The article “Morphine acts on spinal dynorphin neurons to cause itch through disinhibition” by Eileen Nguyen (MD/PhD candidate in the University of Pittsburgh/Carnegie Mellon Medical Scientist Training Program) and coauthors was published in Science Translational Medicine and has been generating attention, having been featured on the news websites News Medical Life Sciences, News wise, Medical Xpress, and Sciencenewsnet.in. Eileen’s mentors are Sarah E. Ross, PhD, and Grace Lim, MD, MS.