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APS Election-Remember to Cast Your Vote
The Journal of Pain Announces New Editor-in-Chief: Mark Jensen, PhD
Register Now for the APS 29th Annual Scientific Meeting
Volunteer Application for NIH Study Section Service
Volunteer Spotlight: Seddon Savage, MD
Young Investigator Application Due February 26
Clinical and Basic Science Data Blitz Submissions Open
Corporate Satellite Symposia Focus on Cancer Pain, Opioids, and More
Call for Applications! IASP Research Symposia
The Journal of Pain Highlights
Clinical Journal of Pain Highlights
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APS
Election—Remember to Cast Your Vote
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Remember to cast your vote for the APS board and nominating committee by February 28, 2010. You should have received your ballot electronically. For those without e-mail look for your ballot via U.S. mail. If you have any questions about the election, please contact APS as soon as possible at (847) 375-4715.
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The Journal of Pain Announces New Editor-in-Chief:
Mark Jensen, PhD
Effective January 1, 2010, Mark P. Jensen, PhD, assumed the role of editor-in-chief of The Journal of Pain. Dr. Jensen is a professor and vice chair for research at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine. During his tenure, he has published more than 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals and authored or coauthored 23 book chapters, almost all of which focus on pain assessment, the development of pain theory, or pain treatment. Dr. Jensen has been an editorial board member for The Journal of Pain since 2004 and PAIN since 2005. He has also been associate editor for three indexed journals: the Clinical Journal of Pain, the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, and the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Dr. Jensen states, “I believe very strongly in the mission of the APS and in the use of The Journal of Pain for facilitating that mission. My overall vision for the journal is to maintain and build upon the important gains that the journal has made in the last 9 years, with the overarching goals of maintaining strength through diversity of disciplines represented by the authors published in the journal; and maintaining the highest standards of scientific excellence. I see the journal as one of the most important benefits of APS membership, both as a trusted source of the state-of-the-science information concerning pain, and as an outlet for APS member scientists who wish to communicate new findings that move the field forward.”
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Register
Now for the APS 29th Annual Scientific Meeting!
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Online
registration for the 29th Annual Scientific
Meeting is open! Be sure to check out the
APS Annual Meeting page on the APS Web site
to learn more about all that’s planned
for Baltimore. Information about travel
and hotels is posted; book your flight and
hotel room now!
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Volunteer Application for NIH Study Section
Service
Among the overarching strategic goals that guide the work of APS is that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other funders will recognize pain as a distinct and high priority healthcare problem deserving increased resources for research.
By increasing the number of pain experts participating in NIH integrated review groups (IRG) that review pain grants, it is possible to increase the number and quality of pain grant applications being funded. Working in collaboration with NIH, APS has opened an application Web site where interested members may volunteer for nomination to a study section.
[more]
http://www.enewsletters.org/APS_E-NEWS_February_2010.htm#4
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Volunteer Spotlight: Seddon Savage, MD
Seddon Savage, MD, is a clinician, educator, and policy consultant in the fields of addiction medicine and pain medicine. Dr. Savage currently serves as the director of the Dartmouth Center on Addiction, Recovery and Education (DCARE) in Lebanon, NH. She is also the incoming APS president.
Why
did you join APS?
When I joined APS in the mid-1980s, pain
was a relatively new but burgeoning field.
There was growing interest in pain, but
colleagues who really appreciated its importance
and complexity seemed few and far between.
Those days attending APS meetings felt like
arriving at a vibrant oasis after working
in relative isolation. What kept me coming
back, and the thing that I love most about
our organization, is that we come together
to look at problems and challenges from
very diverse perspectives. We are clinicians
and scientists from across broad spectrums
of care, and all of us look at this puzzle
very differently. That’s what makes
us a strong organization and it will help
us through the challenging times we now
face.
