Past Recipients of IASP Grants and Awards
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Grants
IASP Early Career Grants funded by IASP
| 2013 |
Jennifer Gibbs (USA) Project: TRPM8 receptor expression and function
in afferents of the dental pulp
Isabel Martins (Portugal) Project: Opioid-induced hyperalgesia:
unravelling the role of a pain facilitatory area of the brain
Marco Loggia (USA) Project: An in-vivo investigation of brain
inflammation in fibromyalgia with integrated PET/MR imaging
Djane Duarte (Brazil) Project: Targeting peroxisome
proliferator-activated receptors-gamma (PPARy) for chemotherapy-induced
peripheral neuropathy treatment |
| 2012 |
Charlet, Alexandre (Switzerland) Project: Involvement of astrocytes
in the endogenous oxytocin modification of amygdala microcircuits
Jankowski, Michael (USA) Project: Peripheral mechanisms of
musculoskeletal pain after ischemic tissue injury
Andreou, Anna (UK) Project: Hypothalamic modulation of the sensory
thalamus in migraine
Godinho, Fabio (Brazil) Project: Compassional modulation of pain in
Parkinson?s disease patients: the effect of bilateral pallidothalamic
tractotomy on compassional pain modulation and the role of subthalamic
nucleus on empathy to pain. A behavioral, neurophysiological and
neurosurgical study
Capuano, Alessandro (Italy) Project: Familial aggregation of putative
biomarkers of migraine: A family- based pilot stud
Woo, Kevin (Canada) Project: Pain and delayed wound healing: the
mediating effect of psychological stress and inflammatory response
Diers, Martin (Germany) Project: Seeing what you feel behind: neuronal
correlates of seeing painful stimulation
Leffler, Andreas (Germany) Project: Targeting TRP-channels other than
TRPV1 for topical analgesia by induction of neurotoxicity |
| 2011 |
Cunha, Thiago (Brazil) Project: Investigation of the role of
DAMPs/pattern recognition receptors in the development of chronic
pain
Fabrizi, Lorenzo (UK) Project: A multimodal approach to the study of
pain in nonverbal individuals
Linnman, Clas (USA) Project: Do mechanisms for functional recruitment of
the periaqueductal gray differ between men and women with interictal
migraine?
Vervoort, Tine (Belgium) Project: Parental attentional processing of and
behavioral responses to their child's pain
Vetter, Irina (Australia) Project: Development of a mouse model of
ciguatoxin-induced cold allodynia to dissect the underlying mechanisms
of cold pain |
| 2010 |
Boettger, Michael, MD (Germany) Project: Blood-induced arthritis as
a model for hyperalgesia – a translational approach to examine the
underlying mechanisms of joint pain in hemophilia
Colloca, Luana, PhD (USA) Project: The potential role on placebo
analgesia of the production of OXT (oxytocin) in the brain will be
investigated by using a behavioral and pharmacological OXT agonist and
antagonist approach
Cordero-Erausquin, Matilde, PhD (France) Project: Functional
connectivity of spinal cholinergic interneurons: a keystone for
cholinergic analgesia
Mouraux, André, PhD (Belgium) Project: Steady-state evoked
potentials will be used to explore the cortical processing of
nociceptive input
Taguchi, Toru, DSc (Japan) Project: Looking at the fascia not only as
supportive tissue, but also as a sensory organ that originates
nociceptive information, this research will investigate the peripheral
thin-fiber afferents with fascia receptive fields |
| 2009 |
Marucia Chacur (Brazil) Project: Muscle Pain: A behavioral and
electrophysiological model
Durga Mohapatra (USA) Project: Distinct Chemokine modulation of TRPV1 in
prostate cancer pain
Otilia Obreja (Germany) Project: Axonal excitability in nociceptors
Petra Schweinhardt (Germany) Project: The effects of central D2-receptor
blockade on pain sensitivity and pain modulatory capacity in male and
female volunteers
Camilla Svensson (Sweden) Project: Inflammatory and neuropathic pain
– role of spinal mTOR |
| 2007 |
Pablo Brumovsky, MD, PhD (USA) Project: Vesicular glutamate
transporters and chronic visceral pain
David Seminowicz, PhD (Canada) Project: The effects of chronic pain on
