Mechanisms of Pain:
Veterinary Short Course 2007
Course subject matter ranged from the basic anatomy though the most current concepts in pain
pharmacology and animal models. The faculty of 12 were all recognized experts in the field of pain research.
Among the faculty were
Tim Brennan from Iowa,
Dorothy Brown from U. Penn,
William D. Willis from U. Texas Galveston,
Duncan Lascelles from NC State,
Robert Foreman from Oklahoma and
Peter Pascoe from UC Davis.
The course was intense and there were ample detailed hand outs.
There were over 60 attendees from as far away as Australia. The
attendees were practicing veterinarians, veterinary students and
fellows and those in pharma interested in analgesic drug development.
2007 Course Faculty
Timothy J. Brennan, MD, PhD
Professor, Anesthesia, Pharmacology, University of Iowa
Dorothy C. Brown, DVM, MSCE, DACVS
Associate Professor, Surgery, Department of Clinical Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Nigel A. Calcutt, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego
Richard D. Johnson, PhD
Professor, Physiological Sciences, University of Florida
B. Duncan X. Lascelles, BVSc, PhD, DACVS
Associate Professor, Small Animal Surgery, North Carolina State University
Robert R. Myers, PhD
Professor, Anesthesiology, Pathology, University of California, San Diego
Peter J. Pascoe, BVSc, DACVA
Professor, Surgical and Radiological Sciences, University of California, Davis
Heidi Shafford, DVM, PhD, DACVA
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Center for Pain Research, University of Pittsburgh
Linda S. Sorkin, PhD
Professor, Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego
Mark S. Wallace, MD
Professor, Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego
William Willis, MD, PhD
Professor, Anatomy, Neurosciences, University of Texas at Galveston
Tony Yaksh, PhD
Professor, Anesthesiology, Pharmacology University of California, San Diego