medical Director, Comprehensive Center for Pain and Addiction, University of Arizona, Banner-University Medical Center

4:15 - 4:20: Q&A

4:20 - 5:00: Data Blitz (5-minute presentations followed by 3-min Q&A)

Translational research evaluating novel approaches to reduce pain with intrauterine device insertion
Siri Williams, PhD, Director, Division of Neuroscience and Behavior, National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health

CGRP in female pelvic pain
Grace Lee, PhD, Research Scientist, Navratilova Lab, Department of Pharmacology, University of Arizona

PIPER: a new tool for multiphoton population imaging in the DRG
Harrison Stratton, PhD, Post-doctoral Fellow, Ross Lab, Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research, University of Pittsburgh

Formoterol impacts endocannabinoid tone in the periaqueductal grey inducing headache
Ingrid Peterson, PhD, Post-doctoral Researcher I, Largent-Milnes Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology, University of Arizona

Terpenes from Cannabis sativa alleviate pathological pain by activating Pax2+ inhibitory interneurons through the Adenosine A2a receptor
Jerry Carr, Graduate Research Assistant, Streicher Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology, University of Arizona

5:00 - 6:00: Evening poster session and mixer

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