Congrats Ben Kolber!!Ben Kolber Becomes Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurobiology and a Core Member of PCPR!
Great Time Had By All At 2019 PCPR Skating Party!
Brian Edwards of the Davis Lab Wins the Fall 2018 PCPR Pain Research Award!!!
Jami Saloman Receives K-Award for Her Studies on Chronic Pancreatitis Pain!!!
Congrats Kelly Smith and Karen Clark!!!
Kelly Smith and Karen Clark are PCPR Trainee Liaisons for 2019!
Jorge Pineda Farias wins 2018 PCPR Travel Award!
Congratulations to Jorge Pineda Farias for winning the 2018 Spring PCPR Travel Award!
PCPR 2019 Ice Skating Party!
Save the Date for the PCPR 2019 Ice Skating Party at the Schenley Ice Rink on Wednesday February 13th! Bring the whole family!
PCPR 2018 Holiday Party!
Save the Date for the PCPR 2018 Holiday Party at Brian and Kathy’s House on December 15th!
Congratulations Sarah Najjar For Her Poster Award At The 2018 IASP Meeting!!
Sarah Najjar won an award for her poster submission, The role of the colon epithelium in visceral pain signaling, from the Abdominal and Pelvic Pain SIG at the 2018 IASP meeting in Boston.
PCPR Coffee Mugs – Only $5
Purchase your very own PCPR Coffee Mug designed by PCPR’s Kelly Smith, winner of the Design Our Mug Competition! All mugs are priced at $5 each and can be purchased from Sarah Ross in room W1456 BST.
Images of Kelly and the coffee mug can be seen below.
Congrats To The Winners Of The Pain Center Happy Hour Prizes!!!
Emanuel Loeza – Winner of the Spring 2018 Pittsburgh Pain Research Prize
Sarah Najjar – Winner of the Spring 2018 PCPR Travel Award
Kelly Smith – Winner of the Spring 2018 PCPR Mug Design Award
Congratulations T32 Trainees!!!
Congratulations to the PCPR’s T32 Trainees for being selected for their 2018 applications!
Click Here to Learn More or Visit the T32 Application Page for More Info.
Congrats Kristen Smith-Edwards!!!
Kristin Smith-Edwards (postdoc in Davis lab) received a research grant from the REACH Foundation for her proposed study on Hirschsprung’s disease.
REACH funds only one grant per year.
Kristen’s study will examine alterations in activity of the enteric nervous system in a mouse model of Hirschsprung’s disease.
Big News: PCPR Training Grand Is Renewed!!!
Congratulations to the PCPR for their renewal of the T32 Training Grant!
The deadline for all applications is June 1st
PCPR’s “DESIGN OUR MUG” COMPETITION!!!
Do you dabble in graphic design or have a great vision for our coffee mugs?!
The PCPR team is now accepting visual drafts for our “Design Our Mug” competition and is rewarding the winner with a $50 cash prize!!!
Each competitor may send unlimited attempts of either 2 [front and back] or just 1 [front] visual logo to saross@pitt.edu to be evaluated and judged for a single winner during our Current Research On Pain (CROP) seminar that will be held on June 21st, 2018.
*ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE ENTERED BY JUNE 19th, 2018 AT 11:59 PM*
Two Examples (front and back: designed by Thomas Smith) Can Be Seen Below:
Dr. Ajay Wasan Talks About Opioids And Chronic Pain!
Welcome Brad Taylor, newest faculty member in our Pain Center!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Becky Seal and Sarah Ross celebrate tenure promotions—thanks for your support Peter Strick!
Kristen Smith-Edwards of the Davis lab wins the Fall 2017 Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research Prize!!
Becky talks science with Rachel Maddow!!
