Sarah Nelson, PhD (she/her)
@sarahnelsonphd.bsky.social
Researcher in Pediatric Pain, Adversity, Stress, and Health Disparities. Assistant Professor and Pediatric Psychologist at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Views and opinions are my own.
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Beiner et al. find that early childhood adversities significantly predict the severity of fibromyalgia syndrome symptoms, an effect that is mediated by perceived stress levels rather than endocrine stress indicators. Learn more in #PAIN bit.ly/4m2HJQe
August 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Beiner et al. find that early childhood adversities significantly predict the severity of fibromyalgia syndrome symptoms, an effect that is mediated by perceived stress levels rather than endocrine stress indicators. Learn more in #PAIN bit.ly/4m2HJQe
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✨ New in the June edition of PPL.
"Young Adulthood: Supporting Pediatric Patients’ Most Pivotal Transition".
Authors: Morgan Mitcheson, Jennifer Christofferson, Sarah Nelson and Leah Reece.
📥 Download the article here: pediatric-pain-letter.org/wp-content/u...
@morganmitcheson.bsky.social
"Young Adulthood: Supporting Pediatric Patients’ Most Pivotal Transition".
Authors: Morgan Mitcheson, Jennifer Christofferson, Sarah Nelson and Leah Reece.
📥 Download the article here: pediatric-pain-letter.org/wp-content/u...
@morganmitcheson.bsky.social
pediatric-pain-letter.org
June 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
✨ New in the June edition of PPL.
"Young Adulthood: Supporting Pediatric Patients’ Most Pivotal Transition".
Authors: Morgan Mitcheson, Jennifer Christofferson, Sarah Nelson and Leah Reece.
📥 Download the article here: pediatric-pain-letter.org/wp-content/u...
@morganmitcheson.bsky.social
"Young Adulthood: Supporting Pediatric Patients’ Most Pivotal Transition".
Authors: Morgan Mitcheson, Jennifer Christofferson, Sarah Nelson and Leah Reece.
📥 Download the article here: pediatric-pain-letter.org/wp-content/u...
@morganmitcheson.bsky.social
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In an #OpEd, @sarahnelsonphd.bsky.social & Natoshia Cunningham, PhD, warn that recent federal grant restrictions & cuts are threatening pediatric chronic pain research — pressuring scientists to self-censor to secure funding & undermining scientific integrity.
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | What's Lost if We 'Play the Game' to Get Research Funding?
Our journey to understand and treat childhood pain in a new reality
www.medpagetoday.com
June 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
In an #OpEd, @sarahnelsonphd.bsky.social & Natoshia Cunningham, PhD, warn that recent federal grant restrictions & cuts are threatening pediatric chronic pain research — pressuring scientists to self-censor to secure funding & undermining scientific integrity.
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Bravo to amazing colleagues and friends on a timely #oped. #medicaid is vital and life saving for so many, including youth with pain. Call your representatives!
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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Opinion | What Medicaid Cuts Mean for Chronic Pain
Untreated childhood pain follows to adulthood
www.medpagetoday.com
May 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Bravo to amazing colleagues and friends on a timely #oped. #medicaid is vital and life saving for so many, including youth with pain. Call your representatives!
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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Living with #chronicpain often feels like an invisible battle. Many endure their struggles in silence, feeling isolated and misunderstood. Remember, you are not alone.
Join one of our @peoplepainnetwork.bsky.social wellness meetings #education #connect
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Join one of our @peoplepainnetwork.bsky.social wellness meetings #education #connect
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May 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Living with #chronicpain often feels like an invisible battle. Many endure their struggles in silence, feeling isolated and misunderstood. Remember, you are not alone.
Join one of our @peoplepainnetwork.bsky.social wellness meetings #education #connect
Www.pipain.com
Join one of our @peoplepainnetwork.bsky.social wellness meetings #education #connect
Www.pipain.com
Like many, I can’t stay silent when we are living through unprecedented attacks on science and health. My #oped is now live on #medpagetoday in collaboration with Natoshia Cunningham and in support of many colleagues and friends.
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | What's Lost if We 'Play the Game' to Get Research Funding?
Our journey to understand and treat childhood pain in a new reality
www.medpagetoday.com
May 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Like many, I can’t stay silent when we are living through unprecedented attacks on science and health. My #oped is now live on #medpagetoday in collaboration with Natoshia Cunningham and in support of many colleagues and friends.
