The project “AtTACC Pain” proposed by the investigative team of Hailey Bulls, PhD; Jessica Merlin, MD, PhD; Susan Dorsey, PhD; and Brad Taylor, PhD was one of three projects to receive $50,000 in the 2020 Pain Research Challenge. Their project aims to uncover the physiological, psychological, and sociological factors involved in the transition from acute to chronic cancer pain.
Awards are funded by the Virginia Kaufman Endowment Fund and the Clinical and Translational Science Institute. The Pain Research Challenge is a funding opportunity for ideas and solutions associated with both physiological and psychological pain. Research solutions can address the dynamics of pain, causes and alleviation of pain, and treatment to prevent and mitigate pain.