functional and structural brain networks
Till Sprenger, Dr. Med (Germany) Project: Lesion mapping and
somatosensory patterns in patients suffering from thalamic pain
Stefaan Van Damme, PhD (Belgium) Project: The role of goal pursuit in
maladaptive responses to pain
Suellen Walker, PhD (UK) Project: Repeated surgery and pain: early life
effects |
IASP Early Career Grants
funded by the Scan|Design Foundation BY INGER & JENS BRUUN
| 2013 |
Joukje Oosterman (The Netherlands) Project: An inhibition approach
to chronic pain
Susanne Becker (Germany) Project: Pain and reward: decision-making under
conflicting motivations, the role of dopamine, and neural correlates
Zina Trost (USA) Project: The role of perceived injustice in pain and
disability
Benedict Kolber (USA) Project: Probing the role of hemispheric
lateralization in the modulation of bladder pain |
| 2012 |
Meeus, Mira (Belgium) Project: Unraveling impaired pain inhibition
in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and central sensitivity syndromes:
a series of experiments examining the opioid system
Zhiyang, Song (Sweden) Project: Development of a bionanotechological
system for chronic pain treatment. |
| 2011 |
Schabrun, Siobhan (Australia) Project: Understanding the transition
from acute to chronic pain
Suter, Marc (Switzerland) Project: Microglia in pain: from cell to
patient. |
| 2010 |
Slater, Rebeccah (UK) Project: To provide a better understanding of
the infant pain experience by performing fMRI scans on infants while
they undergo noxious procedures
Verri, Waldiceu (Brazil) Project: Investigation of the role of IL-33 in
innate inflammation-induced hyperalgesia and chronic constriction injury
of the sciatic nerve-induced pain in mice |
| 2009 |
William Gibson (W. Australia) Project: Temporal neuroplastic
modulation of motor control parameters associated with nociceptive
afferent inputs in healthy, acute experimental, chronic and extinguished
pain conditions
Steven Prescott (USA) Project: Pain processing by neural networks: A
critical link between the molecular and perceptual changes associated
with neuropathic pain |
IASP Developing Countries
Project: Initiative for Improving Pain Education
| 2012 |
13 grants were awarded (listed alphabetically by country) |
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Albania Organizer: Albert Leka
Argentina Organizers: Pablo Brumovsky and Graciela
Rovner
Bosnia and Herzegovina Organizer: Amira
Karkin-Tais
China Organizer: YingGe Tong
China Organizer: Hong Xiao
Georgia Organizer: Nanuli Ninashvili
India Organizer: Ashok Kumar
India Organizer: Jagdish Chaturvedi
Kenya Organizers: Helen Kariuki and Dave Otieno
Liberia Organizer: Augustine Manneh Sumo
Nigeria Organizer: Elizabeth Ogboli Nwasor
Russia Organizer: Maxim Churyukanov
Thailand Organizer: Srisuda Ngamkham
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| 2011 |
15 grants were awarded (listed alphabetically by country) |
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Brazil Organizer: J.B. Garcia
Brazil Organizer: H. Ashmawi
Cambodia Organizer: K. Om
China
Organizer: L. Li
Guyana Organizer: V. Mitchell
Kenya Organizer: T. Sharif
Mozambique Organizers: T. Schwalbach, R. Djitte
Nigeria Organizer: K.W. Wahab
Pakistan Organizer: G. Afshan
Palestine Organizer: K. Elessi
Paraguay Organizer: G. Alizeche Almeida
Romania Organizer: C. Ancuta
Thailand Organizer: N. Prasertsri
Ukraine Organizer: I. Lisnyy
Vietnam Organizers: D.T. Huy, A.T.Nguyen, B.
Darnall |
| 2010 |
15 grants were awarded (listed alphabetically by country) |
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Brazil Organizer: A. Alvarez
Brazil Organizer: J. Sarda
China Organizer: J.S. Han
China
Organizer: Y.G. Tong
Fiji Organizer: R. Goucke
Ghana Organizer: A. Antwi-Kusi
Kenya Organizer: H. Kariuki
Laos Organizer: Vanpheng Norasingh
Malaysia Organizer: Z. Osman
Mongolia Organizer: B. Yondonjamts
Nigeria Organizer: N. Ogbali Nwasor
Romania Organizer: B. Tamba
South
Africa Organizer: R. Parker
Sri Lanka
Organizer: R. Pallegama
Vietnam Organizer: C.
