1 00:00:15,067 --> 00:00:17,603 >> THANK YOU, IT'S GOOD TO SEE 2 00:00:17,603 --> 00:00:23,175 EVERYONE, WELCOME TODAY TWO OF 3 00:00:23,175 --> 00:00:25,410 THE SYMPOSIUM. IT'S A PLEASURE 4 00:00:25,410 --> 00:00:27,679 TO BE INTRUSION THIS MORNING 5 00:00:27,679 --> 00:00:31,750 NIH'S DEPUTY DIRECTOR DR. AMY 6 00:00:31,750 --> 00:00:33,385 KELLEY WHO WILL PROVIDE 7 00:00:33,385 --> 00:00:35,154 PRERECORDED REMARKS. WAS 8 00:00:35,154 --> 00:00:37,256 APPOINTED AS DIRECTOR OF THE NIA 9 00:00:37,256 --> 00:00:40,325 IN SEPTEMBER 2022. PRIOR TO 10 00:00:40,325 --> 00:00:45,330 THIS WAS A PROFESSOR AND VICE 11 00:00:45,330 --> 00:00:48,367 CHAIR OF HEALTH IN THE 12 00:00:48,367 --> 00:00:50,536 DEPARTMENT OF GERIATRICS AND 13 00:00:50,536 --> 00:00:52,171 SENIOR ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR GENDER 14 00:00:52,171 --> 00:00:54,606 EQUITY IN RESEARCH AFFAIRS AT 15 00:00:54,606 --> 00:00:57,843 THE ICON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN 16 00:00:57,843 --> 00:01:03,849 MOUNT SINAI IN NEW YORK. SHE 17 00:01:03,849 --> 00:01:06,418 FOCUSED ON SERIOUSLY ILL ADULTS 18 00:01:06,418 --> 00:01:09,454 AND WAS SUPPORTED BY THE NIA 19 00:01:09,454 --> 00:01:12,457 THROUGH MULTIPLE GRANTS, THE 20 00:01:12,457 --> 00:01:13,559 NATIONAL PALLIATIVE CARE 21 00:01:13,559 --> 00:01:14,993 RESEARCH CENTER AMONG OTHERS. 22 00:01:14,993 --> 00:01:17,996 IS A TWO TIME ICON SCHOOL OF 23 00:01:17,996 --> 00:01:20,332 MEDICINE AND A CLINICIAN OF THE 24 00:01:20,332 --> 00:01:23,168 YEAR HONOREE AND IS RECOGNIZED 25 00:01:23,168 --> 00:01:29,408 FOR EXEMPLARY WORK INCLUDED FOR 26 00:01:29,408 --> 00:01:31,176 JAR REE YAT RISK SOCIETY. SHE 27 00:01:31,176 --> 00:01:36,448 SENDS HER REPORTS FOR -- HER 28 00:01:36,448 --> 00:01:39,151 REGRETS FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO 29 00:01:39,151 --> 00:01:40,352 PARTICIPATE IN-PERSON BY WILL BE 30 00:01:40,352 --> 00:01:43,155 JOINING US VIRTUALLY. THANK 31 00:01:43,155 --> 00:01:43,922 YOU. 32 00:01:43,922 --> 00:01:44,723 >> GOOD MORNING. AND WELCOME 33 00:01:44,723 --> 00:01:48,694 TODAY TWO OF THE NIH PAIN 34 00:01:48,694 --> 00:01:50,362 CONSORTIUM SYMPOSIUM FOCUSED ON 35 00:01:50,362 --> 00:01:52,364 SEX AND GENDER DIFFERENCES MY 36 00:01:52,364 --> 00:01:57,402 NAME IS AMY KELLEY I AM THE 37 00:01:57,402 --> 00:02:00,639 DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF NIA WOULD 38 00:02:00,639 --> 00:02:03,008 HAVE BEEN THE 20 INSTITUTES HERE 39 00:02:03,008 --> 00:02:05,310 AND I AM SO SORRY I AM UNABLE TO 40 00:02:05,310 --> 00:02:06,979 BE HERE WITH YOU IN-PERSON 41 00:02:06,979 --> 00:02:09,548 TODAY. TODAY'S TOPIC SPEAKS TO 42 00:02:09,548 --> 00:02:11,483 ME BOTH PERSONALLY AND 43 00:02:11,483 --> 00:02:12,317 PROFESSIONALLY. I'M A 44 00:02:12,317 --> 00:02:14,853 PRACTICING JAR YA TRIGS AS WELL 45 00:02:14,853 --> 00:02:17,256 AS A RESEARCHER AND I WORKED FOR 46 00:02:17,256 --> 00:02:20,259 DECADES TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF 47 00:02:20,259 --> 00:02:21,660 PEOPLE WITH SERIOUS ILLNESS AND 48 00:02:21,660 --> 00:02:25,631 PAIN I WILL BE SURE TO CATCH THE 49 00:02:25,631 --> 00:02:27,833 RECORDING LATER ON AND TODAY 50 00:02:27,833 --> 00:02:29,034 JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU A LITTLE 51 00:02:29,034 --> 00:02:32,604 BIT ABOUT NIA'S CONNECTION WITH 52 00:02:32,604 --> 00:02:37,743 THE NIH PAIN CONSORTIUM. WE'VE 53 00:02:37,743 --> 00:02:39,845 BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE 54 00:02:39,845 --> 00:02:42,681 CONSORTIUM FOR AWHILE AND IN 55 00:02:42,681 --> 00:02:44,583 THIS ROLE WE HAVE BEEN CHARGED 56 00:02:44,583 --> 00:02:45,751 WITH STUDYING PAIN MANAGEMENT 57 00:02:45,751 --> 00:02:47,753 SPECIFICALLY IN OLDER ADULTS. 58 00:02:47,753 --> 00:02:48,654 IT'S AN UNDERSTUDIED POPULATION 59 00:02:48,654 --> 00:02:52,357 WITH UNIQUE AND COMPLEX 60 00:02:52,357 --> 00:02:53,558 CONSIDERATIONS. SO AT LEAST 40% 61 00:02:53,558 --> 00:02:56,328 OF OLDER AMERICANS REPORT LIVING 62 00:02:56,328 --> 00:02:58,797 WITH CHRONIC PAIN, OFTEN IN 63 00:02:58,797 --> 00:03:00,732 MULTIPLE BODY SITES AND OFTEN 64 00:03:00,732 --> 00:03:02,768 WITH MULTIPLE TYPES OF PAIN. 65 00:03:02,768 --> 00:03:04,469 THE LEADING CAUSES OF CHRONIC 66 00:03:04,469 --> 00:03:07,973 PAIN IN OLDER ADULTS INCLUDE 67 00:03:07,973 --> 00:03:09,841 MUSCULOSKELETAL CONDITIONS, 68 00:03:09,841 --> 00:03:12,077 NEUROPATHIES, CANCER RELATED 69 00:03:12,077 --> 00:03:13,912 PAIN AND HEADACHES. 70 00:03:13,912 --> 00:03:14,713 ADDITIONALLY, TREATMENT OF PAIN 71 00:03:14,713 --> 00:03:18,350 IN LATER LIFE IS OFTEN 72 00:03:18,350 --> 00:03:19,284 COMPLICATED BY ADDITIONAL 73 00:03:19,284 --> 00:03:21,153 CONSIDERATIONS THAT INCLUDES A 74 00:03:21,153 --> 00:03:23,955 PERSON'S COMORBIDITIES AND THE 75 00:03:23,955 --> 00:03:25,424 SIMULTANEOUS USE OF MULTIPLE 76 00:03:25,424 --> 00:03:30,696 OTHER MEDICINES FOR THESE 77 00:03:30,696 --> 00:03:36,735 CONDITIONS. ASEAT MET -- ASEAT 78 00:03:36,735 --> 00:03:39,871 MET FIN AND ATYPICAL ANALGESICS 79 00:03:39,871 --> 00:03:42,741 ARE THE MAINSTAYS HOWEVER 80 00:03:42,741 --> 00:03:47,746 THERE'S RISKS OF ADVERSE AFFECTS 81 00:03:47,746 --> 00:03:49,514 LIMITING THEIR USE. FURTHERMORE 82 00:03:49,514 --> 00:03:50,749 IT CAN BE DIFFICULT FOR 83 00:03:50,749 --> 00:03:51,650 PHYSICIANS AND FAMILIES TO EVEN 84 00:03:51,650 --> 00:03:53,952 KNOW IF AN OLDER ADULT IS IN 85 00:03:53,952 --> 00:03:56,788 PAIN, PARTICULARLY IF THAT 86 00:03:56,788 --> 00:03:58,156 PERSON HAS COGNITION OR 87 00:03:58,156 --> 00:03:59,358 COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEMS THAT 88 00:03:59,358 --> 00:04:03,829 MIGHT HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A 89 00:04:03,829 --> 00:04:06,131 STROKE, DEMENTIA OR ANOTHER 90 00:04:06,131 --> 00:04:08,667 HEALTH CONDITION, GIVEN THESE 91 00:04:08,667 --> 00:04:11,203 COMPLEXITIES, NIA HAS A 92 00:04:11,203 --> 00:04:12,170 LONG-STANDING INTEREST IN 93 00:04:12,170 --> 00:04:14,339 RESEARCHING THE MEASUREMENT, AND 94 00:04:14,339 --> 00:04:17,943 THE MANAGEMENT OF PAIN WITH 95 00:04:17,943 --> 00:04:21,680 AGING. OVER THE YEARS NIA AS 96 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:22,781 ISSUED SEVERAL PAIN FOCUSED 97 00:04:22,781 --> 00:04:25,083 OPPORTUNITIES THIS HAS INCLUDED 98 00:04:25,083 --> 00:04:25,817 AN ACTIVE NOTICE OF SPECIAL 99 00:04:25,817 --> 00:04:27,152 INTEREST FOR RESEARCH 100 00:04:27,152 --> 00:04:29,988 APPLICATIONS THAT FOCUS ON 101 00:04:29,988 --> 00:04:31,189 IMPROVING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF 102 00:04:31,189 --> 00:04:33,825 MECHANISMS THAT UNDERLINE A PAIN 103 00:04:33,825 --> 00:04:35,727 EXPERIENCE WITH AGING. THAT 104 00:04:35,727 --> 00:04:37,596 ENHANCE THE ASSESSMENT, THE 105 00:04:37,596 --> 00:04:38,630 PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT 106 00:04:38,630 --> 00:04:41,233 STRATEGIES FOR PAIN IN OLDER 107 00:04:41,233 --> 00:04:42,667 ADULTS. AND ALSO, IMPORTANTLY, 108 00:04:42,667 --> 00:04:46,104 IMPROVING HEALTH EQUITY OF AGING 109 00:04:46,104 --> 00:04:49,307 POPULATION SUFFERING WITH PAIN. 110 00:04:49,307 --> 00:04:50,075 ADDITIONALLY JUST THIS PAST 111 00:04:50,075 --> 00:04:53,378 APRIL IN COLLABORATION WITH THE 112 00:04:53,378 --> 00:04:56,581 NATIONAL 113 00:04:56,581 --> 00:04:57,015 NATIONAL CENTER FOR 114 00:04:57,015 --> 00:04:57,616 COMPLEMENTARY AND INTEGRATIVE 115 00:04:57,616 --> 00:04:59,184 HEALTH NIH PUBLISHED A FUNDING 116 00:04:59,184 --> 00:04:59,718 OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT A 117 00:04:59,718 --> 00:05:00,952 CLINICAL TRIALS NETWORK THAT 118 00:05:00,952 --> 00:05:02,888 WILL COLLECT SAFETY AND EARLY 119 00:05:02,888 --> 00:05:06,291 EFFICACY DATA ON THE USE OF 120 00:05:06,291 --> 00:05:07,359 PSYCHEDELIC ASSISTED THERAPY IN 121 00:05:07,359 --> 00:05:08,760 OLDER ADULTS LIVING WITH 122 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:09,761 SPECIFIC CHRONIC PAIN CONDI 123 00:05:09,761 --> 00:05:14,566 CONDITIONS. FURTHERMORE, NIA 124 00:05:14,566 --> 00:05:17,769 SUPPORTS A GREAT DEAL OF 125 00:05:17,769 --> 00:05:18,837 RESEARCH IN PALLIATIVE CARE AND 126 00:05:18,837 --> 00:05:21,306 IN ADDITION TO THIS, WE HAVE 127 00:05:21,306 --> 00:05:23,909 RECENTLY PARTNERED WITH ICS 128 00:05:23,909 --> 00:05:26,978 ACROSS NIH TO RELEASE A NEW 129 00:05:26,978 --> 00:05:28,847 NOTICE OF A FUNDING OPPORTUNITY 130 00:05:28,847 --> 00:05:30,682 FOR APPLICATIONS TO THE 131 00:05:30,682 --> 00:05:32,117 PALLIATIVE CARE RESEARCH 132 00:05:32,117 --> 00:05:34,019 CONSORTIUM. THIS FOCUSES ON 133 00:05:34,019 --> 00:05:37,823 PROVIDING RESOURCES. 134 00:05:37,823 --> 00:05:44,596 EXPERTISE. AND COORDINATION FOR 135 00:05:44,596 --> 00:05:45,831 THOSE LIVING WITH SERIOUS 136 00:05:45,831 --> 00:05:47,933 ILLNESSES ACROSS THE FULL LIFE 137 00:05:47,933 --> 00:05:49,367 SPAN. THE IDEA IS THE 138 00:05:49,367 --> 00:05:51,603 CONSORTIUM WILL LEVERAGE THE 139 00:05:51,603 --> 00:05:53,205 SYNERGIES, COORDINATE THE 140 00:05:53,205 --> 00:05:53,939 EFFORTS AND DEVELOP THE 141 00:05:53,939 --> 00:05:55,173 SCIENTIFIC WORKFORCE THAT WILL 142 00:05:55,173 --> 00:05:57,843 ADDRESS THE REMAINING GAP IN 143 00:05:57,843 --> 00:05:59,177 PALLIATIVE CARE RESEARCH THAT 144 00:05:59,177 --> 00:06:01,980 WILL ENCOMPASS EVERYTHING FROM 145 00:06:01,980 --> 00:06:02,714 ALZHEIMER'S AND RELATED 146 00:06:02,714 --> 00:06:04,916 DEMENTIAS TO CANCER AND A RANGE 147 00:06:04,916 --> 00:06:11,089 OF OTHER SERIOUS ILLNESSES AND 148 00:06:11,089 --> 00:06:12,257 POPULATIONS. AN IMPORTANT FOCUS 149 00:06:12,257 --> 00:06:13,058 WILL BE TO CONDUCT RESEARCH TO 150 00:06:13,058 --> 00:06:15,827 BETTER UNDERSTAND AND TO ADDRESS 151 00:06:15,827 --> 00:06:18,230 THE DISPARITIES SEEN IN ACCESS, 152 00:06:18,230 --> 00:06:19,764 QUALITY AND THE USE OF 153 00:06:19,764 --> 00:06:22,033 PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES FOR 154 00:06:22,033 --> 00:06:25,170 HEALTH DISPARITY'S POPULATIONS. 