Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research
University of Pittsburgh
Congrats to Tyler Nelson for receiving an F31 fellowship award from the National Institue of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health, titled “Neuropeptide Y1 Receptor-Expressing Neurons in the Dorsal Horn and Neuropathic Pain”.
Tyler has also had a review paper that was accepted and selected by the pain research forum as an “Editor’s Pick” this week! His paper’s mention can be found here!
Congrats to Sarah Najjar who successfully defended her PhD Thesis on May 5, 2020!
Congratulations to Tayler Sheahan, Michael Gold, & Jamie Moy for graduating from the North American Pain School !!!
Congratulations to Jane Hartung for receiving the 2019 Spring Pittsburgh Pain Research Prize!
Congratulations to Kimberly Meerschaert for receiving the 2019 Spring PCPR Travel Award!
Ben Kolber Becomes Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurobiology and a Core Member of PCPR!
Kelly Smith and Karen Clark are PCPR Trainee Liaisons for 2019!
Congratulations to Jorge Pineda Farias for winning the 2018 Spring PCPR Travel Award!
Save the Date for the PCPR 2019 Ice Skating Party at the Schenley Ice Rink on Wednesday February 13th! Bring the whole family!
Save the Date for the PCPR 2018 Holiday Party at Brian and Kathy’s House on December 15th!
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.
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.
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 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.
Congratulations to the PCPR for their renewal of the T32 Training Grant!
The deadline for all applications is June 1st
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:
