Don Daniel Ocay

Our study investigating a HOME-BASED sensory testing tool-kit in youth undergoing surgery with regional anesthesia is now published in RAPM! See our summary below⬇️
FREE: rapm.bmj.com/content/earl...

I had an amazing time speaking with Adriaan and Colleen for this episode
Have a listen ⬇️

Snijders Blok-Campeau syndrome (SNIBCPS) is a rare condition that affects brain development, communication, & movement.
Decreased pain sensitivity has been reported, but are anecdotal.
So how do people with SNIBCPS feel & experience pain?⬇️
Free access: https//www.frontie...

USASP is currently participating in virtual Hill visits to educate congressional staff about the importance of NIH funding for pain research.🎉

Want to help? Help us make your voices heard. Reach out to your representatives and share why pain research matters to you.
Learn more here ⬇

22. Recap on the 2025 USASP Annual Meeting Listen to members of the USASP Communications Committee recap on the 2025 USASP Annual Meeting which took place from April 29 to May 2, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. “Ouch! Talking Pain with USASP” is a

Listen to members of the @US_ASP Communications Committee recap on the #USASP2025 Annual Meeting which took place from April 29 to May 2, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois!

Link: soundcloud.com/usasp/episod...

A vibrant workshop on advocacy at #USASP2025
Advocacy is a extension of research 🤝
If we don’t shape our message, someone else might - and not always accurately
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Amazing talk by @tedpricethepainguy.bsky.social on progress in our understanding of pain mechanisms using human DRG and spinal cord. Really cool data on spinal projection neurons in human spinal cord. This is quite amazing!

Wonderful session on how to engage PWLE in pain research at #USASP2025
Getting advice from researchers on barriers, and PWLE on best practices
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I definitely will be there!!

Day 2 #USASP2025 plenary speaker is Dr. @luanacolloca.bsky.social
She highlights the positive effects of virtual reality on pain management
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Day 2 of #USASP2025 begins with the Gold-Haythornthwaite Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Dr. Clifford Woolf (@bostonchildrens.bsky.social, @harvardmed.bsky.social)
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Dr. Beth Darnall gives the 1st plenary talk at #USASP2025
The biggest problem in pain care is ACCESS.
We need to move from patients accommodating our institutional systems to patient-centered care
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Day 1 of #USASP2025 is kicked off with Cameron Young sharing his lived experience growing up with chronic pain
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Will you be joining @usasp.bsky.social at #USASP2025 in Chicago? Let us know and use the hashtag to share your thoughts and experiences. If you aren't, be on the lookout for any news on pain research this week!

Applications for the 2025 USASP-MAYDAY Award are open. Please see below for application information! #Science #ChronicPain

Great opportunity for Early Career Investigators in the US or Canada ⬇️

Very proud that my first bluesky post will highlight the amazing hyperscanning work @aanzolin.bsky.social and I are doing in @vitalynapadow.bsky.social lab. A very special Valentine's episode of the "Ouch" podcast with @dondanielocay.bsky.social 💚

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2025 Study section tracking

Wondering if your study section cancelled? I update this sheet daily. As of today, 56/124 study sections that should have met since Jan 2, 2025 have "not met as scheduled." docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

I had the lovely opportunity to interview Drs. Anzolin and Grahl on their research on the patient-clinician relationship ⬇️

Listen to our conversation with Drs. Alessandra Anzolin and Arvina Grahl, from Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital affiliated with Harvard Medical School. In this episode, in line with Valentine's day, we dive into the role of the patient-clinician relationship in pain.
soundcloud.com/usasp/episod...

Hot off the press of Pediatric Research: We mapped the existing literature on #youth with #erythromelalgia

Our team is developing a multicenter PEDiatric ErythroMElalgia Registry Gathering multidisciplinary Experts (PED-EMERGE)

FREE to read/download: rdcu.be/d7HbX

Published in the January 2025 Issue of PAIN: We developed a mobile sensory testing tool-kit that is cost-effective for repeated measures across time, easy to use, & able to assess changes in sensory and pain processing.
FREE: journals.lww.com/pain/fulltex...