CHRONIC PAIN RESET Podcast - with Afton Hassett
Chronic Pain Reset explores the science and ideas that will help people with chronic pain from arthritis, autoimmune disease, back pain or fibromyalgia and many more lead lives that feel more hopeful with less pain and greater joy. Join Dr. Afton Hassett when she sits down with fascinating people ranging from expert pain researchers to those with lived experiences for conversations that are informative, inspirational, and often funny. Each guest will share fresh ideas and actionable strategies that could be game changers.
Episodes
Dr. Burel Goodin is a Professor of Anesthesiology in the Washington University Pain Center. He is also the current President of the U.S. Association for the Study of Pain.
Trained as a clinical health psychologist, his research focuses on cutting-edge translational pain science with a profound commitment to equity, mentorship, and community engagement.
See Dr. Goodin's link below:
https://pain.wustl.edu/people/burel-goodin-...
Dr Neil Basu is Professor of Musculoskeletal Medicine & Vasculitis at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. He trained at both the Universities of Edinburgh and Aberdeen, as well as with us at the University of Michigan.
His research programs are inspired by his clinical practice where he is drawn to specific areas of need expressed by his patients.
As such, he studies the mechanisms of Central Nervous System determined behavio...
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Dr. Daniel Clauw is a Professor of Anesthesiology, Medicine (Rheumatology) and Psychiatry at the University of Michigan. He serves as Director of the Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center and the Co-Director of the NIH HEAL National K12 Clinical Pain Career Development Training Program. He is an internationally known expert in chronic pain, and ...
Mark Thiesmeyer Hook has a master’s degree in Exercise Science and Public Health Nutrition from the University of Michigan. As a certified exercise physiologist and registered dietitian, he has a deep understanding of how the body moves, as well as his own personal story where chronic pain has profoundly influenced his professional path.
Mark is the founder of Better Living Fitness, where for over 25 years, he and his team have help...
Dr. Rob Edwards is a licensed clinical psychologist in the Pain Management Center in the Department of Anesthesiology at Mass General Brigham Hospital for the Harvard Medical School. He has a PhD in Medical Psychology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and a Masters in Public Health. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Pain Psychology at Johns Hopkins, before joining the faculty there in Psychiatry.
Dr. Edwards mov...
Cheryl Crow is an occupational therapist and a fierce advocate for comprehensive arthritis care. She joins us to talk about the unique challenges of life as a young person living with rheumatoid arthritis. Her often hilarious and many times courageous observations are the fodder for her own podcast, Arthritis Life, as well as her time with us.
Prepare for an incredibly insightful and uplifting conversation! Revisit our third e...
This episode opens with the theme song from the musical Painless.*
Amy Bohnert, PhD, MHS is a professor of anesthesiology and co-director of the opioid research institute at the University of Michigan. She studies opioid safety, chronic pain, and mental and behavioral health conditions. Dr. Bohnert has served on several key national committees, including for the National Academies of Science and Medicine and on the Stanford-Lancet C...
Roger B. Fillingim, PhD is a Distinguished Professor and Associate Dean of Planning & Institutional Effectiveness in the University of Florida College of Dentistry.
He is also the Director of the University of Florida Pain Research & Intervention Center of Excellence. His research investigates biological and psychosocial contributions to individual differences in pain and its treatment. Dr. Fillingim’s research has been con...
Dr. Mary Janevic is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Equity in the School of Public Health. She is trained in community health sciences, social epidemiology, and gerontology. She received her PhD at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and did a post-doc in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London.
Her current research program focuses ...
Dr. Kim Dupree Jones is nurse practitioner and a Professor and the Associate Dean for Academic Advancement at Emory University. Her area of research expertise is fibromyalgia.
Her work is cited in national and international fibromyalgia treatment guidelines and texts including Cecil’s Textbook of Medicine, Physical Rehabilitation & Medicine, Kelly’s Textbook of Rheumatology and Neurology in Clinical Practice.
Sh...
Christin Veasley is a nationally recognized advocate for pain research, driven by her own experience with chronic pain after surviving a near-fatal accident at age 15. With a science background and a deep personal connection to the cause, she has worked to advance pain science and ensure research leads to meaningful change for those living with chronic pain.
Chris co-founded the Chronic Pain Research Alliance in 2009 and is cu...
Dr. Lindsey Delott is an Assistant Professor with joint appointments in Neurology and Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences at the University of Michigan. She also serves as the Section Lead for Neuro-Ophthalmology at the renowned Kellogg Eye Center.
Her work focuses on understanding the impact of neurologic and neuro-ophthalmic conditions, such as chronic eye pain, visual phenomena, and optic disorders on her patients’ functioning a...
Dr. Pavel Goldstein is a pain scientist, innovator, and advocate for healing. He leads the Integrative Pain Laboratory (iPainLab) and heads the MPH program in Biostatistics at the University of Haifa’s School of Public Health.
His research explores how our brains and bodies process pain—and more importantly, how we can recover from it. By combining insights from neurophysiology, biochemistry, voice, and language, Dr. Goldstein’s te...
Isabelle Amigues, MD, is a rheumatologist based in Denver, Colorado. She honed her expertise by studying in Paris, as well as at Columbia University, in New York City. At age 40 she was diagnosed with stage IV metastatic breast cancer.
A timely meeting with a non-traditionally trained practitioner taught her a different approach to disease where she experienced the power of meditation, visualization, energy healing, and l...
Dr. Daniel Whibley is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Michigan and an Honorary Lecturer in Applied Health Sciences in the Epidemiology Group at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland.
Dr. Whibley trained as physiotherapist in London and has clinical experience managing patients in rehabilitation settings. He has conducted studies as a Principal Investigator or Co...
Dr. Kathleen Holton is a nutritional neuroscientist and a Provost Associate Professor at American University in Washington, DC. Her research examines the negative effects of dietary excitotoxins on neurological symptoms, as well as the positive protective effects of certain micronutrients on the brain.
The most common dietary excitotoxin exposures in the US are from food additives. Dr. Holton’s research is exploring the beneficial ...
Enjoy this reissue of one of our most popular episodes that begins with a poignant update.
Iuliia Mendel is a Ukrainian journalist who from 2019-2021 served as press secretary and spokesperson for Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the President of Ukraine. She is the author of the powerful book, “The Fight of Our Lives: My Time with Zelenskyy, Ukraine's Battle for Democracy, and What It Means for the World.”
One of the most influential wome...
Dr. Mark Lumley is a clinical psychologist and Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. For over 30 years, he has researched emotional factors and health, particularly chronic pain.
He has developed and demonstrated the efficacy of Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy for chronic pain, and he has contributed to work on Pain Reprocessing Therapy. His research has been c...
Dr. Helen Burgess is a Professor of Psychiatry and the Co-Director of the Sleep and Circadian Research Laboratory at the University of Michigan. She studies sleep and circadian rhythms in a variety of human clinical conditions including alcohol use disorder, HIV, bipolar disorder, inflammatory bowel disease, post-traumatic stress disorder, and chronic pain conditions. And in some cases, she tests sleep and circadian-based treatmen...
Happy Holidays!
Enjoy this reissue of one of our most popular episodes, with Ben Ahrens.
We will return on Tuesday, January 14, 2025 with an all-new episode. Take extra good care of yourself until then.
Ben Ahrens shares his captivating story of disease and suffering that brought him to the brink and the insights and practices that lifted him to recovery. In the years since, Ben has become a chronic illness recov...
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