Pain

Time:  11:00 AM to 12:00 PM ET Series:  Spotlight on Pain Management Speakers: William Becker, MD; Alicia Heapy, Ph.D.; Erin Krebs, MD, MPH Description:  This session will discuss ongoing work of the HSR&D Pain/Opioid Consortium of Research (CORE) to update chronic pain and opioid-related research priorities. The presenters, co-principal investigators of the Pain/Opioid CORE, will …

Identifying and Prioritizing Gaps in Pain and Opioid-Related Research Read More »

The HSR&D/QUERI National Meeting is planned as an in-person meeting for October 2022.

Time:  11:00 AM to 12:00 PM ET Series:  Spotlight on Pain Management Speaker:  Kelli Allen, PhD Description:  This presentation will describe the observed heterogeneity in the effectiveness of various treatments and behavioral strategies for chronic pain conditions and factors associated with this heterogeneity. The presentation will also describe different methodological approaches for assessing differential effects …

Understanding Heterogeneity in Effects of Interventions for Chronic Pain Read More »

Time:  12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET Series:  Complementary and Integrative Health Speakers:  Stephanie Taylor, PhD, MPH ; Steven Zeliadt, PhD Description:  This study is the first large-scale (n=~ 5,600) examination of the effects of CIH therapy use on pain and comorbid outcomes among Veterans. This pragmatic trial examines the question of the effectiveness of …

The APPROACH Study: Assessing Pain, Patient Reported Outcomes and Complementary and Integrative Health (A VA National Demonstration Project) Read More »

This second paper in a 3-part series on antiracism in pain research across the translational spectrum focuses on study design factors.

Event Description The US Association for the Study of Pain will hold its 2022 Meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio, from May 18-21, 2022. Learn More: https://usap.memberclickberclicks.net)

Time:  12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET Topic:  Cooperative Pain Education and Self-Management (COPES): A Technology-Assisted Intervention for Pain Speaker:  Alicia Heapy, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine; Associate Director of the Pain Research, Informatics, Multimorbidities, and Education (PRIME) Center, which is part of the Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System; …

NIH Integrative Medicine Research Lecture: Cooperative Pain Education and Self-Management (COPES): A Technology-Assisted Intervention for Pain Read More »

Time:  11:00 AM to 12:00 PM ET Series:  Spotlight on Pain Management Speakers:  Cynthia Brandt, MD, MPH; Steven Dobscha, MD; Robert Kerns, PhD; Stephen Luther, PhD Register to attend Natural Language Processing of Electronic Health Records to Evaluate Pain Care Quality in the Veterans Health Administration

Time:  11:00 AM to 12:00 PM ET Series:  Spotlight on Pain Management Speaker:  Marianne Matthias, PhD Register to attend Evaluation of a Peer Coach-Led Intervention to Improve Pain Symptoms (ECLIPSE): Results from a Study of Peer Supported Pain Self-Management for Veterans with Chronic Pain

The COVID-19 pandemic affects all of us and people with pain may feel particularly anxious. Managing physical and emotional aspects of pain is difficult under normal circumstances, and veterans and military service members and their families may feel particularly vulnerable due to the many new physical and emotional challenges brought on, or heightened, by the pandemic.