To build upon the progress of the Helping to End Addiction Long-term® Initiative, or NIH HEAL Initiative®, NIH is holding workshops to gather input to inform strategic research priorities and advance the mission of HEAL pain research.
The workshops will be held over the next few months (ET), as follows:
- Non-Addictive Pain Therapeutics Development
- November 15 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
- Co-led by John Markman and Ted Price
- Research Workforce and Training
- November 18 @ 1:00 – 5:00 pm
- Co-led by Cheryl Stucky and Jennifer Haythornthwaite
- Implementation and Health Services
- November 19 @ 12:00 – 4:00 pm
- Co-led by Lynn DeBar and Steve George
- Optimizing Interventions to Improve Pain Management
- November 25 (Tentative Date) @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
- Co-led by John T. Farrar and Claudia Campbell
- The Intersection of Pain and Substance Use
- December 2 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
- Co-led by Jessica Merlin and Joanna Starrels
- Health Equity and Pain Across the Life Course
- December 6 @ 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm
- Co-led by Susmita Kashikar-Zuck and Tamara Baker