{"id":140725,"date":"2026-01-06T11:57:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T16:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/?page_id=140725"},"modified":"2026-05-27T10:56:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T14:56:17","slug":"bench-to-public-health-pain-research-management","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/giving\/what-can-i-attend\/bench-to-public-health-pain-research-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Bench to Public Health: Pain Research &#038; Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3wqk5N6qUDA?si=djXPMLdg7wg3Ssyx\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We hoped your enjoyed the webinar on<strong> pain research and management<\/strong> featuring a faculty panel from the Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine. Panelists presented cutting-edge work, addressing the biological, social, and systemic drivers of pain. This discussion highlighted strategies to improve pain outcomes and equity in care, translate research into practice, and reduce harms associated with opioid use.\u00a0 <span>The program featured welcome remarks by Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine Interim Dean <strong>Hee-Young Park, PhD.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><u>Date<\/u>:\u00a0<strong>Thursday, Feb. 12<\/strong><strong>, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>For any questions about this event, contact <a href=\"mailto:cameddev@bu.edu\">cameddev@bu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Panel Moderator:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/profile\/venetia-zachariou-ph-d\/\">Venetia Zachariou, PhD<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2025\/06\/Venetia-Zachariou-Image7-600x600-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-135330 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/06\/Venetia-Zachariou-Image7-600x600-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/06\/Venetia-Zachariou-Image7-600x600-1-360x360.png 360w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/06\/Venetia-Zachariou-Image7-600x600-1-512x512.png 512w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/06\/Venetia-Zachariou-Image7-600x600-1-500x500.png 500w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/06\/Venetia-Zachariou-Image7-600x600-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/06\/Venetia-Zachariou-Image7-600x600-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/06\/Venetia-Zachariou-Image7-600x600-1-550x550.png 550w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/06\/Venetia-Zachariou-Image7-600x600-1-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/span><\/strong><em>Edward Avedisian Professor and Chair of Pharmacology, Physiology &amp; Biophysics, Boston University Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Venetia (Vanna) Zachariou is the Edward Avedisian Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmacology, Physiology &amp; Biophysics at Boston University Chobanian &amp; Avedisian\u00a0 School of Medicine. She also serves as Co-Director of a T32 training program in Biomolecular Pharmacology. Prior to joining Boston University, Dr. Zachariou was a Professor in the Department of Neurosciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Zachariou obtained her PhD in Pharmacology from the Medical College of Georgia and conducted her postdoctoral training at Yale University in the laboratory of Dr. Marina Picciotto. Her research program applies multidisciplinary approaches to dissect network- and cell-type\u2013specific mechanisms involved in chronic pain, depression, and addiction.<\/p>\n<p>Studies in her laboratory have focused on: (1) understanding intracellular mechanisms underlying the actions of pain-alleviating drugs within components of the mesolimbic system; (2) investigating G protein\u2013signaling mechanisms associated with pain maintenance and the actions of opioid analgesics; and (3) characterizing epigenetic and transcriptional adaptations associated with prolonged neuropathic pain and identifying novel targets for chronic pain management. Her research has been funded by multiple NIH and foundation grants.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Zachariou is currently a Fellow of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, and a Fellow of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. She serves on the editorial boards of Molecular Pharmacology, Biological Psychiatry, and the British Journal of Pharmacology, and acts as a reviewing editor for Science Signaling. She currently serves as a Council Member for the Association of Medical School Pharmacology Chairs.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Panelists:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/about-us\/faculty\/daniel-alford\/\">Daniel Alford, MD, MPH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2015\/06\/Daniel-Alford-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-80797 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2015\/06\/Daniel-Alford-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2015\/06\/Daniel-Alford-2-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2015\/06\/Daniel-Alford-2.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/strong><em>Professor of Medicine and the Associate Dean of the Center for Continuing Education at Boston University Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine; General Internal Medicine Physician, Boston Medical Center<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For over 30 years, he has distinguished himself as a nationally recognized clinician educator and scholar. He has received numerous federal and state grants for curricula and program development and evaluation and has over 100 publications. He has received teaching and service awards from the AMA, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AOTOD) and the Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance use and Addiction (AMERSA). He is the course director of the Boston University Safer and more Competent Opioid Prescribing Education (SCOPE of Pain) program, which has trained over 309,000 clinicians across the country. He is the director of the NIDA-funded Chief Resident Immersion Training (CRIT) in Addiction He is also the principal investigator for the HRSA-funded SAFEST Choice Program \u2013 a national ECHO\u00ae learning collaborative focused on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD).<\/p>\n<p><span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/profile\/marc-larochelle\/\">Marc LaRochelle, MD, MPH<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2015\/06\/Marc-Larochelle-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Dr. Larochelle\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-80649 size-thumbnail\" \/><\/strong><\/span><em>Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine; General Internal Medicine Physician, Boston Medical Center<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Marc LaRochelle is a general internist and clinical investigator specializing in addiction medicine at BMC and an assistant professor of medicine at Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine. LaRochelle&#8217;s clinical and research interests focus on the safety of opioid prescribing and the recognition and treatment of opioid use disorders. As a health services researcher, LaRochelle aims to leverage insights from large data sources and translate the findings into interventions that improve the quality and value of health care delivered. His special interests are Primary Care and Addiction Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. LaRochelle received his MD from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and a masters in public health from Harvard University. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore MD, and completed a fellowship in General Medicine and Primary Care at Harvard Medical School.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rottermanlab.com\/\"><span><strong>Travis Rotterman, PhD<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2025\/10\/Travis-Rotterman-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Travis Rotterdam leaning against a brik wall outside.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-138835 size-thumbnail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/10\/Travis-Rotterman-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/10\/Travis-Rotterman-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/10\/Travis-Rotterman-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/10\/Travis-Rotterman-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/10\/Travis-Rotterman-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/10\/Travis-Rotterman-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>Ralph Edwards Career Development Professor &amp; Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Physiology &amp; Biophysics, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Travis Rotterman earned his PhD in Neuroscience at Emory University in Atlanta Georgia where his research focused on neuroinflammatory mechanisms driving spinal synaptic reorganization after peripheral nerve injury. He then joined the Georgia Institute of Technology as a postdoctoral fellow to study plasticity of spinal motor networks after nerve injury and devised strategies to preserve circuit connectivity otherwise lost to injury. In April 2025, Travis joined the Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biophysics at Boston University Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine as an Assistant Professor. His research continues to explore sensorimotor integration in the context of peripheral and central nervous system injury, as well as in the context of inherited neuropathies such as Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Daniel Taub, PhD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2026\/01\/Danie-Taub-LinkedIn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-140727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2026\/01\/Danie-Taub-LinkedIn.jpg 301w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2026\/01\/Danie-Taub-LinkedIn-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2026\/01\/Danie-Taub-LinkedIn-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/strong><\/span><i>Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Physiology &amp; Biophysics, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Daniel Taub, PhD&#8217;s work focuses on elucidating the genetic mechanisms and neural circuits involved in pain with the goal of using novel neuromodulatory technologies for therapeutics. He obtained his B.A. from Hampshire College in Neuroscience and Endocrinology, a Ph.D. in Biophysics from Boston University, and completed his postdoctoral studies at Boston Children\u2019s Hospital\/Harvard Medical School with Clifford J. Woolf. His lab has recently developed a new model for how pain is perceived in the brain with the implication that subtypes of pain (burning, stabbing, etc.) can be effectively treated with neuromodulation in a non-addictive manner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff We hoped your enjoyed the webinar on pain research and management featuring a faculty panel from the Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine. Panelists presented cutting-edge work, addressing the biological, social, and systemic drivers of pain. 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