155 00:06:25,170 --> 00:06:26,338 ADDRESSING HEALTH DISPARITIES 156 00:06:26,338 --> 00:06:28,573 INCLUDING THOSE RELATED TO SEX 157 00:06:28,573 --> 00:06:30,575 AND GENDER DIFFERENCES IN 158 00:06:30,575 --> 00:06:31,776 PALLIATIVE CARE AND PAIN 159 00:06:31,776 --> 00:06:33,345 TREATMENT ARE OF UTMOST 160 00:06:33,345 --> 00:06:37,148 IMPORTANT TO ME. NIA IS DEEPLY 161 00:06:37,148 --> 00:06:39,818 COMMITTED TO CLARIFY SEX AND 162 00:06:39,818 --> 00:06:43,154 GENDER DIFFERENCES IN 163 00:06:43,154 --> 00:06:43,855 AGE-RELATED CONDITIONS AND OUR 164 00:06:43,855 --> 00:06:45,824 BROAD ISSUES ARE THOSE THAT 165 00:06:45,824 --> 00:06:48,426 DRIVE THE DIFFERENCES, THAT 166 00:06:48,426 --> 00:06:49,761 OPERATE DIFFERENTLY IN SEX AND 167 00:06:49,761 --> 00:06:51,663 GENDER SPECIFIC MANNERS AND THE 168 00:06:51,663 --> 00:06:55,166 FACTORS OF INTEREST INCLUDE 169 00:06:55,166 --> 00:06:57,068 BIOLOGICAL, BEHAVIORAL, SOCIAL, 170 00:06:57,068 --> 00:06:57,836 PSYCHOLOGICAL AND HEALTH CARE 171 00:06:57,836 --> 00:07:01,039 SYSTEM RELATED FACTORS. MANY OF 172 00:07:01,039 --> 00:07:04,242 MY TOP GOALS AS NIA'S CHIEF 173 00:07:04,242 --> 00:07:06,077 DIVERSITY OFFICER REVOLVE AROUND 174 00:07:06,077 --> 00:07:09,114 IMPROVING HEALTH EQUITY WHICH 175 00:07:09,114 --> 00:07:10,916 INVOLVES UNDERSTANDING AND 176 00:07:10,916 --> 00:07:12,083 MITIGATING THE LIFELONG HEALTH 177 00:07:12,083 --> 00:07:15,153 IMPACT OF SOCIAL EXPERIENCES AND 178 00:07:15,153 --> 00:07:16,821 PERSONAL BACKGROUNDS SO TODAY, 179 00:07:16,821 --> 00:07:19,157 WE'LL HEAR FROM INDIVIDUALS WITH 180 00:07:19,157 --> 00:07:20,592 LIVED EXPERIENCE AND THEN A 181 00:07:20,592 --> 00:07:21,826 SCIENTIFIC PANEL THAT WILL FOCUS 182 00:07:21,826 --> 00:07:22,861 ON APPROACHES TO PAIN MANAG 183 00:07:22,861 --> 00:07:26,097 MANAGEMENT. YOU KNOW, I KNOW 184 00:07:26,097 --> 00:07:28,500 FROM MY PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 185 00:07:28,500 --> 00:07:29,534 AS YOU KNOW FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE 186 00:07:29,534 --> 00:07:32,337 OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH PAIN, AS 187 00:07:32,337 --> 00:07:34,272 CAREGIVERS AND CARE PARTNERS, AS 188 00:07:34,272 --> 00:07:36,942 RESEARCHERS AND ADVOCATES, YOU 189 00:07:36,942 --> 00:07:38,176 KNOW HOW UNIQUE A PERSON'S 190 00:07:38,176 --> 00:07:41,246 EXPERIENCE CAN BE. AND THE 191 00:07:41,246 --> 00:07:42,380 IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUED 192 00:07:42,380 --> 00:07:44,416 ADVANCEMENT IN PAIN RESEARCH. 193 00:07:44,416 --> 00:07:46,585 SO YOUR INPUT DURING THIS 194 00:07:46,585 --> 00:07:48,219 SYMPOSIUM WILL HELP TO INFORM 195 00:07:48,219 --> 00:07:50,355 FUTURE RESEARCH. SO I DO WANT 196 00:07:50,355 --> 00:07:52,190 TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO ALL 197 00:07:52,190 --> 00:07:55,660 OF TODAY'S SPEAKERS, TO THE 198 00:07:55,660 --> 00:07:56,595 AUDIENCE MEMBERS OF THE 199 00:07:56,595 --> 00:07:58,964 SYMPOSIUM AND TO THE ORGANIZERS 200 00:07:58,964 --> 00:08:01,299 WHO I KNOW PUT IN COUNTLESS HOUR 201 00:08:01,299 --> 00:08:02,634 TO MAKE THIS MEETING HAPPEN. 202 00:08:02,634 --> 00:08:04,569 THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. WE 203 00:08:04,569 --> 00:08:06,071 WILL DO THE WORK NECESSARY TO 204 00:08:06,071 --> 00:08:08,139 ENSURE THE FUTURE OF PAIN 205 00:08:08,139 --> 00:08:09,341 RESEARCH MEETS THE NEEDS OF ALL 206 00:08:09,341 --> 00:08:12,344 SO PLEASE DO ENJOY THE REMAINDER 207 00:08:12,344 --> 00:08:16,481 OF THE EXCITING SYMPOSIUM AHEAD 208 00:08:16,481 --> 00:08:26,825 OF YOU. THANK YOU. 209 00:08:35,567 --> 00:08:43,141 >> GOOD MORNING. THIS ONE? MY 210 00:08:43,141 --> 00:08:47,112 NAME EDNA AND IT'S MY PLEASURE 211 00:08:47,112 --> 00:08:48,480 TO INTRODUCE THE NEXT PANEL. 212 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:52,617 BUT BEFORE I DO THIS, I WANT TO 213 00:08:52,617 --> 00:08:55,053 HIGHLIGHT THE CRUCIAL IMPORTANCE 214 00:08:55,053 --> 00:08:56,621 OF INCLUDING PERSPECTIVES OF 215 00:08:56,621 --> 00:09:00,892 PEOPLE WITH LIVE EXPERIENCE IN 216 00:09:00,892 --> 00:09:02,260 RESEARCH. ESPECIALLY IN PAIN 217 00:09:02,260 --> 00:09:05,130 RESEARCH. NIH HAS EMBRACED THIS 218 00:09:05,130 --> 00:09:07,165 IN A NUMBER OF INITIATIVES AND 219 00:09:07,165 --> 00:09:08,533 THE RESEARCH AND ULTIMATELY 220 00:09:08,533 --> 00:09:12,671 HEALTH CARE WILL BE BETTER FOR 221 00:09:12,671 --> 00:09:15,507 IT. THE HEEL INITIATIVE HELPING 222 00:09:15,507 --> 00:09:17,809 TO END ADDICTION LONG-TERM HAS 223 00:09:17,809 --> 00:09:20,045 LED THE WAY. 224 00:09:20,045 --> 00:09:23,548 WITH THE HEAL COMMUNITY PARTNERS 225 00:09:23,548 --> 00:09:25,950 COMMUNITY. HEAL PUTS A PRIORITY 226 00:09:25,950 --> 00:09:29,587 ON PATIENT AND COMMUNITY 227 00:09:29,587 --> 00:09:30,522 PERSPECTIVES IN RESEARCH AND 228 00:09:30,522 --> 00:09:33,224 REALLY WILL DRIVE SCIENTIFIC 229 00:09:33,224 --> 00:09:35,827 SOLUTIONS FOR COMPLEX, 230 00:09:35,827 --> 00:09:37,062 MULTIFACETED CONDITIONS, LIKE 231 00:09:37,062 --> 00:09:39,631 PAIN THAT CANNOT BE EFFECTIVE 232 00:09:39,631 --> 00:09:43,168 WITHOUT KNOWING IF, HOW, AND HOW 233 00:09:43,168 --> 00:09:45,537 WELL THEY HELP REAL PEOPLE WITH 234 00:09:45,537 --> 00:09:48,773 PAINFUL CONDITIONS. CONNECTING 235 00:09:48,773 --> 00:09:50,709 WITH AFFECTED INDIVIDUALS IS 236 00:09:50,709 --> 00:09:52,444 ALSO IMPORTANT FOR CHOOSING 237 00:09:52,444 --> 00:09:55,080 MEANINGFUL RESEARCH OUTCOMES. 238 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:57,348 FOR EXAMPLE, LOOKING FOR 239 00:09:57,348 --> 00:10:00,185 EFFECTIVE TREATMENT ON HOW PAIN 240 00:10:00,185 --> 00:10:03,254 AFFECTS DAILY FUNCTION AND LIFE 241 00:10:03,254 --> 00:10:05,223 SATISFACTION. SO, THE HEAL 242 00:10:05,223 --> 00:10:06,758 COMMUNITY PARTNERS COMMITTEE WAS 243 00:10:06,758 --> 00:10:11,062 ESTABLISHED IN 2021. TO PROVIDE 244 00:10:11,062 --> 00:10:12,363 INPUT TO HEAL ON KEY ISSUES 245 00:10:12,363 --> 00:10:15,166 FACED BY INDIVIDUALS AFFECTED BY 246 00:10:15,166 --> 00:10:17,402 PAIN CONDITIONS. OR OPIOID USE 247 00:10:17,402 --> 00:10:21,840 DISORDER TO ENSURE THE 248 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:23,141 RELEVANCE, AND PRACTICALITY OF 249 00:10:23,141 --> 00:10:25,343 HEAL SUPPORTED RESEARCH. INPUT 250 00:10:25,343 --> 00:10:27,479 FROM THE COMMITTEE, WHICH 251 00:10:27,479 --> 00:10:29,581 INCLUDES PATIENTS, ADVOCATES, 252 00:10:29,581 --> 00:10:31,716 AND FAMILY MEMBERS OF PEOPLE 253 00:10:31,716 --> 00:10:34,686 WITH PAIN AND ADDICTION IS USED 254 00:10:34,686 --> 00:10:37,989 BY HEAL TO IDENTIFY, REFINE, AND 255 00:10:37,989 --> 00:10:39,824 PRIORITIZE PATIENT AND COMMUNITY 256 00:10:39,824 --> 00:10:41,993 ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES THAT WILL 257 00:10:41,993 --> 00:10:44,529 ENSURE THE GREATEST RELEVANCE 258 00:10:44,529 --> 00:10:47,799 AND IMPACT OF HEAL RESEARCH. SO 259 00:10:47,799 --> 00:10:50,902 HERE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF 260 00:10:50,902 --> 00:10:54,606 PATIENT ENGAGEMENT IN HEAL 261 00:10:54,606 --> 00:10:57,375 STUDIES. IN THE HEAL FUNDED 262 00:10:57,375 --> 00:10:59,177 HEMODIALYSIS OPIOID PRESCRIPTION 263 00:10:59,177 --> 00:11:03,148 EFFORT OR HOPE STUDY, PATIENTS 264 00:11:03,148 --> 00:11:05,984 HAVE DESIGNED MATERIALS FOR 265 00:11:05,984 --> 00:11:07,452 RECRUITMENT, PARTICIPATED IN THE 266 00:11:07,452 --> 00:11:11,156 WRITING OF INFORMED CONSENT 267 00:11:11,156 --> 00:11:15,160 DOCUMENTS, AND DESIGN AND 268 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:18,496 PARTICIPATED IN INTRODUCTORY 269 00:11:18,496 --> 00:11:19,631 VIDEOS TO PRESENT THE STUDY TO 270 00:11:19,631 --> 00:11:21,833 POTENTIAL PARTICIPANTS. ANOTHER 271 00:11:21,833 --> 00:11:25,336 EXAMPLE IS IN THE BACK PAIN 272 00:11:25,336 --> 00:11:27,472 CONSORTIUM OR BACKPACK, 273 00:11:27,472 --> 00:11:31,142 COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN ANN ARBOR 274 00:11:31,142 --> 00:11:32,677 MICHIGAN ARE WORKING WITH HEAL 275 00:11:32,677 --> 00:11:35,146 SCIENTIST TO GROUND RESEARCH IN 276 00:11:35,146 --> 00:11:39,384 REALITY. BASED ON COMMUNITY 277 00:11:39,384 --> 00:11:39,651 FEEDBACK. 278 00:11:39,651 --> 00:11:41,052 THE BACKPACK TEAM CONDUCTED 279 00:11:41,052 --> 00:11:43,555 SEVERAL APPROACHES SUCH AS BEING 280 00:11:43,555 --> 00:11:45,590 OPEN ON WEEKENDS AND IN 281 00:11:45,590 --> 00:11:46,191 LOCATIONS BEYOND UNIVERSITY 282 00:11:46,191 --> 00:11:48,827 HOSPITALS OR CLINICS, PROVIDE 283 00:11:48,827 --> 00:11:50,094 TRANSPORTATION TO STUDY LOCATION 284 00:11:50,094 --> 00:11:51,229 FOR PARTICIPANTS. PARTNERING 285 00:11:51,229 --> 00:11:56,367 WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CREATE 286 00:11:56,367 --> 00:11:57,035 FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENTS AND 287 00:11:57,035 --> 00:11:57,836 DISCUSSION BETWEEN RESEARCHERS 288 00:11:57,836 --> 00:12:01,739 AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AND 289 00:12:01,739 --> 00:12:03,842 ASSEMBLING COMMUNITY ADVISORY 290 00:12:03,842 --> 00:12:05,343 BOARDS AFTER FIRST CONDUCTING 291 00:12:05,343 --> 00:12:07,011 COMMUNITY FOCUS GROUPS ON HOW TO 292 00:12:07,011 --> 00:12:11,149 DO IT. AND THE BACKPACK TEAM 293 00:12:11,149 --> 00:12:12,584 ALSO CREATED TWO IMPORTANT 294 00:12:12,584 --> 00:12:14,719 POSITIONS STAFFED BY COMMUNITY 295 00:12:14,719 --> 00:12:18,122 MEMBERS. A COMMUNITY RESEARCH 296 00:12:18,122 --> 00:12:21,125 FACILITATOR AND A RECRUITMENT 297 00:12:21,125 --> 00:12:23,161 LIAISON. SO, IN THIS CONTEXT, I 298 00:12:23,161 --> 00:12:26,564 AM VERY HAPPY TO INTRODUCE OUR 299 00:12:26,564 --> 00:12:29,200 PANEL MEMBERS FOR TODAY'S 300 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:29,934 DISCUSSION OF PERSPECTIVES OF 301 00:12:29,934 --> 00:12:33,471 PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE. 302 00:12:33,471 --> 00:12:35,173 SO, TWO OF THEM WILL BE ON ZOOM 303 00:12:35,173 --> 00:12:35,773 AND TWO OF THEM WILL BE HERE 304 00:12:35,773 --> 00:12:46,217 TODAY. FIRST, EDEN BUELL 305 00:12:49,787 --> 00:12:51,155 GRADUATED AND WAS A TRAINEE WITH 306 00:12:51,155 --> 00:12:55,159 A JUSTICE INVOLVED AND EMERGING 307 00:12:55,159 --> 00:13:03,001 ADULT POPULATION OR JIEAP 308 00:13:03,001 --> 00:13:05,136 INITIATIVE AT WHICH HE IS NUT 309 00:13:05,136 --> 00:13:07,739 HEALTH SYSTEMS INSTITUTE. EDEN 310 00:13:07,739 --> 00:13:09,841 IS A DEDICATED MEMBER OF HEAL'S 311 00:13:09,841 --> 00:13:11,175 CONNECTION. LEVERAGING HER 312 00:13:11,175 --> 00:13:13,177 PERSONAL EXPERIENCES TO 313 00:13:13,177 --> 00:13:15,747 EFFECTIVELY SERVE AS ONE OF THE 314 00:13:15,747 --> 00:13:19,150 FACILITATORS FOR THE HEAL'S 315 00:13:19,150 --> 00:13:19,884 CONNECTIONS LIVED EXPERIENCE 316 00:13:19,884 --> 00:13:24,589 PANEL. HER INSIGHTS ARE 317 00:13:24,589 --> 00:13:25,890 ESPECIALLY VALUABLE GIVEN HER 318 00:13:25,890 --> 00:13:29,260 BACKGROUND AS AN AFRO LATINA WHO 319 00:13:29,260 --> 00:13:31,129 HAS GRAPPLED WITH MULTIPLE PAIN 320 00:13:31,129 --> 00:13:31,462 CONDITIONS. 