Day 1
10:00-10:30 Registration-Pre-function area
and poster set up-Event Hall
10:30-10:35 Welcome
Suzanne Tomlinson, Gulf Coast Consortia
Jun-Ho La, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Convener: Jun-Ho La, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
10:35-11:15 Keynote presentation
More Than Pain: Functions and Mechanisms of Ongoing Activity in Nociceptors
Edgar (Terry) Walters, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston
Convener: Stacey Gorniak, University of Houston
11:15-11:30 Novel Therapeutic Approaches Targeting Nerve Barrier Disruption in Diabetic Painful Neuropathy
Munmun Chattopadhyay, Texas Tech Health Science Center
11:30-11:45 Deciphering the Molecular Landscape of Human Peripheral Nerves: Implications for Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
Diana Tavares Ferreira, University of Texas Dallas
11:45-12:00 Opioid-sparing Effects of the Nrf2 Activator Diroximel Fumarate in Mice
Mohd Sami Ur Rasheed, MD Anderson Cancer Center
12:00-12:15 Pathology-Activated Prodrugs Targeting Nrf2 to Treat Neuropathic Pain
Fátima Rivera-Escalera, MD Anderson Cancer Center
12:15-12:20 GCC-TPR Scholars Program
Chrystine Gallegos, University of Texas Health Science Houston
Isabella Casmedes, Tarleton University
Ramesh Pariyar, University of Texas Medical Branch
12:20-1:20 Networking Lunch-Event Hall
Convener: Carmen Dessauer, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston
1:20-2:00 Keynote presentation
Unlocking the Role of Satellite Glial Cells in Sensory Neuron Function in Healthy and Disease States
Valeria Cavalli, Washington University
Convener: Helen Lai, University of Texas Southwestern
2:00-2:15 Elucidating the Neural Oscillations of the Sensory-Discriminative and Affective-Motivational Dimensions of Pain Using EEG
Amber Harris Bozer, Tarleton State University
2:15-2:30 Endogenous Dopaminergic Signaling in the Lateral Parabrachial Nucleus Modulates Mechanical Nociception
Jun-Ho La, University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston
2:30-2:45 The Potential of Stem Cells as Catalysts for Innovation
Nikita Ruparel, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
2:45-3:00 Precision Medicine fMRI Neuromodulation Enhances Swallow Control Targeted for Lower Cranial Neuropathy Patients
T. Dorina Papageorgiou, Baylor College of Medicine
Convener: Patrick Dougherty, MD Anderson Cancer Center
3:00-3:40 Data Blitz
3:40-3:45 Move to the event hall for the poster session
3:45-4:45 Even # poster session-Event Hall
4:45-5:45 Odd # poster session-Event Hall
5:45-6:45 Reception-Pre-function Area
Day 2
8:00-8:55 Mentoring breakfast
Moderators: TBA
Chrystine Gallegos, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston
Panelists: Valeria Cavalli, Washington University
Isaac M. Chiu, Harvard Medical School
Carmen Dessauer, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston
Andrew Shepherd, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Edgar (Terry) Walters, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston
9:00-9:05 Welcome
Jun-Ho La, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Convener: Shivani Ruparel, University of Texas Health Science San Antonio
9:05-9:20 PACAP-Mediated Activation of MRGPRX2+ Meningeal Mast Cells Leads to Migraine-like Pain
Sami Sbei, University of Texas Medical Branch
9:20-9:35 PACAP38 Mediates Stress-Induced Headache Via Mast Cell-Specific Receptor
Yu Shin Kim, University of Texas Health San Antonio
9:35-9:50 TRPA1 Agonist-Responsive Nociceptors Drive Central Sensitization by Suppressing Spinal GABAergic Interneurons through Somatostatin 2A Receptors
Ramesh Pariyar, University of Texas Medical Branch
9:50-10:05 Cell-Type Map of Pain and Non-Pain Somatosensory States in the Spinal Cord
Allan-Hermann Pool, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Convener: Andrew Shepherd, MD Anderson Cancer Center
10:05-10:45 Keynote presentation
Neuronal Interactions with Microbes in Pain and Itch
Isaac M. Chiu, Harvard Medical School
10:45-11:15 Networking Break
Convener: Diana Tavares Ferreira, University of Texas Dallas
11:15-11:30 Peripherally Acting Recombinant LIGHT Inhibits Oral Cancer Pain
Jaclyn Merlo University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
11:30-11:45 Prolonged Analgesia in Neuromuscular Trauma with a Single Dose of Non-Opioid Nanomedicine in Rodents and Non-Human Primates
Jelena Janjic, Duquesne University
11:45-12:00 SARS-CoV-2 Pain Mechanisms
Ken Hargreaves, University of Texas San Antonio
12:00-12:15 Pro-Nociceptive Role of IgG After Peripheral Nerve Injury
Nathan Fiore, MD Anderson Cancer Center
12:15-12:30 Presentation of poster awards and close
Jun-Ho La, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston