Selected Presentations & Appearances
Fibromyalgia + Opioids? Unraveling the Neurobiological Effects of Opioids in Chronic Pain Using Neuroimaging.
- American Pain Society Scientific Meeting
· 2019
National Scientific Meeting
American Pain Society,
Milwaukee, WI
At the Intersection of Affect Regulation, Reward/Value Processes, and Placebo: Altered Human Psychological, Neurobiological, and Opioidergic Systems in Chronic Pain
- American Pain Society 2018 Scientific Summit
· 2018
National Scientific Meeting
American Pain Society,
Anaheim, CA
Acute and Chronic Pain in Humans: Pain Phenomena, Neurophysiological Alterations, and Effects of Opioids
· 2017
Invited Talk
Washington University Department of Anesthesiology,
St. Louis, MO
Acute and Chronic Pain in Humans: Pain Phenomena, Neurophysiological Alterations, and Effects of Opioids
- Invited Seminar
· 2017
Invited Talk
University of Michigan Department of Anesthesiology,
Ann Arbor, MI
Acute and Chronic Pain in Humans: Pain Phenomena, Neurophysiological Alterations, and Effects of Opioids
· 2017
Invited Talk
Wake Forest University Department of Anesthesiology,
Winston-Salem, NC
Translational Questions of Human Spinal Cord fMRI
- 36th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society, Early Career Forum Sounding Board
· 2017
National Scientific Meeting
American Pain Society,
Pittsburgh, PA
Acute and Chronic Pain in Humans: Pain Phenomena, Neurophysiological Alterations, and Effects of Opioids
· 2017
Invited Talk
Harvard University and Boston Children’s Hospital Department of Anesthesiology ,
Boston, MA
Acute and Chronic Pain in Humans: Pain Phenomena, Neurophysiological Alterations, and Effects of Opioids
· 2016
Invited Talk
Duke University,
Evidence of Central Sensitization of the Human Spinal Cord in the Absence of Pain
- 34th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society, Clinical and Basic Science Data Blitz
· 2015
National Scientific Meeting
American Pain Society,
Palm Springs, CA
Morning Workshop: Neuroimaging-based multivariate classification algorithms for acute and chronic pain
· 2015
International Meeting or Conference
Organization for Human Brain Mapping,
Honolulu, HI
Morning Workshop: New Developments and Horizons for Spinal Cord fMRI
· 2015
International Meeting or Conference
Organization for Human Brain Mapping,
Honolulu, HI
Opioid-Independent Temporal Contrast Mechanisms Disrupted in Chronic Pain States but not following Acute Central Sensitization
- 30th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society, Clinical and Basic Science Data Blitz
· 2011
National Scientific Meeting
American Pain Society,
Austin, TX
Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
Small Group Member & Advocate - Women in Science and Engineering (WISE)
· 2013
- 2015
Advocacy
Stanford University
Volunteer Teacher - Science is Elementary
· 2012
- 2013
Community Outreach
, Mountain View, CA
Volunteer teacher of science experiments to underprivileged elementary school students, monthly
Volunteer Biology Tutor
· 2009
- 2011
Community Outreach
Project TEACH Program
, Winston-Salem, NC
Biology tutor to a high school student, two hours weekly
Volunteer Teacher - Brain Awareness Council
· 2006
- 2011
Community Outreach
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
, Winston-Salem, NC
Volunteer at monthly school visits. Educated students (K-12) about human and animal brain anatomy; the nervous system; concepts of neural plasticity; visual, auditory and sensory processing; careers in science
Team Coordinator for Brain Injury Association of North Carolina’s (BIANC) Walk & Roll-athon in 2010 and 2011
Service to the Profession
Reviewer
- NCCIH Training and Education Review Panel (ZAT1 PS[05])
·
November 2021
Event Attendance
Editorial Board Member
·
2021
Editorial Activities
Frontiers in Neurology,
Associate Editor
- Psychology, Psychiatry & Brain Neuroscience Section
·
2021
- 2023
Editorial Activities
Pain Medicine,
Member
- Nominations Committee
·
2021
Committee Service
United States Association for the Study of Pain,
Reviewer
- NIH Somatosensory and Pain Study Section (now Neurobiology of Pain & Itch)
·
September 2019
Event Attendance
Early Career Reviewer
- NIH Somatosensory and Pain Study Section
·
June 2019
Event Attendance
Reviewer
- NINDS Translational Devices Special Emphasis Panel (ZNS1 SRB-C 04)
·
March 2019
Event Attendance
Member
- Seminar Series Committee
·
2017
- 2018
Committee Service
Stanford Neurosciences Institute,
Early Career Liaison / Member
- Membership Committee
·
2017
- 2019
Committee Service
American Pain Society,
Membership Liaison / Member
- Early Career Advisory Group
·
2016
- 2019
Committee Service
American Pain Society,
Co-chair
- Stanford University Postdoctoral Association
·
2014
Event/Organization Administration
Stanford University,
Member
- Stanford University Postdoctoral Association
·
2013
- 2015
Event/Organization Administration
Ad-hoc Journal Reviewer
·
2012
- 2019
Editorial Activities
Anesthesiology, PAIN, eNeuro, Pain Research and Treatment, Experimental Brain Research,
Anesthesiology (20 reviews since 2009), Pain (17 reviews since 2013), eNeuro (3 reviews, Pain Research and Treatment, and Experimental Brain Research
Secretary
- Graduate Student Association
·
2008
- 2009
Event/Organization Administration
Wake Forest University ,
Materials Management Chair
- Brain Awareness Council
·
2008
- 2011
Event/Organization Administration
Wake Forest University ,
Student Councilor
- Western NC Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience
·
2007
- 2008
Event/Organization Administration
Insurance Chair
- Graduate Student Association
·
2007
- 2010
Event/Organization Administration
Wake Forest University,
Departmental Representative
- Graduate Student Association
·
2006
- 2011
Event/Organization Administration
Wake Forest University,
Service to Duke
ACES Clinical Research Candidate Review Committee
(Department)
·
2021
- 2022
Committee Service
Department of Anesthesiology,
Grand Rounds Steering Committee
(Department)
·
2021
- 2023
Committee Service
Department of Anesthesiology,