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New Publications In Neighborhood Deprivation and Oxycodone Reward Behaviors Knee osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease of the knee that usually results from the progressive loss of articular cartilage.  An estimated 250 people worldwide suffer from it, with older adults experiencing the greater likelihood of having it. …

New Publication Around The Evidence-Practice Gap How do treatment decisions differ between countries?  Would the treatment methods used by dentists in Brazil differ from those on a different continent and are those decisions based on the most current evidence-based recommendations?  In ‘Evidence-Practice Gap in Treatment Recommendations for Proximal…

Newly Publication Concerning EMAs Ecological momentary assessments (EMAs) collect data repeatedly throughout an individual’s standard day, measuring their behaviors and experiences in real time, in their natural environment. In Experiences and Perceptions of Using Smartphone Ecological Momentary Assessment for Reporting Knee Osteoarthritis Pain and Symptoms, Roger Fillingim, alongside…

Newly Published Article on Gait & Posture How does chronic pain effect spatiotemporal gait? Dr. Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, alongside members of both her lab, as well as UF faculty, sought to answer the question: “Which pain outcome measures are associated with spatiotemporal gait performance in older adults…

Sibille and Bartley Speak at NIH On June 6-7, 2023 the National Institutes of Health (NIH) hosted the 18th Annual Pain Consortium symposium, featuring NIH-supported researchers whose work has contributed to pain science. At this year’s symposium, Advances in Pain Research: Resilience and Pathways to Recovery, Drs. Emily Bartley…

Editorial on Critical Discovery Critical discovery uniquely, judiciously, and analytically examines cultural and structural mechanisms of pain inequities, centers the perspectives of people with lived experiences with chronic pain, applies the intersectionality framework in real-time or “realistically”, and develops innovative methodologies to interrogate the impact of social…

New Publication in Gratitude Embracing a grateful attitude is associated with a host of health-related benefits, and there is even growing support that expressing gratitude can both directly and indirectly affect pain and mental well-being. In a recent article published in Frontiers in Pain Research, Dr. Emily Bartley and Melissa…

Strath Receives Grant PRICE’s Larissa Strath has received a 5-year K99/R00 grant from the National Institute on Aging for approximately $1.3M.  The grant, Pain and Nutrition in Dementia and Alzheimer’s (PANDA), will explore nutriepigenetic mechanisms connecting chronic pain and cognitive decline in older adults with knee pain. Aaron…

New Publication in PRT Dr. Mark Lumley, distinguished professor of the department of psychology at Wayne State University, who spoke at PRICE concerning the treatment of chronic pain this past March, recently had an article published in The Journal of Pain: Official Journal of the American Pain…