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2022 Andrew S. Rachlin Neuroscience Symposium: The Neuroscience of Pain and Opioids
October 6, 2022 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Hosted by the Neuroscience Center and organized by Dr. Gregory Scherrer.
Event Administrator: Colton Reeves – colton_reeves@med.unc.edu
Carolina Club
150 Stadium Drive
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
United States
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8:00 AM – 8:45 AM Breakfast
8:45 AM – 8:50 AM Opening Remarks – Mark Zylka
8:50 AM – 9:00 AM Welcome – Greg Scherrer
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Keynote lecture: Dr. Catherine Bushnell, International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) President – Elect, Scientist Emerita at the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health at the NIH, Professor Emerita at McGill University
”Beyond opioids: Engaging endogenous pain modulation in the brain”
10:00 AM – 10:25 AM Dr. Greg Scherrer, Associate Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology, UNC Neuroscience Center, NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator
“Resolving the functional organization of the opioid system to disassociate analgesia and addiction”
10:25 AM – 10:50 AM Dr. Mark Zylka, W.R. Kenan Jr Distinguished Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology, Director – UNC Neuroscience Center
“Development of PainFace software to simplify grimace analyses”
10:50 AM – 11:10 AM Coffee Break
11:10 AM – 11:35 AM Dr. Adam Hantman, Edward R. Perl Investigator, Department of Cell Biology & Physiology, UNC Neuroscience Center
“SpinalEM: Mapping the spinal cord connectome”
11:35 AM – 12:00 PM Dr. Morika Williams, Assistant Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UNC Neuroscience Center
“An exploration of neonatal pain and its neurobehavioral implications”
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Keynote lecture: Dr. Fan Wang, Investigator at McGovern Institute, Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“Brain circuits for processing and modulation of pain”
1:00 PM – 1:05 PM Closing Remarks – Mark Zylka
1:15 PM – 2:15 PM Lunch
2:30 PM – 4:30 PM Poster presentations and networking