Announcement

The Painful Truth: A Conference on Gender and Pain Research
Organized by the Sex, Gender, and Pain Special Interest Group of the International Association for the Study of Pain

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Public Symposium: Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Location
Dental School, University of Maryland, Baltimore
650 W. Baltimore St.
Baltimore, Maryland 21201

Technical Sessions: Thursday and Friday, September 28-29, 2006
Location
Baltimore Marriott Waterfront
700 Aliceanna Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Phone: 410-385-3000

Sponsored by:

Platinum Sponsors
   

 

Silver Sponsors


American Pain Foundation
 

 
 


University of Maryland Women’s Health Research Group

Program Goal:
For a growing list of chronic pain conditions, the prevalence, severity and duration of pain are greater in women then in men. Additionally, the potency of opiates—the analgesics most commonly prescribed for moderate to severe pain—show significant sex-related differences for several pain conditions and experimental models. These observations emphasize the critical need to address the impact of sex on nociception, pain and analgesia. Yet, studies involving male subjects exclusively, or those which ignore the potential for sexually dimorphic responses continue to dominate the literature. While NIH has taken the lead in directing researchers to address the impact of sex on experimental outcomes, progress in this area continues to be hampered by disparate models, methods, and even use of terminology across different laboratories and research groups. The goal of the Sex, Gender and Pain Workshop is to develop comprehensive guidelines for the conduct of basic, translational, and clinical studies of pain with regard to gender and sex. It is our intent that these guidelines will advance the field more quickly by providing a framework that all pain researchers can use in designing and communicating their experiments, and thereby afford a greater ability for studies to build upon one another.

Program Agenda (times approximate):

Wednesday, September 27, 2006 (Dental School, University of Maryland, Baltimore)

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

  

Welcome and opening remarks

Keynote Addresses:

Margaret M. McCarthy, Ph.D., Professor
Departments of Physiology and Psychiatry
University of Maryland School of Medicine
The What, Why and Where of Sex Differences in the Brain

Karen J. Berkley, Ph.D.
McKenzie Distinguished Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience
Program in Neuroscience/Psychology
Florida State University
Sex Differences in Pain: A Rapidly Maturing Field with Promise for Improving Clinical Assessment, Diagnosis and Treatment

5:00 PM

  

Reception

Thursday, September 28, 2006

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

  

Closed door session at Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel*
 

Friday, September 29, 2006

8:00 AM - 2:00 PM

  

Closed door session at Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel*
 

* The closed door session is only open to members of the SIG on Sex, Gender and Pain. There is no cost to register. The deadline for the closed door session registration is August 1, 2006.

For more information, contact:

Patricia R. Hawthorne
Women's Health Research Group
Dept. of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine University of Maryland
phawthor@epi.umaryland.edu
410-706-2866.