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Mouse study finds changes to DNA packaging form molecular memory of trauma, make brain vulnerable to future stress.

According to the U.S. Pain Foundation, chronic pain affects millions of people and can impact nearly every part of daily life – sleep, exercise, work, relationships and emotional well-being. Felicitas Huber, PhD, a WashU Medicine pain psychologist, says that treatment often requires more than medication alone.

At WashU Medicine Pain Center, specialists across disciplines collaborate to diagnose and treat how patients experience chronic pain.

Dr. Sarah Buday, WashU Medicine associate professor of anesthesiology, and Corey Woldenberg, WashU Medicine assistant professor of physical therapy and othopaedic surgery, spoke with Ladue News about interdisciplinary pain management for neuroplastic pain.

After years of debilitating neuropathy pain, D.J. Callanan found life-changing relief thanks to Dr. Chamessian who identified him as a candidate for a spinal cord stimulator.

Scientists, clinicians, and trainees gathered at the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis (UHSP) this past September for the second St. Louis Translational Pain Research Forum (STL-TPRF), an event designed to foster collaboration and mentorship within the region’s growing pain research community.

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).