[more]
http://www.enewsletters.org/APS_E-NEWS_February_2010.htm#5
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Young Investigator Application Due February
26
APS will again offer Young Investigator travel support for the 2010 meeting. A limited number of funding awards are available to APS members presenting paper or poster abstracts at the meeting, May 6–8, 2010, in Baltimore, MD. Applicants may be from any research training background (basic or clinical science, psychology, medicine, or biostatistics) and may be at any level in training, including students, residents, predoctoral trainees, postdoctoral fellows, or those who have completed their postdoctoral training within the last 3 years. All applicants must be APS members.
[more]
http://www.enewsletters.org/APS_E-NEWS_February_2010.htm#6
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Clinical and Basic Science Data Blitz Submissions
Open
The submissions process for the Clinical and Basic Science Data Blitz is now open. The Blitz will be held on Thursday, May 6, 2010, from 4:15-5:45 pm in Baltimore, MD, as part of the 29th Annual Scientific Meeting. Authors are encouraged to submit “hot topics” for presentation during the Blitz; submissions from young investigators and junior faculty are encouraged. Selected presenters will have 5 minutes to present data and 5 additional minutes for questions. The blitz will be moderated by George Wilcox, PhD, professor of neuroscience and pharmacology at the University of Minnesota.
To
submit your work for consideration, please
visit the annual meeting section of the
APS Web site.
http://www.ampainsoc.org/meeting/annual_10/blitz.htm
All submissions are due March 12, 2010. Primary/presenting authors will be notified of acceptance by the Data Blitz committee in early April. Blitz presenters will be responsible for all costs associated with travel to the annual meeting, including meeting registration. Authors who will be presenting paper or poster abstracts at the annual meeting should not submit their work again for the Data Blitz.
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Corporate
Satellite Symposia Focus on Cancer Pain,
Opioids, and More
Five corporate satellite symposia and one
corporate educational program will be offered
in conjunction with the APS 29th Annual
Scientific Meeting. These independently
sponsored, commercially supported symposia
are open to all meeting registrants. The
programs have been reviewed by the APS Scientific
Program Committee and approved after determining
the topics to be presented are relevant
to the audience and complementary to the
official APS program. There is no fee to
attend these symposia, but preregistration
is required. Seating will be available at
no charge to those responding on a first-come,
first-served basis. Program details and
speakers are subject to change. Please visit
www.symposiareg.org/aps for the most current
information.
[more]
http://www.enewsletters.org/APS_E-NEWS_February_2010.htm#8
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Call for Applications! IASP Research Symposia
A grant of as much as $40,000 may be awarded to support the costs of a symposium on a specific pain-related topic that is of interest to both basic scientists and clinical researchers. The symposium may be followed by a state-of-the-art volume covering the topic of the meeting. The deadline for applications for 2011 symposia is March 15, 2010.
For complete details about this grant—including guidelines, application forms, and previous recipients—please visit www.iasp-pain.org/Grants.
How
to Apply
Please submit your completed fellowship
application form by e-mail (as a Word document)
to iaspdesk@iasp-pain.org or fax to (206)
283-9403. If you have questions or need
assistance, please e-mail iaspdesk@iasp-pain.org
or call (206) 283-0311.
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The Journal of Pain Highlights
The following highlights summarize selected articles from February 2010 (volume 11, number 2).
The
Clinical Importance of Changes in the 0
to 10 Numeric rating Scale for Worst, Least
and Average Pain Intensity: Analysis of
Data from Clinical Trials of Duloxetine
in Pain Disorders
John T. Farrar, Yili L. Pritchett, Michael
Robinson, Apurva Prakash and Amy Chappell,
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
[more]
http://www.enewsletters.org/APS_E-NEWS_February_2010.htm#10
Perceiving
Pain in Others: Automatic and Controlled
Mechanisms
Kenneth D. Craig, Judith Versloot, Liesbet
Goubery, Tine Vervoort and Geert Crombez;
University of British Columbia, Canada and
Ghent University, Belgium
[more]
http://www.enewsletters.org/APS_E-NEWS_February_2010.htm#Perceiving
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Clinical Journal of Pain Highlights
The following highlights summarize selected articles from January 2010 (volume 26, issue 1).