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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New study reveals alarmingly high rates of illicit opioid and fentanyl use in the US, much higher than prior estimates, underscores the urgent need for better data to fight the opioid crisis. #OpioidCrisis #Fentanyl #PublicHealth jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Estimates of Illicit Opioid Use in the US
This cross-sectional survey study estimates the prevalence of illicit opioid use, including illicitly manufactured fentanyl, and initial opioid exposure among those reporting illicit opioid use.
jamanetwork.com
May 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
New study reveals alarmingly high rates of illicit opioid and fentanyl use in the US, much higher than prior estimates, underscores the urgent need for better data to fight the opioid crisis. #OpioidCrisis #Fentanyl #PublicHealth jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Research shows some state policies can contribute to preventing maltreatment. www.childtrends.org/publications...
Leveraging Economic and Health Policies to Prevent Infant and Toddler Maltreatment: A State Policy Toolkit - Child Trends
www.childtrends.org
April 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Research shows some state policies can contribute to preventing maltreatment. www.childtrends.org/publications...
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Dr. Jennifer Stinson is the first nurse to win a Gairdner Award. A nurse at Sick Kids and a professor at the U of T, she has "revolutionized pediatric pain management," using apps, VR and a human touch. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... @jenniferyang.bsky.social @gairdnerawards.bsky.social
April 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Dr. Jennifer Stinson is the first nurse to win a Gairdner Award. A nurse at Sick Kids and a professor at the U of T, she has "revolutionized pediatric pain management," using apps, VR and a human touch. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... @jenniferyang.bsky.social @gairdnerawards.bsky.social
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More, or should I say, less pain at NIH...
Dismemberment of the Office of Pain Policy and Planning office
www.statnews.com/2025/04/08/n...
Dismemberment of the Office of Pain Policy and Planning office
www.statnews.com/2025/04/08/n...
Unique pain research office eliminated in HHS purge
Pain is the most costly chronic health problem in the U.S. In latest RIFs at NIH, an entire division devoted to pain research was closed down.
www.statnews.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
More, or should I say, less pain at NIH...
Dismemberment of the Office of Pain Policy and Planning office
www.statnews.com/2025/04/08/n...
Dismemberment of the Office of Pain Policy and Planning office
www.statnews.com/2025/04/08/n...
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I'm assisting the HELP Committee with stories of child-or family-focused researchers, grants, clients/patients, or clinical services/programs that were suspended, terminated or otherwise harmed by recent actions. Please contact me: [email protected].
April 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I'm assisting the HELP Committee with stories of child-or family-focused researchers, grants, clients/patients, or clinical services/programs that were suspended, terminated or otherwise harmed by recent actions. Please contact me: [email protected].
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In #ScienceAdvances, a special issue on #WomensHealth highlights a growing wave of research focusing on women’s unique biological and psychological experiences.
Learn more on #WorldHealthDay: scim.ag/3R59fPe
Learn more on #WorldHealthDay: scim.ag/3R59fPe
April 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
In #ScienceAdvances, a special issue on #WomensHealth highlights a growing wave of research focusing on women’s unique biological and psychological experiences.
Learn more on #WorldHealthDay: scim.ag/3R59fPe
Learn more on #WorldHealthDay: scim.ag/3R59fPe
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We have slots for 2-3 postbacs! Get in touch if you’re interested in joining the Affective Neuroscience and Pain lab & contributing to our studies of pain, emotion, and social processing in the 🧠
Recruitment of postbacs & postdocs in the NIH IRP has resumed. I have no additional info beyond what is publicly stated on the website. www.training.nih.gov/research-tra...
April 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
We have slots for 2-3 postbacs! Get in touch if you’re interested in joining the Affective Neuroscience and Pain lab & contributing to our studies of pain, emotion, and social processing in the 🧠
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Just published: "Use of Nonpharmacologic Interventions by Adults With High-Impact Chronic Pain in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Analysis"
Congrats to Tasha Parman (@tp-pt.bsky.social) on her first, first-author manuscript! Great work.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Congrats to Tasha Parman (@tp-pt.bsky.social) on her first, first-author manuscript! Great work.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Use of Nonpharmacologic Interventions by Adults With High‐Impact Chronic Pain in the United States: A Cross‐Sectional Analysis
Introduction: Few studies compare differences in the use of nonpharmacologic interventions (NPIs) between those with high-impact chronic pain (HICP) and low-impact chronic pain (LICP) or describe dif...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Just published: "Use of Nonpharmacologic Interventions by Adults With High-Impact Chronic Pain in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Analysis"
Congrats to Tasha Parman (@tp-pt.bsky.social) on her first, first-author manuscript! Great work.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Congrats to Tasha Parman (@tp-pt.bsky.social) on her first, first-author manuscript! Great work.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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This Friday at 12 eastern @aaas.org is holding a zoom meeting on how to respond to federal research grant terminations. Register here aaas.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Responding to Federal Research Grant Terminations. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join the AAAS Center for Scientific Responsibility and Justice and AAAS SEA Change for a roundtable discussion on the laws and regulations that govern federal grant terminations, including procedures ...
