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 Experiencing physical pain is common for many Americans yet its biological underpinnings and best treatments are not always well understood or communicated. HSPH cosponsored "A Discussion on Pain in America: Prevalence, Treatment and State of Research" with Research!America on November 5 in Snyder Auditorium. The speakers included Dean Barry Bloom; Mary Wooley, president, Research!America; Kathleen Foley, attending neurologist, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Jeremy Nobel, adjunct lecturer in health policy and management, Department of Health Policy and Management, HSPH; Michael Lasalandra, medical and health reporter, Boston Herald; Beth Collins Sharp, health scientist administrator, Center for Outcomes and Evidence, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Hon. Louis Sullivan, president emeritus, Morehouse School of Medicine; Daniel Carr, Saltonstall Professor of Pain Research, Departments of Anesthesia and Medicine, New England Medical Center; Judy Foreman, nationally syndicated health columnist; J. David Haddox, vice president, health policy, Purdue Pharma L.P.; and Melanie Thernstrom, journalist and author, Pain: The Disease.
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