Plenary Speakers
IASP’s World Congress will feature an exciting array of plenary talks and panels covering a diverse range of pain disciplines, from the world’s top pain scientists and leaders.
By addressing new research, revealing changes in the industry, and looking to the future, plenary speakers help build a dynamic scientific program for World Congress.
John D. Loeser Prize Lecture
The Biopsychosocial Model of Pain is Now 40 Years Old: Time for a Reappraisal?
Michael Nicholas, PhD, Professor Pain Management Research Institute, Royal North Shore Hospital, Australia
John J. Bonica Prize Lecture
Central Sensitization: Clinical Utility of a Physiological Concept for ICD-11 and Nociplastic Pain
Rolf-Detlef Treede, MD, Professor Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Ronald Melzack Award Lecture
Mosaic of Pain Genes and Biological Pathways Contributing to Human Pain
Luda Diatchenko, MD, PhD, Professor McGill University, Canada
William D. Willis, Jr. Memorial Award Lecture
Using Molecular Profiling to Understand Heterogeneity of Nociceptors
Patrik Ernfors, PhD, Professor, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Cytokines and Pain
Michaela Kress, MD, PhD, Professor, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria
Elucidating Pain Mechanism with Venom-Derived Peptides and Natural Toxins: What Doesn’t Kill You Might Treat Your Pain
Irina Vetter, PhD, The University of Queensland, Australia
How Ethics and the Social Determinants of Health Intersect to Yield Unequal Burdens and Social Inequalities in Pain Care
Carmen Green, MD, Professor and Dean,City University of New York (CUNY) School of Medicine, United States
Lessons for Clinicians and Researchers Across the Lifespan: What Acute Pain Research with Young Children Can Teach Us All
Rebecca Pillai Riddell, MA, PhD, York University, Canada
Mechanisms and Manifestations in Musculoskeletal Pain: from Experimental to Clinical Pain Settings
Thomas Graven-Nielsen, DMSc, PhD, Professor, Aalborg University, Denmark
Peripheral Neuroimmune Interactions Drive Itch and Inflammation
Diana Bautista, PhD, Professor, University of California, Berkeley, United States
Neuroimaging of Pain and Affect: Pathways, Biomarkers, and Interventions
Tor Wager, PhD, Professor, Dartmouth University, United States
Neuronal Interactions with Microbes in Pain and Host Defense
Isaac Chiu, PhD, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, United States
Sex and Gender: Putting the Individual Back into Individual Differences
Ed Keogh, PhD, Professor, University of Bath, United Kingdom
Nonopioid Analgesics Discovery and the Valley of Death – EMA401 from Concept to Clinical Trial
Maree Smith, PhD, Emeritus Professor, The University of Queensland, Australia