Understanding and Restoring Whole Joint Health in Pain Management: An NIH HEAL Initiative (Helping to End Addiction Long-term) Workshop 

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is hosting a virtual workshop on July 25 - July 26, 2023. The focus of this workshop is to identify critical knowledge gaps to gain a comprehensive understanding of the whole joint and identify emerging technologies and to advance scientific understanding of joints as complex organs. Five scientific sessions and an interactive discussion session will cover:

• Structural changes in joints
• Mechanisms of whole joint pathology
• Differences among joint types and joint pain populations
• Interventions to address joint pain and disease
• Emerging technologies that can be leveraged to advance scientific understanding of joints as complex “organs.

Please register to attend this virtual meeting or to watch the recording. View the program book and register at: https://bit.ly/3LNPeuX.

This Helping to End Addiction Long-term^® Initiative, or NIH HEAL Initiative, workshop is sponsored by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, National Cancer Institute, National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. #WholeJointHealthMtg