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    IASP International Trainee Fellowships funded by the Scan|Design Foundation by Inger & Jens Bruun
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Grants

IASP Early Career Grants funded by IASP

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

2011 Shabrun, Siobahn (Australia) Project: Understanding the transition from acute to chronic pain
Suter, Marc (Switzerland) Project: Microglia in pain: from cell to patient.
2010 Slater, Rebecca (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

2011 15 grants were awarded (listed alphabetically by country)
Brazil Organizer: J.B. Garcia
Brazil Organizer: I. Posso
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. Elizehi 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)
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)
  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)
  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)
  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)
  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

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

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 Developing Countries Collaborative Research Grants

2011 Luis Villanueva (France) and Miguel Condés-Lara (Mexico)
Josimari DeSantana (Mexico), 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

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

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

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

2010 Kathleen Foley, MD (USA)
2008 Inge Genefke, MD (Denmark)
2005 Rita Charon, MD, PhD (USA)

John J. Bonica Distinguished Lecture Award

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)

Ronald Dubner Research Prize

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

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

2010 Christine Chambers, PhD (Canada)
2008 Lorimer Moseley, PhD (UK)

IASP Award for Excellence in Pain Research and Management in Developing Countries

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)