The UM Center to Advance Chronic Pain Research arose from a strong foundation built on decades of successful pain research at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB).
Chronic pain is a complex health problem that requires a broad perspective. The University of Maryland Center to Advance Chronic Pain Research (CACPR) is a multidisciplinary center composed of nationally and internationally renowned clinical and preclinical translational scientists whose principal research focus is on the physiological, genetic, and psychosocial processes underlying the development and persistence of debilitating chronic pain conditions.
Research Interests Learning mechanisms underlying human pain modulation Expectations and social influences on hypoalgesia Neurophysiological mechanisms of placebo and nocebo effects Sex and age in... Read More
Research Interests Ion channels in nociceptors Transient receptor potential channels Molecular mechanisms of tooth pain Peripheral mechanisms of craniofacial muscle pain Research Approaches Elec... Read More
