Current USASP Committee and Task Force Members

Advocacy Committee
Position	First Name	Last Name	Organization
Chair	Diane	Hoffmann	University of Maryland
Co-Chair	Neels	Groenewald	University of Washington School of Medicine and Seattle Children's Hospital
Member	Benjamin	Lee	Emory School of Medicine/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Member	Christine	Sieberg	Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Member	Corey	Simon	Duke University
Member	Gary	Walco	University of Washington
Member	Giovanni	Berardi	University of Iowa
Member	Gregory	Terman	University of Washington
Member	Jennifer	Rabbitts	University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital
Member	Marsha	Stanton	Independent Consultant
Member	Paramita	Basu	University of Pittsburgh
Member	Renee	Manworren	Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital & Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Member	Juan	Hincapie-Castillo	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; National Pain Advocacy Center
Member	Kate	Nicholson	National Pain Advocacy Center

Awards Committee
Position	First Name	Last Name	Organization
Chair	Rebecca	Seal	University of Pittsburgh
Co-Chair	Eva	Widerstrom-Noga
Member	Andrea	Nackley	Duke University
Member	Geoffroy	Laumet	Michigan State University
Member	Jessica	Merlin	U Pitt
Board Representative	Staja	Booker	University of Florida College of Nursing
Board Representative	Yenisel	Cruz-Almeida	University of Florida
Member	Yu Shin	Kim	UTHSA
Member	Amy	Williams	Indiana University School of Medicine
Member	Feng	Tao	Texas A&M University School of Dentistry
Member	Fletcher	White	Indiana University School of Medicine

Committee on Committees
Position	First Name	Last Name	Organization
Chair	John	Farrar	University of Pennsylvania
Co-Chair	Michael	Gold	Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research
Member	Alisa	Johnson	University of Florida
Member	Burel	Goodin	Washington University in St. Louis
Member	David	Hewitt
Member	E. Alfonso	Romero-Sandoval	Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Member	Edwin	Aroke	UAB School of Nursing
Member	Hadas	Nahman-Averbuch	Washington University
Member	Keela	Herr	University of Iowa
Member	Kimberly	Stephens	UAMS/ACRI
Member	Marco	Loggia	Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School

Project Collaborations Committee
Position	First Name	Last Name	Organization
Chair	Keela	Herr	University of Iowa
Board Representative	Andrea	Nackley	Duke University
Member	April	Vallerand	Wayne State University
Member	Dan	Wang	University of Virginia
Member	Kenneth	Goldschneider	Cincinnati Children's Hospital

Member	Michele	Curatolo	University of Washington, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine

Communications Committee
Position	First Name	Last Name	Organization
Chair	Wendy	Gaultney	Neuroversion
Co-chair	Tyler	Bell	University of San Diego California
Member	Anastasiia	Gryshyna	UAB
Member	Dikachi	Osaji	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley SOM
Member	Don Daniel	Ocay	Boston Children's Hospital
Member	Erin	Young	The University of Kansas Medical Center
Board Representative	Rachel	Zoffness	UCSF, Stanford
Member	Sarasa	Tohyama	Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Member	Victor	Schneider	University of Florida
Member	Xinbei	Li	Johns Hopkins Medical Institute
Member	Sascha	Alles	University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Member	Nathaniel	Hernandez	Duke University
Member	Thea	Senger-Carpenter	The University of Michigan

Education and Professional Development Committee
Position	First Name	Last Name	Organization
Chair	Jennifer	Haythornthwaite	Johns Hopkins University
Co-Chair	Hadas	Nahman-Averbuch	Washington University
Co-Chair elect	Kate	Sadler	The University of Texas at Dallas
Member	Andrea	Nackley	Duke University
Member	Chelsie	Brewer	Stanford University
Member	Chen	Chen	Indiana University
Member	Dominic	Ysidron	Ohio University
Member	Edina	Szabo	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center \| Harvard Medical School
Member	Edna	Santos	Virginia Commonwealth University
Member	Janelle	Letzen	National Institutes of Health
Member	Keesha	Roach	University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Member	Meaghan	Creed	Washington University in St Louis
Member	Michael	Jankowski	Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Member	Monica	Gremillion	Medical College of Wisconsin
Member	Peter	Grace	UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Member	Rachel	Aaron	Johns Hopkins University
Member	Wei	Lei	Manchester University College of Pharmacy, Natural and Health Sciences
Member	Francis	Keefe	Duke University
Member	Leena	Kader	University of Kansas Medical Center
Member	Danielle	Wesolowicz	VA Connecticut Healthcare System, Yale School of Medicine
Member	Martha	Kenney	Duke University

Finance Committee
Position	First Name	Last Name	Organization
Chair	Yenisel	Cruz-Almeida	University of Florida
Member	John	Farrar	University of Pennsylvania
Member	Michael	Gold	Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research
Member	Daniela Maria	Menichella	Northwestern
Member	Ericka	Merriwether	New York University
Member	Greg	Dussor	Univ of Texas at Dallas
Member	Hadas	Nahman-Averbuch	Washington University
Member	Jessica	Merlin	U Pitt
Assistant	Jennifer	Haythornthwaite	Johns Hopkins University

