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The UCSF Pain and Addiction Research Center (PARC) aims to provide a unified response to two major public health challenges: chronic pain and addiction.

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Missed any of our previous @UCSFPARC seminars? No problem! You can watch recordings of talks by experts including Drs. Nigel Bunnett, Peter Kalivas, Arthur Wood, @MarinaP63 , Kathy LeSaint, Wolf Mehling & @KordKober here: https://t.co/HbpHQXk0VO

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Join us on 4/27 at Noon for: "Joint Pain Matters: Lessons Learnt from Osteoarthritis," presented by Anne-Marie Malfait, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine at Rush University, Chicago, IL.

Learn more and register: https://t.co/YiJ2uQ71Dt
#painmedicine

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Today we recognize and sincerely thank our administrative staff for the essential work you do every day.. Your contributions are foundational to our success, and we continue to be impressed by the impact you make across all aspects of our work!

#AdministrativeProfessionalsDay

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Congratulations, Dr. Shirvalkar!

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Dr. Prasad Shirvalkar has been awarded the Founders Award by the @AmerAcadPainMed. The Founders Award recognizes clinical excellence and innovation in the practice of pain medicine.

Read more about the awards: https://t.co/TgvRcR7GkX

#UCSFProud
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Join us on Wednesday 4/22 at Noon for our next seminar: "Intersection of hyperalgesia and hyperkatifeia as a driving force for negative reinforcement in addiction," presented by Dr. George F. Koob.

Learn more and register: https://t.co/YiJ2uQ71Dt
#addictionscience

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Join us on Wed 3/25 at Noon for: "Buprenorphine inductions: low dose, high dose, direct-to-inject, and everything in between," presented by Drs. Leslie Suen, Damian Peterson, and Sarah Rosenwohl-Mack.
Learn more and register: https://t.co/YiJ2uQ71Dt
#painmedicine #Buprenorphine

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Join us on Monday 2/23 at Noon for our next seminar: "Low-intensity focused ultrasound for substance use disorders and beyond" by Khaled Moussawi, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco.

Register: https://t.co/YiJ2uQ71Dt
#painmedicine

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Congratulations to PARC Member @AashishManglik, MD, PhD!

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We are pleased to announce that @AashishManglik, MD, PhD, has been awarded the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in recognition of his transformative work in cellular signaling.

Read the full announcement: https://t.co/yK8zwjMcF5

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Join us on Wed 1/28 at Noon for: "The orphan receptors GPR63 and GPR153 enhance antinociception in pathological pain by suppressing microglial activation in the murine spinal cord" by @JohnStreicher1, PhD, Professor, U of A.
Register: https://t.co/YiJ2uQ6tNV
#painmedicine

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Join us on Wed 12/10 at Noon for: "Endogenous opioids orchestrate aversive and reward learning processes in the amygdala" by Elena Bagley, PhD, Professor, Sydney Pharmacy School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney.

https://t.co/YiJ2uQ71Dt
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Join us on Wed 11/12 at Noon for our next seminar: "A neural basis for descending pain modulation at the single cell level" presented by Patrik Ernfors, PhD.

Learn more and register: https://t.co/YiJ2uQ71Dt
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Join us on Wed 10/22 at Noon for the first seminar in our 2025-2026 series, entitled: "Probing the Role of Extended Amygdala Circuitry in Behavior," presented by Thomas Kash, PhD.

Learn more and register: https://t.co/zm3qWHBgRZ
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Proud to see Dr. @PrasadShirvalka and his work featured on CNN's "Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports: It Doesn't Have to Hurt." The episode aired on Sept 7. Look for the full episode on CNN on demand.

#UCSFProud #PainMedicine #CNN @UCSF @UCSFHospitals

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Dr. @PrasadShirvalka has been featured in a New York Times article about personalized deep brain stimulation. The results of Dr. Shirvalkar's groundbreaking clinical trial in this area are currently available in pre-print.

Read more: https://t.co/jm9CAT0isI

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Join us as we celebrate the research of Dr. Howard Fields, Professor Emeritus, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, Neurology, and Physiology.

Monday, July 14, 2025 | 1:30 - 5:30 p.m. (PDT)

Sandler Auditorium, or via Zoom

For more info: https://t.co/9spCGiTPj7

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Join us on Wed 5/28 at Noon for our next seminar: "Harnessing Health Signals with Large-Scale Mobile Sensor Data for Modeling Substance Use Disorder" presented by @TRahmanRifat, PhD, Assistant Professor, UCSD.

Learn more and register: https://t.co/YiJ2uQ71Dt
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Join us on Wed 4/23 at Noon for our next seminar: "ACVR1 sensory neuron-specific signaling in neuropathic pain and injury-induced heterotopic ossification" presented by Xiaobing Yu, MD.

Learn more and register: https://t.co/YiJ2uQ71Dt
#painmedicine

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We hope to see you at the 2025 PARC Neuromodulation Symposium. Featuring presentations from nationally recognized clinicians and scientists!

April 26 | 8 AM-1:30 PM | Sandler Neurosciences Center & Zoom

Register https://t.co/Mg2OxtyoqL

#clinicalresearch #painmedicine

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Proud to see Dr. Prasad Shirvalkar interviewed for a recent New York Times article by Nina Agrawal entitled, "What Works for Low Back Pain? Not Much, a New Study Says."

Read more: https://t.co/8NvaFV8NJq

#painmedicine #UCSFProud

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Join us on Wed 3/26 at Noon for our next seminar: "Optimizing the use of ketamine to reduce chronic postsurgical pain in women undergoing mastectomy for oncologic indication" presented by Jing Wang, MD, PhD.

Learn more and register: https://t.co/YiJ2uQ71Dt
#painmedicine

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Research fellowship opportunity: We are accepting applications for a 2025 NIH T32 funded research fellowship to prepare anesthesiologists and related specialists for academic research careers! Learn more: https://t.co/9hMffcKgbQ #t32 #Fellowship #research #NIH #AcademicResearch