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Friday, April 20, 2007
NIH Pain Consortium Meeting to Look at Advances in Pain Research
What: Leading pain researchers will discuss advances in understanding and managing pain at a one-day symposium sponsored by the NIH Pain Consortium. Presentations will cover neuropathic pain, visceral pain, inflammatory pain and treatment-induced pain. A poster session will feature work by junior investigators. Researchers, health care providers, reporters and the public are invited to attend this free meeting.
When: Tuesday, May 1, 2007
8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Where: NIH Campus
Masur Auditorium
Building 10, Clinical Center
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
Who: Featured speakers include a dozen NIH-supported researchers, the directors of the NIH neurology and nursing institutes, NIH pain research program directors and a representative of the American Pain Society.
Info: An agenda, directions and registration information are available at http://edjassociates.com/pain2007.
The NIH Pain Consortium was established to enhance pain research and promote collaboration among the many institutes and centers with programs and activities addressing pain. The Consortium is co-chaired by the directors of the dental, neurology and nursing institutes, and includes representatives from about 20 NIH institutes and centers. For more information about the NIH Pain Consortium, see http://painconsortium.nih.gov.
About the National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit www.nih.gov.
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