The Science of Pain Complexities and Therapies by Clifford Woolf
Date and Time
August 2, 2017
12:00PM - 12:00PM EDT
Clifford Woolf, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology and Neurobiology, Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School
Director, F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children’s Hospital
REB Auditorium • 190 Longwood Ave. • Q&A to follow • Light refreshments served
Pain is a protective mechanism that can indicate possible threats to our health. Without pain to serve as a warning signal, we would be at high risk of harming our body. Clifford Woolf will share his latest research on pain and explore how to measure it, model it and develop new therapies that may alleviate the opioid crisis.