The Genetics of Neuropathic Pain and its Comorbidities

Location: The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor ME

As a special satellite meeting of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), World Congress on Pain (WCP), the Neuropathic Pain and the Genetics and Pain Special Interest Groups are pleased to announce a two day meeting hosted by The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, USA. Surrounded by Acadia National Park, The Jackson Laboratory is a world leader in mammalian genetics and human genomics. The meeting will be held from Monday September 10^th through midday Tuesday September 11^th 2018, allowing easy travel to IASP’s WPC, Boston which begins on the evening of Wednesday September 12^th2018.

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Sep 10 - 11

2018

About

Scheduled just prior to the World Congress on Pain, the 2 day conference brings together leading clinicians and basic scientists to discuss how the intersection of molecular genetics and clinical research can lead to new therapeutic approaches to neuropathic pain. The symposium will include a special session on addiction and the opioid crisis. Organizers aim to showcase and integrate a multi-disciplinary approach to pain genetics ranging from mouse models to clinical phenotyping.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS
A poster session will be held for early career scientists. All posters will be reviewed by the organizers with a small number of abstracts being selected to give oral presentation of their research followed by awards for the best in conference.

*Abstract submission is closed.

Schedule

September10

September11

12:30 PM	Opening remarks
12:50 PM	The Opioid Crisis and Chronic Pain – from the patient’s and clinician carer’s perspective
	Daniel Johnson Ph.D., LCPC, CCS Executive Director Acadia Family Center
1:15 PM	What can addiction research tell us about pain?
	Howard Fields, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Neurology and Physiology Emeritus University of California San Francisco
1:45 PM	Genetics at the Interface of Pain and Addiction
	Wade Berrettini M.D., Ph.D., M.D., Ph.D. Karl E. Rickles Professor of Psychiatry University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
3:00 PM	New means to assess pain neuropathic behaviour
	Andrew Rice, M.D., FRCP, FRCA, FFPMRCA, FFPMCAI Professor Imperial College
3:25 PM	Assessment of neuropathic co-morbidities such as anxiety
	Michael Costigan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia Boston Childrens Hospital
3:50 PM	Neuropathic phenotyping at a population level
	Blair H. Smith, M.D., MEd, FRCGP, FFCGP, FRCP, Edin Professor, Clinical Director, Consultant, and National Lead Clinician for Chronic Pain University of Dundee and Scottish Government
4:15 PM	Somatosensory profiling of Neuropathic pain patients
	Nanna Brix Finnerup, M.D., DrMedSc Professor Aarhus University, Denmark
6:00 PM	The use of mouse genetics to identify pain genes
	Jeffrey Mogil, Ph.D. Professor McGill University
6:25 PM	The use of mouse genetics to interrogate pain circuitry
	Sarah Ross, Ph.D. Associate Professor University of Pittsburgh
6:50 PM	Drosophila as a model organism to study pain
	Greg Neely, Ph.D. Associate Professor University of Sydney
7:50 PM	The genetics of diabetes and its complications
	Mark McCarthy, M.D., FRCP, FMedSci, Professor Oxford University
8:20 PM	Human pain genetics
	Luda Diatchenko, M.D., Ph.D. Professor McGill University

12:30 PM	Sodium channel mutations and neuropathic pain
	Sulayman Dib-Hajj, Ph.D. Senior Research Scientist, Associate Director; Center for Neuroscience & Regeneration Research Yale School of Medicine
12:55 PM	Human cellular models of pain
	David Bennett, M.B., Ph.D., FRCP Professor of Neurology and Neurobiology, Senior Wellcome Clinical Scientist, Honorary Consultant Neurologist University of Oxford
2:00 PM	How can genetics help us in develop new neuropathic therapies?
	Clifford John Woolf, M.B., B.Ch., Ph.D. Director, F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center; Professor of Neurology and Neurobiology Boston Children's Hospital; Harvard Medical School
2:30 PM	How to improve clinical translation?
	Roy Levitt, M.D., Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology University of Miami
2:55 PM	The route from target to clinic - NGF as example
	Dave Shelton, Ph.D. Consultant

Speakers

The Atlantic Oceanside Hotel, The Bar Harbor Grand and the Quality Inn are happy to take your reservation.

