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Pain Mechanisms and Treatments

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Jeremiah D. Osteen
Vertex Pharmaceuticals (United States)
2
Diana Tavares‐Ferreira
The University of Texas at Dallas
3
Mohammad Balood
Université de Montréal
4
Vittoria Borgonetti
University of Florence
5
Wenpin Qin
Stomatology Hospital
6
Noosha Yousefpour
Annexon Biosciences (United States)
7
Lewis Crawford
The University of Sydney
8
Shannon Tansley
McGill University
9
Élora Midavaine
University of California, San Francisco
10
Jaisan Islam
Chungbuk National University

Papers

1
Publication in Pain and Therapy (2025) [154 citations, W4406160428]
Pain and Therapy|2025
154 cit.
2
Publication in Nature Communications (2025) [34 citations, W4410455446]
Nature Communications|2025
34 cit.
3
Excessive alcohol intake produces persistent mechanical allodynia and dysregulates the endocannabinoid system in the lumbar dorsal root ganglia of genetically-selected Marchigian Sardinian alcohol-preferring rats
Pharmacological Research|2024
10 cit.
4
Cell and molecular profiles in peripheral nerves shift toward inflammatory phenotypes in diabetic peripheral neuropathy
Journal of Clinical Investigation|2025
10 cit.
5
Somatotopic organization of brainstem analgesic circuitry
Science|2025
10 cit.
6
Publication in The Journal of Headache and Pain (2024) [9 citations, W4396803115]
The Journal of Headache and Pain|2024
9 cit.
7
Publication in The Journal of Headache and Pain (2025) [9 citations, W4407874073]
The Journal of Headache and Pain|2025
9 cit.
8
Targeting IL-6 as a novel therapeutic approach for alcohol abstinence – related mechanical allodynia
Neuropharmacology|2025
9 cit.
9
Neuroinflammation evoked mechanisms for neuropathic itch in the spared nerve injury mouse model of neuropathic pain
Neuropharmacology|2024
6 cit.
10
Conditioned Pain Modulation, Placebo and Offset Analgesia: Rates of Behavioural Expression of Inhibitory, Nonresponse and Facilitatory Pain Modulatory Effects
European Journal of Pain|2025
3 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Alexander T. Chesler
National Institutes of Health
2
Stefan G. Lechner
Universität Hamburg
3
Laura Calvo-Enrique
Universidad de Salamanca
4
Prashanth Vas
King's College London
5
Chris Manu
King's College London
6
Richard P. Butt
Pfizer (United States)
7
Stephanie Shiers
The University of Texas at Dallas
8
Biafra Ahanonu
University of California, San Francisco
9
Sébastien Talbot
Karolinska Institutet
10
Marco L. Loggia
Harvard University

Papers

1
Nociceptor neurons affect cancer immunosurveillance
Nature|2022
325 cit.
2
Intrinsically disordered intracellular domains control key features of the mechanically-gated ion channel PIEZO2
Nature Communications|2022
83 cit.
3
Neuroinflammation in post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) as assessed by [11C]PBR28 PET correlates with vascular disease measures
Brain Behavior and Immunity|2024
64 cit.
4
PIEZO2 and perineal mechanosensation are essential for sexual function
Science|2023
58 cit.
5
The pandemic brain: Neuroinflammation in non-infected individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic
Brain Behavior and Immunity|2022
40 cit.
6
Cytokines reprogram airway sensory neurons in asthma
Cell Reports|2024
31 cit.
7
Evaluation of Adjuvant Antibiotic Loaded Injectable Bio-Composite Material in Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis and Charcot Foot Reconstruction
Journal of Clinical Medicine|2023
23 cit.
8
Disruptions in Structural and Functional Connectivity Relate to Poststroke Fatigue
Brain Connectivity|2022
21 cit.
9
Long-term optical imaging of the spinal cord in awake behaving mice
Nature Methods|2024
21 cit.
10
The activation thresholds and inactivation kinetics of poking-evoked PIEZO1 and PIEZO2 currents are sensitive to subtle variations in mechanical stimulation parameters
Channels|2024
19 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Tony L. Yaksh
University of California San Diego
2
Clifford J. Woolf
Boston Children's Hospital
3
David Julius
University of California, San Francisco
4
Allan I. Basbaum
W. M. Keck Foundation
5
Jon D. Levine
Levin Institute
6
Stephen G. Waxman
Yale University
7
Ru‐Rong Ji
Duke University
8
Irene Tracey
University of Oxford
9
Rolf‐Detlef Treede
Heidelberg University
10
Lars Arendt‐Nielsen
Steno Diabetes Centers

Papers

1
The capsaicin receptor: a heat-activated ion channel in the pain pathway
Nature|1997
9.1k cit.
2
Quantitative assessment of tactile allodynia in the rat paw
Journal of Neuroscience Methods|1994
7.9k cit.
3
Impaired Nociception and Pain Sensation in Mice Lacking the Capsaicin Receptor
Science|2000
3.5k cit.
4
The Cloned Capsaicin Receptor Integrates Multiple Pain-Producing Stimuli
Neuron|1998
3.1k cit.
5
A classification of chronic pain for ICD-11
Pain|2015
2.8k cit.
6
Identification of a cold receptor reveals a general role for TRP channels in thermosensation
Nature|2002
2.7k cit.
7
Neuropathic pain
Neurology|2007
2.7k cit.
8
Spared nerve injury: an animal model of persistent peripheral neuropathic pain
Pain|2000
2.3k cit.
9
Evidence for a central component of post-injury pain hypersensitivity
Nature|1983
2.1k cit.
10
The induction and maintenance of central sensitization is dependent on N -methyl-d-aspartic acid receptor activation; implications for the treatment of post-injury pain hypersensitivity states
Pain|1991
2k cit.

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