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08/20/2025

IASP Pain Camps are multidisciplinary/multiprofessional residential educational events designed to promote interdisciplinary pain management by enhancing the knowledge and skills of the next generation of healthcare professionals. Discover IASP's global network of Pain Camps and learn how you can support these valuable opportunities. https://bit.ly/4mMMCgG

08/18/2025

Presenting a Topical Workshop at the 2026 is your opportunity to share your work with the international pain community and shape how we think about pain management for years to come.

Topical Workshops provide attendees with an overview of a wide range of topics in pain, offering practical reviews of current research and therapies, and allowing attendees to participate in formal and informal discussions with international experts in pain management and pain research.

Submit your Topical Workshop by 15 October: http://bit.ly/4fxTqMs

08/15/2025

This week’s Featured Image from Seefried et al. shows examples of double staining with primary ab and FMS serum. Note high degree of FMS serum binding to NF200, IB4, CGRP, and PV positive neurons, and lack of overlap with TRPV1 positive small neurons and satellite glia cells (FABP7). Learn more at https://bit.ly/4kF6Siv

08/13/2025

In June, the 2025 North American Pain School (NAPS) gathered in Montebello, Quebec for a powerful week of science, mentorship, and connection.

29 early career researchers explored pain science with leaders like Tor Wager, Clifford Woolf, Jennifer Stinson, and Kirsty Bannister, and learned how to share their work with the world through the new Science Communicators program, led by Neil Andrews.

IASP proudly supports NAPS and our network of immersive Pain Schools and Camps worldwide.

Learn more: http://bit.ly/3Ujg1CL

08/11/2025

The submission period to submit Topical Workshops for the 2026 World Congress on Pain begins on 15 August.

Get expert guidance on submitting a successful Topical Workshop proposal for the 2026 World Congress on Pain in the free 13 August webinar from the IASP Early Career Network:

“Tips for Submitting an IASP World Congress on Pain Topical Workshop”
- Learn what reviewers look for
- Discover how to shape and polish your proposal
- Hear directly from experienced researchers
13 August 2025 | 6:00 a.m. EDT
Speakers: Kirsty Bannister, Nadia Soliman
Moderator: Josephine Ampiah

Register: http://bit.ly/41ruiRK

08/08/2025

This week’s Featured Image depicts the cryo-EM structure determination of the human TRPA1/LY3526318 complex. Broad et al. found that LY3526318 blocked TRPA1 in vitro and in vivo, inhibited behavioral signs of enhanced nociception in animal models, and was safe and well tolerated in phase 1 clinical studies. Learn more at https://bit.ly/4kNYFZF

08/06/2025

Improving pain care begins with understanding the context in which it’s delivered. As part of the 2025 Global Year, IASP has published a collection of new fact sheets focused on pain management, research, and education in low- and middle-income settings.

From clinical research priorities to practical models for education and service delivery, these fact sheets provide essential context and evidence to support equity in global pain care.

Explore the full collection: http://bit.ly/45fKuH0

08/04/2025

Planning to submit a Topical Workshop proposal for the IASP 2026 World Congress on Pain?

Join us on 13 August for a webinar designed to help you strengthen your submission. Members of the Scientific Program Committee will share insights and practical advice on what makes a successful Topical Workshop proposal—from structure and content to diversity and impact.

This session is free and open to all.

Register: http://bit.ly/4l8gjr5

08/01/2025

This week’s Featured Image is a directed acyclic graph depicting the variables influencing chronic pelvic pain (CPP) after C-section. Each node represents a variable, and each unidirectional arrow represents a direct causal effect. The absence of an arrow assumes there is no direct causal effect. The exposure variable (C-section) is represented by a play button, and the outcome variable (CPP) is represented by a stop button. The pink circles represent potential confounding variables. Learn more in Sousa Shimamura et al.’s study https://bit.ly/3Ulk15y

07/30/2025

What does it mean to publish impactful pain research?

Congratulations to Erin MacIntyre, winner of the IASP Pain, Mind, and Movement SIG Best Publication Award, for her work on visuospatial distortions in people with knee osteoarthritis.

We also recognize Nils Runge and Mark Vorensky with honorable mentions for their research on sleep, chronic pain, and the patient-clinician relationship.

Learn more about this year’s recipients and watch them present their work on PERC: http://bit.ly/44KAR42

07/29/2025

The submission period for 2026 World Congress on Pain Hands-On Workshops will close this Friday, 1 August 2025.

Hands-On Workshops provide attendees with practical experience using the latest methods, devices, and equipment in pain research and care. These interactive sessions will be presented on 26 October 2026 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Time is running out, submit your proposal today: https://bit.ly/4n0crdY

07/28/2025

Join us for the upcoming IASP Global Year Webinar: “Doing More with Less: Acute Pain Strategies in Resource-Constrained Settings.”

Learn from global experts as they share practical, context-sensitive strategies for managing acute pain in low-resource environments. Register now: http://bit.ly/4f6FfxF

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The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) is the world’s largest multidisciplinary organization focused on pain research and treatment. IASP membership is open to all professionals involved in the research, diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of pain in such disciplines as anesthesiology, physical therapy, alternative medicine, pediatrics, neuroscience, and psychology.

IASP has more than 90 national chapters and 7,000 members who live in 133 countries. Members may belong to one or more of 21 Special Interest Groups such as neuropathic pain, cancer pain, pain in childhood, and pain in older adults.

To educate and inform its members, IASP funds a variety of grants and fellowships and produces scientific and clinical publications, including the PAIN®, PAIN Reports®, and PAIN: Clinical Updates. IASP also publishes a membership newsletter, PAIN: E-Monthly, as well as books on various aspects of pain through IASP Press. IASP hosts the Pain Research Forum where members of the international pain research community engage in an open exchange of information and ideas, as well as RELIEF, a site where the public can learn about new developments in pain research. Every other year, IASP hosts the world’s largest pain-related meeting of scientists and clinicians, the World Congress on Pain.

IASP was officially incorporated in 1974 and recognized as an NGO by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1987.