Atlantic Oceanside Hotel - $206/ night- guests can make reservations by visiting their website at www.AOBarHarbor.com and
entering group code 51415 or by calling (800)336-2463 and reference The Jackson Laboratory.
Bar Harbor Grand - $189/night - guests can make reservations by calling the hotel at (800)282-5403 and reference The Jackson Laboratory.
Bar Harbor Quality Inn - $155/night - guests can make reservations by calling the hotel at (888)766-2529 and reference The Jackson Laboratory.

For area information and additional lodging options: Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce

Cyr Charter Bus

Do you plan on attending the World Congress on Pain? We can help get you there! Take advantage of our charter bus and travel in style.
Limited seating available.

September 9, 2018

5 pm pick-up at Boston Logan International Airport (new departure time)
9 pm arrival in Bar Harbor, ME (drop off Atlantic Oceanside Hotel, Bar Harbor Grand, and Quality Inn)
$75 one-way to Bar Harbor,ME
$150 round-trip (Boston Logan International Airport - Bar Harbor; Bar Harbor - Boston Convention & Exhibition Center)

September 11, 2018

2 pm departure Bar Harbor, ME (pick-up The Jackson Laboratory)
7 pm arrival Boston, MA (drop off Boston Convention & Exhibition Center)
$75 one-way to Boston, MA

*Tickets can be purchased during registration*

Air

Bar Harbor is served by two airports:

Hancock County/Bar Harbor Airport (BHB) - Providing scheduled service between Boston and Bar Harbor daily from Memorial Day through Columbus Day
Bangor International Airport (BGR) - Connecting flights from Philadelphia, New York, and Washington DC

Car

Bar Harbor is approximately 5 hours by car from the greater Boston area.

The Genetics of Neuropathic Pain and its Comorbidities

Location: The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor ME

About

Schedule

Daniel Johnson Ph.D., LCPC, CCS

Executive Director

Howard Fields, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Neurology and Physiology Emeritus

Wade Berrettini M.D., Ph.D., M.D., Ph.D.

Karl E. Rickles Professor of Psychiatry

Andrew Rice, M.D., FRCP, FRCA, FFPMRCA, FFPMCAI

Professor

Michael Costigan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia

Blair H. Smith, M.D., MEd, FRCGP, FFCGP, FRCP, Edin

Professor, Clinical Director, Consultant, and National Lead Clinician for Chronic Pain

Nanna Brix Finnerup, M.D., DrMedSc

Professor

Jeffrey Mogil, Ph.D.

Professor

Sarah Ross, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Greg Neely, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Mark McCarthy, M.D., FRCP, FMedSci,

Professor

Luda Diatchenko, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor

Sulayman Dib-Hajj, Ph.D.

Senior Research Scientist, Associate Director; Center for Neuroscience & Regeneration Research

David Bennett, M.B., Ph.D., FRCP

Professor of Neurology and Neurobiology, Senior Wellcome Clinical Scientist, Honorary Consultant Neurologist

Clifford John Woolf, M.B., B.Ch., Ph.D.

Director, F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center; Professor of Neurology and Neurobiology

Roy Levitt, M.D.,

Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Dave Shelton, Ph.D.

Consultant

Speakers

David Bennett, M.B., Ph.D., FRCP

University of Oxford

Wade Berrettini M.D., Ph.D., M.D., Ph.D.

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Michael Costigan, Ph.D.

Boston Childrens Hospital

Luda Diatchenko, M.D., Ph.D.

McGill University

Sulayman Dib-Hajj, Ph.D.

Yale School of Medicine

Howard Fields, M.D., Ph.D.

University of California San Francisco

Nanna Brix Finnerup, M.D., DrMedSc

Aarhus University, Denmark

Daniel Johnson Ph.D., LCPC, CCS

Acadia Family Center

Roy Levitt, M.D.,

University of Miami

Mark McCarthy, M.D., FRCP, FMedSci,

Oxford University

Jeffrey Mogil, Ph.D.

McGill University

Greg Neely, Ph.D.

University of Sydney

Andrew Rice, M.D., FRCP, FRCA, FFPMRCA, FFPMCAI

Imperial College

Sarah Ross, Ph.D.

University of Pittsburgh

Dave Shelton, Ph.D.

Blair H. Smith, M.D., MEd, FRCGP, FFCGP, FRCP, Edin

University of Dundee and Scottish Government

Clifford John Woolf, M.B., B.Ch., Ph.D.

Boston Children's Hospital; Harvard Medical School

Travel Information

Cyr Charter Bus

Air

Car

Area information:

Event Contact

Melissa Johnson

207-288-6676