Stephani Sutherland

New books from outer space, future Earth, and close to home

Looking for a great summer read that's also sciencey? Check out @science.org's new book reviews, including one from me! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Happening now! @usasp.bsky.social hosting a webinar: Pain Research in Peril: Why Your Voice Matters and What You Can Do Now, featuring experts Chris Veasley & Kate Nicholson - it's being recorded, with future opportunities for outreach. #painresearch

Seeing as I’m fully back to #freelance again I went to #HJ25 and I’m so glad I did - what a great day! #scicomm #healthcare #journo

Rockstar health #journo & #author @marynmck.bsky.social interviewing Dr. Jonathan Grein who leads a Federal special pathogens unit at @cedarssinai.bsky.social on past and emerging threats, protocols #HJ25

Is silencing pain neurons the ultimate goal? Do you see opportunities here to dampen their activity- and wouldn’t that be preferred? What does this say about its clinical use? 🤓

What a great and entertaining writing workshop with Steve Padilla of @latimes.com full of expert tips to make our stories sing. Bottom line: what’s the story? What you say is more important than how you say it. What fun! #HJ25 #freelance

Today at #HJ25 former #HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra implores us to keep reporting, and work to combat the stream of misinformation and disinformation coming directly from the new administration

As the first Chinese American woman elected to Congress and Chair Emerita of @capac.house.gov, I am disgusted by Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s statement that the U.S. will 'aggressively' revoke visas for Chinese students.

Congrats!! This wonderful program is what started it all for me in #scicomm @aaasmassmedia.bsky.social @latimes.com This year's class will need a special kind of gumption. Be brave! I believe in you!

This exactly sums up our US science infrastructure, which has been built over a century and is the envy of the world, one of our nation’s greatest strengths. And it’s being destroyed right now.

WOOT!! Good news today - huge props to @usha.bsky.social named as next director of the Knight Science Journalism program @ksjatmit.bsky.social Usha was my first mentor in #scicomm #journalism in 2001 @latimes.com and I'm grateful for her to this day. She's been kicking ass ever since! #pulitzer

The NIH HEAL Initiative 2025 Annual Report: Research in Action | NIH HEAL Initiative

The last 2 weeks have been a blur, but sadly I'm no longer at the NIH. Working for #painresearch at the NIH was a great honor and the best job of my life. As part of this amazing team, I'm proud to have worked on the HEAL 2025 Annual Report - pls share! heal.nih.gov/about/nih-he...

Here is a link to the draft report; hopefully a finalized version is coming soon for sharing widely! heal.nih.gov/files/2025-0...

And it's unanimous! The NINDS Advisory Council has approved the HEAL pain research priority recommendations.

Great comments from council members, lots of energy around the idea I keep hearing: the need to educate the public, let people know what NIH researchers do, and the tremendous value of basic research leading to new treatments for #pain

...and another priority focused on building an evidence base for non-pharmacological therapies for pain and how to best use them, including understanding underlying biological mechanisms. These powerful treatments are used as trial and error; we need to know about dosing, timing.

Picked up by Co-Executive Chair Dr. Kathleen Sluka, describing the research priority to prevent the development of #chronicpain across the lifespan with biomarkers, better understanding of biology and #resilience

...and now Rob describing the ten broad, recommended research priorities, in no particular order. Support for building on the great success of HEAL with further discovery...

You bet. @robgereau.bsky.social giving an overview of the amazingly rapid process of developing these HEAL pain research recommendations, including a nod to our colleagues at the OPPP now gone from NIH. Also describing 5 core principles to be considered in all #painresearch

Happening now: NINDS Council public meeting, including presentation of the #HEAL #painresearch recommendations videocast.nih.gov/livew.asp?li...

It's free, it's easy, and it's super fun. Join us for Journal Club next week with @daspainbrain.bsky.social #painresearch uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

This has been postponed, date tbd...

Chronic pain could be eased by learning to regulate negative emotions An adaptation of cognitive behavioural therapy that focuses on mindfulness and tolerating distress has shown promise for relieving chronic pain

News from me- an exciting study by Australian pain researchers at UNSW showing long term improvement in chronic pain with emotion regulation. Thx to @benalter.bsky.social for your thoughts
www.newscientist.com/article/2479...

I was excited to hear about a new behavioral treatment for chronic pain developed by researchers in Australia -- dialectical behavior therapy adapted to chronic pain. Thanks to @sutherlandphd.bsky.social for covering this development.

#Painresearch brain trust #usasp2025

Gather with fellow pain researchers! Join us for our next Journal Club featuring @daspainbrain.bsky.social talking about his latest paper in JAMA Neurology showing cortical biomarkers of persisting pain - Thurs May 15 at noon ET, register now for free! uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Immune amnesia- it’s a thing.

Happening now! The public MDWG meeting of NINDS with a presentation by @robgereau.bsky.social & Kathleen Sluka of the HEAL Strategic planning report - the research recommendations go to council for approval in May. videocast.nih.gov/livew.asp?li...

A2CPS Consortium members are gearing up to meet in person next week in Michigan - we're SO excited! Among the discussion items will be the continued release of our data to YOU! the scientific community. Check out our new pages For Researchers to learn more and access our data! a2cps.org/researchers/

New Nasal Spray Vaccines, Puffs Up the Nose, Can Give Stronger Protection from Disease—No More Needles Gentle nasal spray vaccines against COVID, the flu and RSV are coming. They may work better than shots in the arm

My latest for @sciam.bsky.social - could nasal #vaccines protect us better against respiratory #viruses without shots? www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...