Research Seminars - Washington University Pain Center | Washington University Pain Center

January 2017

Jan 10, 2017 | 4:00 pm – 9:36 am

Specialized Sodium Channels in Nociception

CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401

Theodore R. Cummins, PhD

Professor and Chair

Department of Biology

Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis

Host: Lingle

Jan 17, 2017 | 4:00 pm – 9:36 am

Optogenetic Silencing of CGRP-expressing Sensory Neurons Implicates a Role in Neuropathic Pain

CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401

Cheryl L. Stucky, PhD

Professor

Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy

Medical College of Wisconsin

Host: Mohapatra

February 2017

Feb 21, 2017 | 4:00 am – 9:36 am

Sonic Hedgehog: It’s not just a video game!

CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401

Howard Gutstein, MD

Professor

Department of Anesthesiology

University of Pittsburgh

Host: Evers/Gereau

Feb 28, 2017 | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Synaptic Mechanisms Maintaining Persistent Cocaine and Methamphetamine Craving

CSRB - North Tower Addition, Conference Room 401

Marina E. Wolf, PhD

Professor and Chair

Department of Neuroscience

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

Feb 28, 2017 | 4:00 pm – 9:36 am

Synaptic Mechanisms Maintaining Persistent Cocaine and Methamphetamine Craving

CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401

Marina E. Wolf, PhD

Professor and Chair

Department of Neuroscience

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

Host: Bruchas/Moron-Concepcion

March 2017

Mar 07, 2017 | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Autism and Pain

CSRB - North Tower Addition, Conference Room 401

Ru-Rong Ji, PhD

Professor

Department of Anesthesiology and Neurobiology

Chief of Pain Research, Anesthesiology

Duke University Medical Center

Mar 07, 2017 | 4:00 pm – 9:36 am

Autism and Pain

CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401

Ru-Rong Ji, PhD

Professor of Anesthesiology and Neurobiology

Chief of Pain Research, Anesthesiology

Duke University Medical Center

Host: Liu

Mar 14, 2017 | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Chemical Regulation of Breathing: Neuronal Sensors and Molecular Detectors

CSRB - North Tower Addition, Conference Room 401

Douglas A. Bayliss, PhD

Professor and Chair of Pharmacology

Professor of Anesthesiology

University of Virginia School of Medicine

Mar 14, 2017 | 4:00 pm – 9:36 am

Chemical Regulation of Breathing: Neuronal Sensors and Molecular Detectors

CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401

Douglas A. Bayliss, PhD

Professor and Chair of Pharmacology

Professor of Anesthesiology

University of Virginia School of Medicine

Host: Cao

Mar 21, 2017 | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Opiates: Entering and Exiting the Roundabout

CSRB - North Tower Addition, Conference Room 401

Christopher J. Evans, PhD

Stefan Hatos Professor

Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences

Director, UCLA Brain Research Institute

UCLA

Mar 21, 2017 | 4:00 pm – 9:36 am

Opiates: Entering and Exiting the Roundabout

CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401

Christopher J. Evans, PhD

Stefan Hatos Professor

Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences

Director, UCLA Brain Research Institute

UCLA

Host: Bruchas/Moron-Concepcion

Mar 28, 2017 | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Peripheral Mechanisms Underlying Headache

CSRB - North Tower Addition, Conference Room 401

Dan Levy, PhD

Associate Professor

Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care

Beth Isreal Deaconess Medical Center

Harvard Medical School

Mar 28, 2017 | 4:00 pm – 9:36 am

Peripheral Mechanisms Underlying Headache

CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401

Dan Levy, PhD

Associate Professor

Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Harvard Medical School

Host: Cao

April 2017

Apr 04, 2017 | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Chronic Pain: A Clinical Psychologist’s Approach

CSRB - North Tower Addition, Conference Room 401

Matthew S. Herbert

Postdoctoral Fellow

Center for Excellence for Stress and Mental Health

VA San Diego Healthcare System

Apr 04, 2017 | 4:00 pm – 9:36 am

Chronic Pain: A Clinical Psychologist’s Approach

CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401

Matthew S. Herbert, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Center for Excellence for Stress and Mental Health

VA San Diego Healthcare System

Apr 11, 2017 | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Mechanisms of Drug Addiction: The Medial Habenula-IPN Circuit

CSRB - North Tower Addition, Conference Room 401

Mariella De Biasi, PhD

Associate Professor of Neuroscience

Department of Psychiatry

Perelman School of Medicine

University of Pennsylvania

Host: Bruchas

Apr 11, 2017 | 4:00 pm – 9:36 am

Mechanisms of Drug Addiction: The Medial Habenula-IPN circuit

CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401

Mariella De Biasi, PhD

Associate Professor of Neuroscience

Department of Psychiatry

Perelman School of Medicine

University of Pennsylvania

Host: Bruchas

Apr 26, 2017 | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Going in Circles with Opioids for the Treatment of Pain

