April 13, Day 1
1:00 – 1:05 Welcome: Peter Grace, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Convener: Terry Walters, Univ. of Texas Health Science Center
1:05 – 1:35 Peripheral Neuroimmune Interactions Drive Itch and Inflammation
Diana Bautista, Univ. of California, Berkeley
Convener: Stacey Gorniak, Univ. of Houston
1:35-1:50 The Role of PRDM12 in Nociceptor Development from Embryogenesis to Adulthood
Helen Lai, UT Southwestern
1:50-2:05 Positive and Negative Gating of Bladder Pain by the Amygdala
Ben Kolber, UT Dallas
2:05-2:20 A Novel, Individualized, Non-invasive Neuromodulation of Sensorimotor Cortical Networks Targeted to Alleviate Oral Neuropathic Pain
Dorina Papageorgiou, Baylor College of Medicine
2:20-2:35 Nociplastic Pain: Pain Without a Cause or With Multiple Causes
Jun-Ho La, UT Medical Branch Galveston
Convener: Pat Dougherty, MD Anderson Cancer Center
2:35 – 3:05 Data blitz
3:05 – 3:15 Break
3:15 – 4:30 Posters
Convener: Jin Mo Chung, UT Medical Branch Galveston
4:30-4:45 Mrgpr’s and Their Role in Pain
Dustin Green, UT Medical Branch Galveston
4:45-5:00 Cellular Mechanisms Altering Opioid Effectiveness After Spinal Cord Injury
Carmen Dessauer, UT Health Houston
5;00-5:15 Inflame or Not to Inflame to Resolve Pain
Armen Akopian, UT San Antonio
5:15-5:30 Identifying Stress-Exacerbated Thermal-Injury Induced Pain Biomarkers
Natasha Sosanya, US Army Institute of Surgical Research
5:30 Close: Peter Grace, MD Anderson Cancer Center
April 14, Day 2
9:00-9:05 Welcome: Peter Grace, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Convener Ted Price, UT Dallas
9:05-9:35 Human and Mouse Trigeminal Ganglion Cell Atlas Implicates Multiple Cell Types in Migraine
Will Renthal, Harvard Univ.
Convener: Carmen Dessauer, UT Health Science Center Houston
Trainee award talks
9:35-9:50. Effects of Satellite Glial Cell Activation on Isolated DRG Nociceptors
Chrystine Gallegos, UT Health Science Center Houston
9:50-10:05. COVID-19 Pain mechanisms in mice
Meilinn Tram, UT Health Science Center San Antonio
10:05-10:20. Nanoparticles Targeting Macrophages Reveal Injury Dependent Inflammation and Chronic Pain In Novel Musculoskeletal Injury Models
Ibdanelo Cortez, MD Anderson Cancer Center
10:20-10:35. Vertebrate Lonesome Kinase Phosphorylates EphB2 Receptors on an Extracellular Residue to Drive NMDA-Dependent Pain
Hajira Elahi, UT Dallas
10:35-11:00 Break
Session: C. Stratton Hill, Jr., M.D., Colloquium on Pain and its Relief hosted by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Convener: Andrew Shepherd, MD Anderson Cancer Center
11:00-11:30 Harnessing Endogenous Neuromodulation in Brain Nociceptive Circuits
Greg Corder, Univ. of Pennsylvania
Convener: Ken Hargreaves, UT San Antonio
11:30-11:45 Alleviation of Stress-mediated Changes in Sensory Neurons Under Hyperglycemia
Munmun Chattopadhyay, Texas Tech Health Science Center
11:45-12:00 Pain and Analgesia State-to-cell-type Mapping
Allan-Hermann Pool, UT Southwestern
12:00-12:15 Lighting up Mechanosensation: Dyeing to See PIEZO2
Kara Marshall, Baylor College of Medicine
12:15-12:30 Autoimmune MECHANISMS of Mechanical Allodynia After Peripheral Nerve Injury
Michael Lacagnina, MD Anderson Cancer Center
12:30-12:45 Presentation of talk and poster awards and close: Peter Grace, MD Anderson Cancer Center