July 27, 2012

UW designated an NIH Center of Excellence in Pain Education

The National Institutes of Health have selected 12 schools to develop pain curricula, and the UW has been named the lead site. The center will receive $300,000 to start, with the potential for further funding. The curricula will advance the assessment, diagnosis and safe treatment of a wide variety of pain conditions.

Housed jointly in the schools of nursing and medicine, the UW Center of Excellence in Pain Education is co-led by  Ardith Doorenbos, associate professor of  nursing, and David Tauben, clinical associate professor of anesthesiology and pain medicine. More than 30 core faculty are involved in the center.  They represent all the UW health sciences schools:  nursing, pharmacy, medicine, social work, dentistry and public health.

Read the full article in UW Today.