News & Updates

Dr. David Shurtleff on the NIH Collaboratory
David Shurtleff, PhD, acting director of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), discusses the unique work of the NIH Collaboratory.

Journal of General Internal Medicine (JGIM) Special Supplement (May 2018)
Journal of General Internal Medicine (JGIM) special supplement (May 2018) features state-of-the-art updates on non-pharmacological approaches to chronic musculoskeletal pain management.

JAMA Medical News & Perspectives
Robert Kerns, PhD, spoke with JAMA about the creation of the Pain Management Collaboratory and its goals for this multi-agency initiative.

NIH launches the HEAL Initiative (Helping to End Addition Long-term)
Building on extensive, well-established NIH research, the initiative is a trans-agency effort to speed scientific solutions to stem the national opioid public health crisis.

Robert D. Kerns, PhD, new member of NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee
Robert D. Kerns, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, of Neurology and of Psychology, has been appointed to serve as a member of the Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee (IPRCC) of the National Institutes of Health.

NIH launches HEAL Initiative
Building on extensive, well-established NIH research, the initiative is a trans-agency effort to speed scientific solutions to stem the national opioid public health crisis.

Federal agencies partner for military and veteran pain management research
Twelve research projects will focus on developing, implementing, and testing cost-effective, large-scale, real-world research on non-drug approaches for pain management.