Editor’s note: This seminar is the latest event in a series of seminars launched in May 2020 to help keep the pain research community connected during the COVID-19 pandemic and to provide all members of our community with virtual educational opportunities. The seminar series is supported by the Center for Advanced Pain Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas and The MAYDAY Fund.
The IASP Pain Research Forum hosted an Ask Me Anything seminar with Kathleen Sluka, PT, PhD, University of Iowa, Iowa City, US, on April 20, 2021. The session was moderated by Ruth L. Chimenti, DPT, PhD, University of Iowa, US.
A recording of the event is freely available below.
About this event
Here is your chance to ask Dr. Kathleen Sluka ANYTHING you want!
Maybe you’d like to ask Kathleen about her lab's latest studies of peripheral and central mechanisms of chronic musculoskeletal pain, including her discoveries of the contributions of macrophages to muscle pain. Perhaps you're interested in her clinical work, including the mechanisms and effectiveness of non-pharmacological pain treatments like transcutaneous electrical stimulation. You might also like to ask her about physical activity/exercise – why is it effective for pain, and how can we get people to do it?
But don't limit your questions only to the science. For instance, you may also wish to ask Kathleen about how she became an artist; her work is receiving a lot of attention, and has already graced the covers of several scientific journals and appeared at neuroscience meetings. As a senior investigator in the field, Kathleen will also have much to say about careers, writing grants, publishing, and more.
More About Dr. Sluka
Kathleen A. Sluka, PT, PhD, FAPTA, is professor in the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science at the University of Iowa. She received a physical therapy degree from Georgia State University and a PhD in anatomy from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. After a postdoctoral fellowship with Dr. William D. Willis, she joined the faculty at the University of Iowa. She has been on faculty at the University of Iowa for 24 years. Dr. Sluka’s research focuses on the neurobiology of musculoskeletal pain as well as the mechanisms and effectiveness of non-pharmacological pain treatments. She has published over 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts, numerous book chapters, and a textbook on Pain Mechanisms and Management for the Physical Therapist. She has received numerous awards including the Marian Williams Award for Research in Physical Therapy and Catherine Worthingham Fellowship from the American Physical Therapy Association, and the Frederick W.L. Kerr Basic Science Research Award from the American Pain Society. She is actively involved in the International Association for the Study of Pain and the American Physical Therapy Association, serving on committees, task forces and society boards.
About Dr. Chimenti
Ruth Chimenti, DPT, PhD, is assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science at the University of Iowa. She received her clinical degree from Washington University in St. Louis and her PhD from the University of Rochester in New York. The long-term goal of her research is to improve care for individuals with chronic musculoskeletal conditions through improved evaluation and treatment of localized and systemic factors contributing to pain and disability. Her current work is focused on use of a biopsychosocial model to better understand pain mechanisms in patients with Achilles tendinopathy.
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We thank the Center for Advanced Pain Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas and The MAYDAY Fund, for its support of the PRF seminar series.
