Michael A Ashburn, MD, conducts clinical trials to evaluate the safety and efficacy of new methods for the treatment of acute and chronic pain.
Joseph Cichon, MD, PhD
Dr. Cichon is dedicated to understanding how powerful, rapid acting anesthetics, such as ketamine, alter neuronal circuits in healthy individuals and neuropsychiatric diseases. His basic science approach spans neuroscience, psychiatry, and anesthesia with the hope that some of these mechanistic insights will motivate improved strategies for anesthesia and treatment of challenging neuropsychiatric diseases.
Gregory F. Corder, PhD
Dr. Corder and his Corder Lab investigates studies the neural basis of how the brain generates the perception of pain, and how pathological dysfunction within these brain networks promotes the transition to chronic pain and drug abuse.
John T Farrar, MD, PhD focuses on pain, pain metrics and pain imaging technology.
W. Andrew Kofke, MD uses sophisticated optical tools, in collaboration with the physics department, to study the consequences of anesthesia, surgery and trauma on brain blood flow and oxygen extraction in humans.
Renyu Liu, MD, PhD,is interested primarily in the molecular pharmacology of opioids, specifically kappa agonists, and their potential use for neuroprotection.
Rosemary C Polomano, PhD, RN, FAAN, focuses on psychometric testing of patient-reported outcomes for pain and related experiences and multimodal analgesic interventions.