Editor’s note: This is the 20th in a series of weekly PRF seminars designed to help keep the pain research community connected during the COVID-19 pandemic and to provide all members of that community with virtual educational opportunities. The seminar series is supported by the Center for Advanced Pain Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas, US.
On October 1, 2020, the IASP Pain Research Forum hosted an Ask Me Anything seminar with Theodore (Ted) Price, PhD, University of Texas at Dallas, US. Amol Patwardhan, MD, PhD, University of Arizona, Tucson, US, moderated the discussion.
A recording of this webinar will soon be freely available to IASP members at the IASP Pain Education Resource Center (PERC).
About this event
Now is your chance to ask Ted ANYTHING you want. Maybe you’d like to ask him about the current state of pain research, what he thinks the most significant recent advances in the field are, and what the future for pain drug development looks like. Perhaps you’d like to know what it’s like to start a company and successfully build one (or two, or three …). If you are a younger investigator, you might like to ask questions about developing a career in pain research, what the recipe for career success is, and the like. And, on the lighter side, the fashion-minded may be curious about that seersucker suit Ted bought recently, and why he is also a big fan of the pocket square. From the serious to the, let’s say, not-as-serious, any question is fair game! Join us on October 1 for what promises to be a stimulating and enlightening event – and a lot of fun, too! More details about Ted and his research below.
About Ted and his lab
Theodore (Ted) Price, PhD,is the Eugene McDermott Professor and Director of the Systems Neuroscience Program in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at the University of Texas (UT) at Dallas. He is also Director of the Center for Advanced Pain Studies at UT Dallas. He did his PhD work with Chris Flores and Ken Hargreaves at UT Health San Antonio, and a postdoctoral fellowship at McGill University with Fernando Cervero. He started his independent laboratory in 2007 at the University of Arizona School of Medicine and moved to UT Dallas in 2014. He has won numerous awards including the John C. Liebeskind Early Career Scholar Award from the American Pain Society and the Patrick D. Wall Young Investigator Award from the International Association for the Study of Pain. Ted serves on editorial boards for leading pain and neuroscience journals such as PAIN and the Journal of Neuroscience and is a standing member of the Somatosensory and Pain Study Section for NIH.
Ted’s laboratory is interested in the fundamental principles underlying pain plasticity. The lab’s goal is to develop novel therapeutics based on these discoveries with the potential to either prevent the development of or permanently reverse chronic pain states. Ted’s lab focuses on two major areas: 1) plasticity in peripheral nociceptive neurons following injury, and 2) plasticity in central nervous system circuits that results from persistent stimulation of peripheral nociceptors. The group utilizes molecular, biochemical, genetic, behavioral and electrophysiological techniques combined with an overarching interest in pharmacology and drug discovery to tackle this problem.
About the moderator
Amol Patwardhan, MD, PhD, obtained his medical degree from the University of Mumbai and his PhD in pharmacology from the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio under Dr. Kenneth Hargreaves. He went on to complete an anesthesiology residency and a chronic pain fellowship at the University of Arizona and the University of California, San Diego, respectively. His doctoral and postdoctoral work focused on the peripheral mechanisms of opioid and cannabinoid analgesia and discovery of a new class of endogenous TRP channel ligands, namely oxidized linoleic acid metabolites. After finishing his clinical training, he joined as a faculty member in the Department of Anesthesiology and the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Arizona and is now an Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Anesthesiology. His current research projects include advancing a conotoxin for spinal treatment of intractable pain, repurposing of TRPV1 antagonists for the treatment of intraoperative hypothermia, and human studies using various interventions including implanted devices to reduce opioid usage and improve function.
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We thank the Center for Advanced Pain Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas, US, for its support of the PRF seminar series.