Perruchoud |
| 2009 |
12 grants were awarded (listed alphabetically by country) |
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Albania Organizer: E. Salaria
Armenia Organizer: N.S. Yeghiazaryan
Brazil Organizer: M. Bueno
China Organizer: J. Zhao
Croatia Organizer: L. Puljak
India Organizer: M. Rajagopal
Kenya Organizer: D. Otieno
Malaysia Organizer: R. Vijayan
Nigeria Organizer: A.O. Akinpelu
Romania Organizer: V. Bild
Romania Organizer: I. Jaba
Serbia Organizer: M.S. Bosnjak |
| 2008 |
9 grants were awarded (listed alphabetically by country) |
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Argentina Organizer: A. Scharovsky
Bosnia-Hezogovina Organizer: K. Karkin-Tais
Colombia Organizer: M. Leon Delgado
Egypt Organizer: O. Tawfik
Guyana Organizer: A. Amata
Kenya Organizer: H. Kariuki
Peru Organizer: M. Goyburu Molina
Phillippines Organizer: M. Manalo
Romania Organizer: O.C. Mungiu. |
| 2007 |
10 grants were awarded (listed alphabetically by country) |
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Colombia Organizer: A.M.
Cadavid-Calle
India Organizer: S.K. Chaturvedi
India Organizer: T. Doctor
India Organizer: G.P. Dureja
Kenya Organizer: N.B. Patel
Lithuania Organizer: R. Sargautyte
Nigeria Organizer: A.B. Ofi
Poland Organizer: J. Dobrogowski
Romania Organizer: C. Ailioaie
Thailand Organizer: P. Chaudakshetrin. |
| 2006 |
10 grants were awarded (listed alphabetically by country) |
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Bosnia-Herzogovina Organizer: A.
Karkin-Tais
Brazil Organizer: M.J. Teixeira
China Organizers: J.S. Han, B.F. Fan
China Organizer: J. Zhao
Egypt
Organizer: M. El-Ansary
Indonesia Organizer: H.
Kalim
Kenya Organizer: A. Amata
Nigeria Organizer: S. Amanor-Boadu
Philippines Organizer: J. Que
Poland Organizer: A. Stachowiak |
| 2005 |
Lilian Hennemann, Peter Spiegel, Tereza Cristina, Lourenco Silva,
Ricardo Joaquim da Cunha Junior, Luiz Augusto Rodrigues de Aqunio, and
Gisele Cazale Bonioli (Brazil)
Ana Luisa Muñoz, MD, Miguel Fodor, MD, Renato Verdugo, MD, Carlo
Paolinelli, MD, and Prof. Carlos Paeile (Chile)
Benjamin Dominguez Trejo, J. Rafael Hernandez Santos, Yolanda Olvera
Lopez, Consuelo Hernandez Troncoso, and Irma Zaldivar Martinez
(Mexico) |
IASP Research Symposium
| 2012 |
"Brain and Pain: Researching Pain Persistence after Surgery,"
November 7-9, 2013, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Organizers: Oliver
Wilder-Smith, Kris Vissers, and David Yarnitsky. |
| 2011 |
"The Genetics of Pain: Science, Medicine and Drug Development,"
February 7-9, 2012, Miami Beach, FL, USA. Organizers: Inna Belfer, Luda
Diatchenko, Michael Costigan, William Lariviere, and Roy Levitt. |
| 2010 |
"Understanding mechanisms of chronic pain," October 16-17, 2011,
Shanghai, China. Organizers: Min Zhuo, Zhang Xu, Megumu Yoshimura, and
GF Gebhart. |
| 2009 |
"A Global Problem: Cancer Pain from the Laboratory to the Bedside,"
June 4-5, 2009, Chicago, USA. Organizers: Judith Paice, Rae Bell, Eija
Kalso, and Olaitan Soyannwo. |
| 2007 |
"Fundamentals of Musculoskeletal Pain," May 16-18, 2007, Aalborg,
Denmark. Organizers: Thomas Graven-Nielsen and Lars Arendt-Nielsen. |
| 2006 |
"Post-stroke Pain - Retrospective and Prospective," June 7-9, 2006,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Organizers: James Henry and Akbar Panju.
