UCSFPARC

Missed any of our previous @UCSFPARC seminars? No problem! You can watch recordings of talks by experts including Drs. Nigel Bunnett, Peter Kalivas, Arthur Wood, @MarinaP63 , Kathy LeSaint, Wolf Mehling & @KordKober here: painaddiction.ucsf.edu/events/past-pa…

Join us on Wed 3/25 at Noon for: "Buprenorphine inductions: low dose, high dose, direct-to-inject, and everything in between," presented by Drs. Leslie Suen, Damian Peterson, and Sarah Rosenwohl-Mack. Learn more and register: tiny.ucsf.edu/PARCSeminar #painmedicine #Buprenorphine

Join us on Monday 2/23 at Noon for our next seminar: "Low-intensity focused ultrasound for substance use disorders and beyond" by Khaled Moussawi, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco. Register: tiny.ucsf.edu/PARCSeminar #painmedicine

Congratulations to PARC Member @AashishManglik, MD, PhD!

Join us on Wed 1/28 at Noon for: "The orphan receptors GPR63 and GPR153 enhance antinociception in pathological pain by suppressing microglial activation in the murine spinal cord" by @JohnStreicher1, PhD, Professor, U of A. Register: tiny.ucsf.edu/PARCSeminar #painmedicine

Join us on Wed 12/10 at Noon for: "Endogenous opioids orchestrate aversive and reward learning processes in the amygdala" by Elena Bagley, PhD, Professor, Sydney Pharmacy School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney. tiny.ucsf.edu/PARCSeminar #painmedicine

Join us on Wed 11/12 at Noon for our next seminar: "A neural basis for descending pain modulation at the single cell level" presented by Patrik Ernfors, PhD. Learn more and register: tiny.ucsf.edu/PARCSeminar #painmedicine

Join us on Wed 10/22 at Noon for the first seminar in our 2025-2026 series, entitled: "Probing the Role of Extended Amygdala Circuitry in Behavior," presented by Thomas Kash, PhD. Learn more and register: ucsf.zoom.us/meeting/regist… #painmedicine

Proud to see Dr. @PrasadShirvalka and his work featured on CNN's "Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports: It Doesn't Have to Hurt." The episode aired on Sept 7. Look for the full episode on CNN on demand. #UCSFProud #PainMedicine #CNN @UCSF @UCSFHospitals youtu.be/LqKuuYN-L3o

Dr. @PrasadShirvalka has been featured in a New York Times article about personalized deep brain stimulation. The results of Dr. Shirvalkar's groundbreaking clinical trial in this area are currently available in pre-print. Read more: anesthesia.ucsf.edu/dbs #painmedicine

Join us as we celebrate the research of Dr. Howard Fields, Professor Emeritus, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, Neurology, and Physiology. Monday, July 14, 2025 | 1:30 - 5:30 p.m. (PDT) Sandler Auditorium, or via Zoom For more info: anesthesia.ucsf.edu/fields

Join us on Wed 5/28 at Noon for our next seminar: "Harnessing Health Signals with Large-Scale Mobile Sensor Data for Modeling Substance Use Disorder" presented by @TRahmanRifat, PhD, Assistant Professor, UCSD. Learn more and register: tiny.ucsf.edu/PARCSeminar #painmedicine

Join us on Wed 4/23 at Noon for our next seminar: "ACVR1 sensory neuron-specific signaling in neuropathic pain and injury-induced heterotopic ossification" presented by Xiaobing Yu, MD. Learn more and register: tiny.ucsf.edu/PARCSeminar #painmedicine

We hope to see you at the 2025 PARC Neuromodulation Symposium. Featuring presentations from nationally recognized clinicians and scientists! April 26 | 8 AM-1:30 PM | Sandler Neurosciences Center & Zoom Register painaddiction.ucsf.edu/events/2025-PA… #clinicalresearch #painmedicine

Proud to see Dr. Prasad Shirvalkar interviewed for a recent New York Times article by Nina Agrawal entitled, "What Works for Low Back Pain? Not Much, a New Study Says." Read more: anesthesia.ucsf.edu/nyt3_18 #painmedicine #UCSFProud

Join us on Wed 3/26 at Noon for our next seminar: "Optimizing the use of ketamine to reduce chronic postsurgical pain in women undergoing mastectomy for oncologic indication" presented by Jing Wang, MD, PhD. Learn more and register: tiny.ucsf.edu/PARCSeminar #painmedicine

Research fellowship opportunity: We are accepting applications for a 2025 NIH T32 funded research fellowship to prepare anesthesiologists and related specialists for academic research careers! Learn more: tiny.ucsf.edu/UCSFAnesT32 #t32 #Fellowship #research #NIH #AcademicResearch

Join us on Wed 2/26 at Noon for our next seminar: "Outpatient ketamine infusions for refractory chronic pain, a patient interview" presented by Chris Abrecht, MD, Associate Professor and Chief, Pain Medicine. Learn more and register: tiny.ucsf.edu/PARCSeminar #painmedicine

We are pleased to announce a call for applications for research proposals at the intersection of pain and addiction. We are accepting applications through Friday, March 21, 2025, for a single $100,000 PARC Research Fellowship Award. Apply: painaddiction.ucsf.edu/research-fello… #fellowship

Join us on Wed 1/22 at Noon for our first seminar of 2025: "Classic psychedelic therapies for chronic pain: A review" presented by Brian Anderson, MD, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, @UCSFMedicine Learn more and register: tiny.ucsf.edu/PARCSeminar #painmedicine #PARCseminar

Join us on Wed 12/11 at Noon for our final seminar of 2024: "Updates and Challenges of Psilocybin Treatment for Neuropsychiatric Disorders" presented by Josh Woolley, MD, PhD, Director of: @TrPR_Program Learn more and register: tiny.ucsf.edu/PARCSeminar #painmedicine @thebandlab