321 00:13:31,462 --> 00:13:36,067 SINCE THE AGE OF 11. EDEN 322 00:13:36,067 --> 00:13:39,170 RECOGNIZES THE URGENT NEED FOR 323 00:13:39,170 --> 00:13:41,572 EQUITABLE HEALTH CARE, 324 00:13:41,572 --> 00:13:43,141 REGARDLESS OF IDENTITY AND SHE 325 00:13:43,141 --> 00:13:45,810 HOPES TO BUILD A CAREER IN 326 00:13:45,810 --> 00:13:47,478 RESEARCH ESPECIALLY FOCUSING ON 327 00:13:47,478 --> 00:13:50,148 RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES, 328 00:13:50,148 --> 00:13:51,549 HEALTH CARE DISPARITIES, STIGMA 329 00:13:51,549 --> 00:13:53,685 AND DISCRIMINATION. WITH A FIRM 330 00:13:53,685 --> 00:13:56,554 COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING THESE 331 00:13:56,554 --> 00:13:59,023 ISSUES. EDEN STANDS AS A 332 00:13:59,023 --> 00:14:00,325 DEDICATED ADVOCATE, POISED TO 333 00:14:00,325 --> 00:14:01,926 MAKE LASTING IMPACT IN THE FIELD 334 00:14:01,926 --> 00:14:04,529 OF RESEARCH THROUGH THE LENS OF 335 00:14:04,529 --> 00:14:09,534 HER LIVED EXPERIENCE. NEXT, IS 336 00:14:09,534 --> 00:14:12,670 CHARIS HILL WHO I BELIEVE IS 337 00:14:12,670 --> 00:14:15,807 ONLINE. OKAY. IS A DISABILITY 338 00:14:15,807 --> 00:14:19,143 ACTIVIST, WRITER, AND SPEAKER 339 00:14:19,143 --> 00:14:24,048 LIVING WITH AXIAL RESPONSE DID I 340 00:14:24,048 --> 00:14:27,018 LOW ARTHRITIS, MAJOR DEPRESSIVE 341 00:14:27,018 --> 00:14:28,653 DISORDER, ANXIETY AND 342 00:14:28,653 --> 00:14:30,254 POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER 343 00:14:30,254 --> 00:14:33,725 IN THEIR WORK CHARIS USES 344 00:14:33,725 --> 00:14:35,159 NARRATIVE ENGAGEMENT TO ADVANCE 345 00:14:35,159 --> 00:14:38,596 SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR THOSE WITH 346 00:14:38,596 --> 00:14:39,864 MULTIPLE DISABILITIES. CHARIS 347 00:14:39,864 --> 00:14:44,335 WRITES FOR VARIOUS MEDIA OUTLETS 348 00:14:44,335 --> 00:14:47,271 INCLUDING HEALTH CENTRAL, HEALTH 349 00:14:47,271 --> 00:14:51,843 LINE, BUSINESS INSIDER, AN KILO 350 00:14:51,843 --> 00:14:53,978 RESPONSE DID I LYSIS NET AND 351 00:14:53,978 --> 00:14:55,446 THIS LIFE AND HAS HAD COVER 352 00:14:55,446 --> 00:14:57,915 STORIES FOR ARTHRITIS TODAY AND 353 00:14:57,915 --> 00:15:01,386 RESPONSE DID I LIGHTS MAGAZINE. 354 00:15:01,386 --> 00:15:03,154 CHARIS GRADUATED FROM MEREDITH 355 00:15:03,154 --> 00:15:04,889 COLLEGE WITH A BA IN PSYCHOLOGY 356 00:15:04,889 --> 00:15:10,962 IN WOMEN'S STUDIES. CHARIS IS 357 00:15:10,962 --> 00:15:11,295 D 358 00:15:11,295 --> 00:15:13,164 DEEPLY INVOLVED IN LEGISLATIVE 359 00:15:13,164 --> 00:15:15,066 CAMPAIGN TO IMPROVE RESPONSE DID 360 00:15:15,066 --> 00:15:16,501 I LIGHTS AND DISABILITY 361 00:15:16,501 --> 00:15:16,801 EDUCATION. 362 00:15:16,801 --> 00:15:21,839 FUNDING AND ACCESS TO TREATMENT. 363 00:15:21,839 --> 00:15:26,611 SHE WORKED -- IN 2021, THEY 364 00:15:26,611 --> 00:15:29,113 WORKED WITH CONGRESSWOMAN DORIS 365 00:15:29,113 --> 00:15:31,682 MAT SUE WEE AND THE SHON DID I 366 00:15:31,682 --> 00:15:33,851 LIGHTS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA TO 367 00:15:33,851 --> 00:15:37,155 INTRODUCE RESOLUTION 135 WHICH 368 00:15:37,155 --> 00:15:40,425 IF PASSED WILL DECLARE MAY AS 369 00:15:40,425 --> 00:15:41,759 RESPONSE DID I LOW LIGHTS 370 00:15:41,759 --> 00:15:43,094 AWARENESS MONTH. 371 00:15:43,094 --> 00:15:44,929 CHARIS WAS AWARDED THE PROGRESS 372 00:15:44,929 --> 00:15:46,964 IN POLICY AWARD BY THE ARTHRITIS 373 00:15:46,964 --> 00:15:48,699 FOUNDATION FOR EFFORTS IN 374 00:15:48,699 --> 00:15:50,835 STATEWIDE AND NATIONAL 375 00:15:50,835 --> 00:15:51,836 LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY EFFORTS AND 376 00:15:51,836 --> 00:16:02,580 WAS RECOGNIZED IN 2021 ASSE AS 377 00:16:03,915 --> 00:16:06,751 ADVOCACY VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR. 378 00:16:06,751 --> 00:16:10,288 WE HAVE ALSO SONYA WHO IS THE 379 00:16:10,288 --> 00:16:12,690 AUTHOR OF BOOKS, ESSAYS AND 380 00:16:12,690 --> 00:16:14,725 ARTICLES, TEACHES AT FAIRFIELD 381 00:16:14,725 --> 00:16:17,562 UNIVERSITY AND IN FAIRFIELD 382 00:16:17,562 --> 00:16:20,398 RESIDENCY FMA PROGRAMS HER WORK 383 00:16:20,398 --> 00:16:21,999 BEFORE ACADEMIA INCLUDE THE WORK 384 00:16:21,999 --> 00:16:24,001 IN THE NONPROFIT SECTOR AS WELL 385 00:16:24,001 --> 00:16:27,171 AS JOURNALISM AND SOCIAL WORK. 386 00:16:27,171 --> 00:16:30,541 SHE RECEIVED A KIPLINGER 387 00:16:30,541 --> 00:16:34,278 FELLOWSHIP IN PUBLIC INTEREST 388 00:16:34,278 --> 00:16:37,115 JOURNALISM AND IN FMA IN 389 00:16:37,115 --> 00:16:39,117 CREATIVE WRITING WITH THE OHIO 390 00:16:39,117 --> 00:16:39,717 STATE UNIVERSITY. HER BOOKS 391 00:16:39,717 --> 00:16:43,154 INCLUDE COVER ME, A HEALTH 392 00:16:43,154 --> 00:16:45,490 INSURANCE MEMOIR AND PAIN WOMAN 393 00:16:45,490 --> 00:16:48,259 TAKES YOUR KEYS AND OTHER ESSAYS 394 00:16:48,259 --> 00:16:50,495 FROM A NERVOUS SYSTEM. HER 395 00:16:50,495 --> 00:16:51,362 ESSAYS HAVE APPEARED IN THE NEW 396 00:16:51,362 --> 00:16:54,265 YORK TIMES, CREATIVE NONFICTION, 397 00:16:54,265 --> 00:16:56,100 BREVITY IN WASHINGTON POST, THE 398 00:16:56,100 --> 00:16:59,003 ATLANTIC AND OTHER OUTLETS. SHE 399 00:16:59,003 --> 00:17:03,341 RECEIVED A 2012 CREATIVE 400 00:17:03,341 --> 00:17:05,510 NONFICTION AWARD FROM TUR RAIN 401 00:17:05,510 --> 00:17:09,580 AND HER ESSAYS WERE NOTABLE IN 402 00:17:09,580 --> 00:17:11,349 BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS MANY TIMES. 403 00:17:11,349 --> 00:17:17,855 SONYA IS ALSO A DISABILITY 404 00:17:17,855 --> 00:17:19,323 ADVOCATE AND HAS BEEN ACTIVE FOR 405 00:17:19,323 --> 00:17:20,558 TREATMENTS AND SUPPORT FOR 406 00:17:20,558 --> 00:17:23,161 CHRONIC PATIENTS. SHE WAS THE 407 00:17:23,161 --> 00:17:24,929 COFOUNDER OF THE ACTIVIST 408 00:17:24,929 --> 00:17:27,165 NETWORK IN COLUMBUS, OHIO AND 409 00:17:27,165 --> 00:17:31,102 MOST RECENTLY FOUNDED THE 2017 410 00:17:31,102 --> 00:17:32,003 ONLINE DISABILITY MARCH 411 00:17:32,003 --> 00:17:34,405 CURRENTLY SERVED AS A COMMUNITY 412 00:17:34,405 --> 00:17:36,440 BOARD MEMBER FOR THE NATIONAL 413 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:42,747 PAIN ACTION CENTER AND FINALLY, 414 00:17:42,747 --> 00:17:44,215 SHAREE TURPIN SEEKS OUT STORIES 415 00:17:44,215 --> 00:17:45,883 THAT NO ONE WANTS, HER PASSIONS 416 00:17:45,883 --> 00:17:47,418 ARE FOR THE ARTS, PUBLIC HEALTH 417 00:17:47,418 --> 00:17:51,155 AND MEDICINE. BUT EVERY NOW AND 418 00:17:51,155 --> 00:17:54,792 THEN FINDS A STORY ON HOW BOTH 419 00:17:54,792 --> 00:17:56,727 COLLIDE. AS A GRADUATE OF NEW 420 00:17:56,727 --> 00:17:58,829 HOUSE AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY SHE 421 00:17:58,829 --> 00:18:02,767 HAS BEEN GIVEN THE CHANCE TO 422 00:18:02,767 --> 00:18:05,403 INTERVIEW CURTIS BLOW. 423 00:18:05,403 --> 00:18:09,040 GODFATHER OF HIP HOP, FRANK 424 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:11,175 MARSHALL, HOLLYWOOD'S FAVORITE 425 00:18:11,175 --> 00:18:17,248 PRODUCE OF FILMS SUCH AS JURY 426 00:18:17,248 --> 00:18:19,150 RAS SICK PARK, SHE IS KNOWN FOR 427 00:18:19,150 --> 00:18:20,952 HER ADVOCACY FOR SICKLE CELL 428 00:18:20,952 --> 00:18:21,519 DISEASE. 429 00:18:21,519 --> 00:18:24,355 AS A PATIENT OF THE DISEASE HER 430 00:18:24,355 --> 00:18:24,956 SHAREE KNOWS THE TRICKS AND 431 00:18:24,956 --> 00:18:28,226 HIDDEN DOORS IT TAKES TO SURVIVE 432 00:18:28,226 --> 00:18:31,062 DEALING WITH A CHRONIC ILLNESS 433 00:18:31,062 --> 00:18:32,463 IN THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM 434 00:18:32,463 --> 00:18:33,631 SOMETIMES DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE 435 00:18:33,631 --> 00:18:35,833 HER EXISTENCE. SHE CURRENTLY 436 00:18:35,833 --> 00:18:39,503 WORKS AS A PATIENT NAVIGATOR AT 437 00:18:39,503 --> 00:18:41,973 THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN 438 00:18:41,973 --> 00:18:42,907 ROCHESTER NEW YORK, SUPPORTING 439 00:18:42,907 --> 00:18:45,076 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AFFECTED 440 00:18:45,076 --> 00:18:47,144 BY SICKLE CELL. SO AS YOU CAN 441 00:18:47,144 --> 00:18:51,148 SEE, WE HAVE QUITE A PANEL. AND 442 00:18:51,148 --> 00:18:54,151 WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVING 443 00:18:54,151 --> 00:18:55,653 THIS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT 444 00:18:55,653 --> 00:18:57,154 DISCUSSION SO WELCOME FOR THE 445 00:18:57,154 --> 00:18:58,823 TWO OF YOU ONLINE AND THE TWO OF 446 00:18:58,823 --> 00:18:59,457 YOU HERE IN-PERSON TODAY. THANK 447 00:18:59,457 --> 00:19:09,567 YOU. 448 00:19:33,924 --> 00:19:37,962 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING 449 00:19:37,962 --> 00:19:39,196 ME, AFTER BEING INTRODUCED LIKE 450 00:19:39,196 --> 00:19:41,098 THAT I FEEL VERY, VERY SPECIAL. 451 00:19:41,098 --> 00:19:43,167 I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SEE 452 00:19:43,167 --> 00:19:45,069 THAT I AM AN INDIVIDUAL WITH 453 00:19:45,069 --> 00:19:47,004 LIVED EXPERIENCE. I HAVE TWO 454 00:19:47,004 --> 00:19:49,507 PAIN CONDITIONS. ONE IS VERY 455 00:19:49,507 --> 00:19:52,209 GENDER SPECIFIC. I HAVE 456 00:19:52,209 --> 00:19:53,577 ENDOMETRIOSIS. I'VE HAD THAT 457 00:19:53,577 --> 00:19:54,945 SINCE 11 AND THAT MEANS I'VE HAD 458 00:19:54,945 --> 00:19:59,483 IT FOR 24 YEARS SO JUST SUPER 459 00:19:59,483 --> 00:20:02,720 AGED MYSELF. AND I AM ALSO AN 460 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:04,422 INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS RECENTLY 461 00:20:04,422 --> 00:20:05,723 DIAGNOSED WITH LUPUS AND I'M 462 00:20:05,723 --> 00:20:08,526 STILL LEARNING WHAT THAT LOOKS 463 00:20:08,526 --> 00:20:11,162 LIKE, HOW TO NAVIGATE THAT AND 464 00:20:11,162 --> 00:20:14,198 JUST KIND OF MAKING MY WAY. BUT 465 00:20:14,198 --> 00:20:16,467 JUST KIND OF HOW MY BIO SAID, I 466 00:20:16,467 --> 00:20:18,636 AM -- I WISH I WAS HERE TO 467 00:20:18,636 --> 00:20:19,437 REALLY TALK ABOUT MYSELF BUT THE 468 00:20:19,437 --> 00:20:21,872 REALITY IS I AM A PATIENT 469 00:20:21,872 --> 00:20:22,707 ADVOCATE THROUGH AND THROUGH. 