December is upon us and what better time to get a little refresher on how to breathe? Dr. Steven Pratscher will discuss how his personal experience with chronic pain led him to pain research, how breathing techniques can be used to improve well-being and he’ll talk a bit about his collaborations with researchers across the country to better understand the therapeutic effects of psilocybin. We love to hear from other science nerds, so please like, comment, share, subscribe or send us an email to say hello!
With this episode, we welcome Dr. Stephen Coombes. Dr. Coombes is associate professor at UF’s College of Health and Human Performance and is one of two principal investigators at the Laboratory for Rehabilitation Neuroscience. Join us on YouTube or wherever you download your podcasts!
In this episode, we bring you a different perspective on pain by speaking with Monika Patel, MD. In addition to treating patients dealing with various types of pain, Dr. Patel researches pain treatment and strategies to improve accessibility to treatments. We discuss the rewards and challenges of working with patients and the barriers some of them face in accessing certain treatments. Dr. Patel is assistant professor in the division of Pain management at UF Health Jacksonville, Department of Anesthesiology.
Episode 9 - Emily Bartley, PhD
Dr. McCurdy wears many hats, among them are that of medicinal chemist, behavioral pharmacologist and pharmacist. Our conversation touches on his current research on sigma receptors and how they might be useful in blocking chronic pain signaling, merging his mom’s and dad’s career paths to create his own and how opioid addiction develops. Be sure to check this one out as we’ll be having Dr. McCurdy back later in the year to discuss one of his other areas of expertise: kratum research. As always, we would love to hear from listeners (and viewers)! Please leave us a comment or drop an email and we might feature your question in a future episode! Learn about the Translational Drug Development Core at UF by visiting: https://www.ctsi.ufl.edu/research/laboratory-services/translational-drug-development-core/ Get more information on Dr. McCurdy, including contact information, here: https://pharmacy.ufl.edu/profile/mccurdy-christopher/ For scientific information on kratum, check out: https://pd.pharmacy.ufl.edu/research/kratom/ You can also watch every episode on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/c/PRICEofPainPodcast
Episode 7 - Jennifer A. Nichols, Ph.D.
Episode 6 - Kyle Allen, PhD Please submit questions via our email address mentioned in the opening sequence! This week Dr. Josh Crow talks with Dr. Kyle Allen, director of the Orthopaedic Biomedical Engineering Laboratory at the University of Florida and an associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. They discuss his unlikely journey from economics student to biomedical engineer, and his work using rodents to develop new technologies that could translate into clinical research of movement and pain in humans. #littletinyathelets #BioMedicalEngeneering #PainResearch #SciencePodcast
Episode 5 - Stephen Anton, PhD
Episode 4 - Paul Borsa
Star Booker, PhD, RN