"ICECAP Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses in Pain Lessons from the
Past Leading to Pathways for the Future," September 18-20, 2006,
Alicante, Spain. Organizer: Henry McQuay. |
| 2003 |
"Hyperalgesias: Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Implications,"
September 6-9, 2003, Erlangen, Germany. Organizers: Kay Brune and
Hermann Handwerker. |
| 2001 |
"Spinal Cord Injury Pain: The Clinical Problem and Experimental
Studies," April 16-18, 2001, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Organizers: R.P.
Yezierski and K.J. Burchiel. |
| 2000 |
"Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Current Research on Mechanisms
& Diagnosis," Oct. 5-7, 2000, Cardiff, UK. Organizers: R.N. Harden,
R. Baron, S. Bruehl, and B. Galer. |
| 1998 |
"Opioid Sensitivity of Chronic Noncancer Pain," Nov. 30-Dec. 1,
1998, Helsinki, Finland. Organizers: E. Kalso, H.J. McQuay, and Z.
Wiesenfeld-Hallin. |
Collaborative Grants
IASP Collaborative Research
Grants
| 2012 |
Yves De Koninck (Canada), Anders Nykjaer (Denmark), and Christian
Bjerggaard Vaegter (Denmark)
Pablo Brumovsky (Argentina) and Graciela Rovner (Sweden)
Petra Schweinhardt (Canada), Herta Flor (Germany), and Susanne Becker
(Germany) |
| 2011 |
Jonathan Brooks (UK) and Nanna Finnerup (Denmark)
Terence Coderre (Canada) and Frank Huygen (Netherlands)
Jean-Francois Perrier (Denmark), Raul E. Russo (Uruguay), and Rodolfo
Delgama-Lezama (Mexico) |
| 2010 |
C. Sommer (Germany) and S. Waxman (USA)
R. Harberberger (Australia) and M. Kress (Germany)
E. Vandenkerkhof (Canada), M. Peters (Netherlands) and J. Bruce
(UK) |
| 2009 |
E. Pogatzki-Zahn (Germany) and J. Eisenach (USA)
L. Watkins (USA) and S. J. Lee (Korea)
T. Palermo (USA) and C. Eccleston (UK) |
| 2008 |
E. Carstens (USA) and A. Ikoma (Japan)
J. Hush (Australia) and S. Mackey (USA)
D. Finn (Ireland) and S. Hunt (UK) |
| 2007 |
Gunnar Wasner (Germany) and Elspeth McLachlan (Australia)
Luana Colloca, Fabrizio Benedetti (Italy), with Martin Ingvar, Pedrag
Petrovic and Eva Kosek (Sweden) and Tor Wager (USA)
Walter Magerl (Germany) and Mark Drangsholt (USA) |
| 2006 |
Ru-Rong Ji (USA) and Isabelle Decosterd (Switzerland)
Michaela Kress (Austria) and Rainer V. Haberberger with Ian Gibbins
(Australia)
Osamu Komiyama (Japan) and A. De Laat (Belgium) |
| 2005 |
Andrew Somogyi (Australia) and Linda Watkins (USA)
Robert Edwards (USA) and Irene Tracey (UK)
Victor Tortorici (Venezuela) and Frank Porreca (USA) |
| 2004 |
M. Schmelz (Germany), E. Torebjork (Sweden), H. Handwerker
(Germany), M. Hillige (Sweden), and E. Jorum (Norway)
P. Svensson (Denmark) and B. Cairns (Canada)
M. Koltzenburg (UK) and P. Ernfors (Sweden) |
| 2003 |
Maria Fitzgerald (UK) and Christiane Hermann (Germany)
Ruthi Defrin-Assa (Israel) and Karen Davis (Canada)
Mary Eaton (USA) and Yves Lazorthes with Jean-Paul Herman (France) |
| 2002 |