CSRB - North Tower Addition, Conference Room 401

Frank Porreca, PhD

Professor of Pharmacology and Anesthesiology

The University of Arizona College of Medicine

Host: Moron-Concepcion

Apr 26, 2017 | 4:00 pm – 9:36 am

Going in Circles with Opioids for the Treatment of Pain

CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401

Frank Porreca, PhD

Professor of Pharmacology and Anesthesiology

The University of Arizona College of Medicine

Host: Moron-Concepcion

May 2017

May 02, 2017 | 4:00 pm – 9:36 am

The Neurobiology of Cancer Pain

CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401

Brian L. Schmidt, DDS, MD, PhD

Professor

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Director, Bluestone Center for Clinical Research

New York University College of Dentistry

Host: Mohapatra

May 23, 2017 | 4:00 pm – 9:36 am

The role of distinct extended amygdala corticotropin releasing factor neurons in addiction

CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401

Dennis R. Sparta, PhD

Assistant Professor

Departments of Anatomy and Neurobiology

University of Maryland School of Medicine

June 2017

Jun 13, 2017 | 4:30 pm – 9:36 am

The Upside to Opioids: How opioids protect from myocardial injury through TRP Channels

CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401

Eric R. Gross, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Stanford University

Jun 19, 2017 | 4:00 am – 9:36 am

Modulation of the endogenous cannabinoid system yields opioid sparing analgesic effects in mice: Clinical Promise and Potential

CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401

Jenny L. Wilkerson, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Virginia Commonwealth University

Medical College of Virginia

Jun 27, 2017 | 4:00 pm – 9:36 am

Evaluation of risk-assessment models for predicting clinical drug-drug interactions mediated by CYP3A4 inhibition

CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401

Hisham Qosa, PhD

ORISE Research Fellow

Division of Applied Regulatory Science

Office of Clinical Pharmacology

Food and Drug Administration

September 2017

Sep 14, 2017 | 4:00 pm – 9:36 am

Synthesis of Opioid Receptor Probes with Biased Signaling and Mixed Agonism/Antagonism

CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401

Susruta Majumdar, PhD

Assistant Attending

Department of Neurology

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

December 2017

Dec 19, 2017 | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Dynamic Neural Mechanisms of Pain Perception, and Molecular Remodeling by Opioids

CSRB - North Tower Addition, Conference Room 401

Gregory F. Corder, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Stanford University School of Medicine

Neurosciences Institute

Dec 19, 2017 | 4:00 pm – 9:36 am

Dynamic Neural Mechanisms of Pain Perception, and Molecular Remodeling by Opioids

CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401

Gregory F. Corder, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Stanford University School of Medicine

Neurosciences Institute

March 2018

Mar 27, 2018 | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

TBA

CSRB - North Tower Addition, Conference Room 401

Elizabeth Whitlock, MD, MS

Postdoctoral Fellow and Instructor

Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care

UCSF School of Medicine

Mar 27, 2018 | 4:00 pm – 9:36 am

Thinking about cognition: Research challenges and opportunities

CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401

Elizabeth Whitlock, MD, MS

Postdoctoral Fellow and Instructor

Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Care

UCSF School of Medicine

May 2018

May 08, 2018 | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

General Anesthesia, Sedation and the Concept of Biomimetic Sleep

CSRB - North Tower Addition, Conference Room 401

Oluwaseun Johnson-Akeju, MD, MMSc

Assistant Professor

Massachusetts General Hospital

May 08, 2018 | 4:00 pm – 9:36 am

General Anesthesia, Sedation and the Concept of Biomimetic Sleep

CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401

Oluwaseun Johnson-Akeju, MD, MMSc

Assistant Professor

Massachusetts General Hospital

May 15, 2018 | 4:00 am – 9:36 am

Nociceptors to Neural Networks: Mechanisms of Chronic Pelvic Pain

CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401

Melissa A. Farmer, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Department of Physiology

Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine

May 22, 2018 | 4:00 pm – 9:36 am

Biopsychosocial Determinants of Pain Disparities in Disadvantaged Subgroups

CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401

Burel Goodin, PhD

Associate Professor

Department of Psychology, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

University of Alabama Birmingham

May 22, 2018 | 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

TBA

CSRB - North Tower Addition, Conference Room 401

Chad M. Brummett, MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Director, Clinical Anesthesia Research & Pain Research

University of Michigan

June 2018

Jun 13, 2018 | 4:00 am – 9:36 am

Optogenetically-Inspired Deep Brain Stimulation to Treat Addiction

CSRB-NTA 401

Meaghan Creed, HBSc, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Pharmacology

