OHSU neuroscientist receives $2.3M award for chronic pain research

An Oregon Health& Science University neuroscientist was awarded $2.3 million in federal funding to further her cutting-edge research into chronic pain. Mary Heinricher will receive the funding from the Jacob Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award over seven years to advance her research into photosensitivity in people with chronic pain. Her lab published a research paper last year showing that light can engage pain-modulating circuits in the bra in. People with fibromyalgia, for example, are especially…
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