In April 2024, I attended the conference for the United States Association for the Study of Pain (USASP) in Seattle, Washington. This episode is the fourth in a series of interviews I conducted there, and features research on the role of gene regulation in chronic pain, the intersection of HIV, sleep, and pain, and rates of opioid use disorder treatment among veterans.

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Interview 1: Nathaniel Hernandez, a PhD candidate at Duke University, on the role of gene regulation in chronic primary pain syndromes like migraine headaches or fibromyalgia.

Interview 2: Shannon Gilstrap, a PhD student at the University of Alabama Birmingham, on the intersection between HIV, sleep, and chronic pain.

Interview 3: Jessica Wyse, a researcher at Oregon Health and Sciences University, on how previous use of opioids to treat chronic pain affects rates of medication treatment for opioid use disorder.

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