Predictors
of Disability and Pain Six Months After
the End of Treatment for Fibromyalgia
Patricia L. Dobkin1,2, Aihua Liu2,4, Michal
Abrahamowicz2,4, Raluca Ionescu-Ittu2,4,
Sasha Bernatsky1,2, Arielle Goldberger5,
Murray Brown3
(1) Department of Medicine, McGill University,
Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec,
Canada
(2) Department of Medicine, McGill University
Health Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
(3) Department of Rheumatology, Jewish General
Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
(4) Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics,
and Occupational Health, McGill University,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
(5) Department of Psychology, McGill University,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
[more]
http://www.enewsletters.org/APS_E-NEWS_February_2010.htm#11
Trends
in Use of Opioids for Chronic Noncancer
Pain Among Individuals With Mental Health
and Substance Use Disorders: The TROUP Study
Mark J. Edlund1, Bradley C. Martin2, Andrea
Devries3, Ming-Yu Fan4,Jennifer Brennan
Braden4, Mark D. Sullivan4
(1) Department of Psychiatry, Division of
Health Services Research, College of Medicine,
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences,
Little Rock, AZ
(2) Department of Psychiatry, Division of
Pharmaceutical Evaluation and Policy, College
of Medicine, University of Arkansas for
Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AZ
(3) HealthCore, Inc., Wilmington, DE
(4) Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral
Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle,
WA
[more]
http://www.enewsletters.org/APS_E-NEWS_February_2010.htm#Trends
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PAIN Highlights
The following highlights summarize selected articles from January 2010 (volume 148, issue 1).
Psychological Flexibility in Adults with Chronic Pain: A Study of Acceptance, Mindfulness, and Values-Based Action in Primary Care
Lance
M. McCracken, Sophie C. Velleman
Centre of Pain Services, Royal National
Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, and Centre
of Pain Research, University of Bath, Bath,
UK
[more]
http://www.enewsletters.org/APS_E-NEWS_February_2010.htm#12
Spinal Cord Stimulation for Failed Back
Surgery Syndrome: Outcomes in a Workers’
Compensation Setting
Judith A. Turner1, William Hollingworth2,
Bryan A. Comstock3, Richard A. Deyo4
(1) Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral
Sciences and Department of Rehabilitation
Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle,
WA
(2) Department of Social Medicine, University
of Bristol, Bristol, UK
(3) Department of Biostatistics, University
of Washington, Seattle, WA
(4) Department of Family Medicine and Department
of Internal Medicine, Oregon Health and
Science University, Portland, OR
[more]
http://www.enewsletters.org/APS_E-NEWS_February_2010.htm#Spinal
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Pain in the News
NSAIDS
May Be More Effective Than Paracetamol for
Period Pain
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100119213049.htm
Mirror Therapy Prevents Phantom Limb Pains
in Patients Undergoing Amputation
http://www.dnaindia.com/health/report_mirror-therapy-prevents-phantom-limb-pains-in-patients-undergoing-amputation_1337502
Migraines Force Sufferers to Do Their Homework
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/30/health/30patient.html?scp=2&sq=migraine&st=cse
Pediatric Psychologist Teaches His Young
Patients Skills to Cope with Pain, Overcome
Fear
http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/health/1999647,FIT-News-Prof20.article
U.S. Troops ‘Vulnerable to Back Pain’
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8473910.stm
Higher Opioid Dose Linked to Overdose Risk
in Chronic Pain Patients
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100118171921.htm
Group Urges Recall of Drug for Fibromyalgia
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=9611501
N.J. Medical Marijuana Law Ignores Chronic
Pain Sufferers
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/nj-medical-marijuana-law-ignores-chronic-pain-sufferers/story?id=9574509
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