#  The Science of Pain | Complexities and Therapies 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **August 2, 2017** 

 12:00PM - 01:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Harvard Medical School, REB Auditorium, 190 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA**  



 

 



 

 **TALKS @12 |** Light refreshments served

 **Guest 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 Hospital

 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.

   ![Woolf lecture image](/sites/g/files/omnuum10026/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/hsci/files/woolf_lecture.png?itok=UoVkUor7) 

 



 

 



 

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