News

• Ken Hayashida, postdoctoral fellow, was promoted to faculty status  effective March 1, 2008.  Recently, he was awarded a R03 award  for the Mechanism of Gabapentin Analgesia.
• Danilo Boada, PhD, post-doctoral fellow, joined the laboratory effective March 1, 2009. 

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Pain Mechanisms Labs, General Lab Meeting

Date (2009)	Presenter
August 24	Eric Ewan, BS
September 14	Dani Boada, PhD
September 21	Chris Peters, PhD
October 5	Ken Hayashida, PhD, DVM
October 19	Society for Neuroscience Meeting

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2008– 2009 Pain Interest Group Lunch Seminars

July 27, 2009	Ed Boyden, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Gene transfection to examine circuitry in the central nervous system
June 23, 2009	Alan Horsager, PhD, University of Southern California, Gene transfection to enhance vision in the blind
June 16,2009	Mark Zylka, PhD, University ofNorth Carolina,Prostatic Acid Phosphatase and PainAfferents
Nov 25,2008	Patrick Mantyh, PhD, Collegeof Medicine, Univ of Arizona,Skeletal Pain: Causes, Consequences, and TherapeuticOpportunities
Sept 30,2008	Ru-rong Ji, PhD, Brigham&Women'sHospital, Harvard Medical School,Neural-glial Interaction andNeuropathicPain

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Previous PIG Seminar Guest Speakers:

2007
Tony Yaksh, PhD  UCSD
Rami Burstein, PhD, Harvard
Gil Yosopovitch, MD  WFUHS
Chuck Tong, MD, WFUHS

2006  
Susan G. Carlton, PhD, Univ of Texas, Galveston
Joyce DeLeo, PhD, Dartmouth School of Medicine
John Neubert, PhD, DDS, College of Dentistry, Univ. of Florida
Michelle A. Vincler, PhD, Wake Forest Univ. Health Sciences
Camilla Svensson, PhD, UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA
Steve Yellon, PhD, Loma Linda School of Medicine, CA

2005 and earlier :
Timothy J. Brennan, PhD, Carver College of Medicine, Univ. of Iowa
Alex Cahana, MD, Univ. of Geneva, Switzerland
Robert Coghill, PhD, Neurobiology & Anatomy, WFUHS
Scott Hemby, PhD, Physiology & Pharmacology, WFUHS
Gayle Page, PhD,   Johns Hopkins
Frank Porreca, PhD, Pharmacology, Univ. of Arizona
Jim Rathmell, MD, University of Vermont
Richard Rauck, MD, Center for Clinical Research & WFUHS
Scott Schell, MD,  Dept. of Surgery, Univ. of Florida
Joseph Tobin, MD, Anesthesiology, WFUSH
Linda Watkins, PhD, Director, Neurosciences & Psychology, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder
Jerry Gebhardt, PhD, University of Iowa

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 Symposia 

Neural Plasticity and Pain: East meets East
November 21, 2008	Koichi Noguchi, MD, PhD, Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan Mitsuo Tanabe, PhD, Nagoya City University, Japan Hideaki Obata, MD, PhD, Gunma University, Japan Kin-ichiro Hayashida, DVM, PhD, WFUHS (Organizer)
Cholinergic Mechanisms of Analgesia
February 7, 2007	Matilde Cordero-Erausquin, PhD, Universite Laval, Canada Hui-Lin Pan, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas Michelle Vncler, PhD, WFUHS  James C. Eisenach, MD, WFUHS (Organizer)
Predictors of Pain
May 26, 2005	Michael J. Costigan, PhD, Mass Gen Hosp, Harvard, Boston, MA Maria Fitzgerald, PhD, Neurobiology, University College, London. Willliam Maixner, DDS, PhD, Pharmacology & Endodontics, UNC. Robert Coghill, PhD, Neurobiology & Anatomy, WFUHS Thomas J. Martin, PhD, Anesthesiology, WFUHS (Organizer)
Chronic Pain in Women  after Surgery or Childbirth:  Incidence, Causes and Prevention
October 19, 2004	Patricia Lavand’homme, MD Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium Ruth Landau, MD, University of Geneva, Switzerland Richard Smiley, MD, Columbia, University, NY Peter Pan, MD, Wake Forest Univ. School of Medicine James C. Eisenach, MD, Anesthesia, WFUHS (Organizer)
Chronic Opioids in Pain and Addiction:  Perspectives from the Laboratory to the Clinic
May 27, 2004	Charles Chavkin, PhD, Univ. of Washington, Seattle Frank Porreca, PhD, Pharmacology, Tucson, Univ. of Arizona Nathaniel Katz, MD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, M Thomas J. Martin, PhD, Anesthesiology, WFUHS Steven Childers, PhD, Physiology&Pharmacology, WFHUS (Organizer)
Obstetric Pain:  Physiology and Pharmacology (A Retrospective Dedication to Dr. David Dewan)
April 25, 2003	Raymond E. Papka, MD, Neurobiology, Northeastern Ohio Universities Lars Arendt-Nielsen, MD, PhD, Aalborg Univ., Denmark Priti Bajaj, MD, Aalborg Hospital, Denmark Alan Gintzler, PhD, Biochemistry, SUNY,  Brooklyn, NY Roger Fillingham, PhD, College of Dentistry, Univ. of Florida Chuanyao Tong, MD, Anesthesiology, WFUHS James C. Eisenach, MD, WFUHS (Organizer)