Academic seminars and lectures events

Frédéric Simard, B.Eng. Ph.D. Candidate Department of Physiology    Representation of statistical objects in the visual cortex   Thursday, October 10th, 2013 Duff Medical Building Room 112 3775 University Street 1:30 p.m.

Presentation by Dr. Donna Hammond, University of Iowa What Goes Up Must Come Down. The Changing Landscape of Brainstem Modulation of Pain After Injury  

Presentation by Dr. Daniela Salvemini, St. Louis University, MO Targeting Chronic Neuropathic Pain with A3 Adenosine Receptor Agonists

Presentation by Dr. Brook Martin Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical, NH Measuring the Safety of Spinal Surgery for Degenerative Diseases and the Implications on Health Policy

EVENTS: 2:00-3:00 p.m. Trainees’ Workshop: “Can we trust the published literature? Why not and what can be done to improve things?” Leaders:  Dr. Stephen McMahon, Dr. Jeff Mogil Ballroom “A”   3:00-5:30 p.m.  Poster Session, Hors d’oeuvres and Wine 5:30-6:00 p.m.  Poster Prizes and Introductory Remarks Ballroom “B”   6:00-7:00 p.m. Plenary Lecture “Finding Novel Pain Genes” by Dr.

Presentation by Dr. Michael T. Smith Johns Hopkins University, MD Mechanisms of Sleep Disturbance Hyperalgesia

Presentation by Dr. Jason McDougall Dalhousie University, NS In Search of New Drugs to Treat Arthritis Pain

Presentation by Dr. Srinivasa Raja Johns Hopkins University, MD Opioids and Neuropathic Pain: Bench to Bedside and Back to the Bench