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access Committee
Position	First Name	Last Name	Organization
Chair	E. Alfonso	Romero-Sandoval	Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Member	Steven	Kinsey	University of Connecticut
Co-Chair	Alejandro	Almarza	University of Pittsburgh
Member	Amy	Williams	Indiana University School of Medicine
Member	Chung Jung	Mun	Arizona State University
Member	Elizabeth	Losin	Penn State University
Member	Katherine	Salamon	Nemours/AIDHC
Member	Marcia	Shade	University of Nebraska Medical Center
Member	Michelle	Failla	The Ohio State University
Member	Susan	Tran	DePaul University
Member	Tahsin	Khataei	University of Iowa
Member	Wei	Lei	Manchester University College of Pharmacy, Natural and Health Sciences
Board Representative	Yenisel	Cruz-Almeida	University of Florida
Member	Kenny	Roman	University of Pittsburgh
Member	Mary	Bucklin	Rush University Medical Center
Member	Vidya	Chidambaran	Cincinnati Childrens Hospital
Member	Amber	Rhee	Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Member	Javier	Lopez Soto	North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine

Membership Committee
Position	First Name	Last Name	Organization
Co-Chair	Ruth	Chimenti	University of Iowa
Co-chair	Emily	Bartley	University of Florida
Member	Claudia	Campbell	Johns Hopkins University
Board Representative	Daniela Maria	Menichella	Northwestern
Member	Lora	Black	The University of Kansas School of Medicine
Member	Robert	Edwards	BWH
Member	Mark	Bicket	University of Michigan

Nominations Committee
Position	First Name	Last Name	Organization
Chair	John	Farrar	University of Pennsylvania
Co-Chair	Michael	Gold	Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research
Member	Amanda	Klein	University of Minnesota
Member	Anna	Kratz	University of Michigan
Member	Bin	Pan	Medical College of Wisconsin
Member	E. Alfonso	Romero-Sandoval	Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Member	Katherine	Martucci	Duke University
Member	Laura	Frey Law	The University of Iowa
Member	Michael	Iadarola	Clinical Center, NIH
Member	Michelle	Hook
Member	Mohd Sami Ur	Rasheed	University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Board Represenative	Rebecca	Seal	University of Pittsburgh
Member	Rita	Agarwal	Stanford University
Member	Scott	Fishman	University of California Davis Health

Organizational Partnerships
Position	First Name	Last Name	Organization
Member	Benedict	Alter	University of Pittsburgh
Member	Candler	Paige	Doloromics, Inc
Member	Samantha	Meints	Brigham and Women's Hospital

Patient Involvement Task Force
Position	First Name	Last Name	Organization
Member	Andrea	Nackley	Duke University
Member	Rachel	Zoffness	UCSF, Stanford
Member	Christin	Veasley	Chronic Pain Research Alliance
Member	Daniela Maria	Menichella	Northwestern
Member	Deane	Clare	The TMJ Association
Member	Tom	Bowen	Chronic Pain Champions

2023-2024 Scientific Program Committee
Position	First Name	Last Name	Organization
Member	Hailey	Bulls	University of Pittsburgh
Chair	Mark	Baccei	University of Cincinnati
Member	Jenny	Wilkerson	Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Member	Alejandro	Almarza	University of Pittsburgh
Member	Alexandra	Szabova	Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Member	Anne	Murphy	Georgia State University
Member	Daniel	Whibley	University of Michigan
Co-Chair	Daniela Maria	Menichella	Northwestern
Member	Janet	Van Cleave	NYU Meyers College of Nursing
Member	John	Farrar	University of Pennsylvania
Member	Juliet	Mwirigi	University of Texas at Dallas
Member	M. Imad	Damaj	VCU
Member	Michele	Curatolo	University of Washington, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Member	Natoshia	Cunningham	Michigan State University
Member	Peter	Grace	UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Member	Vitaly	Napadow	Harvard Medical School
Member	Yenisel	Cruz-Almeida	University of Florida
Member	Yuanxiang	Tao	Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Member	Rajesh	Khanna	NYU
Member	Mei-Chuan	Ko	Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Member	Laura	Frey-Law	The University of Iowa
Member	Zina	Trost	Texas A&M
Member	Mark	Bicket	University of Michigan

Small Grant Review Committee
Position	First Name	Last Name	Organization
Chair	John	Farrar	University of Pennsylvania
Board Representative	Ericka	Merriwether	New York University
Member	Janet	Van Cleave	NYU Meyers College of Nursing
Member	Kimberly	Stephens	Arkansas Children's Research Institute/University Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Member	Mitch	Knisely	Duke University
Member	Olabisi	Lane	Emory Healthcare
Member	Robert	Jamison	Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Board Representative	Vitaly	Napadow	Harvard Medical School

Sponsorship Committee
Position	First Name	Last Name	Organization
Chair	Patrick	Finan	University of Virginia
Member	Jennifer	Haythornthwaite	Johns Hopkins University
Member	Jon	Dean	University of California San Diego
Board Representative	Rebecca	seal	University of Pittsburgh
Member	Steven	George	Duke University
Member	Steven	Weisman	Medical College of Wisconsin/Children's Wisconsin