Beth Darnall, PhD

Effective pain treatment is meaningless if people can’t access it

@kingneuro @stanfordanes @US_ASP Thanks so much Chris

@stanfordanes @BethDarnall @US_ASP Congratulations Beth!

We’re pleased to share that Dr. @BethDarnall has been elected President-Elect of the United States Association for the Study of Pain (@US_ASP)! Over the next four years, she will help guide the organization’s leadership, support their growth, and advance strategic priorities.

@omusicth Thank you so much

@BethDarnall Look forward to seeing your work! I'm sure it moves the ball forward!

Just turned in my latest book manuscript. 300 pages 🥵

Also do not carpetbomb 50 people on a generic outreach message and expect engagement. thoughtful, personal and respectful inquiries get attention. If you want people to give you time, show them that you’ve taken the time to understand why you are a good fit

If you are a high school student or undergrad blasting cold emails to university professors in pursuit of a faculty mentor, word of advice: Do not begin your email with “Hey there!”

@Ulas_eng @NTFabiano copy editing vs writing

@NTFabiano Actually, empirical data suggests the opposite. Structured cognitive offloading to AI significantly improved critical thinking scores. The risk isn't AI, but unstructured use. Outsourcing syntax frees up cognitive resources for high level reasoning doi.org/10.30564/fls.v…

Writing is thinking. Don't let AI do it all.

Dr. Theresa Lii is studying how ketamine can “reprogram” the brain’s pain pathways for patients whose chronic pain hasn’t responded to other treatments. Her work is helping uncover who benefits most and how relief can last. Read more: stanford.io/40kN90s

@EmpoweredRelief @MarfanFdn This was a single-arm study and larger controlled studies are needed. We show a model for how to treat large groups of patients with rare disease in a single online cohort

New national study yields promising results for multidimensional benefits in rare disease at 3 months ⁦@MarfanFdn⁩ nature.com/articles/s4159…

📢Published Today! Results for Empowered Relief in Marfan and other rare connective tissues conditions ⁦⁦@MarfanFdn⁩ ⁦⁦@StanfordPain⁩ ⁦@StanfordMed⁩ nature.com/articles/s4159…

What’s new: A team led by @DesAzizoddin tested Cancer Pain 101, a single-session 90-minute telehealth class with pharmacist, social worker, and psychologist educators.

@Faheem_uh thanks i’m trying this

Last week, I received reviews from a journal. 2 of the 3 reviewers pointed out the same issue. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤. Upon checking, I realized the paper was very relevant. I was surprised how I missed this paper. I re-run the search terms on Google Scholar. The identified paper still went missing. Then I tried searching using @RsrchRabbit ResearchRabbit picked the paper. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐑𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐭. 1. I logged into researchrabbit.ai 2. I searched 2-3 papers I already knew 3. ResearchRabbit built a visual map of related papers. 4. Then I explored the map → x-axis shows the publication date → y-axis shows the citation count 5. On each paper in map, I clicked “𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑟” 6. This way, each paper becomes a seed 7. With each round, I identified more papers. This way I identified papers that I totally missed before. I saved the papers within the library. I also included the missing papers in my review. You don’t want to miss any relevant papers? Try @RsrchRabbit: researchrabbit.ai

Interestingly sometimes we have to apply targeted recruitment efforts for *men* to get adequate representation in our pain studies. But i definitely get your point in general

Wishing everyone an amazing 2026 🙌🏼

Original: Drs. Clifton, @BethDarnall, & col. (@Stanford) aimed to address disparities in pain research engagement and patient outcomes through the inclusion of people with varied backgrounds and pain experiences. Full: jpain.org/article/S1526-…

📢VOTING IS OPEN for the United States Association for the Study of Pain (USASP) election!! Learn more about USASP at usasp.org and be sure to vote for all open Board of Directors positions

@aander1987 Burden prevents patients from participating in research and even receiving basic health care. Because of burden, those with the least means cannot participate in research, and studies yield homogenous data/results that are not inclusive We must meet patients where they are

@BethDarnall This is such an urgent observation. Thank you for pointing out the issues patients face when participating in clincial trials.

Also, clinical trials can be quite burdensome to patients and far from “ideal” in many ways. Studying outcomes of routine care gives a clearer picture of what works and for whom

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Really enjoyed speaking at the Colorado Pain Society 2025 annual meeting in Vail this weekend. Energized after connecting with so many fantastic colleagues. Thank you CPS for the invite!