Yara Cury (Brazil) and Linda Watkins (USA)
David Rowbotham (UK) and Domenico Regoli (Italy) |
| 2001 |
Earl Carstens (USA) and Yves Boucher (France)
Kaj Fried (Sweden) and Marshall Devor (Israel) |
IASP Developed-Developing
Countries Collaborative Research Grants
| 2012 |
Peter Kamerman (South Africa) and Catherine Cherry (Australia)
Giandomenico Iannetti (UK) and Li Hu (China) |
| 2011 |
Luis Villanueva (France) and Miguel Condés-Lara (Mexico)
Josimari DeSantana (Brazil), Kathleen Sluka (USA), Barbara Rakel (USA),
and Lars Arendt-Nielsen (Denmark) |
IASP Collaborative
Research Grants funded by the Scan|Design Foundation BY INGER & JENS BRUUN
| 2012 |
Christopher Nielsen (Norway), Audun Stubhaug (Norway), Henrik
Schrimer (Norway), Kimberly Sibille (USA), and Roger Fillingim (USA)
Helge Kasch (Denmark), William Maixner (USA), Peter Svensson (Denmark),
and Troels Jensen (Denmark) |
| 2011 |
Clas Linnman (USA), David Borsook (USA), and Torsten Gordh
(Sweden)
Brian F. Degenhardt (USA) and Thomas Graven-Nielsen (Denmark) |
| 2010 |
T. Price (USA) and K. Kaila (Finland)
I. Strigo (USA) and H. Olausson (Sweden) |
| 2009 |
L. Cohen (USA) and R. Wicksell (Sweden)
C. Svensson (Sweden) and T. Yaksh (USA)
T. Brennan (USA) and H. Kehlet (Denmark) |
| 2008 |
R. Yezierski (USA) and N. Finnerup (Denmark)
O.K. Andersen (Denmark) and R. Coghill (USA) |
| 2007 |
E. Kalso and S. LaForge (Finland) and S. Leal (USA) for basic
research
E. Dannecker (USA) and L. Arendt-Nielsen, T. Graven-Nielsen (Denmark)
for clinical research |
| 2006 |
N. Finnerup (Denmark) and B. Hains (USA) for basic research
W. Shaw (USA) and S. Linton (Sweden) for clinical research |
| 2005 |
Lars Arendt-Nielsen and Thomas Graven-Nielsen (Denmark) and Kathleen
Sluka (USA) for basic research
Peter Svensson (Denmark) and Mark Drangsholt (USA) for clinical
research |
Fellowships
John J. Bonica Trainee
Fellowship
| 2012 |
Amber D. Shaffer (USA) |
| 2011 |
Anne-Sophie Wattiez, PhD (France) |
| 2010 |
Luis Chaparro, MD (Colombia) |
| 2009 |
Lucie Low, BA, MSc (UK) |
| 2008 |
Masataka Umeda, PhD (Japan) |
| 2007 |
Clare Munns, BSc (UK) |
| 2006 |
Jen-Kun Cheng, MD, PhD (Taiwan) |
| 2005 |
Yunhai Qiu MD, PhD (Japan) |
| 2004 |
Deborah Falla, PhD, BPhty(Hons) (Australia) |
| 2003 |
Raul Gerardo Sanoja, MD, PhD (Venezuela) |
| 2002 |
Tuan Diep Tran, MD, PhD (Japan) |
| 2001 |
Javier Mazario, BSc (Spain) |
| 2000 |
Suellen M. Walker, MB BS (Australia) |
| 1999 |
Mary T. Ersek, PhD, RN (USA) |
| 1998 |
Laura S. Stone, PhD (USA) |
International
Trainee Fellowship funded by the Scan|Design Foundation BY INGER & JENS BRUUN
| 2012 |
Stephanie Ann G. Balid (Philippines) |
| 2011 |
Massieh Moayedi (Canada) |
| 2010 |
Susanne Becker, PhD (Germany)
Yohannes Woubishet Woldeamanuel, MD (Ethiopia) |
| 2009 |
Gregory Scherrer, PhD (USA)
Reza Sharif-Naeini, PhD (France) |
| 2008 |
Eduardo Castrillon, DDS, MSc, PhD (Denmark)
Romain-Daniel Gosselin, MSci, PhD (Ireland) |
