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Pitt Challenges in Managing & Preventing Pain
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CHAllenges in Managing and Preventing Pain (CHAMPP) Clinical Research Center at @pittgim.bsky.social @pittdeptofmed.bsky.social. Led by @jessicamerlinmd.bsky.social & Hailey Bulls, PhD.
Congratulations to CHAMPP co-director @hwbulls on being selected as an Honorable Mention for the HEAL Director’s Trailblazer Award! Dr. Bulls was selected based on her work on TREETOP and the Survivorship Stigma project.
February 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
CHAMPP Director Dr. Jessie Merlin has co-authored a newly published article in January's Journal of Palliative Medicine: "Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Buprenorphine." Read it at

liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/jp…
February 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
We'd like to offer a HUGE thank you to Alice Gao, MPH for presenting "Impacts of medical cannabis policies on index diagnosis of chronic non-cancer pain" today at CHAMPP's first Works in Progress meeting of 2023.
February 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Happy 2023 from CHAMPP! May this year be
joyful, productive, and safe!
February 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
CHAMPP wishes everyone, however you
celebrate, the best of the season.
February 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Today's CHAMPP Works In Progress meeting speaker was @hwbulls, who discussed her new K08 grant about reducing the impact of opioid stigma for cancer pain.
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February 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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February 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
CHAMPP is recruiting the next generation of pain management researchers - we're looking for new faculty and fellows to join our team! To get started, go to

champp.pitt.edu/careers
February 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
A huge thank you to Ektha Parchuri for presenting "The Impact of Traumatic Injury on Sickle Cell Disease Outcomes: A Preliminary Analysis" at today's CHAMPP Works In Progress meeting!
February 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Could YOU be the newest CHAMPP faculty member or fellow?
YES YOU COULD!
Check outand get involved with pain management research!

champp.pitt.edu/careers
February 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Thank you to Tae Woo (Ted) Park, MD for presenting "Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Pain" today at our CHAMPP Works in Progress seminar. Join our mailing list atto be notified about our next Works in Progress meeting!

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February 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Today was CHAMPP's "unfinished business" meeting! (But really, when is it ever actually finished?)
CHAMPP core investigators and staff were invited to mingle, enjoy lunch, and get to know each other better.
February 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
New from CHAMPP Center Investigators Dr. Shari Rogal and @drjonassaint: "Getting To Implementation (GTI)-Teach: A seven-step approach for teaching the fundamentals of implementation science" in the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36106128/
February 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Thank you to Dr. Tumader Khouja for presenting "Prescribing for Dental Pain Management in the Emergency Department" today at our CHAMPP Works in Progress seminar. Join our mailing list atto be notified about our next Works in Progress meeting!

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February 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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February 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
CHAMPP Director @JessicaMerlinMD will be giving this month's Health Services Research Seminar lecture on addressing the intersection of substance use and pain this Thursday July 21 at noon over Zoom. Register to attend now at

gim-crhc.pitt.edu/events/hsr-sem…
February 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
In a study published today in JAMA Oncology, CHAMPP Director Dr. Jessica Merlin and first author Katie Fitzgerald Jones MSN outline guidance for treating cancer patients who also have struggled with opioid use disorder or prescription opioid misuse.

upmc.com/media/news/063…
February 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This Thursday, June 30, from noon-1pm, CHAMPP Co-Director @hwbulls will give a presentation for the Health Services Research Seminar Series entitled "Cancer, Pain, and Opioids: Intersecting Challenges." Register now!

pitt.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
February 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
CHAMPP would like to wish everyone a happy Juneteenth (which was actually Sunday but is being observed today). Learn more about Juneteenth at

pbs.org/wnet/african-a…
February 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The Health Services Research Seminar Series: every Thursday at 12PM from September through May. @hwbulls will be presenting on June 30, and @JessicaMerlinMD will be presenting on July 21! More info at

gim-crhc.pitt.edu/health-service…
February 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Welcome to our newest staff member, Project Coordinator Adam Butta!
February 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Happy Pride Month from CHAMPP!
February 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Thank you again to #USASP2022 for a wonderful conference!
February 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Farewell #USASP2022! Can't wait for next year!
February 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Dr. Maria Pacella-LaBarbara wasn’t able to attend #USASP2022 but her poster is here! C46 for “The Role of Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms on Pain Catastrophizing among Acutely Injured Patients”
February 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM