Trainee Pain Research Grant

The goal of the Trainee Pain Research Grant program is to promote new, collaborative research by our Trainee Members.

2024 Competition

The 2024 competition is closed. Please keep an eye out for our 2025 competition.

  • Instructions
  • Application form
  • Mentor letter of support form

Past Award Winners

2024

Mariel Emrich - Clinical Psychology
"Joint Trajectories of PTSD and Pain in Trauma Survivors with Physical Injury: A Multiple-Process Growth Mixture Modeling Approach"

Katherine Gnall - Clinical Psychology
"Pain, PTSD, and Sleep Disturbance in Women Trauma Survivors: A Cross-Lagged Panel Analysis"

2022

Teresa Graziano - Nursing
"Exploration of Pain Sensitivity in a Gender Diverse Sample"

Amy Kolaczenko- Nursing
"Migraine in the Workplace"

Matt Reck - Behavioral Neuroscience
"Determining the antipruritic potential of the terpene β-caryophyllene"

Carl Rodriguez - Behavioral Neuroscience
"Are postsurgical pain and inflammation reduced by dual inhibition of endocannabinoid and cyclooxygenase enzymes?"

2021

Batool Almasri - Nursing
"Development of the Barriers and Facilitators of Cancer Pain Self-Management Instrument: A Mixed Method Study"

Brittany Knight, PhD - Connecticut Convergence Institute
"Dual administration of Kv7 channel agonists and local anesthetics protects against neurotoxicity"

Jerin Lee - Clinical Psychology
"Examining the Relations Between Sexual Assault Victimization, Chronic Pain, and PTSD Symptom Clusters"

Jia Liu, PhD - Biomedical Engineering
"Development of a localized oxygenation strategy to manage pain in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome"

Olivia Vanegas - Behavioral Neuroscience
"Assessing the analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and epigenetic effects of β-caryophyllene"2021 Competition