Developing a Pain Research Strategy for Europe: an international network of world-leading experts and patient representatives
Abstract
We will develop a Pain Research Strategy for Europe focused on the most pressing priorities across basic, pre-clinical, translational, and clinical pain research. We have 4 objectives: 1. Reach consensus on the most important research priorities across basic, pre-clinical, translational, and clinical chronic pain research, and how they should be addressed; 2. Explore enablers and barriers to successful implementation of the Strategy; 3. Develop a web platform to amalgamate developments in and track the success of our implementation efforts; 4. Create a roll-out framework to ensure its successful implementation. These objectives will be addressed in three work packages (WPs): WP1. We will conduct two 2-day face to face workshops to reach consensus on priorities, how they should be addressed, and explore enablers and barriers to successful implementation of the Strategy; WP2. We will conduct online focus groups to identify key features of a web platform to track and record the success of our implementation efforts; WP3. We will conduct a multifaceted dissemination and communication approach to roll-out the Strategy. Our project will communicate a clear set of priorities to all stakeholders, foster collaboration between multiple stakeholders, enabling high-quality impactful chronic pain research, and maximizing its translation into European policy and practice. Our project has the potential to advance understanding and lead to enhanced solutions for chronic pain.
Keywords
Chronic pain; Pain Research strategy; pain priorities; basic pain research; pre-clinical pain research, translational pain research; clinical pain research; multistakeholder consensus; implementation; dissemination; communication
Call topic
Networking Chronic Pain
Proposed runtime
2023 - 2024
Project team
Garcia-Larrea Luis (Coordinator)
France (ANR)
Gisele Pickering
France
Brona Fullen
Ireland
Mary O Keeffe
Belgium
Patrice Forget
United Kingdom
Thomas Graven-Nielsen
Denmark
David Finn
Ireland
Kirsty Bannister
UK
Andre Mouraux
Belgium
Elon Eisenberg
Israel
Susanne Becker
Switzerland
Mira Meeus
Belgium
Deirdre Ryan
Belgium
Felicia Cox
United Kingdom
Thomas Tolle
Germany
Hugo Leite-Almeida
Portugal
Ioannis Sotiropoulos
Greece
Jose Antonio Lopez-Garcia
Spain
Michiel Reneman
The Netherlands
Livia Puljak
Croatia
Andrea Truini
Italy
Eija Kalso
Finland
Magdalena Kocot-Kepska
Poland
Snezana Tomasevic Todorovic
Serbia
Kevin Vowles
United Kingdom