Regents Professor Todd Vanderah, PhD, provides insights about what causes pain, how the body can interpret pain, and how all pain matters, even if the source is difficult to identify.

A new University of Arizona Health Sciences center is creating a team of experts to tackle the diverse yet related issues of substance misuse, chronic pain and addiction.

Researchers at two state universities are joining forces to battle the opioid epidemic with help from decades of chemistry research conducted by Purdue Pharma.