aaas.zoom.us
March 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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We urge all leaders, for the good of their nations’ health, not to ignore or contradict advice that is supported by a consensus of evidence from research.
https://go.nature.com/43Rfr5a
https://go.nature.com/43Rfr5a
Vaccines save lives. Leaders must champion them
Attacks on vaccines and the cancellation of research into what causes vaccine hesitancy puts people in harm’s way.
go.nature.com
March 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
We urge all leaders, for the good of their nations’ health, not to ignore or contradict advice that is supported by a consensus of evidence from research.
https://go.nature.com/43Rfr5a
https://go.nature.com/43Rfr5a
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I’m a biomedical researcher who lost his wife to cancer. Finding cures is personal to me. What’s happening at the NIH is devastating. Here’s my editorial in my hometown newspaper.
www.vindy.com/opinion/edit...
www.vindy.com/opinion/edit...
DOGE ends America’s golden age of biomedical research
Biomedical research impacts all of us. I became curious about how drugs work after my mom was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis when I was a small boy. She received “gold shots” as treatment, which ...
www.vindy.com
March 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I’m a biomedical researcher who lost his wife to cancer. Finding cures is personal to me. What’s happening at the NIH is devastating. Here’s my editorial in my hometown newspaper.
www.vindy.com/opinion/edit...
www.vindy.com/opinion/edit...
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IASP recognizes that the advancement of pain science depends on the collective expertise, perspectives, and contributions our global network of members. DEI are organizational priorities here at IASP and we strive to ensure programming represents all members. Learn More: bit.ly/43LhOX4
March 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
IASP recognizes that the advancement of pain science depends on the collective expertise, perspectives, and contributions our global network of members. DEI are organizational priorities here at IASP and we strive to ensure programming represents all members. Learn More: bit.ly/43LhOX4
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This month we introduce a Collection on lived experience expertise in mental health research.
The centerpiece is 11 interviews with lived experience experts who generously share their personal experiences with mental health challenges & explain why they decided to contribute to clinical research.
The centerpiece is 11 interviews with lived experience experts who generously share their personal experiences with mental health challenges & explain why they decided to contribute to clinical research.
Lived experience expertise in mental health research
In this Collection we amplify the contributions of people with lived experience to mental health research through interviews with lived experience experts and ...
www.nature.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This month we introduce a Collection on lived experience expertise in mental health research.
The centerpiece is 11 interviews with lived experience experts who generously share their personal experiences with mental health challenges & explain why they decided to contribute to clinical research.
The centerpiece is 11 interviews with lived experience experts who generously share their personal experiences with mental health challenges & explain why they decided to contribute to clinical research.
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This message needs to be heard widely.
NIH funding delivers exponential economic returns — Harvard Gazette
Report finds all 50 states reap gains in patient health, job creation, research resources, business development.
news.harvard.edu
March 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This message needs to be heard widely.
New #publication alert focused on #GENDER #DIVERSE youth with chronic #pain. Clear evidence of what everyone has seen - an explosion of these youth seeking specialty care
Pain-Related and Psychosocial Functioning in Gender-Diverse Youth with Chronic Pain Prior to and Following the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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March 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
New #publication alert focused on #GENDER #DIVERSE youth with chronic #pain. Clear evidence of what everyone has seen - an explosion of these youth seeking specialty care
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One of the most powerful moments of the day came from Emily Whitehead who told the story of how she was the first pediatric patient to receive CAR T-cell therapy for her leukemia at age 5: “I stand up for science because science saved my life. And that’s a fact.” @standupforscience.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
One of the most powerful moments of the day came from Emily Whitehead who told the story of how she was the first pediatric patient to receive CAR T-cell therapy for her leukemia at age 5: “I stand up for science because science saved my life. And that’s a fact.” @standupforscience.bsky.social
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Latest report from @amfarofficial.bsky.social showing for every $1 of #NIH funding received, a state generates $2.46 on average in increased economic activity.
Cutting #NIH grants doesn't make economic sense.
www.amfar.org/news/how-nih...
Cutting #NIH grants doesn't make economic sense.
www.amfar.org/news/how-nih...
March 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Latest report from @amfarofficial.bsky.social showing for every $1 of #NIH funding received, a state generates $2.46 on average in increased economic activity.
Cutting #NIH grants doesn't make economic sense.
www.amfar.org/news/how-nih...
Cutting #NIH grants doesn't make economic sense.
www.amfar.org/news/how-nih...