470 00:20:22,707 --> 00:20:25,576 AND I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT MY 471 00:20:25,576 --> 00:20:29,246 GIRL, MY MOM. HER NAME IS 472 00:20:29,246 --> 00:20:30,848 KELLEY RIVERA, SHE WAS A DOUBLE 473 00:20:30,848 --> 00:20:35,152 LEG AMPUTEE ON DIALYSIS. AND I 474 00:20:35,152 --> 00:20:38,456 AM A POSTBAC LAUREATE TRAINEE SO 475 00:20:38,456 --> 00:20:41,258 I LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE I'VE TAKEN 476 00:20:41,258 --> 00:20:43,094 THE SCENIC ROUTE TO COLLEGE AND 477 00:20:43,094 --> 00:20:44,328 THROUGHOUT MY COLLEGE CAREER I 478 00:20:44,328 --> 00:20:45,763 HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF PROVIDING 479 00:20:45,763 --> 00:20:47,698 CARE FOR HER AND TAKING CARE OF 480 00:20:47,698 --> 00:20:50,768 HER UNTIL SHE PASSED ON. 481 00:20:50,768 --> 00:20:55,139 MY MOM WAS A WARRIOR. SHE WAS 482 00:20:55,139 --> 00:21:00,344 DEFINITELY AN INDIVIDUAL THAT 483 00:21:00,344 --> 00:21:03,013 KEPT FIGHT. SHE HAD NINE 484 00:21:03,013 --> 00:21:08,252 REVISIONARY SURGERIES ON HER 485 00:21:08,252 --> 00:21:10,054 LEG. SHE HAD MULTIPLE FISTULAS 486 00:21:10,054 --> 00:21:12,089 AND HEART ATTACKS AND THE PAIN 487 00:21:12,089 --> 00:21:14,158 SHE HAD TO ENDURE IS SOMETHING 488 00:21:14,158 --> 00:21:16,761 THAT I WOULD NEVER WANT TO GO 489 00:21:16,761 --> 00:21:18,929 THROUGH. BUT I ADMIRED HER 490 00:21:18,929 --> 00:21:23,167 STRENGTH AND HER WILL TO KEEP 491 00:21:23,167 --> 00:21:25,803 GOING. AND WHEN WE -- WE DID 492 00:21:25,803 --> 00:21:27,905 EVERYTHING WE COULD TO KEEP HER 493 00:21:27,905 --> 00:21:31,475 AROUND. SHE WAS 52 WHEN SHE 494 00:21:31,475 --> 00:21:35,179 PASSED AND WE HAD A BUMP IN THE 495 00:21:35,179 --> 00:21:38,015 ROAD CALLED CALENDAR SI FEW LACK 496 00:21:38,015 --> 00:21:41,085 SIS. IT'S WHEN YOUR CAPILLARIES 497 00:21:41,085 --> 00:21:43,521 FILL WITH CALCIUM SO WE'RE AT A 498 00:21:43,521 --> 00:21:45,689 STANDSTILL, WE'RE NOT GOING TO 499 00:21:45,689 --> 00:21:47,625 WIN. AND MY MOM, BEING A 500 00:21:47,625 --> 00:21:49,593 PATIENT THAT SHE WAS, IN 501 00:21:49,593 --> 00:21:51,862 HOSPITAL, KNEW SOMETHING WAS 502 00:21:51,862 --> 00:21:54,365 WRONG. SHE KNEW THAT THIS ISN'T 503 00:21:54,365 --> 00:21:57,835 THE NORMAL NORMAL THAT SHE'S 504 00:21:57,835 --> 00:22:01,305 TAKEN IN THE HOSPITAL BEFORE AND 505 00:22:01,305 --> 00:22:05,910 WIZ WAS REALLY CONFUSED ON WHAT 506 00:22:05,910 --> 00:22:08,212 WAS GOING ON WITH HER. 507 00:22:08,212 --> 00:22:09,847 WHILE ON THE HOSPITAL BED SHE 508 00:22:09,847 --> 00:22:11,949 WROTE AN AMAZING POEM THAT SPEAK 509 00:22:11,949 --> 00:22:13,684 TO THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE THAT I 510 00:22:13,684 --> 00:22:14,985 HOPE THAT EVERYONE AT SOME POINT 511 00:22:14,985 --> 00:22:16,687 CAN HEAR BECAUSE IT'S AMAZING 512 00:22:16,687 --> 00:22:18,389 THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS 513 00:22:18,389 --> 00:22:20,257 FOUGHT SO HARD CAN WRITE 514 00:22:20,257 --> 00:22:22,393 SOMETHING SO BEAUTIFUL AND IF I 515 00:22:22,393 --> 00:22:23,994 COULD I'D LIKE TO SHARE THAT 516 00:22:23,994 --> 00:22:26,430 WITH YOU ALL RIGHT NOW IS POEM 517 00:22:26,430 --> 00:22:30,701 IS TITLED UNRELIABLE AND WRITTEN 518 00:22:30,701 --> 00:22:35,239 BY KELLIANNE RIVERA. 519 00:22:35,239 --> 00:22:37,308 I TELL YOU WHAT'S HAPPENED. 520 00:22:37,308 --> 00:22:38,843 WHAT ISN'T QUITE RIGHT. WHAT 521 00:22:38,843 --> 00:22:41,011 I'M EXPERIENCING, MY FEARS, MY 522 00:22:41,011 --> 00:22:45,382 PAINS, MY STRAINS, WHAT MAKES ME 523 00:22:45,382 --> 00:22:48,085 UNRELIABLE. WHAT MAKES ME 524 00:22:48,085 --> 00:22:49,186 UNTRUSTWORTHY. UNBELIEVABLE. 525 00:22:49,186 --> 00:22:53,057 CAN YOU FEEL MY FEELINGS? MY 526 00:22:53,057 --> 00:22:54,725 EXPERIENCES? MY TREMORS? DO 527 00:22:54,725 --> 00:22:55,860 YOU HAVE ENOUGH EMPATHY TO KNOW 528 00:22:55,860 --> 00:22:59,196 WHAT I SEE IS REAL? THAT MY 529 00:22:59,196 --> 00:23:02,066 PAIN IS REAL. THAT MY FEARS, 530 00:23:02,066 --> 00:23:06,003 RIGHT OR WRONG, ARE REAL. I ASK 531 00:23:06,003 --> 00:23:13,010 YOU AS A HUMAN NOT AS A TITLE, 532 00:23:13,010 --> 00:23:15,880 AN RN, TO LISTEN AND HEAR, GIVE 533 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:17,114 ME THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT. 534 00:23:17,114 --> 00:23:20,885 LOOK AT ME AS A PERSON, NOT AS A 535 00:23:20,885 --> 00:23:23,153 PATIENT. CHART. ILLNESS. JUST 536 00:23:23,153 --> 00:23:25,823 ANOTHER CASE. LOOK AT ME AS A 537 00:23:25,823 --> 00:23:29,093 FIGHTER, A SURVIVOR, AS A PERSON 538 00:23:29,093 --> 00:23:31,161 WHO DIDN'T GIVE UP. ONE WHO 539 00:23:31,161 --> 00:23:33,597 ROLLS WITH THE PUNCHES YET STILL 540 00:23:33,597 --> 00:23:36,333 FINDS A WAY TO KEEP A SMILE ON 541 00:23:36,333 --> 00:23:38,802 MY FACE AND MAYBE IF GIVEN THE 542 00:23:38,802 --> 00:23:41,105 CHANCE I COULD PUT ONE ON YOURS 543 00:23:41,105 --> 00:23:43,140 TOO. LOOK AT ME, KELLEY, THE 544 00:23:43,140 --> 00:23:46,310 MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, WIFE, 545 00:23:46,310 --> 00:23:48,379 DAUGHTER, FRIEND, LOOK AT ME AND 546 00:23:48,379 --> 00:23:53,918 THEN DECIDE IF I AM UNRELIABLE. 547 00:23:53,918 --> 00:23:57,688 MY MOM WOULD PASS A FEW MONTHS 548 00:23:57,688 --> 00:24:06,897 AFTER THIS. AND IT JUST GOES TO 549 00:24:06,897 --> 00:24:09,400 SHOW THAT WE'RE A PEOPLE. WE'RE 550 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,001 TALKING ABOUT ILLNESSES AND PAIN 551 00:24:11,001 --> 00:24:12,369 AND GENDER WHICH IS GREAT BUT AT 552 00:24:12,369 --> 00:24:14,204 THE END OF THE DAY THERE'S A 553 00:24:14,204 --> 00:24:16,473 HUMAN ELEMENT THAT WE ALL HAVE 554 00:24:16,473 --> 00:24:18,175 TO KIND OF BLOCK OFF TO KIND OF 555 00:24:18,175 --> 00:24:19,143 KEEP GOING. BUT IT'S SOMETHING 556 00:24:19,143 --> 00:24:23,147 THAT MY MOM WANTED TO REMIND US 557 00:24:23,147 --> 00:24:28,619 ALL AND SO THAT IS BEEN THE 558 00:24:28,619 --> 00:24:30,187 MESSAGE THAT I HOPE TO CONTINUE 559 00:24:30,187 --> 00:24:33,857 ON, CONTINUE TO LIVE THROUGH HER 560 00:24:33,857 --> 00:24:36,293 AND SPREAD HER MESSAGE THAT 561 00:24:36,293 --> 00:24:38,062 WE'RE HUMANS AND NOT PATIENTS 562 00:24:38,062 --> 00:24:41,966 AND CHARTS. SO THAT'S ALL, 563 00:24:41,966 --> 00:24:52,076 THANK YOU. 564 00:24:52,076 --> 00:24:56,046 >> THANK YOU, EDEN, I AM 565 00:24:56,046 --> 00:24:57,881 WONDERING IF YOU CAN SHARE A 566 00:24:57,881 --> 00:24:59,917 LITTLE BIT. THERE THE PAST YOU 567 00:24:59,917 --> 00:25:02,119 SHARED WHY SHE WAS REACTING TO 568 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:03,554 THAT. WHY SHE WAS FEELING 569 00:25:03,554 --> 00:25:05,889 PEOPLE THOUGHT SHE WAS 570 00:25:05,889 --> 00:25:06,557 UNRELIABLE. WHAT WAS THE WHOLE 571 00:25:06,557 --> 00:25:07,157 STORY BEHIND THAT? 572 00:25:07,157 --> 00:25:09,693 >> YEAH, THANK YOU. I WASN'T 573 00:25:09,693 --> 00:25:11,528 ABOUT TO CRY UP HERE, YA'LL. SO 574 00:25:11,528 --> 00:25:15,165 I HAD TO THINK. SO WHAT 575 00:25:15,165 --> 00:25:18,769 HAPPENED IS, WHEN MY MOM, I 576 00:25:18,769 --> 00:25:21,705 FOUND OUT THAT MY MOM HAD 577 00:25:21,705 --> 00:25:24,742 CALENDAR SI IF A LACK SIS BEFORE 578 00:25:24,742 --> 00:25:31,181 SHE DID. AND I KNEW WHAT WAS 579 00:25:31,181 --> 00:25:33,183 GOING ON AND THE DIAGNOSIS. AND 580 00:25:33,183 --> 00:25:34,518 AT THE SAME TIME AS I'M GOING TO 581 00:25:34,518 --> 00:25:36,620 COLLEGE AND LEARNING ABOUT HEAL 582 00:25:36,620 --> 00:25:40,457 HEALTH CARE DISPARITIES AND 583 00:25:40,457 --> 00:25:41,358 INEQUITIES I AM EXPERIENCING 584 00:25:41,358 --> 00:25:43,160 THEM IN REALTIME WITH MY MOM AND 585 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:47,831 SO WE CAME TO THIS CROSS ROAD OF 586 00:25:47,831 --> 00:25:49,867 WHAT IS GOING ON, EDEN AND I 587 00:25:49,867 --> 00:25:51,902 SAID, IT'S ABOVE MY PAY GRADE, 588 00:25:51,902 --> 00:25:56,006 MOM. WE ALWAYS HAD THIS REALLY 589 00:25:56,006 --> 00:26:03,113 FUNNY RELATIONSHIP AND WHEN SHE 590 00:26:03,113 --> 00:26:05,449 NEW SOMETHING WAS GOING ON AND 591 00:26:05,449 --> 00:26:07,084 NOBODY WANTED TO TELL HER. NOT 592 00:26:07,084 --> 00:26:11,021 EVEN HER DAUGHTER COULD COME AND 593 00:26:11,021 --> 00:26:14,992 TELL HER. IT WAS REALLY HARD 594 00:26:14,992 --> 00:26:16,627 FOR HER AND I REALLY THANK YOU 595 00:26:16,627 --> 00:26:18,028 FOR BRINGING THIS UP BECAUSE ONE 596 00:26:18,028 --> 00:26:20,297 OF THE MOST PARTS OF THIS WHOLE 597 00:26:20,297 --> 00:26:24,268 STORY IS THE AMAZING PCP MY MOM 598 00:26:24,268 --> 00:26:26,837 HAD AND AND A NURSE CARE 599 00:26:26,837 --> 00:26:27,905 NAVIGATOR WHO WAS TREMENDOUS, 600 00:26:27,905 --> 00:26:30,107 LIKE IN KEEPING HER ALIVE FOR AS 601 00:26:30,107 --> 00:26:32,910 LONG AS WE DID AND KEEPING HER 602 00:26:32,910 --> 00:26:35,879 AS HEALTHY AS WE COULD FOR AS 603 00:26:35,879 --> 00:26:37,481 LONG AS WE DID. AND THEY CAME 604 00:26:37,481 --> 00:26:40,918 TO HER BEDSIDE TO TELL HER THAT 605 00:26:40,918 --> 00:26:42,820 SHE HAD CALENDAR SI FEW LACK SIS 606 00:26:42,820 --> 00:26:45,389 SO IT WASN'T GOING TO BE SOME 607 00:26:45,389 --> 00:26:47,558 DOCTOR THAT HAD MET HER FOR FIVE 608 00:26:47,558 --> 00:26:49,827 MINUTES OR FIFTEEN MINUTES A 609 00:26:49,827 --> 00:26:50,894 DAY. IT WAS GOING TO BE HER 610 00:26:50,894 --> 00:26:53,931 PRIMARY CARE BUT LEADING UP TO 611 00:26:53,931 --> 00:26:57,434 THAT MOMENT SHE JUST FELT LIKE 612 00:26:57,434 --> 00:26:58,802 SHOW WASN'T TRUSTWORTHY THOUSAND 613 00:26:58,802 --> 00:27:00,304 KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH HER 614 00:27:00,304 --> 00:27:03,874 AND HER OWN BODY. SHE WOULD SEE 615 00:27:03,874 --> 00:27:06,410 YOU MAY KNOW THE BODY BUT I KNOW 616 00:27:06,410 --> 00:27:09,079 MY BODY AND SHE FELT SO UNWORTHY 617 00:27:09,079 --> 00:27:10,481 OF BEING TOLD WHAT WIZ GOING ON 618 00:27:10,481 --> 00:27:11,148 IN A WAY THAT SHE COULD 619 00:27:11,148 --> 00:27:17,788 UNDERSTAND. AND I'M LUCKY I WAS 620 00:27:17,788 --> 00:27:19,156 ABLE TO LIKE KIND OF HELP HER 621 00:27:19,156 --> 00:27:21,625 NAVIGATE THIS CRAZY WORLD OF 622 00:27:21,625 --> 00:27:22,659 MEDICINE, RIGHT? 623 00:27:22,659 --> 00:27:25,028 BUT INDIVIDUALS OUT THERE, THEY 624 00:27:25,028 --> 00:27:27,231 DON'T HAVE ALWAYS, LIKE A JUDY 625 00:27:27,231 --> 00:27:31,668 OR A DR. ALISON TO GET THEM 626 00:27:31,668 --> 00:27:35,139 THROUGH STUFF. SO, YEAH, THAT'S 627 00:27:35,139 --> 00:27:39,143 PART OF THAT EXPERIENCE. 628 00:27:39,143 --> 00:27:41,411 >> THANK YOU I THINK WE HAVE A 629 00:27:41,411 --> 00:27:43,080 Q&A AT THE END AND I'M SURE YOU 630 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:43,947 HAVE PROBABLY MORE TO SEE DURING 631 00:27:43,947 --> 00:27:47,151 THAT Q&A. IF YOU'RE ONLINE YOU 632 00:27:47,151 --> 00:27:50,187 CAN SEND AN E-MAIL QUESTIONS IN 633 00:27:50,187 --> 00:27:53,123 AND WE CAN VOICE THEM. NEXT I 634 00:27:53,123 --> 00:27:55,025 THINK WE'RE GOING IN 635 00:27:55,025 --> 00:27:56,693 ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY LAST NAME 636 00:27:56,693 --> 00:28:01,665 SO I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF 637 00:28:01,665 --> 00:28:03,167 INTRODUCING OUR NEXT SPEAKER WHO 638 00:28:03,167 --> 00:28:08,806 IS A REALLY COOL NAME OF ALL 639 00:28:08,806 --> 00:28:10,207 THEIR OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS 640 00:28:10,207 --> 00:28:12,376 CHARIS AND THEY GAVE US AN EASY 641 00:28:12,376 --> 00:28:15,145 WAY TO REMEMBER THEIR NAME WHICH 642 00:28:15,145 --> 00:28:23,153 IS I THINK KARMA, CHARIS AND 643 00:28:23,153 --> 00:28:25,622 WITH THAT I WILL INTRODUCE 644 00:28:25,622 --> 00:28:25,956 CHARIS. 645 00:28:25,956 --> 00:28:27,157 >> THANK YOU, GOOD MORNING, 646 00:28:27,157 --> 00:28:29,426 EVERYONE, I AM IN CALIFORNIA SO 647 00:28:29,426 --> 00:28:34,264 IT'S VERY EARLY FOR ME. I LIKE 648 00:28:34,264 --> 00:28:35,165 KARMA. BUT IT'S ACTUALLY 649 00:28:35,165 --> 00:28:39,169 CHARISMA IS WHAT I SHARED. 650 00:28:39,169 --> 00:28:41,772 EITHER'S FINE. SO I THANK YOU 651 00:28:41,772 --> 00:28:43,807 FOR HAVING ME HERE WITH YOU 652 00:28:43,807 --> 00:28:45,409 TODAY. