Neuropathic Pain (NeuPSIG)
The Neuropathic Pain SIG (NeuPSIG) will advance the understanding of mechanisms, assessment, prevention, and treatment of neuropathic pain.
SIG Objectives:
- Collaboration between basic and clinical research.
- The study of the underlying mechanisms of neuropathic pain.
- The exchange of information and experience about the assessment and treatment of neuropathic pain.
- The identification and implementation of programs to prevent the development of neuropathic pain.
- Furthering the educational objectives of the SIG via international meetings, an annual symposium, workshops at the IASP World Congress on Pain®, Congress satellite meetings, a newsletter, and the IASP® website.
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Discussion Forum
Newsletters
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About SIGs
Upcoming Meeting(s):
- Discovering New Therapeutic Targets and Molecular Pain Mechanisms
Using Human Tissues: Recent Advances, Emerging Pitfalls, Continuing Gaps in Knowledge
4 August 2020 | Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Meeting Agenda - 8th International Congress on Neuropathic Pain
13-15 May 2021 | Lisbon, Portugal
Past Meeting:
- 7th International Congress on Neuropathic Pain
9-11 May 2019 | London, United Kingdom
- The Genetics Of Neuropathic Pain And Its Comorbidities
2018 | Bar Harbor, Maine, USA
- 6th International Congress on Neuropathic Pain
15-18 June 2017 | Gothenburg, Sweden
Follow the steps below to access the Neuropathic Pain SIG online discussion forum, Groupsite:
- Login into your IASP account
- Click on "My Account"
- Scroll down to "My Group Memberships"
- Click on your listed SIG - "Neuropathic Pain"
Join the NeupSIG conversation on Twitter! Follow on @NeuPsig
Neuropathic Pain (NeuPSIG) Publications & Guidelines
Global Year Against Neuropathic Pain
NeuPSIG has produced instructional videos on neurological examinations of patients with neuropathic pain.
- Central Neuropathic Pain (with Spanish subtitles)
- Examination of the Cranial Nerves
- Examination of the Cranial Nerves (with Spanish subtitles)
- Examination of a Patient with Central Neuropathic Pain
- Examination of a Patient with Peripheral Neuropathic Pain (with Spanish subtitles)
Officers [Term 2018-2020]
| Executive Committee (elected) | Management Committee Members (appointed) | |
| Chair: Nanna Finnerup (Denmark) | Committee Member: Mario Campero (Chile) | |
| Vice Chair: Aki Hietaharju (Finland) | Committee Member: Claudia Sommer (Germany) | |
| Past Chair: Blair Smith (UK) | Committee Member: Mark Wallace (USA) | |
| Treasurer: David Bennett (UK) | Committee Member: Srinivasa Raja (USA) | |
| Secretary: Simon Haroutounian (USA) | Committee Member: Harriet Hemp (UK) | |
| Committee Member: Patrick Dougherty (USA) | ||
| Scientific Program Committee - 7th Int'l | Committee Member: Margarita Calvo (Chile) | |
| Chair: Mario Campero (Chile) | ||
| Chair: Patrick Dougherty (USA) | Assessment Committee | |
| Chair: Andrea Truini (Italy) | ||
| Education Committee | ||
| Chair: Aki Hietaharju (Finland) | Assessment in Non-Human Species Committee | |
| Chair: Clifford Woolf (USA) | ||
| Bursary Committee | ||
| Chair: Mark Wallace (USA) | Genetics of Neuropathic Pain Committee | |
| Chair: David Bennett (UK) | ||
| Trainee Committee | Chair: Michael Costigan (USA) | |
| Chair: Harriet Kemp (UK) | ||
| Classification Committee | ||
| Research Committee | Chair: Nanna Brix Finnerup (Denmark) | |
| (in abeyance) | Chair: Joachim Scholz (USA) | |
| Treatment Committee | Developing World Committee | |
| (in abeyance) | (in abeyance) |