Spring 2024
Understanding pain
WSU educates students from health sciences programs so that they have a common, basic understanding of chronic pain and opioid use. » More ...
Pain
Fall 2016
Opiates, gender, and alternative pain relief
The WSU Spokane Program of Excellence in Addictions Research (PEAR) is a wide-ranging effort aimed at improving the understanding, treatment, and prevention of addictions.
Founded in 2006 by John Roll, senior vice chancellor at WSU Health Sciences, PEAR is today one of the primary addictions science programs at WSU, says director and assistant professor in the College of Nursing Celestina Barbosa-Leiker.
PEAR is currently in collaboration with the Spokane Regional Health District methadone clinic, led by medical director Matt Layton.
Barbosa-Leiker is working with Layton to identify individuals for a state-wide study comparing gender differences in opioid use and the ways … » More …
Spring 2015
No pain’s a gain
WSU researchers are finding new ways to tackle America’s pain problems.
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