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE ABLE 653 00:28:45,409 --> 00:28:48,946 TO SPEAK WITH YOU ALL TO JOIN A 654 00:28:48,946 --> 00:28:52,816 GREAT PANEL OF PEOPLE. I AM 655 00:28:52,816 --> 00:28:55,152 HERE TODAY AS SOMEONE WHO HAS 656 00:28:55,152 --> 00:28:56,854 CHRONIC PAIN. I HAVE HAD 657 00:28:56,854 --> 00:29:00,557 CHRONIC PAIN SINCE I WAS A KID. 658 00:29:00,557 --> 00:29:03,160 SINCE BEFORE I WAS A TEENAGER. 659 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:06,763 BUT I'M ALSO HERE TODAY AS A 660 00:29:06,763 --> 00:29:09,166 TRANS PERSON. AND AS SOMEONE 661 00:29:09,166 --> 00:29:11,635 WHO LIVES IN FORCED POVERTY ON 662 00:29:11,635 --> 00:29:15,138 SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY. SO 663 00:29:15,138 --> 00:29:20,711 I RELY ON TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLARS 664 00:29:20,711 --> 00:29:23,080 A MONTH TO LIVE. SO AND ALL OF 665 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:26,483 THOSE THINGS INTERSECT IN HOW I 666 00:29:26,483 --> 00:29:30,220 APPROACH AND RECEIVE MY CARE. I 667 00:29:30,220 --> 00:29:33,557 WILL SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY 668 00:29:33,557 --> 00:29:36,927 DIAGNOSIS STORY SO I WAS 669 00:29:36,927 --> 00:29:39,162 ASSIGNED FEMALE AT BIRTH. MY 670 00:29:39,162 --> 00:29:41,498 DAD HAD A DISEASE THAT I 671 00:29:41,498 --> 00:29:42,833 COULDN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF 672 00:29:42,833 --> 00:29:46,236 BUT IT WAS A MAN'S DISEASE SO I 673 00:29:46,236 --> 00:29:51,541 WASN'T GOING TO GET IT TURNS OUT 674 00:29:51,541 --> 00:30:01,485 I GOT IT. BUT IT TURNED OUT 675 00:30:01,485 --> 00:30:03,887 THAT MY DELAYED DIAGNOSIS WAS 676 00:30:03,887 --> 00:30:05,756 OVER 13 YEARS -- PARTIALLY 677 00:30:05,756 --> 00:30:07,157 BECAUSE OF THAT -- PARTLY 678 00:30:07,157 --> 00:30:09,860 BECAUSE I INTERNALIZED MY PAIN. 679 00:30:09,860 --> 00:30:11,962 BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE A KID, YOU 680 00:30:11,962 --> 00:30:13,497 KNOW, YOU WANT TO BE LIKE YOUR 681 00:30:13,497 --> 00:30:15,499 PEERS AND MY PEERS WEREN'T 682 00:30:15,499 --> 00:30:17,434 COMPLAINING ABOUT PAIN, YOU 683 00:30:17,434 --> 00:30:18,735 KNOW, THEY WEREN'T SEEING OH, 684 00:30:18,735 --> 00:30:21,104 I'M CRYING MYSELF TO SLEEP 685 00:30:21,104 --> 00:30:22,005 BECAUSE OF MY PAIN EVERY NIGHT 686 00:30:22,005 --> 00:30:24,608 AND SO I PRETENDED THAT I WAS 687 00:30:24,608 --> 00:30:26,610 FINE. AND I THOUGHT THAT THAT 688 00:30:26,610 --> 00:30:28,378 WAS NORMAL. YOU KNOW, CHRONIC 689 00:30:28,378 --> 00:30:31,481 PAIN IS JUST THE WAY EVERYBODY 690 00:30:31,481 --> 00:30:33,617 LIVES. AND I WAS ALSO AN 691 00:30:33,617 --> 00:30:35,419 ATHLETE, I PLAYED COLLEGE 692 00:30:35,419 --> 00:30:36,853 SOCCER. I PLAYED ALL OF THE 693 00:30:36,853 --> 00:30:41,258 SPORTS GROWING UP. AND JUST MY 694 00:30:41,258 --> 00:30:42,592 NORMAL WAS IT'S PAIN. IF IT'S 695 00:30:42,592 --> 00:30:45,829 PAIN YOU PUSH THROUGH IT. AND 696 00:30:45,829 --> 00:30:47,497 SO THAT WAS ALL THOSE 697 00:30:47,497 --> 00:30:51,868 CONTRIBUTED TO A DELAY IN 698 00:30:51,868 --> 00:30:53,370 DIAGNOSIS. I WAS FINALLY 699 00:30:53,370 --> 00:30:56,807 DIAGNOSED AT THE AGE OF 26. 700 00:30:56,807 --> 00:30:59,943 THAT WIZ MY FIRST OFFICIAL 701 00:30:59,943 --> 00:31:02,079 DIAGNOSIS. AND FROM THEN YOU 702 00:31:02,079 --> 00:31:06,016 KNOW I PROGRESSIVELY GOT MORE 703 00:31:06,016 --> 00:31:08,185 DIAGNOSES. AS DIFFERENT PAIN 704 00:31:08,185 --> 00:31:09,619 CONDITIONS JUST POPPING UP 705 00:31:09,619 --> 00:31:11,254 EVERYWHERE. I CALL IT MY ABCS 706 00:31:11,254 --> 00:31:21,798 OF CONDITIONS. I WAS GETTING TO 707 00:31:28,372 --> 00:31:30,640 KNOW NEW PEOPLE AND FIGURING OUT 708 00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:32,542 JOBS I DID NOT HAVE HEALTH CARE 709 00:31:32,542 --> 00:31:34,644 AND IT JUST TURNED MY WORLD 710 00:31:34,644 --> 00:31:37,180 UPSIDE DOWN. I WAS AN ATHLETE 711 00:31:37,180 --> 00:31:42,619 AND THEN SUDDENLY I WAS LARGELY 712 00:31:42,619 --> 00:31:44,755 BEDRIDDEN. AND I STARTED 713 00:31:44,755 --> 00:31:45,856 POSTING ONLINE ABOUT WHAT I WAS 714 00:31:45,856 --> 00:31:49,793 GOING THROUGH. BECAUSE I NEEDED 715 00:31:49,793 --> 00:31:52,929 VALIDATION FOR WHAT I WAS GOING 716 00:31:52,929 --> 00:31:58,869 THROUGH. SO I DIDN'T REALIZE 717 00:31:58,869 --> 00:31:59,436 THAT SHARING MY OWN STORY 718 00:31:59,436 --> 00:32:02,339 BECAUSE I NEEDED PEOPLE TO 719 00:32:02,339 --> 00:32:03,473 VALIDATE ME WAS ACTUALLY GIVING 720 00:32:03,473 --> 00:32:05,409 OTHER PEOPLE PERMISSION TO SHARE 721 00:32:05,409 --> 00:32:08,612 THEIR STORIES WITH ME. AND SO 722 00:32:08,612 --> 00:32:09,746 JUST BY TALKING ABOUT WHAT I WAS 723 00:32:09,746 --> 00:32:12,549 GOING THROUGH FROM A SELFISH 724 00:32:12,549 --> 00:32:15,585 STANDPOINT, I WAS BEING AN 725 00:32:15,585 --> 00:32:17,988 ADVOCATE AND I WAS CATAPULTED 726 00:32:17,988 --> 00:32:22,392 INTO THIS ADVOCACY STAGE. WHERE 727 00:32:22,392 --> 00:32:23,994 I WAS RAISING A BUNCH OF MONEY 728 00:32:23,994 --> 00:32:25,128 FOR THE ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION 729 00:32:25,128 --> 00:32:29,132 JUST BY SHARING MY STORY. I WAS 730 00:32:29,132 --> 00:32:33,870 INVITED TO BE -- TO DO ADVOCACY 731 00:32:33,870 --> 00:32:35,806 ON CAPITOL HILL WITHIN A YEAR OF 732 00:32:35,806 --> 00:32:40,644 MY DIAGNOSIS. I HAD STARTED A 733 00:32:40,644 --> 00:32:42,379 SUPPORT GROUP FOR PEOPLE WITH MY 734 00:32:42,379 --> 00:32:45,715 CONDITION. I HAD SPOKEN IN A 735 00:32:45,715 --> 00:32:46,983 CALIFORNIA STATE HEALTH SENATE 736 00:32:46,983 --> 00:32:49,753 HEALTH COMMITTEE HEARING ABOUT A 737 00:32:49,753 --> 00:32:52,722 BILL. I JUST, LIKE, MY WHOLE 738 00:32:52,722 --> 00:32:54,391 IDENTITY LIKE SHIFTED FROM 739 00:32:54,391 --> 00:33:01,665 ATHLETE TO ADVOCATE. I FOUND A 740 00:33:01,665 --> 00:33:02,799 NEW IDENTITY IN THAT. IN THE 741 00:33:02,799 --> 00:33:09,172 LAST 2011. SO FOR THE LAST 12, 742 00:33:09,172 --> 00:33:10,907 MY MATH IS NOT GOING TO WORK 743 00:33:10,907 --> 00:33:14,077 TODAY. FOR THE LAST 12-13 YEARS 744 00:33:14,077 --> 00:33:15,712 THAT HAS BEEN MY IDENTITY. SO 745 00:33:15,712 --> 00:33:19,149 IT WENT FROM ATHLETE TO ADVOCATE 746 00:33:19,149 --> 00:33:23,386 AND ACTIVIST. SO THAT'S LIKE MY 747 00:33:23,386 --> 00:33:26,723 PERSONAL STORY BUT WHAT I'M 748 00:33:26,723 --> 00:33:29,292 INVOLVED IN PROFESSIONALLY NOW 749 00:33:29,292 --> 00:33:33,029 IS ELEVATING MY LIVED EXPERIENCE 750 00:33:33,029 --> 00:33:34,431 INTO STUFF THAT YOU ALL MAY BE 751 00:33:34,431 --> 00:33:39,603 DOING IN TERMS OF, LIKE, THE 752 00:33:39,603 --> 00:33:41,505 HEAL INITIATIVE PAIN YOU'RE 753 00:33:41,505 --> 00:33:43,874 ENGAGED IN PUTTING ON CMES WHICH 754 00:33:43,874 --> 00:33:48,378 I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN. PERHAPS 755 00:33:48,378 --> 00:33:50,080 TURNING DOCUMENTS FROM CLINICAL 756 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:53,383 TRIALS INTO PLAIN LANGUAGE 757 00:33:53,383 --> 00:33:56,520 RESOURCES. SOME OF THE OTHER 758 00:33:56,520 --> 00:33:59,156 THINGS I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN IS 759 00:33:59,156 --> 00:34:01,057 CREATING THE GLOBAL HEALTHY 760 00:34:01,057 --> 00:34:03,126 LIVING FOUNDATION. THE SOCIAL 761 00:34:03,126 --> 00:34:09,199 MEDIA AND RESEARCH TOOLKIT OR 762 00:34:09,199 --> 00:34:11,868 SMART WHICH WAS A PE COREY 763 00:34:11,868 --> 00:34:14,070 FUNDING PROJECT. I HAD HELPED 764 00:34:14,070 --> 00:34:15,872 LEAD FOCUS GROUP RESEARCH THAT 765 00:34:15,872 --> 00:34:20,076 IS COMPLETELY PATIENT-LED FROM 766 00:34:20,076 --> 00:34:26,850 BEGINNING TO END. I FEEL I'M 767 00:34:26,850 --> 00:34:28,418 RAMBLING AT THIS POINT. I AM 768 00:34:28,418 --> 00:34:30,487 INVOLVED ACROSS THE BOARD I 769 00:34:30,487 --> 00:34:32,422 BRING A LOT WITH ME. LIKE EDEN 770 00:34:32,422 --> 00:34:33,823 WAS SEEING WE ARE PEOPLE, WE ARE 771 00:34:33,823 --> 00:34:36,359 HUMAN. SO I WANT TO ADD THAT I 772 00:34:36,359 --> 00:34:39,162 AM A CAT PERSON. I HAVE FOUR 773 00:34:39,162 --> 00:34:42,966 CATS AND I TAKE CARE OF MATERIAL 774 00:34:42,966 --> 00:34:47,170 CATS IN MY BACKYARD, I AM A 775 00:34:47,170 --> 00:34:54,744 GLARD GARDENER. I THINK I WILL 776 00:34:54,744 --> 00:34:57,247 STOP THERE AND I CAN ANSWER ANY 777 00:34:57,247 --> 00:35:02,953 QUESTIONS LATER OR EXPAND NOW. 778 00:35:02,953 --> 00:35:05,088 >> THANK YOU, CHARIS, EVERY TIME 779 00:35:05,088 --> 00:35:05,956 I TALK WITH YOU I LEARN 780 00:35:05,956 --> 00:35:07,591 SOMETHING NEW. IT'S REALLY 781 00:35:07,591 --> 00:35:09,793 GREAT TO HEAR YOU NOW. I THINK 782 00:35:09,793 --> 00:35:12,462 AT DURING THE Q&A YOU'LL HAVE AN 783 00:35:12,462 --> 00:35:15,165 OPPORTUNITY TO ADD ANYTHING 784 00:35:15,165 --> 00:35:17,601 WE'VE MISSED. WITH THAT I WILL 785 00:35:17,601 --> 00:35:19,135 INTRODUCE THE NEXT SPEAKER I 786 00:35:19,135 --> 00:35:29,045 BELIEVE SONYA IS SPEAKING NEXT 787 00:35:29,045 --> 00:35:31,715 >> HI, EVERYONE, I PREPARED 788 00:35:31,715 --> 00:35:33,216 SHORT REMARKS BECAUSE I WAS 789 00:35:33,216 --> 00:35:34,184 NERVOUS BUT THEY'RE UNDER TEN 790 00:35:34,184 --> 00:35:36,753 MINUTES SO MY STORY OF CHRONIC 791 00:35:36,753 --> 00:35:39,256 PAIN ACTUALLY STARTS WITH HASH 792 00:35:39,256 --> 00:35:42,859 SHOW MODO'S THIGH ROY DIETS AND 793 00:35:42,859 --> 00:35:43,927 IT SEEMS THAT EVERYONE I KNOW 794 00:35:43,927 --> 00:35:47,230 THAT GETS THAT GETS PAIN AND 795 00:35:47,230 --> 00:35:49,599 THEN I GOT RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS 796 00:35:49,599 --> 00:35:51,067 WITHIN A FEW MONTHS AND WHAT I 797 00:35:51,067 --> 00:35:53,603 WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS CHRONIC 798 00:35:53,603 --> 00:35:55,605 STRESS. THIS ALL HAPPENED SIX 799 00:35:55,605 --> 00:35:59,175 MONTHS AFTER A DIFFICULT 800 00:35:59,175 --> 00:36:02,612 DIVORCE. AFTER ENDING A NINE 801 00:36:02,612 --> 00:36:03,713 YEAR RELATIONSHIP THAT HAD BEEN 802 00:36:03,713 --> 00:36:06,116 ABUSIVE ON MULTIPLE LEVELS I 803 00:36:06,116 --> 00:36:07,217 ENTERED INTO THE RELATIONSHIP 804 00:36:07,217 --> 00:36:09,853 BECAUSE CHAOS FELT LIKE HOME. 805 00:36:09,853 --> 00:36:12,622 AND I GREW UP MANY IN THE 806 00:36:12,622 --> 00:36:14,658 CONTEXT OF MULTIPLE GENERATIONS 807 00:36:14,658 --> 00:36:19,162 OF FAMILY ISSUES AND SUBSTANCE 808 00:36:19,162 --> 00:36:20,330 ABUSE. WHILE IN THE 809 00:36:20,330 --> 00:36:21,865 RELATIONSHIP I HAD A SON THE JOY 810 00:36:21,865 --> 00:36:24,067 OF MY LIFE BUT WE WERE 811 00:36:24,067 --> 00:36:25,435 FINANCIALLY IN SERIOUS TROUBLE 812 00:36:25,435 --> 00:36:27,871 AND HE AND I WERE SO LUCKY TO BE 813 00:36:27,871 --> 00:36:30,373 ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM IN 814 00:36:30,373 --> 00:36:32,809 OHIO. AND ON WIC AND OTHER 815 00:36:32,809 --> 00:36:36,046 SOCIAL PROGRAMS ALL OF WHICH 816 00:36:36,046 --> 00:36:39,649 SAVED MY LIFE. IN MANY WAYS 817 00:36:39,649 --> 00:36:43,153 HOWEVER I BROKE THE MOLD I HAD 818 00:36:43,153 --> 00:36:48,858 ALSO GOT A TON OF THERAPY AND 819 00:36:48,858 --> 00:36:52,996 TWO GRADUATE DEGREES AND AS THE 820 00:36:52,996 --> 00:36:54,864 MARRIAGE WAS DEINTEGRATING AND 821 00:36:54,864 --> 00:36:57,634 BECAME A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE 822 00:36:57,634 --> 00:37:00,470 IN GEORGIA I WORKED AS AN 823 00:37:00,470 --> 00:37:01,604 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AND 824 00:37:01,604 --> 00:37:02,806 PUBLISHED MY FIRST BOOK. 825 00:37:02,806 --> 00:37:05,709 IN THAT SAME YEAR I ASKED FOR A 826 00:37:05,709 --> 00:37:07,410 DIVORCE AND WE HAD TO BEGIN 827 00:37:07,410 --> 00:37:13,850 SUPERVISED EXCHANGES OF MY SON. 828 00:37:13,850 --> 00:37:17,220 MY HUSBAND WHO WAS TRAUMATIZED 829 00:37:17,220 --> 00:37:19,956 BY HIS VETERAN ALCOHOLIC FATHER 830 00:37:19,956 --> 00:37:20,990 CONTINUED TO CAUSE STRESS SO IT 831 00:37:20,990 --> 00:37:23,159 WAS THEN THAT NEXT FAIL THAT I 832 00:37:23,159 --> 00:37:26,529 STARTED EXPERIENCING PAIN AND 833 00:37:26,529 --> 00:37:29,833 EXHAUSTION. AND THE HA SHOW 834 00:37:29,833 --> 00:37:33,403 MODOS WAS EASY TO IDENTIFY 835 00:37:33,403 --> 00:37:35,138 BECAUSE THERE WAS A CLEAR BLOOD 836 00:37:35,138 --> 00:37:41,845 TEST. MY NUMBERS WERE WAY UP SO 837 00:37:41,845 --> 00:37:44,114 IT WAS EASY TO DIAGNOSIS ME WITH 838 00:37:44,114 --> 00:37:46,149 RA. BUT IN TRYING TO SEEK A 839 00:37:46,149 --> 00:37:50,019 SPECIALIST IN RURAL GEORGIA TO 840 00:37:50,019 --> 00:37:50,687 BEGIN THE BIOLOGICS THAT MIGHT 841 00:37:50,687 --> 00:37:54,257 HAVE PUT ME INTO REMISSION I 842 00:37:54,257 --> 00:37:56,659 ENCOUNTERED A HAZE OF DIFFICULTY 843 00:37:56,659 --> 00:37:57,894 AS MANY PEOPLE HAVE NOT BEING 844 00:37:57,894 --> 00:38:03,166 ABLE TO GET MY INSURANCE TO 845 00:38:03,166 --> 00:38:03,867 COVER DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES OR 846 00:38:03,867 --> 00:38:05,602 SOMEONE JUST LOOKING AT ME AND 847 00:38:05,602 --> 00:38:07,137 TELLING ME I COULDN'T HAVE RA, 848 00:38:07,137 --> 00:38:09,873 JUST LOOKING AT MY FACE. AND 849 00:38:09,873 --> 00:38:12,542 THAT I NEED TO REDUCE STRESS, 850 00:38:12,542 --> 00:38:15,445 THAT I WAS ON TOO MANY PAIN 851 00:38:15,445 --> 00:38:20,083 PILLS. MY INFLAMMATION LEVELS 852 00:38:20,083 --> 00:38:21,751 WENT DOWN BUT THE PAIN I 853 00:38:21,751 --> 00:38:22,652 CONTINUE TO HAVE WAS CRUSHING 854 00:38:22,652 --> 00:38:25,622 AND I LEARNED THAT I ALSO HAD 855 00:38:25,622 --> 00:38:29,426 NOW A DIAGNOSIS OF PTSD. I WAS 856 00:38:29,426 --> 00:38:33,363 PRESCRIBED TRAUMA DOLL, A MILD 857 00:38:33,363 --> 00:38:34,330 OPIOID. NEVER KNOWING THAT FOR 858 00:38:34,330 --> 00:38:36,733 THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS I'D BE 859 00:38:36,733 --> 00:38:38,735 TREATED ADDS THOSE I WAS DRUG 860 00:38:38,735 --> 00:38:41,337 SEEKING WHICH WAS PAINFUL AS I 861 00:38:41,337 --> 00:38:43,072 HAD COME THROUGH THE ADDICTIONS 862 00:38:43,072 --> 00:38:47,177 OF OTHERS. SO I SWORE OFF ANY 863 00:38:47,177 --> 00:38:50,447 FURTHER OPIOID USE BECAUSE IT 864 00:38:50,447 --> 00:38:52,148 WAS TOO TRAUMATIC. I BELIEVE MY 865 00:38:52,148 --> 00:38:54,651 BODY BROKE DOWN DUE TO STRESS. 866 00:38:54,651 --> 00:38:57,387 TRIGGERING A GENETIC 867 00:38:57,387 --> 00:38:59,322 PREDISPOSITION. I ENCOUNTERED 868 00:38:59,322 --> 00:39:03,159 THEN SO MUCH MORE STRESS IN 869 00:39:03,159 --> 00:39:08,698 TRYING TO SEEK TREATMENT. WHAT 870 00:39:08,698 --> 00:39:09,866 I'M INTERESTED IN TALKING WITH 871 00:39:09,866 --> 00:39:11,167 YOU TODAY IS TO TALK A LITTLE 872 00:39:11,167 --> 00:39:15,138 BIT ABOUT HOW TAKING PATIENT 873 00:39:15,138 --> 00:39:17,340 HISTORIES CAN INCLUDE NOT JUST A 874 00:39:17,340 --> 00:39:19,042 SNAPSHOT OF THE PAIN THAT WE'VE 875 00:39:19,042 --> 00:39:21,177 EXPERIENCED OVER THE PAST WEEK 876 00:39:21,177 --> 00:39:23,012 OR THE PAST MONTH. BUT HOW 877 00:39:23,012 --> 00:39:29,219 THERE MIGHT BE A WAY TO INCLUDE 878 00:39:29,219 --> 00:39:31,855 THE STRESS THAT IS LIVED 879 00:39:31,855 --> 00:39:33,690 EXPERIENCE THAT MIGHT EVEN IN 880 00:39:33,690 --> 00:39:36,793 MANY CASES TOUCH OFF THIS PAIN. 881 00:39:36,793 --> 00:39:39,162 I'M THE THIRD GENERATION IN MY 882 00:39:39,162 --> 00:39:44,067 FAMILY THAT HAD TO CARE FOR MY 883 00:39:44,067 --> 00:39:46,169 FAMILY WHILE BEING THE SOLE 884 00:39:46,169 --> 00:39:47,670 BREAD WINNER. I WAS READING 885 00:39:47,670 --> 00:39:49,906 ABOUT WHAT PROLONGED STRESS AND 886 00:39:49,906 --> 00:39:52,475 CORTISOL DO TO THE BODY CREATING 887 00:39:52,475 --> 00:39:57,280 AN ALLOSTATIC LOAD 888 00:39:57,280 --> 00:39:59,182 CONCEPTUALIZED AS THE WEAR AND 889 00:39:59,182 --> 00:40:06,122 TEAR OR MULTIPLE ORGANS AND 890 00:40:06,122 --> 00:40:08,224 TISSUES TO THE ONGOING 891 00:40:08,224 --> 00:40:09,893 ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS AND THAT 892 00:40:09,893 --> 00:40:11,194 INCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM BLOOD 893 00:40:11,194 --> 00:40:13,630 PRESSURE, CARDIOVASCULAR 894 00:40:13,630 --> 00:40:16,232 SYSTEMS, TO THE PARASYMPATHETIC 895 00:40:16,232 --> 00:40:21,704 NERVOUS SYSTEM AND TO MENTAL 896 00:40:21,704 --> 00:40:23,039 HEALTH. I AM STILL NEGATIVE BUT 897 00:40:23,039 --> 00:40:29,779 I FINALLY HAVE A GREAT 898 00:40:29,779 --> 00:40:31,014 RHEUMATOLOGIST WHO SAID TO ME 899 00:40:31,014 --> 00:40:32,215 WHAT NO OTHER DOCTOR SAID BEFORE 900 00:40:32,215 --> 00:40:33,049 WHICH IS THAT THEY JUST DON'T 901 00:40:33,049 --> 00:40:35,151 HAVE THE RIGHT TESTS YET TO SEE 902 00:40:35,151 --> 00:40:43,159 WHAT'S CAUSING MY PAIN. HAPPILY 903 00:40:43,159 --> 00:40:45,261 I'M NOW A TENURED PROFESSOR IN 904 00:40:45,261 --> 00:40:46,696 CONNECTICUT AND ENDED UP WITH A 905 00:40:46,696 --> 00:40:49,532 GREAT PARTNER AND BECAUSE I LIKE 906 00:40:49,532 --> 00:40:51,868 A CHALLENGE I THEN GOT COVID 907 00:40:51,868 --> 00:40:54,070 THAT TURNED INTO LONG COVID IN 908 00:40:54,070 --> 00:40:56,306 MARCH 2020 SO I'M AN EARLY 909 00:40:56,306 --> 00:40:57,707 ADOPTER. SO I JUST WANT TO 910 00:40:57,707 --> 00:40:59,175 CLOSE WITH THE FACT THAT I THEN 911 00:40:59,175 --> 00:41:03,146 BECAME PART OF WHAT I THINK IS A 912 00:41:03,146 --> 00:41:04,247 MODEL FOR COLLABORATION BETWEEN 913 00:41:04,247 --> 00:41:06,549 PATIENT RESEARCHERS AND THE 914 00:41:06,549 --> 00:41:08,985 MEDICAL COMMUNITY I WAS PART OF 915 00:41:08,985 --> 00:41:10,653 THE VAST PATIENT LED RESEARCH 916 00:41:10,653 --> 00:41:13,856 NETWORK THAT CREATED LONG COVID. 917 00:41:13,856 --> 00:41:15,358 WE SUMMONED IT FROM OUR 918 00:41:15,358 --> 00:41:18,227 EXPERIENCE IN REALTIME. WHEN I 919 00:41:18,227 --> 00:41:21,230 WAS TOLD MY RACING HEART WAS 920 00:41:21,230 --> 00:41:24,033 PTSD I KNEW THAT WASN'T TRUE 921 00:41:24,033 --> 00:41:27,170 BECAUSE I KNEW WHAT MY PTSD FELT 922 00:41:27,170 --> 00:41:28,338 LIKE AND EVENTUALLY I WOULD 923 00:41:28,338 --> 00:41:30,740 LEARN THAT MY BLOOD WAS PUMPING 924 00:41:30,740 --> 00:41:33,743 TOO HARD AND IT GAVE ME AN 925 00:41:33,743 --> 00:41:37,480 AORTIC ANEURYSM. WE RESEARCHED 926 00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:39,749 DEEPLY, TRADED INFORMATION IN 927 00:41:39,749 --> 00:41:42,151 SLACK GROUPS COMING UP WITH OUR 928 00:41:42,151 --> 00:41:43,486 OWN TREATMENT PROTOCOLS IT TOOK 929 00:41:43,486 --> 00:41:45,421 ME A YEAR TO REGAIN 930 00:41:45,421 --> 00:41:46,456 FUNCTIONALITY FROM LONG COVID 931 00:41:46,456 --> 00:41:49,192 BUT I WORKED THROUGH ALL OF IT. 932 00:41:49,192 --> 00:41:51,861 I AM NONBINARY AND I AM NOW 933 00:41:51,861 --> 00:41:53,529 WATCHING PATIENTS TRY TO PUT 934 00:41:53,529 --> 00:41:55,298 TOGETHER WHY TRANS AND NONBINARY 935 00:41:55,298 --> 00:41:57,567 PEOPLE HAVE COLLECTED A HIGHER 936 00:41:57,567 --> 00:42:01,437 INCIDENCE OF LONG COVID AND WHY 937 00:42:01,437 --> 00:42:03,172 OUR CONNECTIVE TISSUE SEEMS 938 00:42:03,172 --> 00:42:04,540 WEAKER MAYBE BECAUSE WE'RE 939 00:42:04,540 --> 00:42:06,142 SOCIALLY VULNERABLE IT ALL MAKES 940 00:42:06,142 --> 00:42:09,879 SENSE IN A WAY THAT WE JUST NEED 941 00:42:09,879 --> 00:42:17,787 MEDICINE TO PIT -- PUT A NAME 942 00:42:17,787 --> 00:42:20,356 ON AND SADLY I WAS CONFIRMED AND 943 00:42:20,356 --> 00:42:21,991 I KNEW MY BODY WAS WORKING SO 944 00:42:21,991 --> 00:42:22,291 HARD. 945 00:42:22,291 --> 00:42:23,893 I AM INTERESTED -- I KNOW 946 00:42:23,893 --> 00:42:25,628 THERE'S CURRENT RESEARCH GOING 947 00:42:25,628 --> 00:42:29,565 ON ON LOOKING INTO NOT JUST 948 00:42:29,565 --> 00:42:31,167 INTERLEUKIN 6 BUT A BUNCH OF THE 949 00:42:31,167 --> 00:42:33,202 DIFFERENT INTERLEUKINS TO TRY TO 950 00:42:33,202 --> 00:42:37,073 SEE WHAT MIGHT ALIGN TO RA. 951 00:42:37,073 --> 00:42:45,448 AND I AM INTERESTED FINALLY IAL 952 00:42:45,448 --> 00:42:47,583 HIDING BEHIND THESE SOURCES OF 953 00:42:47,583 --> 00:42:48,751 INFLAMMATION AND HOW WE ARE 954 00:42:48,751 --> 00:42:50,219 UNITED ACROSS OUR CONDITIONS, 955 00:42:50,219 --> 00:42:52,355 ALL OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE THE -- 956 00:42:52,355 --> 00:42:55,792 THE WONDERFUL FOLKS ON THIS 957 00:42:55,792 --> 00:42:57,794 PANEL. I HOPE THAT NO -- OTHER 958 00:42:57,794 --> 00:43:00,530 DOCTOR EVER TELLS ME TO REDUCE 959 00:43:00,530 --> 00:43:02,165 STRESS. BECAUSE STRESS IS 960 00:43:02,165 --> 00:43:03,499 SOCIALLY CREATED AND OFTEN PUT 961 00:43:03,499 --> 00:43:08,037 ON US AS CAREGIVERS AND -- AND 962 00:43:08,037 --> 00:43:09,872 OFTENTIMES MAINSTAYS OF OUR 963 00:43:09,872 --> 00:43:15,144 FAMILIES. I ASK YOU TO THINK OF 964 00:43:15,144 --> 00:43:17,513 STRESS AS PART OF OUR HISTORIES 965 00:43:17,513 --> 00:43:18,214 AND EMBEDDED NOT IN OUR MINDS 966 00:43:18,214 --> 00:43:19,515 BUT IN OUR BODIES. THANK YOU SO 967 00:43:19,515 --> 00:43:29,625 MUCH. 968 00:43:31,227 --> 00:43:34,297 >> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER 969 00:43:34,297 --> 00:43:35,131 IS SHAREE. 970 00:43:35,131 --> 00:43:38,101 >> HELLO. A LITTLE CLOSER. 971 00:43:38,101 --> 00:43:40,436 THERE'S A FEW THINGS I DID NOT 972 00:43:40,436 --> 00:43:42,205 WANT TO FORGET SO I DID WRITE MY 973 00:43:42,205 --> 00:43:43,106 DOWN BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 974 00:43:43,106 --> 00:43:47,944 BEING HERE AND LISTENING. IN 975 00:43:47,944 --> 00:43:50,713 2022, I BRITTANY HIGH TOWER A 976 00:43:50,713 --> 00:43:52,415 22-YEAR-OLD IN HOUSTON, TEXAS 977 00:43:52,415 --> 00:43:53,983 WAS GIVEN THE OPTION OF LEAVING 978 00:43:53,983 --> 00:43:55,017 IN PAIN OR BE ARRESTED FOR 979 00:43:55,017 --> 00:44:00,556 TRESPASSING. DAYS LATER SHE 980 00:44:00,556 --> 00:44:01,991 DIED FOR A CHOICE THAT SHE 981 00:44:01,991 --> 00:44:03,159 SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN GIVEN 982 00:44:03,159 --> 00:44:06,662 THIS TRIGGERED A MEMORY OF MINE 983 00:44:06,662 --> 00:44:10,967 AT AGE 17. 