Editor’s note: In 2024, IASP is celebrating its 50th Anniversary, culminating in the IASP 2024 World Congress on Pain. To highlight this milestone, IASP is reflecting on its history, and the advances and contributions made by its members over the past 50 years. Throughout the remainder of 2024, Pain Research Forum will be providing a series of podcasts featuring senior leaders in the field, including those with major roles at IASP, who have made major contributions to pain research and management.
In this episode of the IASP-PRF Podcast, frequent PRF contributor Lincoln Tracy spoke with Dr. Fernando Cervero, who has been an IASP member for nearly 50 years and currently serves as co-chair of the 50th Anniversary Taskforce. As part of their wide-ranging conversation, Professor Cervero spoke about his path to becoming a neuroscientist researching pain, his long-standing involvement with the IASP, friendships with other founding members like Louisa E. Jones, the challenges he faced during his time as IASP President, and the importance of supporting the next generation of early-career researchers and clinicians.
Podcast participants include:
- Fernando Cervero, MD, PhD, DSc, McGill University, Canada, and University of Bristol, UK
- Lincoln Tracy, PhD, Melbourne, Australia (host)
This podcast is also available on Apple Podcasts and on Spotify.
Fernando Cervero, MD, PhD, DSc, is an emeritus professor of anesthesia at McGill University, Canada, and honorary professor at the University of Bristol in the UK. He was the director of the Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain and served as president of the International Association for the Study of Pain from 2012 to 2014. He has authored more than 200 publications and is keenly interested in the neurophysiology of pain and nociceptive symptoms, with a special interest in the mechanisms of visceral hyperalgesia and pain.
Lincoln Tracy, PhD, is a researcher and journalist from Melbourne, Australia. You can follow him on X – @lincolntracy.