APS established the Future Leaders in Pain Research Grants Program to fund research projects of doctorally prepared investigators who have not yet attained NIH RO1 level funding. The program's intent is to encourage research in pain that will add to the body of knowledge and to allow investigators to develop pilot data that will aid them in securing additional major grant funding. In 2012, APS awarded four grants of $20,000 each.

APS is pleased to announce the 2012 grant recipients:

Burel R. Goodin, PhD
University of Alabama-Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
"The Effects of Intranasal Oxytocin on Pain Sensitivity, Endogenous Pain Processing and Mood: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover Study"

Adam T. Hirsh, PhD
Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN
"The Influence of Patient Race, Provider Bias, and Contextual Ambiguity on Opioid Treatment Decisions"

Ohannes K. Melemedjian, PhD
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
"Mechanisms of Dysfunctional Mitochondria Evoked Pain"

David A. Seminowicz, PhD
University of Maryland
Baltimore, MD
"Brain Networks in a Rodent Model of Neuropathic Pain"

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