984 00:44:10,967 --> 00:44:14,570 A TYPICAL ED VISIT SHAPED MY 985 00:44:14,570 --> 00:44:20,543 ENTIRE JOURNEY. I HAD ACUTE 986 00:44:20,543 --> 00:44:21,077 SYNDR 987 00:44:21,077 --> 00:44:23,112 SYNDROME. I WAS PLACED ON A 988 00:44:23,112 --> 00:44:27,150 STRETCHER, TUCKED IN A CORNER OF 989 00:44:27,150 --> 00:44:29,819 A HALL WEI FORGOTTEN ABOUT. I 990 00:44:29,819 --> 00:44:32,255 WAS TOLD BY A NURSE TO SHIT UP 991 00:44:32,255 --> 00:44:39,228 WHEN I WAS SCR-- TOLD TO SHUT U 992 00:44:39,228 --> 00:44:40,763 THIS IS FREQUENT WITH PATIENTS 993 00:44:40,763 --> 00:44:43,166 OF SICKLE CELL WE CALL EACH 994 00:44:43,166 --> 00:44:44,667 OTHER WARRIORS AS MUCH AS IT 995 00:44:44,667 --> 00:44:45,868 DESCRIBES OUR RESILIENCE ALSO 996 00:44:45,868 --> 00:44:47,570 REMINDS US OF THE NEVER ENDING 997 00:44:47,570 --> 00:44:51,307 FIGHTS WE TAKE PART IN. WE 998 00:44:51,307 --> 00:44:53,676 FIGHT THIS BEAST OF AN ILLNESS 999 00:44:53,676 --> 00:45:01,784 CALL SICKLE CELL AND A -- ARE 1000 00:45:01,784 --> 00:45:03,853 ATTACHED AS DRUG SEEKERS. 1001 00:45:03,853 --> 00:45:06,189 IN MY MOST VULNERABLE TIME WITH 1002 00:45:06,189 --> 00:45:07,990 A PAIN SCALE OF 10 MY THOUGHT 1003 00:45:07,990 --> 00:45:09,692 WAS NOT WHICH HOSPITAL AM I 1004 00:45:09,692 --> 00:45:11,794 GOING TO. IT'S HOW QUICK CAN I 1005 00:45:11,794 --> 00:45:13,496 SHOWER AND GROOM MYSELF SO I 1006 00:45:13,496 --> 00:45:15,031 DON'T LOOK LIKE THE ADDICT THEY 1007 00:45:15,031 --> 00:45:17,633 ALREADY THINK I AM. EVEN THE 1008 00:45:17,633 --> 00:45:19,435 MAINSTREAM MEDIA HAS TAKEN 1009 00:45:19,435 --> 00:45:25,541 SICKLE CELL AS A TOPIC MORE -- 1010 00:45:25,541 --> 00:45:27,877 TOPIC FOR COMEDIC RELIEF. 1011 00:45:27,877 --> 00:45:30,813 I HAVE TAKEN EVERY UNEXPLAINED 1012 00:45:30,813 --> 00:45:33,049 LAB RESULT AND EACH BIAS I HAVE 1013 00:45:33,049 --> 00:45:35,151 MET WITH AND ORGANICALLY BECAME 1014 00:45:35,151 --> 00:45:38,154 AN ADVOCATE FOR MYSELF AND MY 1015 00:45:38,154 --> 00:45:40,456 COMMUNITY. IN MY WORLD, MY PAIN 1016 00:45:40,456 --> 00:45:43,893 HAS TO BE VALIDATED BEFORE IT'S 1017 00:45:43,893 --> 00:45:45,595 RELIEVED AND AS MUCH AS IT IS A 1018 00:45:45,595 --> 00:45:47,330 PHYSICAL PAIN THERE IS A 1019 00:45:47,330 --> 00:45:49,165 WELL-ESTABLISHED MENTAL PAIN 1020 00:45:49,165 --> 00:45:51,200 THAT ACCOMPANIES IT. SINCE THE 1021 00:45:51,200 --> 00:45:53,636 SYMPOSIUM IS FOCUSED ON SEX AND 1022 00:45:53,636 --> 00:45:54,503 GENDER IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE 1023 00:45:54,503 --> 00:46:01,911 WHAT I AM NOW SEEING AS A 1024 00:46:01,911 --> 00:46:03,346 PATIENT NAVIGATOR. YOUNG MALES 1025 00:46:03,346 --> 00:46:05,448 CHOOSE TO STAY HOME, DISENGAGE 1026 00:46:05,448 --> 00:46:07,149 FROM SOCIAL ACTIVITIES AND IF 1027 00:46:07,149 --> 00:46:09,485 HOME TUMORING IS NOT AVAILABLE 1028 00:46:09,485 --> 00:46:14,790 TODAY DROP OUT OF SCHOOL. 1029 00:46:14,790 --> 00:46:19,528 FEMALES EXPERIENCING MENSTRUAL 1030 00:46:19,528 --> 00:46:21,864 TRIGGER PAINS THAT ARE 1031 00:46:21,864 --> 00:46:24,300 HEIGHTENED. WE MUST DISCONTINUE 1032 00:46:24,300 --> 00:46:26,502 A LIFE SAVING DRUG IF WE PLAN TO 1033 00:46:26,502 --> 00:46:27,069 HAVE CHILDREN. 1034 00:46:27,069 --> 00:46:29,639 I ONCE HEARD THAT SICKLE CELL 1035 00:46:29,639 --> 00:46:31,874 PAIN IS A WINDOW TO ALL PAIN 1036 00:46:31,874 --> 00:46:33,809 BECAUSE OF ITS COMPLEXITIES BUT 1037 00:46:33,809 --> 00:46:39,148 EVEN AS THE MOST COMMON INHE 1038 00:46:39,148 --> 00:46:42,351 INHERITED PAIN IN THE U.S. I 1039 00:46:42,351 --> 00:46:44,120 HEAR DOCTORS AND PATIENTS SEE 1040 00:46:44,120 --> 00:46:46,889 HOW LONG HAVE I HAD SICKLE CELL. 1041 00:46:46,889 --> 00:46:56,732 IF IT TOOK TIME TO HAVE SOMEONE. 1042 00:46:56,732 --> 00:47:00,937 TODAY I GIVE YOU ALL WITH YOUR 1043 00:47:00,937 --> 00:47:02,305 BRILLIANCE, AND INTEREST 1044 00:47:02,305 --> 00:47:03,673 PERMISSION TO HELP CHANGE THE 1045 00:47:03,673 --> 00:47:04,307 NARRATIVE OF SICKLE CELL, THANK 1046 00:47:04,307 --> 00:47:13,349 YOU. 1047 00:47:13,349 --> 00:47:17,520 >> THANK YOU. I THINK WE NOW 1048 00:47:17,520 --> 00:47:19,422 FOR QUESTIONS FOR THE PANELISTS 1049 00:47:19,422 --> 00:47:21,857 AND MORE OF A DISCUSSION FROM 1050 00:47:21,857 --> 00:47:23,225 THE PANELISTS. EACH TIME WE 1051 00:47:23,225 --> 00:47:24,994 TALK THESE SUBJECT MATTER 1052 00:47:24,994 --> 00:47:26,228 EXPERTS HAVE MORE INTERESTING 1053 00:47:26,228 --> 00:47:28,631 QUESTIONS THAN I THINK WE HAVE. 1054 00:47:28,631 --> 00:47:31,334 SO PLEASE DO SPEAKERS, JUMP IN 1055 00:47:31,334 --> 00:47:32,001 AND SHARE ANYTHING YOU DIDN'T 1056 00:47:32,001 --> 00:47:37,506 SHARE OR QUESTIONS. CHARIS I 1057 00:47:37,506 --> 00:47:39,075 THINK HAS UNMUTED. IS THAT 1058 00:47:39,075 --> 00:47:41,444 RIGHT? OH, SORRY, IT LOOKED 1059 00:47:41,444 --> 00:47:43,179 LIKE FROM THE WAY YOU POPPED UP 1060 00:47:43,179 --> 00:47:46,449 THAT YOU UNMUTED. SO IF -- 1061 00:47:46,449 --> 00:47:47,850 WHILE THE AUDIENCE HAS SOME TIME 1062 00:47:47,850 --> 00:47:50,486 TO COME TO THE MIC, IF YOU HAVE 1063 00:47:50,486 --> 00:47:53,956 A QUESTION, I'LL START OUT WITH 1064 00:47:53,956 --> 00:47:59,195 A FIRST QUESTION. YOU'RE ALL 1065 00:47:59,195 --> 00:48:04,633 HERE BECAUSE OF YOUR EXPERIENCE 1066 00:48:04,633 --> 00:48:07,169 WITH PAIN. YOU DECIDED TO USE 1067 00:48:07,169 --> 00:48:08,137 YOUR PERSONAL STORIES OF ONE 1068 00:48:08,137 --> 00:48:11,607 PIECE OF YOUR ADVOCACY FOR YOUR 1069 00:48:11,607 --> 00:48:13,409 COMMUNITIES SO IT'D BE NICE TO 1070 00:48:13,409 --> 00:48:14,677 HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU 1071 00:48:14,677 --> 00:48:21,317 FEEL ABOUT THAT CHOICE. IS IT 1072 00:48:21,317 --> 00:48:21,717 DRA 1073 00:48:21,717 --> 00:48:24,086 DRAINING? IS IT EMPOWERING? 1074 00:48:24,086 --> 00:48:25,654 WHAT SHOULD RESEARCHERS BE AWARE 1075 00:48:25,654 --> 00:48:27,156 OF WHEN DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING 1076 00:48:27,156 --> 00:48:31,193 AND LEVERAGING YOUR EXPERIENCES 1077 00:48:31,193 --> 00:48:41,637 AT THE SCIENTIFIC TABLE? 1078 00:48:42,071 --> 00:48:44,173 >> I GUESS I COULD SHARE. I WAS 1079 00:48:44,173 --> 00:48:45,975 GETTING READY TO LOG ONTO ZOOM 1080 00:48:45,975 --> 00:48:49,512 AND I WAS SO NERVOUS AND I 1081 00:48:49,512 --> 00:48:52,148 REALIZED THAT WHAT I WAS REALLY 1082 00:48:52,148 --> 00:48:54,417 NERVOUS ABOUT WAS, LIKE, I 1083 00:48:54,417 --> 00:48:56,919 JUST -- NORMALLY DON'T EVEN 1084 00:48:56,919 --> 00:48:58,954 CHOOSE TO SHARE MY -- ANYTHING 1085 00:48:58,954 --> 00:49:02,758 OF MY STORY WITH DOCTORS WHO ARE 1086 00:49:02,758 --> 00:49:04,960 TREATING ME. IT'S REALLY AN 1087 00:49:04,960 --> 00:49:05,661 AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH 1088 00:49:05,661 --> 00:49:07,797 YOU IN THIS SITUATION WHERE WE 1089 00:49:07,797 --> 00:49:09,899 CAN. BUT I HAVE, YOU KNOW, I AM 1090 00:49:09,899 --> 00:49:13,402 A PUBLIC SPEAKER FOR MY LIVING 1091 00:49:13,402 --> 00:49:15,171 AND THIS MAKES -- THIS MADE ME 1092 00:49:15,171 --> 00:49:17,206 VERY NERVOUS BECAUSE IT'S A 1093 00:49:17,206 --> 00:49:18,307 DIFFERENT KIND OF PUBLIC 1094 00:49:18,307 --> 00:49:19,775 SPEAKING. I THINK IT'S SO -- 1095 00:49:19,775 --> 00:49:29,051 IT'S HIGHLY CHARGED SO YEAH TO 1096 00:49:29,051 --> 00:49:30,519 ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IT'S A 1097 00:49:30,519 --> 00:49:33,856 GREAT OPPORTUNITY BUT AT THE 1098 00:49:33,856 --> 00:49:36,792 SAME TIME IT'S AN INTERFACE 1099 00:49:36,792 --> 00:49:37,893 WHERE THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH 1100 00:49:37,893 --> 00:49:39,161 STRESS IN MY LIFE SO I DO IT 1101 00:49:39,161 --> 00:49:45,534 DESPITE THAT ANXIETY. 1102 00:49:45,534 --> 00:49:48,971 >> I CAN JUMP IN TOO. I AM VERY 1103 00:49:48,971 --> 00:49:52,274 LUCKY BECAUSE I HAVE AMAZING 1104 00:49:52,274 --> 00:49:54,310 MENTOR, ASHLEY AND I ALSO HAVE 1105 00:49:54,310 --> 00:50:00,616 AN AMAZING MENTOR AND I GET TO 1106 00:50:00,616 --> 00:50:02,351 WORK WITH JESS, AWESOME AND WHAT 1107 00:50:02,351 --> 00:50:03,886 I LEARNED ABOUT SHARING MY LIVED 1108 00:50:03,886 --> 00:50:07,156 EXPERIENCE IN THIS FIELD IS THAT 1109 00:50:07,156 --> 00:50:08,891 SOMETIMES YOU CAN ALMOST 1110 00:50:08,891 --> 00:50:16,665 ACCIDENTLY BE TOKENIZED AND 1111 00:50:16,665 --> 00:50:18,300 THAT'S NOT BASED ON A SKIN 1112 00:50:18,300 --> 00:50:20,336 COLOR, USING THE STORY AS A 1113 00:50:20,336 --> 00:50:23,372 TOKEN. SOMETIMES CAN FEEL 1114 00:50:23,372 --> 00:50:26,609 REALLY BAD. SO I JUST HOPE 1115 00:50:26,609 --> 00:50:29,345 THAT, YOU KNOW, AS INDIVIDUALS 1116 00:50:29,345 --> 00:50:31,780 WHO ARE -- FOR MYSELF, TRYING TO 1117 00:50:31,780 --> 00:50:33,883 BECOME A RESEARCHER, I HOPE THAT 1118 00:50:33,883 --> 00:50:35,818 WHEN YOU'RE LEARNING FROM THESE 1119 00:50:35,818 --> 00:50:37,653 INDIVIDUALS WITH LIVED 1120 00:50:37,653 --> 00:50:39,054 EXPERIENCE THAT YOU ARE DOING 1121 00:50:39,054 --> 00:50:42,958 WHAT MY MENTOR DOES AND TRIES TO 1122 00:50:42,958 --> 00:50:47,129 KIND OF GIVE BACK TO YOUR 1123 00:50:47,129 --> 00:50:48,597 MENTEES. MAKE SURE THAT THESE 1124 00:50:48,597 --> 00:50:50,032 PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE ARE 1125 00:50:50,032 --> 00:50:53,636 LIFTED UP AND NOT JUST 1126 00:50:53,636 --> 00:50:57,273 TOKENIZED. SO THAT'S ALL. 1127 00:50:57,273 --> 00:50:59,475 >> I'LL ADD THAT I EXPERIENCED 1128 00:50:59,475 --> 00:51:03,045 BOTH. THERE'S A FULFILLMENT 1129 00:51:03,045 --> 00:51:06,815 THAT COMES WITH I'M ABLE TO NOW 1130 00:51:06,815 --> 00:51:09,485 LITERALLY HELP NAVIGATE THESE 1131 00:51:09,485 --> 00:51:10,553 FAMILIES AND CHILDREN LIVING 1132 00:51:10,553 --> 00:51:12,354 WITH SICKLE CELL BECAUSE I'VE 1133 00:51:12,354 --> 00:51:14,757 DONE IT. BUT IT ALSO CAN BE 1134 00:51:14,757 --> 00:51:16,559 DRAINING BECAUSE EVEN IF I CLOCK 1135 00:51:16,559 --> 00:51:18,527 OUT I STILL HAVE SICKLE CELL. 1136 00:51:18,527 --> 00:51:19,895 I'M STILL EXPERIENCING WHAT THEY 1137 00:51:19,895 --> 00:51:21,997 WILL SO IF I DON'T MAKE IT 1138 00:51:21,997 --> 00:51:24,133 BETTER FOR MYSELF, THAT MEANS 1139 00:51:24,133 --> 00:51:25,801 THE ONES TO COME ARE JUST GOING 1140 00:51:25,801 --> 00:51:27,536 TO FOLLOW THE PATTERN THAT I'VE 1141 00:51:27,536 --> 00:51:28,804 HAD TO UNFORTUNATELY LIVE 1142 00:51:28,804 --> 00:51:33,776 THROUGH. SO, I EXPERIENCED BOTH 1143 00:51:33,776 --> 00:51:34,310 FULFILLMENT AND TRAINING 1144 00:51:34,310 --> 00:51:38,647 SOMETIMES. 