Online today! Check out our recent article on preclinical models of #NoceboHyperalgesia lnkd.in/eeU_QgyV In collab with the Martin and Mogil labs. Enjoy the read!!
Sandra Poulson
@sandrapoulson.bsky.social
Postdoc at Penn Corder Lab studying ACC->subcortical endogenous state-setting, chronic pain, nocebo hyperalgesia, cholecystokinin, cognitive-emotional-motivational pain behavior and emotional contagion. PhD University of Toronto Martin Pain Lab.
I had the BEST time at #CanadianPain26 this year. Thank you SO much to everyone who came to my posters featuring our work with @jerzyszablowski.bsky.social and the Martin & Mogil collab paper. I hope to see you all again at future Canadian Pain meetings!
Thank you SO much to @canadianpain.bsky.social for the generous Trainee Travel Award to attend #CanadianPain26 this year. So proud of being part of this community and so happy to share my research with you all this year!
😭🫶 When you find old pictures on your PhD advisor's lab website that you didn't know anyone kept! Got to visit Loren and Damien last week when I went through Toronto on my way to Quebec City and it was SO good to catch up.
Merci #CanandianPain26 for the amazing Trainee Travel Award. So happy to be here to share our research.
Hey #CanadianPain26, come see cool work on #NoceboHyperalgesia at the poster sessions on Friday Poster 48 #MartinLab #MogilLab
Want to learn about what some of are thinking about chronic #pain? Gillian Best interviewed pain researchers, including Melanie Noel, @richellemychasiuk.bsky.social, @simonbeggslab.bsky.social, @tedpricethepainguy.bsky.social, @jeffreymogil.bsky.social, @daspainbrain.bsky.social, me, & many more.
The future of neuroscience research depends on Congressional support and every voice counts. Join SfN and fellow #NeuroAdvocates in urging Congress to increase FY27 neuroscience research funding. Take action! 🔗 vist.ly/4zjf2 #neurosky #neuroskyence #medsky #academicchatter
"Many labs are dwindling by attrition. Students or postdoctoral researchers leave, and their positions aren’t filled. Many research universities are admitting fewer PhD students, narrowing the very beginning of the pipeline of new scientists." www.washingtonpost.com/science/2026...
Where U.S. science has been hit hardest after Trump’s first year
The Trump administration has slashed the number of grants from the National Institutes of Health, with far fewer focused on women, cancer and mental health.
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Canadian Pain just announced the Trainee Social location and opened up tickets. Go through the same process as registration and you can select just the trainee social ticket for free. See you there! #CanadianPain26
The Canadian Pain Society | La Société canadienne de la douleur@canadianpain.bsky.social · 4mo ago⭐ The Trainee Social You Don't Want to Miss! This is where the next generation of pain leaders connect. 🎉 Food. Games. Good company. 🔥 First 35 get a surprise perk ⏳ Limited spots 📅 April 30, 2026 📍 Québec City Convention Centre 🔗 canadianpainsociety.ca/asm #CanadianPain26
🎨 The Canadian Pain Society Art Awards 📅 Submit by February 15th, 2026 ➡️ canadianpainsociety.ca/artawards 🍁 🎨 Le concours d'art de la Société canadienne de la douleur 📅 Envoyez votre oeuvre jusqu'au 15 février 2026 ➡️ canadianpainsociety.ca/fr/artawards
Interesting, mice are returned to a shock box and facial expressions analyzed. An alternative take though is that this is nocebo face. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Convolutional neural networks detected changes in facial expressions of mice that had conditioned fear stress
Animal models are essential for studying aversive states such as fear and pain. Facial expressions may provide non-invasive readouts of aversive state…
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Such a fantastic experience at #USASP_2026 this year. Thank you so much to everyone who dropped by our poster on RMAs and for all of your feedback. Looking forward to showing this work and nocebo hyperalgesia (2 posters) at #CanadianPain at the end of April so please swing by if you're going. 🇺🇸🇨🇦
Excited to see everyone at #USASP_2026! See you at the Early Career Forum, looking forward to cool science, and see you at the Wednesday social. #USASP_2026
Upcoming Symposium at the USASP annual conference called, "Scholars research panel: Rita Allen Foundation Award in Pain and USASP-MAYDAY Fellows" Tuesday March 24th, 2026 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM EST
Went to see Dream World at the @philamuseum.bsky.social last night. What an incredible exhibit. We're all familiar with Dalí right, but I had no idea his paintings were so crazy detailed.
Phone is full of lab photos, anywhere from surgery to weird equipment parts, and photos of the cat #GuiltyAsCharged
Did any of y'all ever read the Alvin Schwartz Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark books? I was a mega fan. Wicked drawings.
Meet Jimmy aka JimJam, my best fur friend 🐈⬛ He likes playing fetch with feather toys and climbing as high as he can access including straight up the side of my bookshelf 💪🧗 #Philadelphicats #Philadelphia
Quizzo at #ProhibitionTapRoom #Philadelphia www.instagram.com/h_to_the_qui... We lost hard but had fun anyway
The #PhiladelphiaArtMuseum is running their #DreamWorld exhibit until Feb 16th x.com/visitpham www.visitpham.org/exhibitions/...
USASP is in Philly next year so over the coming weeks I'm going to entice y'all to make the trip. #PainResearch
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