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!!
Sarah Najjar of the Davis lab wins the Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research Prize!!
Pain Research Challenge Award Winners!
Congrats to Sarah Ross (University of Pittsburgh), Ben Kolber (Duquesne University), Edita Navratilova (University of Arizona), Frank Porreca (University of Arizona), and Volker Neugebauer (Texas Tech University) on winning the Pain Research Challenge Award for their video submission: “Kappa Antagonists to Treat Pain”!
Other Teams who Received Pain Research Challenge Awards:
Eric Helm and Matt Koster (University of Pittsburgh and Duquesne University)
– “walking”
Christina Mair and Bridget Freisthler (University of Pittsburgh and Ohio State University)
– “SADPain”
Maria Pacella (University of Pittsburgh and COPE)
– “Coaching Pain and PTSD Elimination”
Are nociceptors modality-specific or polymodal?
Don’t miss this exciting debate between Wood, Gold, Davis and Koerber (all stemming from our Journal Club discussion!)
Visit the link from the News page: Pain Research Forum discussion
Votes have been tallied
Sarah Najjar (Albers lab) and Rick Koerber tie to win website image competition. Lindsey Snyder (Ross lab) trails by one vote and nabs third. Congratulations to all and check out the beautiful new images!
Cedric Peirs of the Seal lab wins Pittsburgh Sensory Neuroscience Prize!!
