The NIH Pain Consortium was established to enhance pain research and promote collaboration among researchers across the many NIH Institutes and Centers that have programs and activities addressing pain. To this end, the following goals have been identified for the Pain Consortium:
- To develop a comprehensive and forward-thinking pain research agenda for the NIH - one that builds on what we have learned from our past efforts.
- To identify key opportunities in pain research, particularly those that provide for multidisciplinary and trans-NIH participation.
- To increase visibility for pain research - both within the NIH intramural and extramural communities, as well as outside the NIH. The latter audiences include our various pain advocacy and patient groups who have expressed their interests through scientific and legislative channels.
- To pursue the pain research agenda through Public-Private partnerships, wherever applicable. This underscores a key dynamic that has been reinforced and encouraged through the Roadmap process.
NIH Pain Consortium Co-Chairs
- Patricia A. Grady, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN
Director of the National Institute of Nursing Research
- Story Landis, Ph.D.
Director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Larry Tabak, D.D.S.
Director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Pain Consortium Members
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
- National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
- National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
- National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
- John E. Fogarty International Center (FIC)
- Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center (CC)
- Office of the Director
- Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)
- Office of Technology Transfer (OTT)
- Office of Rare Diseases (ODP/ORD)
- Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)
NIH Pain Consortium Web Site
For more information visit the web site: http://painconsortium.nih.gov
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