Centre for Pain Research

The leader of Pre Clinical Research Stream is Professor David Finn from the Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics     ‌    

This research cluster is focused on increasing our basic scientific understanding of nociception, the mechanism of action of analgesics and identification of novel analgesic targets. An integrative, whole-systems approach is employed, combining animal models with in vivo and ex vivo measurement of neurochemical release, receptor expression and signal transduction.

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Cluster Leader: Dr. Brian McGuire

School of Psychology, Woodquay Court. Tel: 091 492954

This research cluster is focused on increasing our understanding of the psychological variables that influence pain perception, pain onset, pain maintenance and the ability to cope with pain.

The cluster also focuses on the development and evaluation of psychological approaches to pain management.

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Cluster Leaders:

Dr. Declan McKeown

Dr. Brian McGuire

This research cluster is focused on the legal, organizational, sociocultural and economic aspects of pain. It also focuses on epidemiology and population level risks for chronic pain and the role of social policy in the management of pain.

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Cluster Leaders:

Dr. David O'Gorman

Dr. Chris Maharaj 

This research cluster is focused on the development and evaluation of a range of approaches to pain management and pain treatment, including the range of physical, psychological, pharmacological and medical interventions.

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Cluster Leader: Prof. John Laffey

This research cluster is focused on bringing together basic pain scientists and pain clinicians with the aim of promoting collaborative work which facilitates the translation of relevant pre-clinical research to the clinical setting. In addition, the cluster provides a forum where pain clinicians can communicate current problems and research needs to basic/pre-clinical scientists.

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