Talks@HMS: The Science of Pain: Complexities and Therapies

Pain is a protective mechanism that can indicate possible threats to our health. Without pain to serve as a warning signal, we would be at high risk of harming our body. Clifford Woolf will share his latest research on pain and explore how to measure it, model it and develop new therapies that may alleviate the opioid crisis.Speaker: Clifford Woolf, MD, PhD Professor of Neurology and Neurobiology Department of Neurobiology Harvard Medical School Director, F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center Boston Children’s HospitalLike Harvard Medical School on Facebook: https://goo.gl/4dwXyZ Follow on Twitter: https://goo.gl/GbrmQM Follow on Instagram: https://goo.gl/s1w4up Follow on LinkedIn: https://goo.gl/04vRgYWebsite: https://hms.harvard.edu/