The mission of the WashU Medicine Pain Center is to alleviate human suffering from pain through integration of research, education and clinical practice.
Patient Care
Chronic pain is a complicated problem that requires a team approach to treatment.
Education
The Center sponsors seminars, training, and conferences for the professional community, and provides materials and programs for the public.
Research
The Center combines basic research, clinical research, clinical pain management and education in an organized, interactive group of dedicated researchers and clinicians.
Featured News
Bridging the gap: How philanthropy accelerated the search for safer pain relief (Links to an external site)
Support from the Dr. Seymour & Rose T. Brown Professorship helped Dr. Rob Gereau turn an early research idea into a promising path toward safer, more effective treatments for chronic pain.
Study reveals how ketamine interacts with opioid receptors (Links to an external site)
WashU Medicine researchers have uncovered new insights into the pharmacology of ketamine that help explain both its rapid benefits and its risks.
Scientists identify brain’s brake that shuts off chronic pain (Links to an external site)
Finding from mouse study could lead to targeted treatments for chronic nerve pain.
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