March 23 - 26, 2026
Loews Philadelphia Hotel
Philadelphia, PA
Registration will open in November 2025
2026 Annual Scientific Meeting
Requests for cancellations must be done by April 1, 2025
Plenary Speakers
Quána Madison, MA
Person with Lived Experience Plenary
Author, Artist, and Advocate for People with Lived Experience
“Empathy, Resilience & Creativity as Tools of Resistance in the Fight for Pain Relief:
Perspectives from a Person Living with Chronic Pain”
Jennifer Stinson, RN-EC, PhD, CPNP, FAAN
Clinical Research Plenary
Senior Scientist, Child Health Evaluative Sciences
Professor, Lawrence S. Bloomberg, Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto
The Hospital for Sick Children
“Innovating Pediatric Pain Care: The Promise and Practice of Digital Therapeutics"
Grégory Scherrer, PharmD, PhD
Basic Science Research Plenary
Associate Professor School of Medicine, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, of Pharmacology, UNC Neuroscience Center
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
“Neural Circuits and
New Therapeutics for the Multiple Dimensions of Pain”
Victoria Eugenia Guadalupe Abraira, BS, PhD
Rising Star Plenary
Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience
Rutgers University
"Context is Key: How Spinal Cord Neuromodulation Shapes Our Somatosensory Experiences"
SCD SIG Inaugural Pre-Conference Workshop
The new USASP Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) SIG invites you to participate in a half day preconference workshop on Tuesday, April 29 (from noon to 4:30pm). Please join us for talks from established SCD investigators spanning basic, clinical and translational topics, an early career blitz, networking opportunities and science speed dating. Registration is required. A box lunch will be provided.
Empowering Pain Research: Leveraging PCORI for Funding and Stakeholder Engagement
Join Drs. Mark Bicket and Erin Krebs for a unique pre-conference workshop to help our members learn about the funding process from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). "Empowering Pain Research: Leveraging PCORI for Funding and Stakeholder Engagement" is crafted specifically to help researchers including but not limited to mid-career and senior researchers unlock the full potential of their work to make a bigger impact in the field of pain management.
2025 Updated Essentials of Primary Care Management
Join pain management experts from the University of California Davis in a one-day CME course offered for physicians, NP/PAs, nurses, and other clinicians interested in education by expert faculty regarding the management of patients with complex pain conditions. The course will target pressing topics related to pain management with didactic presentations and in-person discussion and demonstration sessions. The learner objectives include understanding effective evaluation and diagnosis of the patient in pain as well as implementation of evidence-based treatment options for pain. This program offers up to 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits for eligible participants.
2026 Pre-Conference Workshops
Awards for High Priority Early Career Investigators
Designed to support trainees and young investigators from underrepresented or disadvantaged backgrounds as they pursue careers in pain research and clinical practice. This scholarship provides an opportunity to attend the 2026 USASP Annual Scientific Meeting, where awardees can engage with leading experts, present their research, and participate in professional development sessions.
Awards and Grants for our 2026 Annual Meeting
Refund requests for cancellations will not be accepted after Friday, February 27, 2026.
For any other requests, please contact us.
2026 Early Career Forum
Join us at the 2025 USASP Early Career Forum, a dedicated pre-conference event on April 29th designed to support trainees (currently completing their degree) and early-career professionals. Note that junior faculty are considered early-career professionals and are strongly encouraged to participate in this event.
Symposia and Poster Abstracts
Visiting Philadelphia!
Your Stay at The Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel
Loews Philadelphia Hotel
1200 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107-3788
Getting Here
Coming soon.
Our Conference Hotel Room Block
Coming soon.
Parking at the Hotel
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Symposia and plenary sessions will be streamed through Zoom, with select presentations being recorded. More information to come when we open virtual attendance closer to our meeting.
Virtual Attendance
Pre-Conference Workshops: April 29, 2025
Early Career Forum: April 29, 2025
Main Conference: April 30-May 2, 2025
Agenda Overview
Updated Essentials of Primary Care Pain Management
Sunday, April 14th, 2024 — $100USD
Brett Stacey, MD (University of Washington)
Scott Fishman, MD (University of California, Davis)
Target pressing pain management topics with didactic presentations, in-person discussions, and demonstration sessions. The learner objectives include understanding effective evaluation and diagnosis of the patient in pain and implementing evidence-based treatment options for pain. This program will offer CMEs for eligible participants. In-person attendance only features complimentary coffee, lunch arrangements are at your discretion.
Optimizing Mentorship to Ensure a Bright Future for Pain Research
Pre-Conference Workshop — Sunday, April 14th, 2024 — $100USD
Dr. Roger Fillingim (University of Florida) and Dr. Tonya Palermo (Seattle Children’s)
Mentorship is critical to the success, persistence, and satisfaction of trainees and early career investigators. In pain research specifically, workforce and lack of pipeline have been raised as limiting factors, particularly in clinical pain research. The intended audience includes early and mid-career faculty who are actively engaged in mentoring (or want to be) and are interested in optimizing their mentoring relationships. The co-facilitators have extensive experience in mentorship and mentor development across the spectrum of training from undergraduate students to early career faculty in pain science. The workshop will apply a facilitative learning process to promote interaction, discussion, and self-reflection. Attendees will leave with a set of tools and strategies they can implement to enhance their mentorship with pain research mentees. This program will offer CMEs for eligible participants. In-person attendance only features complimentary coffee, lunch arrangements are at your discretion.
2024 USASP Early Career Forum and Lunch
Forum — Sunday, April 14th — FREE
The USASP’s annual information and networking session specifically designed for trainees and early-stage investigators (individuals who completed their training <5 years prior). The event will close with a reception open to all USASP Meeting registrants. The Early Career Forum is the perfect way to kick off the 2024 meeting – low-pressure networking with individuals who you’ll likely see at this meeting for years to come! In-person attendance only, free with registration. Please select this even when registering.
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