Manager’s note: Welcome to the 17th episode of The Pain Beat! Launched and supported by a generous grant from the MAYDAY Fund, with additional funding from the Rita Allen Foundation, The Pain Beat brings together the world’s leading pain investigators with the purpose of sparking dialogue and debate around important ideas in pain research. Guided by Rebecca Seal, scientific director of The Pain Beat and Editor-in-Chief of Pain Research Forum, the podcasts feature open and spirited discussions about the hottest topics in pain and how the field moves forward.
On this episode of The Pain Beat, Ewan St. John Smith hosted fellow scientists and clinicians with expertise in visceral pain, including Federica La Russa – a scientist who also brought the patient perspective. The participants belong to the MICA ADVANTAGE consortium led by Geoff Woods, University of Cambridge, UK. The discussion covered psychological and clinical perspectives on the experience of visceral pain and treatment, as well as the latest in preclinical research, including how visceral pain studies differ from other types of pain.
Podcast participants include:
- Ewan St. John Smith, PhD, University of Cambridge, UK
- Franziska Denk, PhD, University College London, UK
- Federica La Russa, PhD, Freelance Science Writer
- Andrew Horne, University of Edinburgh, UK
- Amanda Williams, PhD, University College London, UK
From left to right: Smith, Denk, La Russa, Horne, Williams
This podcast is also available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
PRF thanks Kevin Seal for creating the music.