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Honorary Member Nominations

IASP seeks your recommendations for Honorary Members: those who have made a significant contribution to the field of pain and pain management. Honorary membership recognizes their exceptional accomplishments in pain research, clinical activities, and/or education; their services to IASP; and their other significant impacts, including their leadership on pain education, management, and relief efforts.

To nominate someone, please submit:

• a letter of recommendation addressing the criteria stated above signed by two current IASP members, and
• a one-page CV that highlights the nominee's contributions in pain education, pain research and/or pain management; his or her involvement and service to IASP, and the candidate's exceptional contributions to pain issues at national and international levels.

Please do not provide additional supporting material. IASP will not accept self-nominations. Submit your nomination packets electronically to IASPdesk@iasp-pain.org no later than Friday, February 24, 2012. Click here to see a list of current IASP Honorary Members.

World Cancer Day

In honor of World Cancer Day (February 4, 2012), IASP and other organizations are calling attention to the undertreatment of pain around the world through their initiatives:

LIFE Before Death

LIFE Before Death is a multi-award winning documentary series, sponsored in part by IASP, that asks the fundamental question underpinning our mortality. This beautifully filmed journey follows the remarkable health professionals in 11 countries battling the sweeping epidemic of pain that threatens to condemn one in every ten patients to an agonizing and shameful death. Through the eyes of patients and their families, discover the inherent humanity that empowers the best of us to care for those beyond cure.

Watch the feature film now!

Morphine Manifesto

Pallium India, the International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care, and the Pain & Policy Studies Group / WHO Collaborating Center at the University of Wisconsin have released a Morphine Manifesto. IASP and other leading organizations and foundations from around the world have signed this manifesto, which calls for an end to the unethical practice of promoting access to expensive opioid analgesics without also making available low cost immediate release oral morphine.

Read and sign the Morphine Manifesto online.

World Congress on Pain

Registration Now Open!

Online registration for the 14th World Congress on pain is open! You can now join thousands of your colleagues in Milan this August at the world's premier conference on pain research and treatment. Register now to have the earliest access to the hotels, refresher courses, and symposia of your choice.

Early registration ends on May 1 when prices will rise as much as 32%. IASP members enjoy savings of up to 18% on Congress registration, so join IASP online today to enjoy the benefits of membership and the special Congress rates. Don't miss this amazing opportunity! Register today and we will see you in Milan!

Visit the main Registration page first for additional information and to reserve your space at the Congress.

Educational Opportunities

European Pain School: Call for Applications

Applications are now being accepted for this year's European Pain School (EPS 2012), to be held in Pontignano (near Siena), Italy, June 3-10, 2012. The central theme this year is "Evolution of Concepts on Pain." With a faculty of leading experts in the field, the European Pain School provides comprehensive and interdisciplinary training to younger scientists of worldwide origin at the PhD or postdoctoral levels in all fields of pain science and pain medicine. Now in its ninth cycle, the School has become a landmark in the area of pain research.

For more information, visit www.EuropeanPainSchool.eu. Submit your application by February 20, 2012, to be considered. Attendance is limited to 30 participants; priority will be given mostly on the basis of scientific background. EPS 2012 is endorsed and supported by IASP, FENS/IBRO, and the University of Siena.