| 2007 |
Robert Hurley, MD, PhD (USA) |
| 2006 |
Parisa Gazerani, Pharm D. (Denmark) |
Congress-Related Awards
John D. Loeser Distinguished Lecture
Award
| 2012 |
Francis (Frank) Keefe, PhD (USA) |
| 2010 |
Kathleen Foley, MD (USA) |
| 2008 |
Inge Genefke, MD (Denmark) |
| 2005 |
Rita Charon, MD, PhD (USA) |
John J. Bonica Distinguished
Lecture Award
| 2012 |
Troels Staehelin Jensen, MD, DMSc (Denmark) |
| 2010 |
Clifford J. Woolf, MB BCh (USA) |
| 2008 |
Tony L. Yaksh, PhD (USA) |
| 2005 |
William D. Willis, MD, PhD (USA) |
| 2002 |
Allan I. Basbaum, PhD (USA) |
| 1999 |
Erik Torebjörk, MD, PhD (Sweden) |
| 1996 |
Ronald Dubner, DDS, PhD (USA) |
| 1993 |
Jean-Marie Besson, DSc (France) |
| 1990 |
Ronald Melzack, PhD (Canada) |
| 1987 |
Patrick D. Wall, DM (UK) |
| 1984 |
Edward R. Perl, MD (USA) |
Philip A. Spiegel IASP Congress Trainee
Scholarship
| 2012 |
Dina Juarez-Salinas, BS (USA) |
Ronald Melzack Lecture Award
| 2012 |
Luis Garcia-Larrea, MD, PhD (France) |
Ronald Dubner Research Prize
| 2012 |
David Seminowicz, PhD (USA) |
| 2010 |
Anna Clark, PhD (UK) |
| 2008 |
Luana Colloca, MD, PhD (Italy) |
| 2005 |
Rie Suzuki, PhD (USA) |
| 2002 |
David Andrew, DDS, PhD (UK) |
| 1999 |
Susan M. Lord, BMedSc, BMed(Hons), PhD (Australia) |
| 1996 |
Gary R. Lewin, PhD (Germany) |
| 1993 |
Martin Koltzenburg, MD (Germany) |
Patrick D. Wall Young Investigator Award
for Basic Science
| 2012 |
Giandomenico Iannetti, MD, PhD (UK) |
| 2010 |
Rohini Kuner, PhD (Germany) |
| 2008 |
Bryan Hains, PhD (USA) |
| 2005 |
Michael J. Caterina, MD, PhD (USA) |
| 2002 |
Jeffrey S. Mogil, BSc, PhD (Canada) |
| 1999 |
Patrick Dougherty, PhD (USA) |
| 1996 |
Terence J. Coderre, PhD (Canada) |
| 1993 |
Valerie Kayser, DSc (France) |
| 1990 |
Jon D. Levine, MD, PhD (USA) |
| 1987 |
Clifford J. Woolf, MBBCh, PhD, MRCP (UK) |
Ulf Lindblom Young Investigator
Award for Clinical Science
| 2012 |
Steven George, PT, PhD (USA) |
| 2010 |
Christine Chambers, PhD (Canada) |
| 2008 |
Lorimer Moseley, PhD (UK) |
IASP Award for Excellence in
Pain Research and Management in Developing Countries
| 2012 |
Victor Tortorici, PhD, (Venezuela) for Basic Science in Pain or Pain
Management
Sushma Bhatnagar, MD (India) for Clinical Research or Practice and/or
Policy Changes in Pain Management |
| 2010 |
Jocelyn C. Que, Minerva P. Calimagm Millicent T. Ong, Consuela G.
Suarez, and Graziela G. Gonzaga (Philippines) for Basic
Science: Online Pain Education
M.R. Rajagopal (India) for Clinical Science: Pain Management and
Palliative Care |
| 2008 |
Prof. You Wan (China) for Basic Science: Neuroscience
JiJun Zhao, Yajie Wang, Yuangchang Xiong, Tuo Yan, and Lingjun Zhou
(China) for Clinical Science: Pain Management Nursing |
| 2005 |
Sergio Ferreira, Carlos A. Parada, Daniela Sachs, Cristiane
Villarreal, and Thiago M. Cunha (Brazil) |
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