PAIN IN CHILDHOOD LEADERSHIP
- President: Marsha Campbell-Yeo
Canada
- Past President: Stefan Friedrichsdorf
USA
- President-Elect: Deirdre Logan
USA
- Secretary: Marcela Pizarro
Uruguay - Treasurer: Danielle Cadide
Brazil
- Council:
- Michael Jankowski
USA - Simon Beggs
UK - Lorenzo Fabrizi
UK - Clara Abadesso
Portugal - Folaju Oyebola
Nigeria - Angela Yeo
Singapore
- Michael Jankowski
PAIN IN CHILDHOOD SOCIAL MEDIA
Pain in Childhood Mission and Vision
The Pain in Childhood Special Interest Group aims to:
- Promote education about pain in children.
- Share relevant information about children’s pain control.
- Advance our ability to alleviate children’s pain from an international and interdisciplinary perspective.
- Encourage research, particularly multicenter studies and studies that focus on unique problems of pediatric patients, including newborns.
Pain in Childhood Events
The International Symposium on Pediatric Pain is the premier interdisciplinary conference on pain in infants, children, and adolescents. It attracts a global audience of pediatricians, anesthetists, clinicians, researchers, nurses, psychologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, as well as professionals and scholars from other disciplines.
The Pain in Childhood SIG holds webinars to promote and expand education about pain in children. See the full collection of Pain in Childhood webinars on the Pain Education Resource Center (PERC).
Pain in Childhood Awards
Distinguished Career Award in Pediatric Pain
Submission Deadline: 23 March 2026
The IASP Pain in Childhood SIG is accepting nominations for the 2027 Distinguished Career Award in Pediatric Pain. The award will be presented at the International Symposium on Pediatric Pain 2027 (ISPP 2027), 13 – 16 April on the Gold Coast, Australia. Nominations Deadline: 23 March The recipient will be notified by 6 April 2026 and…
Early Career Award in Paediatric Pain Research
Submission Deadline: 23 March 2026
The IASP Pain in Childhood SIG is accepting applications for the 2027 Early Career Award in Paediatric Pain. The award will be presented at the 2027 International Symposium on Paediatric Pain (ISPP), 13 – 16 April, on the Gold Coast, Australia. Applications Deadline: 23 March The recipient will be notified by 6 April 2026 and…
Pain in Childhood Resources:
- "Why Children's Pain Matters"
GA Finley, LS Franck, RE Grunau, CL von Baeyer, Pain: Clinical Updates, Volume XIII, Issue 4 (September 2005) - Pediatric Pain Letter: Commentaries on pain in infants, children, and adolescents
- External SIG Website
- Faces Pain Scale - Revised
- Opioid Use in Pregnancy Alters Newborn Outcomes and Subsequent Development
- 2019 Global Year Against Pain in the Most Vulnerable
- 2006 Global Year Against Pain in Children