University of Maryland School of Medicine

Jun 14, 2018 | 4:00 am – 9:36 am

Resolving Basal Ganglia Circuits to Understand Obesity

CSRB-NTA 401

Alexxai V. Kravitz, PhD

Investigator

Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Obesity Branch

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

(NIDDK)

Jun 19, 2018 | 4:00 pm – 9:36 am

Exercise Metabolomics in a High Risk Patient Population – Implications for Perioperative and Critical Care Medicine

CSRB-NTA 401

S. Kendall Smith, MD, PhD

Critical Care Medicine Fellow

Department of Anesthesiology

Duke University

July 2018

Jul 10, 2018 | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Microglia Modulation as a Target for Chronic Pain

CSRB - North Tower Addition, Conference Room 401

Vivianne L. Tawfik, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Director, Fellowship in Anesthesia Research & Medicine (FARM) Program

Stanford University School of Medicine

Jul 10, 2018 | 4:00 pm – 9:36 am

Microglial Modulation as a Target for Chronic Pain

CSRB-North Tower Addition, Conf. Rm. 401

Vivianne L. Tawfik, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Director, Fellowship in Anesthesia Research & Medicine (FARM) Program

Stanford University

August 2018

Aug 07, 2018 | 4:00 pm – 9:36 am

Lipid and Anesthetic Modulation of Pentameric Ligand-Gated Ion Channels

CSRB-NTA 401

Wayland Cheng, MD, PhD

Instructor in Anesthesiology

Washington University School of Medicine

December 2018

Dec 04, 2018 | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

An Essential Role of Iron-Sulfur Cluster Assembly Protein in Aging and Stress

CSRB-NTA 401

Rui Xiao, PhD

Assistant Professor

Institute on Aging

Department of Aging & Geriatric Research

University of Florida

Dec 11, 2018 | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Curious about the future? The drive to reduce uncertainty is mediated by a novel cortico-basal ganglia network in primates.

CSRB-NTA 401

Ilya Monosov, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Washington University School of Medicine

Dec 18, 2018 | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

A Tale of Two Circuits: Stressing Over Rising Temperatures

CSRB-NTA 401

Aaron Norris, MD, PhD

Instructor of Anesthesiology

Washington University School of Medicine

January 2019

Jan 08, 2019 | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

TBA

CSRB-NTA 401

Thomas Kash, PhD

John Andrews Distinguished Professor

Department of Pharmacology

University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine

Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies

Jan 15, 2019 | 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

The Use of Opioids in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

CSRB-NTA 401

Michael Montana, MD, PhD

Instructor of Anesthesiology

Washington University School of Medicine

Jan 22, 2019 | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

TBA

CSRB-NTA 401

Arthur Beyder, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine and Physiology & Biophysics

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

February 2019

Feb 19, 2019 | 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Targeting Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels for the Prevention of Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy

CSRB-NTA 401

Simon Haroutounian, PhD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Chief of Clinical Research

Washington University Pain Center

March 2019

Mar 05, 2019 | 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

How Should We Monitor Anticoagulation of Patients

CSRB-NTA 401

Thomas J. Graetz, MD

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery

Chief of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

Washington University School of Medicine

Mar 19, 2019 | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

TBA

CSRB-NTA 401

Patrick M. Dougherty, PhD

H.E.B. Professor of Cancer Research

Associate Division Head for Research

The Division of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine

The Department of Pain Medicine Research

The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

April 2019

Apr 02, 2019 | 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

TBA

CSRB-NTA 401

Hannah Wunsch, MD, MSc

Associate Research Director

Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine

Associate Professor

Department of Anesthesia

University of Toronto

Staff Physician

Department of Critical Care Medicine

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Apr 09, 2019 | 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

TBA

CSRB-NTA 401

Christopher Schmid, PhD

Professor and Chair of Biostatistics

Center for Evidence Synthesis in Health

Brown University School of Public Health

Apr 16, 2019 | 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

TBA

CSRB-NTA 401

Hance Clarke, MD, FRCPC, PhD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesia

University of Toronto

Director, Pain Services

Medical Director, Pain Research

Toronto General Hospital

Apr 23, 2019 | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

TBA

CSRB-NTA 401

Zoe McElligott, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Psychiatry

Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies

UNC

Apr 30, 2019 | 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

TBA

CSRB-NTA 401

Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH

Professor of Anesthesiology, Biomedical Informatics, Surgery and Health Policy

Associate Director, Vanderbilt Anesthesiology & Perioperative Informatics Research (VAPIR) Division

Vanderbilt University

May 2019

May 07, 2019 | 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

TBA

CSRB-NTA 401

Mitchell Goldfarb, PhD

Professor of Biology

Hunter College of City University

May 14, 2019 | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Cell Type Specific Activity Signatures Underlying Sex Differences in Valence-based Decision Making

CSRB-NTA 401

Erin S. Calipari, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Pharmacology

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine