Chronic pain is a major public health issue with significant functional and financial consequences affecting individuals, the community, and the healthcare system. Even more concerning, the consequences of chronic pain extend beyond disability and decreased quality of life to include an increased incidence of morbidity and mortality. Research investigation and clinical management of chronic pain is difficult due to significant individual variability and the lack of biological indices with which to evaluate risk and protective factors, progression, and treatment response.
Allostatic Load: Measures of Individual Health Status
Determing the Biological Burden of Chronic Pain
Predisposing Factors: Dispositional Traits
Influence of Dispositional Traits on Chronic Pain and Health Outcomes
Interventional Approaches
Non-Invasive and Non-Pharmacological Treatments for Chronic Pain
Unraveling Health Disparities
Understanding the Complex Array of Factors Contributing to Disparities in Chronic Pain
Collaborating Institutions
The Pain TRAIL lab works collaboratively with several facilities, centers and labs. These partnerships provide opportunities to facilitate the development and promotion of advancing student education, training across the research spectrum, and conducting clinical translational research.
University of Florida
Institute on Aging
University of Florida
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Florida
Center for Musculoskeletal Pain Research
University of Florida
Pain Research and Intervention Center of Excellence
University of Florida
Perioperative Cognitive Anesthesia Network
Washington University
Translational Research to Advance Pain Science (TRAPS) Lab
