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The Pain Beat (Episode 18) – The Immune System and Pain


14 April 2025


PRF Interviews, The Pain Beat

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Manager’s note: Welcome to the 18th episode of The Pain Beat! Launched and supported by a generous grant from the MAYDAY Fund, with additional funding from the Rita Allen Foundation, The Pain Beat brings together the world’s leading pain investigators with the purpose of sparking dialogue and debate around important ideas in pain research. Guided by Rebecca Seal, scientific director of The Pain Beat and Editor-in-Chief of Pain Research Forum, the podcasts feature open and spirited discussions about the hottest topics in pain and how the field moves forward. 

On this episode of The Pain Beat, Adam Dourson moderates a discussion about the role of the immune system in pain – what we know currently and ideas about how the immune system can be a target for new strategies to treat chronic pain.

Podcast participants include:

  • Geffroy Laumet, PhD, Michigan State University, US
  • Luda Diachenko, PhD, McGill University, CA
  • Thiago Cunha, PhD, University of Sao Paolo, BR
  • Temugin Berta, PhD, University of Cincinnati, US
  • Adam Dourson, PhD, Washington University in Saint Louis, US


From left to right: Laumet, Diachenko, Cunha, Berta, Dourson

This podcast is also available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

PRF thanks Adam and Lite for producing the podcast and Kevin Seal for creating the music.

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