The NIH Pain Consortium Mitchell Max Award for Research Excellence honors Dr. Mitchell Max, MD (1949 – 2008) for his lifetime contribution to pain research and is awarded annually to the best poster presentation at the NIH Pain Consortium Symposium.

2012 Awardee:

Anthony C.  Johnson

Amygdala-mediated mechanisms underlying stress induced visceral pain

Past Awardees:

2011

Dayna R. Loyd, PhD
Serotonin enhances proinflammatory peptide release from rat and human trigeminal nociceptors.

2010

Sarah E. Tague, MS
Vitamin D deficiency causes deep tissue mechanical hyperalgesia and muscle nociceptor sprouting.

2009

Kara Ramos, PhD
The GLT-1 up-regulating drug cetriaxone reverses neuropathic pain in rat models of peripheral nerve injury and multiple sclerosis.