Beth Darnall, PhD

Professor • Director, Stanford Pain Relief Innovations Lab • Chief Science Advisor: AppliedVR • Writing about pain, stress, health & solutions

[Beth Darnall, PhD @BethDarnall]

Effective pain treatment is meaningless if people can’t access it

[Beth Darnall, PhD @BethDarnall]

Shocked to see NIH eliminating K-award funded clinical trials.

instead mentees are expected to pair with mentored funded trials or seek other trial funding sources https://t.co/dxnmFQYXw4

[Stanford Pain Medicine @StanfordPain]

Want better outcomes after surgery? Brief interventions can help surgical patients meaningfully improve their surgical recovery without adding medication.

Source: https://t.co/W6RZ50n9tf

[Annals of Int Med @AnnalsofIM]

A new study of adults with #ChronicPain on long-term prescription opioids found that about half of patients successfully reduced their #opioid use with a patient-centered tapering approach. The findings provide important evidence to guide #OpioidTapering strategies for patients with chronic pain who do not have moderate or severe opioid use disorder. https://t.co/swfzAEv0K8 @BethDarnall @DrSeanMackey @StanfordMed @StanfordPain

[Beth Darnall, PhD @BethDarnall]

Speaking at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting today in Chicago and during my session time there are 34 parallel events 😆

[Beth Darnall, PhD @BethDarnall]

Really enjoyed Pitt Pain Day last week -- fabulous event showing all the local innovative pain research. Honored to keynote the event along with Dr. Clifford Woolf, and hatch ideas for collaborative projects 💫

[Beth Darnall, PhD @BethDarnall]

@kingneuro @stanfordanes @US_ASP Thanks so much Chris

[Beth Darnall, PhD @BethDarnall]

@omusicth Thank you so much

[Beth Darnall, PhD @BethDarnall]

Just turned in my latest book manuscript. 300 pages 🥵

[Beth Darnall, PhD @BethDarnall]

Also do not carpetbomb 50 people on a generic outreach message and expect engagement.

thoughtful, personal and respectful inquiries get attention. If you want people to give you time, show them that you’ve taken the time to understand why you are a good fit

[Beth Darnall, PhD @BethDarnall]

If you are a high school student or undergrad blasting cold emails to university professors in pursuit of a faculty mentor, word of advice:

Do not begin your email with “Hey there!”

[Beth Darnall, PhD @BethDarnall]

@Ulas_eng @NTFabiano copy editing vs writing

[Stanford Anesthesiology @stanfordanes]

Dr. Theresa Lii is studying how ketamine can “reprogram” the brain’s pain pathways for patients whose chronic pain hasn’t responded to other treatments. Her work is helping uncover who benefits most and how relief can last. Read more:
https://t.co/RKjDVeQBkb

[Beth Darnall, PhD @BethDarnall]

@EmpoweredRelief @MarfanFdn This was a single-arm study and larger controlled studies are needed.

We show a model for how to treat large groups of patients with rare disease in a single online cohort

[Empowered Relief @EmpoweredRelief]

New national study yields promising results for multidimensional benefits in rare disease at 3 months ⁦@MarfanFdn⁩ https://t.co/0wbXtCbKUa

[Beth Darnall, PhD @BethDarnall]

📢Published Today!

Results for Empowered Relief in Marfan and other rare connective tissues conditions

⁦⁦@MarfanFdn⁩ ⁦⁦@StanfordPain⁩ ⁦@StanfordMed⁩ https://t.co/EWY3jWpqZu

[Stanford Pain Medicine @StanfordPain]

What’s new: A team led by @DesAzizoddin tested Cancer Pain 101, a single-session 90-minute telehealth class with pharmacist, social worker, and psychologist educators.

[Beth Darnall, PhD @BethDarnall]

@Faheem_uh thanks i’m trying this

[Beth Darnall, PhD @BethDarnall]

Interestingly sometimes we have to apply targeted recruitment efforts for *men* to get adequate representation in our pain studies. But i definitely get your point in general

[Todd Davenport @sunsopeningband]

It's the first day of the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Twenty Six and I'm still writing the sentence: "The findings of this study indicate women can not simply be considered as small men in clinic and research settings."

More representation of women in research, please.

[Beth Darnall, PhD @BethDarnall]

Wishing everyone an amazing 2026 🙌🏼

[The Journal of Pain @TheJournal_Pain]

Original: Drs. Clifton, @BethDarnall, & col. (@Stanford) aimed to address disparities in pain research engagement and patient outcomes through the inclusion of people with varied backgrounds and pain experiences.

Full: https://t.co/XVrJUGiiSQ