The Pain Beat (Episode 16) – A2CPS: Acute to Chronic Pain Signatures

<p class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"> <span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> This 16^th episode of <em style= "mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Pain Beat</em> highlights the work of a vibrant consortium of pain researchers working on a project known as Acute to Chronic Pain Signatures (A2CPS). A2CPS is focused on the identification of biomarkers to predict which patients will transition from acute to chronic pain, and which patients living with chronic pain can improve their quality of life with management (<a href= "https://www.iasp-pain.org/publications/pain-research-forum/prf-news/a2cps-a-new-frontier-in-pain-research/"><span style="color: blue;">see related PRF news story</span></a>). <em style= "mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Pain Beat</em> invited several Primary Investigators from A2CPS to talk about the work of the consortium, and how listeners of <em style= "mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Pain Beat</em> can get involved themselves!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> Podcast participants include:</span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New