Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine
Better Care for Children in Pain

Management of acute pain following the NUSS procedure continues to be investigated in order to achieve optimal analgesia and short length of stay in hospital. With novel regional anesthetic techniques, exciting new modalities are being explored. A new study examined ESP block versus thoracic epidural for this indication. 

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Rosalie Tassone, MD MPH, a member of the SPPM Executive Board has recently published an article in International Anesthesiology Clinics. Of interest to our membership, would be the section on management of acute pain utilizing opioids, in the context of establishing practices in a hospital in the MIddle East, including a bias to undertreat pain.

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Dear Pain Research Community, There is an urgent need for more research to establish best practices in the pain management field, however, there is a limited workforce pipeline of pain researchers to meet NIH’s long-term goals of providing effective non-opioid options for the treatment of pain conditions and better pain management overall. We are  excited to announce the HEAL Initiative: National K12 Clinical Pain Career Development Program and HEAL Initiative: Coordinating Center for National Pain Scientists Career Development funding opportunities to promote career development of pain scientists. If you are interested in learning more about these funding opportunities, please join our webinars (full details in the notice) on February 14th from 12:00 to 1:00pm ET (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-NS-22-045.html) and February 15th from 12:00 to 1:00pm ET (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-NS-22-046.html). Please refer to the RFA IC contacts for specific questions. HEAL Initiative: National K12 Clinical Pain Career Development Program https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-NS-22-045.html HEAL Initiative: Coordinating Center for National Pain Scientists Career Development https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-NS-22-046.html Andrew Siddons, MPH [C] Scientific technical writer N4 Solutions, LLC Office of Pain Policy and Planning National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

 

Long-term chronic postsurgical pain is common in pediatric patients, occurs across a wide range of surgeries and has a marked impact on children’s quality of life, a new survey study by SPPM member T. Anthony Anderson, MD, PhD has concluded. Dr. Anderson will be presenting a lecture at our upcoming annual meeting in Tampa, Florida. CLICK HERE to a profile on this study in Anesthesiology News.

 

Dear Pain Researchers,

We are reaching out to remind you about the next NIH Pain Consortium webinar in our series on NIH grant mechanisms in pain research across career stages (training, transition and independent stages).

The ninth webinar will be held on January 13, 2022, from 3:00pm-5:00 (U.S. Eastern time), and will focus on “Preparing/Writing the Application/Submitting the Grant.” This session will feature an experienced NIH-funded principal investigator sharing their insights about the grant submission process, as well as a question and answer session.

Primary Target Audience: Researchers with limited experience submitting applications to NIH

There is no cost for these webinars, but attendees must register in advance. The link to register can be found HERE. You may choose to register for any one of the sessions at this time, but we will also send out reminders as each one approaches.

The webinars will be recorded and after each one concludes it will be posted on the NIH Pain Consortium Website [https://www.painconsortium.nih.gov/meetings-events/seminars-workshops/nih-pain-consortium-grant-mechanism-webinar-series] for those who are unable to participate live and for future reference.

If you have any questions about these webinars, please feel free to contact one of the program directors listed below. We look forward to your participation.

Sincerely,

Inna Belfer, PhD
Program Director, NCCIH ([email protected])

DP Mohapatra, PhD
Program Director, NINDS ([email protected])

Laura Wandner, PhD
Program Director, NINDS ([email protected])

Upcoming Webinars and Dates

• How to Build a Budget – February 10

• Programs to Support Technology Development – March 10