Researchers at WashU are using machine learning to better predict who will experience persistent pain after surgery.
Predicting pain with machine learning (Links to an external site)
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Chamessian named Rita Allen Foundation Scholar (Links to an external site)
Alexander Chamessian, MD, PhD, assistant professor of anesthesiology at WashU Medicine, has been named a 2025 recipient of the Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Award in Pain.
Chronic Pain Is a Hidden Epidemic. It’s Time for a Revolution. (Links to an external site)
WashU Medicine researchers, including Drs. Robert Gereau, Bryan Copits, and Juliet Mwirigi, were recently featured for their groundbreaking chronic pain research, advancing precision treatments and non-opioid therapies to improve patient care.
Mwirigi awarded HHMI fellowship for exceptional early-career scientists (Links to an external site)
Neuroscientist Juliet Mwirigi, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Anesthesiology at WashU Medicine, has been named a Hanna H. Gray Fellow by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI).
WashU Medicine funded to develop new postdoctoral training program (Links to an external site)
Burel R. Goodin, a professor of anesthesiology at WashU Medicine, has received more than $3 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support postdoctoral training.
What People With Chronic Illness Need to Know About the ‘October Slide’ (Links to an external site)
Dr. Sarah Buday, a clinical psychologist specializing in pain psychology and an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at WashU Medicine, explains the concept of the “October Slide”—a seasonal decline in well-being affecting people with chronic illnesses.
Can we predict who will develop migraine headaches? (Links to an external site)
Dr. Nahman-Averbuch is leading two studies to help predict who is at risk of developing migraine disorder, and to identify the changes in brain connectivity and hormone levels that precede the onset of migraine headaches in adolescents.
MoBap Pain Management Center Receives Top Performer for Patient Experience Award
The Pain Management Center at Missouri Baptist Medical Center was designated as a Top Performer in the 2024 Professional Research Consultants (PRC) Excellence in Healthcare Awards.
Revolutionizing Clinical Pain Research: A Shift Toward Patient-centered Engagement
The Initiative on Methods, Measurement, and Pain Assessment in Clinical Trials (IMMPACT), including Simon Haroutounian, PhD, MSc, and Katie Holzer, PhD, LCSW, brought together a diverse group of participants from academia, industry, funding and regulatory agencies, and people with lived experience (PWLE) of pain, to developed recommendations for advancing patient engagement in clinical pain research.
Lidocaine used to treat chronic pain at local hospital (Links to an external site)
Lidocaine is mostly known as a topical pain reliever, sold over the counter in a skin cream or patch. In recent years, it’s been increasingly used intravenously to treat chronic pain.