Bob Kerns
@bkerns.bsky.social
Psychologist, professor emeritus Yale
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🗣️A recent article in @DAVHQ titled "How & why the VA changed how it treats veterans’ chronic pain” is now available on the Pain Management Collaboratory website at www.painmanagementcollaboratory.org. The article highlights initiatives led by the VA's Pain Management, Opioid Safety, & PDMP
Pain Management Collaboratory – Supporting Research in Pain Management for Veterans and Military Service Members
Find information on talking with providers about your experience of pain and guidance on developing a plan for chronic pain relief. You'll also find helpful information sheets and links...
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January 6, 2026 at 5:32 PM
🗣️A recent article in @DAVHQ titled "How & why the VA changed how it treats veterans’ chronic pain” is now available on the Pain Management Collaboratory website at www.painmanagementcollaboratory.org. The article highlights initiatives led by the VA's Pain Management, Opioid Safety, & PDMP
Unique pain research office eliminated in HHS purge www.statnews.com/2025/04/08/n... via @statnews.com
Unique pain research office eliminated in HHS purge
Pain is the most costly chronic health problem in the U.S. In latest RIFs at NIH, an entire division devoted to pain research was closed down.
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April 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Experiencing low back pain. Here’s some good advice from my colleague, Dr. Christine Goertz.
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Opinion | Five Things Patients With Low Back Pain Need From Their Doctors
Insights from the 'Spine Squad'
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March 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Experiencing low back pain. Here’s some good advice from my colleague, Dr. Christine Goertz.
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Please join us 03/04/25 @ 11am EST, as Drs. Steven George and @HastingsNicki present their AIM-Back trial @vahsrd Cyberseminar Spotlight on Pain Management.
@VAResearch @NIH_NCCIH @dukemedschool @vadurham
#varesearch #pain #painresearch #veteran
Register Here: hsrd.research.va.gov/cyberseminars/
@VAResearch @NIH_NCCIH @dukemedschool @vadurham
#varesearch #pain #painresearch #veteran
Register Here: hsrd.research.va.gov/cyberseminars/
March 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Please join us 03/04/25 @ 11am EST, as Drs. Steven George and @HastingsNicki present their AIM-Back trial @vahsrd Cyberseminar Spotlight on Pain Management.
@VAResearch @NIH_NCCIH @dukemedschool @vadurham
#varesearch #pain #painresearch #veteran
Register Here: hsrd.research.va.gov/cyberseminars/
@VAResearch @NIH_NCCIH @dukemedschool @vadurham
#varesearch #pain #painresearch #veteran
Register Here: hsrd.research.va.gov/cyberseminars/
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This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
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Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
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February 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
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Join @Collaboratory1 for a virtual workshop,” Digging into Dilemmas of Pragmatic Clinical Trials,” on February 5 and 6, 2025. Learn more: duke.is/2025-nih-vir... #pragmatictrials
January 9, 2025: NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory Will Hold Virtual Workshop on Emerging Issues in February - Rethinking Clinical Trials
The NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory will hold a virtual workshop on February 5 and 6, 2025, on “Digging Into Dilemmas of Pragmatic Clinical Trials.” Mike Cuffe, executive vice president and […]
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January 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Join @Collaboratory1 for a virtual workshop,” Digging into Dilemmas of Pragmatic Clinical Trials,” on February 5 and 6, 2025. Learn more: duke.is/2025-nih-vir... #pragmatictrials