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Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, MS
Interim Co-Director, UMB Center to Advance Chronic Pain ResearchInterim Chair, Pain and Translational Symptom Science
Director, Placebo Beyond Opinions Center
Professor
SCHOOL OF NURSING and SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Research Interests Learning mechanisms underlying human pain modulation Expectations and social influences on hypoalgesia Neurophysiological mechanisms of placebo and nocebo effects Sex and age in... Read More
Man-Kyo Chung, DMD, PhD
Professor, Department of Pain and Neural SciencesSCHOOL OF DENTISTRY
Research Interests Ion channels in nociceptors Transient receptor potential channels Molecular mechanisms of tooth pain Peripheral mechanisms of craniofacial muscle pain Research Approaches Elec... Read More
Cynthia L. Renn, PhD, RN
Professor and Department ChairSCHOOL OF NURSING
Research Interests My research focus is on gaining insight into the physiological mechanisms that underlie the development of chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain. development of aromatase inhibi... Read More
Diane Hoffmann, JD, MS
Jacob A. France Professor of Health LawSCHOOL OF LAW
Research Interests gender differences in the treatment of pain legal obstacles to the treatment of pain (state medical licensing boards, medical malpractice, criminal prosecution of physicians) in... Read More
Asaf Keller , Ph.D.
Professor and ChairmanDepartment of Neurobiology
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Research Interests Chronic Pain Descending pain modulation Research Approaches Electrophysiology Behavior Neuroanatomy Computational Neuroscience Publications Keller, A and Masri, R. (2013) Th... Read More
Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD, MA, MDE, BCPS, CPE
Professor and Executive Director, Advanced Post-Graduate Education in Palliative CareSCHOOL OF PHARMACY
Research Interests Pain management palliative care education in pain and palliative care, and appropriate use of medications in pain and palliative care Research Approaches educational and cli... Read More
David Seminowicz, Ph.D.
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Neural and Pain SciencesSCHOOL OF DENTISTRY
Research Interests Neuroimaging (EEG, MRI) Migraine, Burning mouth syndrome, other chronic pain disorders Pain-cognition interactions Longitudinal studies in humans and rodents Interventions Rese... Read More
Richard Traub , Ph.D.
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Neural and Pain SciencesSCHOOL OF DENTISTRY
Research Interests Visceral pain Sex differences Gonadal hormone modulation Stress Comorbid pain conditions/mechanism Research Approaches in vivo electrophysiology EMG recording Immunocytochemis... Read More
Vinita Vinita , PhD
Associate Professor, CommunicationsSALISBURY UNIVERSITY
Research Iterests Chronic pain management in a range of domains including cancer survivorship Pain acceptance and other outcome indicators Complementary and Alternative medicine Mind body approach... Read More
Simon Akerman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Neural and Pain SciencesSCHOOL OF DENTISTRY
Research Interests Pathophysiology of primary headaches inc. Migraine Cluster Headache Animal models of primary headaches TMDs Research Approaches Physiological methods in rodents In vivo Electr... Read More
Titilola Akintola, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Staff ScientistSCHOOL OF NURSING
Research Interests Placebo analgesia: incidence in chronic orofacial pain (TMD) The effects of genetics and psychological traits on pain perception The effects of race and ethnicity on pain sensit... Read More
Brian Berman, MD
Director, Center for Integrative MedicineSCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Research Interests Complementary Medicine and Pain Management Integrative Medicine Mind/Body Medicine Acupuncture Systematic Reviews Research Approaches Systematic Reviews Randomized Controlled ... Read More
John Cagle, MSW, PhD
Assistant ProfessorSCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK
Research Interests Addressing psychosocial barriers to pain management Improving access to hospice and palliative care Quality of care and quality improvement in end of life care Research Approac... Read More
Marianne Cloeren, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Div. of Occupational and Environmental MedicineSCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Research Interests Barriers to employment in addiction/recovery Work disability risk factors and mitigation Impact of online education on healthcare provider practice Brain mechanisms of chronic p... Read More
Andrew Coop , PhD
Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Pharmaceutical SciencesSCHOOL OF PHARMACY
Research Interests New analgesics lacking the undesired effects of opioids Research Approaches Synthetic chemistry Research Interests New analgesics lacking the undesired effects of opioids Sy... Read More
Kelly Doran, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor, FCHSCHOOL OF NURSING
Research Interests Training pras to use evidence based interventions Read More
Susan G. Dorsey, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor, Department of Pain and Translational Symptom Science & Department of AnesthesiologySCHOOL OF NURSING
Research Interests Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) signaling and chronic pain plasticity Role of the dorsal horn in chronic pain plasticity following spinal cord injury (SCI) Genomics of ... Read More
Alan Faden, MD
Professor and Center Director, Department of AnesthesiologySCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Research Interests TBI SCI Mechanisms of chronic pain and its modulation after spinal cord injury Research Approaches modeling behavior molecular/cellular biology pharmacology ORCID ID: orcid.o... Read More
Todd Gould, MD
Professor, Department of PsychiatrySCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Research Interests Behavioral Pharmacology Research Approaches Emotional aspects of chronic pain Publications Brown KA, Morris PJ, Thomas CJ, Gould TD (2026) A time-sensitive plastic... Read More
Marc Hochberg, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology and Public Health; Vice ChairSCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Research Interests Clinical epidemiology of Osteoarthritis Design and conduct of clinical trials in Osteoarthritis Assessment of patient-related outcomes in Osteoarthritis Research Approaches Ob... Read More
Beth Hogans, MS, MD, PHD
Associate Professor, (Adjunct at UMM, Part-time at JHU), Department of NeurologySCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Research Interests Pain Education Low back pain Peripheral Neuropathy Interprofessional collaboration/education Research Approaches Epidemiological Gene expression Mathematical modeling ORCID I... Read More
Sherrie Lessans, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor (Retired), Department Pain and Translational Symptom ScienceSCHOOL OF NURSING
Research Interests Treatment induced acute and chronic pain Cancer chemotherapy associated neuropathy Cancer chemotherapy pain and broader symptom burden including mood disorders, cognitive functi... Read More
Radi Masri, DDS, MS, PhD
Professor and Director of Prosthodontic Division, Department of EPODSCHOOL OF DENTISTRY
Research Interests Central neuropathic pain Peripheral neuripathic pain Migraine headaches Descending modulation Research Approaches Electrophysiology Optogenetics Pharmachogentics Protein analy... Read More
Ohannes Melemedjian, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Neural and Pain SciencesSCHOOL OF DENTISTRY
Research Interests Role of bioenergetics and metabolism in chronic pain states. Research Approaches Cellular, molecular, biochemical, electrophysiological and behavioral approaches are used in o... Read More
Ralph Monte, Psy.D.
Psychologist and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Pain CenterUniversity of Maryland, Rehabilitation and Orthopedics Institute (UMROI)
Research Interests Psychological aspects of pain Social determinants of health and healthcare Research Approaches (past) use of archival data sets psychological testing Publications Stock, E. ... Read More
Veronica Njie-Carr
Associate Professor, Department of OSAHSCHOOL OF NURSING
Research Interests My work focuses on the following: Practice Systematic cross-cultural investigations to reduce contextual and structural health disparities among women of African heritage who ar... Read More
Lynn Oswald , PhD, MSN, RN
Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community HealthSCHOOL OF NURSING
Research Interests Stress Substance use disorders Decision-making Brain reward system function Dopamine Recent interest includes associations of the above with chronic pain Research approaches A... Read More
Kristen Rawlett, PhD, FNP-BC
Associate Professor, Family and Community HealthSCHOOL OF NURSING
Research Interests Vulnerable & Underserved Populations At-risk adolescents Patient Centered Research Comparative Effectiveness Research Health Promotion ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0571-7014 Publica... Read More
Ke Ren, PhD Ke Ren, PhD , Ke Ren, PhD
Professor, Department of Pain and Neural SciencesSCHOOL OF DENTISTRY
Research Interests Orofacial pain Pain modulation Pain therapy Animal models Research Ipproaches Behavioral pharmacology western blot immunohistochemistry RT-PCR focal brain injection animal pai... Read More
Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP
Professor, Department of OSAHSCHOOL OF NURSING
Research Interests Optimizing function and physical activity among older adults Resilience Motivation The interface of pain with function and physical activity and the importance of resilience as ... Read More
Jin Y. Ro , BS, MA, PhD
Professor, Department of Neural and Pain SciencesSCHOOL OF DENTISTRY
Research Interests Cellular and molecular mechanisms of muscle pain Trigeminal pain processing Peripheral mechanisms of chronic pain Sex differences and hormonal effects in pain and analgesia Res... Read More
Marcela R. Reyes, DDS, PhD
Clinical Professor, Department of Neural and Pain SciencesClinical Director Brotman Facial Pain Clinic
SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY
Research Interests Target discovery for the management of trigeminal neuropathic pain and chronic migraine Neuro-immune and nitro-oxidative mechanisms of chronic orofacial pain disorders and heada... Read More
Joyce T. da Silva , PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neural and Pain SciencesSCHOOL OF DENTISTRY
Research Interests Pain neuroimaging Research approaches fMRI in human and animal Publications Da Silva JT, Tricou C , Zhang Y, Seminowicz DA , Ro JY. Brain networks and endogenous pain inhibi... Read More
Kristen Weaver, PhD, MS, BS, BA
Assistant Professor, Department of Biobehavioral Health and Nursing ScienceUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Research Interests Stress, sex hormones and microbiota as modulators of the brain-gut axis in patients with chronic abdominal pain Comorbid pain conditions Sleep, diet, exercise and personality in... Read More
Feng Wei , M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Neural and Pain SciencesSCHOOL OF DENTISTRY
Research Interests Our laboratory studies the central mechanisms underlying the development of persistent pain after tissue and nerve injury. In recent years, we have specially focused on synaptic ... Read More
Junfang Wu, B.M., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of AnesthesiologySCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Research Interests Dr. Wu’s research is focused on examining secondary injury processes following traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) and pharmacological/gene therapeutic interventions for SCI... Read More
Yang Wang
Assistant Professor, Department of Pain and Translational Symptoms ScienceSCHOOL OF NURSING
Research Interests Placebo Hypoalgeisa Social Observation Learning Expectancy Induced Analgesia psychological determinants in the formation and extinction of placebo analgesia in chronic pain popu... Read More
Panos Zanos , BSc, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, NeuropsychopharmacologyUNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS
Research Interests Identification of novel treatments for prevention of relapse to opioid taking following abstinence Mechanisms underlying mood disorders during opioid withdrawal Mechanisms under... Read More
