Editor’s note: Welcome to the sixth episode of The Pain Beat, PRF’s new monthly podcast series! Supported by a generous grant from The MAYDAY Fund, The Pain Beat brings together the world’s leading pain investigators in order to spark dialogue and debate around important ideas in pain research. Guided by Rebecca Seal, scientific director of The Pain Beat, these podcasts feature open and spirited discussion about the hottest topics in pain and how the field moves forward from here.
For the sixth episode, The Pain Beat gathered together an international group of pain researchers, science communicators, and civic science advocates to discuss what effective, empathic, and inclusive science communication looks like. Specific questions discussed in the podcast include: What are the major challenges chronic pain research faces in different parts of the world? How can we address those challenges using a different and more audacious approach? What have we learned about the general public’s sentiments regarding chronic pain, and why is that important for enhancing interest in chronic pain? And what approach should professional communicators take to create narratives that are impactful and able to transform public discourse about chronic pain?
Podcast participants include:
- Gregory Carbonetti, PhD, Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, Stony Brook University, US
- Elizabeth Good Christopherson, Rita Allen Foundation, US
- Juan Miguel Jimenez-Andrade, PhD, Autonomous University of Tamaulipas, Mexico
- Laura Lindenfeld, PhD, Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, Stony Brook University, US
- Carolina Laura Roza Fernández de Caleya, PhD, Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
- Edgar Alfonso Romero-Sandoval, MD PhD, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, US (moderator)
Take a listen below and consider leaving a comment on the podcast at the bottom of this page. (This podcast is also available on Apple Podcasts here, and on Spotify here).
Podcast participants
PRF thanks Gary Hobish for providing the audio mastering for this podcast, and Kevin Seal for creating the music.
The Pain Beat is supported by a generous grant from The MAYDAY Fund.