News

Congratulations to the PCPR for their renewal of the T32 Training Grant!

The deadline for all applications is June 1st

(click here for more details)

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:

Tune in to WESA on Friday at 5:20pm to listen to Dr. Ajay Wasan talk about opioids and chronic pain! 

– Text of the talk can be found here:

– Audio of the talk should be found here:

Becky Seal and Sarah Ross celebrate tenure promotions—thanks for your support Peter Strick!

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”

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!