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Future Leaders in Pain Research Small Grants Program
Grant Recipients

2010 Grant Recipients

Steve Davidson, PhD
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
“Reversal of peripheral sensitization by group II metabotropic glutamate receptors”

Christopher D. King, PhD
University of Florida College of Dentistry
Gainesville, FL
“Opioid Modulation of Two Models of Pain Inhibition in Healthy Controls and Patients with Temporomandibular Disorder (TMD)”

Jennifer E. Lee, PhD, MA
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
“Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) and Mucositis Cancer Pain”

Shivani B. Ruparel, MS, PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
“Role of Oxidized Linoleic Acid Metabolities”

Kimberly T. Sibille, PhD
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
“Effects of Chronic Pain and Psychosocial Stress on Telomere Length and Telomerase Activity”

2009 Grant Recipients

Michelle Fortier, PhD
University of California-Irvine
Orange, CA
"The Forgotten Patient: The Child with Cancer in Pain"

Durga P. Mohapatra, PhD, MSc
The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Iowa City, IA
"Modulation of TRPV1 by cytokines and natriuretic peptides released from ischemic heart"

Lynnae Schwartz, MD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Research Institute
Philadelphia, PA
"Enteric astrogliosis and neurokinin-1 receptor activation in the persistent abdominal pain of pediatric AIDS"

Laura E. Simons, PhD
Children's Hospital Boston
Mayo Family Pediatric Pain Rehabilitation Center at Children's Hospital at Waltham
Waltham, MA
"Pain-related fears in children and adolescents with chronic pain and their parents: Mechanism of change and implications for treatment"

2008 Grant Recipients

Patrick D. Braun, PhD
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
"Signaling mechanism of novel peptides in the pain pathway"

Gregory O. Dussor, PhD
University of Arizona Health Sciences Center
Tucson, AZ
"Cutaneous nociceptors respond to mediators released from skin cells"

Tara A. Macey, PhD
Washington State University
Vancouver, WA
"The Role of Akt Signaling in Morphine Tolerance"

Khara M. Ramos, PhD
University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, CO
"Beyond astrocytes and microglia: the role of oligodendrocytes and endothelial cells in exaggerated pain states"

Edgar Alfonso Romero-Sandoval, MD PhD
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH
"Cannabinoids and glial interactions in acute and chronic pain"

2007 Grant Recipients

Laura A. Frey Law, PhD PT
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
"Individual Differences Contributing to Muscle Pain Heterogeneity"

Anna C. (Long) Wilson, PhD
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR
"Web-based cognitive behavioral therapy for adolescents with chronic pain: Measuring functional outcomes"

Lisa C. Loram, PhD MSc
University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, CO
"Long Duration Reversal of Neuropathic Pain by a Single Intrathecal Administration of Adenosine 2a Receptor Agonists: A Novel Therapy for Neuropathic Pain"

Magali Millecamps, PhD
McGill University
Montreal, Canada
"Animal Models of Low Back Pain"

Jamie L. Rhudy, PhD
University of Tulsa
Tulsa, OK
"Menstrual Cycle Influences on Supraspinal Modulation of Pain & Nociception"

2006 Grant Recipients

Marie Hoeger Bement, PT PhD
Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI
"Acute Hormonal Fluctuations as a Mechanism for Exercise-Induced Hypoalgesia in Women"

Beth D. Darnall, PhD
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR
"A Prospective Investigation of Immunologic Response to Negative Cognition in Persons with Chronic Pain"

Jill C. Fehrenbacher, PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
"Sex-Dependent Modulation of Clinical Outcomes Following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy"

Bryan C. Hains, PhD
Yale University
West Haven, CT
"Supraspinal Modulation of Pain after SCI by Microglia"

Theodore J. Price, PhD
McGill University
Montreal, Canada
"Role of RNA Transport and Local Translation in Nociceptive Processing"

2005 Grant Recipients

Susan G. Dorsey, PhD MS
University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Nursing
Baltimore, MD
"Development of a Mouse Model of HIV Therapy-Induced Painful Peripheral Neuropathy"

Robert R. Edwards, PhD MSPG
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
"Individual Differences in Pain Modulation as a Predictor of Long-term Pain and Analgesic Use in Women Following Surgical Management of Breast Cancer"

Barbara A. Hastie, PhD MA
University of Florida College of Dentistry
Gainesville, FL
"Ethnic Differences in Acute Pain and Analgesic Side Effects"