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SOCIAL ASPECTS OF PAIN LEADERSHIP

  • Co-Chair: Joanna McParland
  • Co-Chair: Adam Hirsh
  • Past Chair: Claire Ashton-James
  • Treasurer: Kai Karos
  • Secretary: Claire Ashton-James

SOCIAL ASPECTS OF PAIN SOCIAL MEDIA

Social Aspects of Pain (SocSIG) Mission and Vision

The Social Aspects of Pain Special Interest Group (SocSIG) aims to:

  • Raise awareness and understanding of the social context of pain within the IASP community and the community at large.
  • Provide a forum for interdisciplinary researchers with a common interest in social aspects of pain and pain management to connect with each other, exchange ideas, and discuss advances in our understanding of social contributors to and consequences of acute and chronic pain.
  • Foster collaboration between basic and clinical researchers to demonstrate how social factors can be harnessed to improve pain management.
  • Facilitate international and interdisciplinary collaborations among researchers and clinicians with a common interest in the social context of pain.

SocSIG plans to achieve these aims by:

  • Bringing together groups of researchers to conduct systematic reviews of social interventions for acute and chronic pain management.
  • Providing a discussion forum for clinicians and researchers to connect with each other.
  • Holding satellite meetings and workshops at bi-annual IASP World Congress Meetings.
  • Promoting meetings, workshops, symposia, and events that are relevant to SIG members.

Social Aspects of Pain Committee

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