1145 00:51:38,647 --> 00:51:45,354 >> I'LL ADD. THIS IS CHARIS, I 1146 00:51:45,354 --> 00:51:48,290 AM EXHAUSTED. I'LL JUST SEE IT. 1147 00:51:48,290 --> 00:51:51,894 I MEAN, I WANT TO BRING IN THE 1148 00:51:51,894 --> 00:51:55,864 FACT THAT ALL FOUR OF US ON THIS 1149 00:51:55,864 --> 00:51:59,468 PANEL ARE DEALING WITH OUR OWN 1150 00:51:59,468 --> 00:52:03,906 LIVED EXPERIENCE WHILE 1151 00:52:03,906 --> 00:52:05,541 ADVOCATING. WE OFTEN BARELY 1152 00:52:05,541 --> 00:52:07,343 HAVE THE ENERGY TO DEAL WITH OUR 1153 00:52:07,343 --> 00:52:09,912 OWN PAIN AND PAIN IMPACTS EVERY 1154 00:52:09,912 --> 00:52:15,351 SINGLE ASPECT OF LIFE. AND IT'S 1155 00:52:15,351 --> 00:52:20,456 GETTING HARDER TO ACCESS PAIN 1156 00:52:20,456 --> 00:52:21,890 CARE THAT'S EQUITABLE WHILE 1157 00:52:21,890 --> 00:52:27,830 WE'RE ADVOCATING. SO 1158 00:52:27,830 --> 00:52:30,432 PERSONALLY, I AM 1159 00:52:30,432 --> 00:52:31,667 IMMUNOCOMPROMISED I CAN'T 1160 00:52:31,667 --> 00:52:32,701 EQUITABLY ACCESS HEALTH CARE AT 1161 00:52:32,701 --> 00:52:34,236 ALL RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THERE ARE 1162 00:52:34,236 --> 00:52:37,273 NO MASKS IN HEALTH CARE SETTINGS 1163 00:52:37,273 --> 00:52:39,141 ANYMORE MUCH LESS FEEL 1164 00:52:39,141 --> 00:52:41,010 COMFORTABLE ADVOCATING FOR 1165 00:52:41,010 --> 00:52:43,145 OPIOID ACCESS BECAUSE THAT IS A 1166 00:52:43,145 --> 00:52:47,149 MEDICATION I RELY ON. PLUS I'M 1167 00:52:47,149 --> 00:52:50,119 TRANS. SO NAVIGATING WHEN I ASK 1168 00:52:50,119 --> 00:52:52,788 MY DOCTORS TO PLEASE USE MY 1169 00:52:52,788 --> 00:52:56,525 CORRECT PRONOUNS AND, YOU KNOW, 1170 00:52:56,525 --> 00:52:59,795 STOP MISGENDERING ME TO MY FACE 1171 00:52:59,795 --> 00:53:03,265 OR IN MY CHART. ALL OF THESE 1172 00:53:03,265 --> 00:53:06,635 THINGS, LIKE, INTERACT WITH EACH 1173 00:53:06,635 --> 00:53:09,238 OTHER AND THEN WE, I FEEL THE 1174 00:53:09,238 --> 00:53:11,073 RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY COMMUNITY 1175 00:53:11,073 --> 00:53:12,941 TO SHOW UP FOR THINGS LIKE THIS 1176 00:53:12,941 --> 00:53:15,144 AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. 1177 00:53:15,144 --> 00:53:18,380 I AM REALLY GLAD TO DO IT BUT I 1178 00:53:18,380 --> 00:53:20,249 DON'T WANT IT TO BE THOUGHT OF 1179 00:53:20,249 --> 00:53:21,984 AS THIS IS THE JOB WE SHOW UP 1180 00:53:21,984 --> 00:53:23,919 FOR AND IT'S COMPLETELY SEPARATE 1181 00:53:23,919 --> 00:53:25,688 FROM THE REST OF OUR LIVES 1182 00:53:25,688 --> 00:53:26,889 BECAUSE IT'S NOT. LIKE WE'RE 1183 00:53:26,889 --> 00:53:29,158 SHOWING UP FOR THIS. WE'RE 1184 00:53:29,158 --> 00:53:31,093 GETTING PAID TO BE HERE. BUT 1185 00:53:31,093 --> 00:53:33,896 WE'RE ALSO LIVING IT. LIKE OUR 1186 00:53:33,896 --> 00:53:35,164 LIVES ARE OUR WORK AND OUR WORK 1187 00:53:35,164 --> 00:53:37,599 IS OUR LIFE. WE CAN'T HAVE A 1188 00:53:37,599 --> 00:53:40,502 VACATION FROM THAT AND SO I 1189 00:53:40,502 --> 00:53:42,671 THINK THINKING ABOUT US HERE 1190 00:53:42,671 --> 00:53:43,639 TODAY AS PROFESSIONALS, 1191 00:53:43,639 --> 00:53:46,575 ALONGSIDE WITH YOU, WE ARE YOUR 1192 00:53:46,575 --> 00:53:48,377 PEERS. BUT WE ALSO DON'T LEAVE 1193 00:53:48,377 --> 00:53:50,679 THIS WORK. WHEN WE LEAVE TODAY. 1194 00:53:50,679 --> 00:53:58,654 WE LIVE IT. AND SO WE'RE 1195 00:53:58,654 --> 00:54:00,422 EXHAUSTED. WELL, I'M EXHAUSTED, 1196 00:54:00,422 --> 00:54:03,158 I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERYONE ELSE. 1197 00:54:03,158 --> 00:54:05,294 ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE 1198 00:54:05,294 --> 00:54:05,494 THAT. 1199 00:54:05,494 --> 00:54:09,898 >> THANKS, CHARIS, I HAVE A 1200 00:54:09,898 --> 00:54:10,566 QUESTION. SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU 1201 00:54:10,566 --> 00:54:12,401 BECAUSE IT WAS KIND OF 1202 00:54:12,401 --> 00:54:15,871 HIGHLIGHTED IN YOUR BIO. BUT I 1203 00:54:15,871 --> 00:54:16,972 THINK OTHERS PROBABLY MAY BE 1204 00:54:16,972 --> 00:54:21,377 ABLE TO JUMP IN AND ANSWER TOO. 1205 00:54:21,377 --> 00:54:27,783 SO IN YOUR BIO IT HIGHLIGHTS THE 1206 00:54:27,783 --> 00:54:31,420 YOUR WORK WITH MULTIPLY 1207 00:54:31,420 --> 00:54:32,221 MARGINALIZED DISABLED PEOPLE AS 1208 00:54:32,221 --> 00:54:33,822 PARTNERS OF RESEARCH AND I 1209 00:54:33,822 --> 00:54:34,723 WONDER IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT 1210 00:54:34,723 --> 00:54:37,893 YOU CAN SHARE OR TALK ABOUT THAT 1211 00:54:37,893 --> 00:54:39,128 RESEARCHERS NEED TO KNOW TO WORK 1212 00:54:39,128 --> 00:54:41,163 WITH MULTIPLE MARGINALIZED 1213 00:54:41,163 --> 00:54:42,865 DISABLED PEOPLE AS PARTNERS IN 1214 00:54:42,865 --> 00:54:45,334 RESEARCH TO MAKE THE SCIENCE 1215 00:54:45,334 --> 00:54:47,636 BETTER, MORE ACCURATE OR MORE 1216 00:54:47,636 --> 00:54:48,103 IMPACTFUL. 1217 00:54:48,103 --> 00:54:51,907 >> YEAH. IT'S A REALLY GOOD 1218 00:54:51,907 --> 00:54:53,308 QUESTION. AND I COULD GO ALL 1219 00:54:53,308 --> 00:54:55,711 DAY ON THIS BUT I WILL JUST PICK 1220 00:54:55,711 --> 00:54:58,480 ONE, LIKE CONCRETE TANGIBLE 1221 00:54:58,480 --> 00:55:02,251 THING. AND THAT'S THAT -- SO -- 1222 00:55:02,251 --> 00:55:05,421 I SOMETIMES WILL GIVE FEEDBACK 1223 00:55:05,421 --> 00:55:09,892 ON PLAIN LANGUAGE CLINICAL TRIAL 1224 00:55:09,892 --> 00:55:13,362 SUMMARIES. AND I AM ALWAYS 1225 00:55:13,362 --> 00:55:15,631 REMINDED THAT GENDER, FOR 1226 00:55:15,631 --> 00:55:18,033 CLINICAL TRIALS IS STILL BINARY. 1227 00:55:18,033 --> 00:55:21,170 AND SO AS A TRANS PERSON WHO IS 1228 00:55:21,170 --> 00:55:23,138 NONBINARY WHEN I AM GIVING -- 1229 00:55:23,138 --> 00:55:26,842 WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THESE 1230 00:55:26,842 --> 00:55:27,843 CLINICAL TRIAL SUMMARY RESULTS 1231 00:55:27,843 --> 00:55:30,012 I'M REMIND THAT HAD RESEARCH IS 1232 00:55:30,012 --> 00:55:35,150 STILL BINARY WHEN IT COMES TO 1233 00:55:35,150 --> 00:55:36,785 GATHERING DATA ABOUT GENDER. 1234 00:55:36,785 --> 00:55:39,154 WHICH MEANS I AM NOT GATHERED. 1235 00:55:39,154 --> 00:55:43,492 MY DATA IS NOT GATHERED. SO 1236 00:55:43,492 --> 00:55:45,327 THERE -- AS SONYA WILL PROBABLY 1237 00:55:45,327 --> 00:55:46,862 BE ABLE TO BACK ME UP BECAUSE 1238 00:55:46,862 --> 00:55:50,065 WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH OUR 1239 00:55:50,065 --> 00:55:52,501 INVOLVEMENT ON THE NATIONAL PAIN 1240 00:55:52,501 --> 00:55:55,170 ADVOCACY COUNCIL THERE IS SO 1241 00:55:55,170 --> 00:55:59,441 LITTLE RESEARCH THAT INCLUDES 1242 00:55:59,441 --> 00:56:04,546 TRANS DATA. THAT, LIKE, WHERE 1243 00:56:04,546 --> 00:56:08,851 DO I FIT? YOU KNOW. SO I THINK 1244 00:56:08,851 --> 00:56:10,786 IT IS ABSOLUTELY VITAL FOR 1245 00:56:10,786 --> 00:56:11,320 PEOPLE WHO ARE MULTIPLY 1246 00:56:11,320 --> 00:56:15,724 MARGINALIZED WHO ARE TRANS AND 1247 00:56:15,724 --> 00:56:17,292 DISABLED, WHO ARE BLACK AND 1248 00:56:17,292 --> 00:56:19,228 DISABLED, WHO ARE IMPOVERISHED 1249 00:56:19,228 --> 00:56:21,063 AND DISABLED AND ALL OF THE 1250 00:56:21,063 --> 00:56:24,032 ABOVE MIXED TOGETHER ARE 1251 00:56:24,032 --> 00:56:27,903 INVOLVED BECAUSE THESE SEEMINGLY 1252 00:56:27,903 --> 00:56:28,937 SMALL DETAILS ARE ACTUALLY 1253 00:56:28,937 --> 00:56:31,139 REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY 1254 00:56:31,139 --> 00:56:35,511 IMPACT US DIRECTLY. I DON'T 1255 00:56:35,511 --> 00:56:37,880 WANT TO BE DISINCLUDED FROM 1256 00:56:37,880 --> 00:56:39,882 RESEARCH AND SO I'M HOPING WE 1257 00:56:39,882 --> 00:56:41,416 CAN COMPLETELY REWRITE THE 1258 00:56:41,416 --> 00:56:42,684 SYSTEM AND FIX THAT AND I LOOK 1259 00:56:42,684 --> 00:56:44,353 FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT ANY OF 1260 00:56:44,353 --> 00:56:45,888 THE OTHER PANELISTS HAVE TO SEE 1261 00:56:45,888 --> 00:56:51,260 ABOUT THAT -- HAVE TO SAY ABOUT 1262 00:56:51,260 --> 00:56:51,660 THAT. 1263 00:56:51,660 --> 00:56:53,262 >> I CAN ACTUALLY JUMP IN ON 1264 00:56:53,262 --> 00:56:53,562 THAT TOO. 1265 00:56:53,562 --> 00:56:57,366 A LOT OF WORK I DO IS COMMUNITY 1266 00:56:57,366 --> 00:56:59,368 BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH 1267 00:56:59,368 --> 00:57:05,574 WHERE WE PARTNER WITH 1268 00:57:05,574 --> 00:57:06,341 COMMUNITIES. SAME THING WITH 1269 00:57:06,341 --> 00:57:08,110 HEAL CONNECTIONS. THESE PEOPLE 1270 00:57:08,110 --> 00:57:08,944 ARE PARTNERS AND SOMETIMES WE 1271 00:57:08,944 --> 00:57:13,115 FORGET THAT IN THE RESEARCH 1272 00:57:13,115 --> 00:57:15,150 WORLD. THAT WHILE WE WANT TO 1273 00:57:15,150 --> 00:57:16,985 INCLUDE THE VOICE OF LIVED 1274 00:57:16,985 --> 00:57:18,220 EXPERIENCE AND INCLUDE THESE 1275 00:57:18,220 --> 00:57:19,187 THINGS WE HAVE TO REMEMBER 1276 00:57:19,187 --> 00:57:20,455 PARTNERSHIP IS KEY. BECAUSE 1277 00:57:20,455 --> 00:57:21,990 THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF -- 1278 00:57:21,990 --> 00:57:23,926 OBVIOUSLY WE ALL KNOW THERE'S 1279 00:57:23,926 --> 00:57:26,662 BEEN A LOT OF TRUST ISSUES WITH 1280 00:57:26,662 --> 00:57:28,530 PARTICULAR COMMUNITIES. AND SO 1281 00:57:28,530 --> 00:57:33,101 IF YOU START TO VIEW PEOPLE AS 1282 00:57:33,101 --> 00:57:35,671 HUMANS AND THEIR PARTNERS HOW 1283 00:57:35,671 --> 00:57:39,141 CAN YOU BE INEQUITABLE IS KIND 1284 00:57:39,141 --> 00:57:49,418 OF HOW I FEEL. 1285 00:57:53,121 --> 00:57:54,623 >> THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR 1286 00:57:54,623 --> 00:57:55,791 SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCES. I 1287 00:57:55,791 --> 00:57:57,526 REALLY APPRECIATE IT. WE KNOW 1288 00:57:57,526 --> 00:57:59,194 THAT A NUMBER OF PAIN 1289 00:57:59,194 --> 00:58:01,029 RESEARCHERS ARE REALLY WANTING 1290 00:58:01,029 --> 00:58:03,565 TO INCLUDE PEOPLE WITH LIVED 1291 00:58:03,565 --> 00:58:05,033 EXPERIENCE. THROUGHOUT THE 1292 00:58:05,033 --> 00:58:06,201 RESEARCH PROCESS. AND SO BASED 1293 00:58:06,201 --> 00:58:09,137 ON YOUR EXPERIENCES WORKING WITH 1294 00:58:09,137 --> 00:58:10,639 RESEARCHERS, I WAS HOPING THAT 1295 00:58:10,639 --> 00:58:11,974 MAYBE YOU COULD GIVE SOME ADVICE 1296 00:58:11,974 --> 00:58:13,542 ON WHAT ARE SOME OF THE 1297 00:58:13,542 --> 00:58:14,810 ENGAGEMENTS THAT HAVE GONE WELL. 1298 00:58:14,810 --> 00:58:15,877 WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT 1299 00:58:15,877 --> 00:58:18,113 HAVEN'T GONE WELL. SO WHAT ARE 1300 00:58:18,113 --> 00:58:19,348 SOME CONCRETE ADVICE THAT YOU 1301 00:58:19,348 --> 00:58:21,083 CAN GIVE TO PEOPLE THAT ARE 1302 00:58:21,083 --> 00:58:21,984 WANTING TO INCORPORATE PEOPLE 1303 00:58:21,984 --> 00:58:24,252 WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE IN THEIR 1304 00:58:24,252 --> 00:58:26,521 RESEARCH STUDIES MOVING FORWARD? 1305 00:58:26,521 --> 00:58:27,022 THANK YOU. 1306 00:58:27,022 --> 00:58:28,890 >> I, I'M SORRY, I COULD JUMP IN 1307 00:58:28,890 --> 00:58:31,727 AGAIN JUST BECAUSE I DO A LOT OF 1308 00:58:31,727 --> 00:58:34,863 THIS IN VPR I KNOW ENGAGEMENT IS 1309 00:58:34,863 --> 00:58:36,665 IMPORTANT AND IT'S MEETING THE 1310 00:58:36,665 --> 00:58:38,600 INDIVIDUALS WHERE THEY ARE IS 1311 00:58:38,600 --> 00:58:39,501 CRITICAL. ALSO ASKING 1312 00:58:39,501 --> 00:58:41,370 QUESTIONS, WHAT THEY NEED. WHAT 1313 00:58:41,370 --> 00:58:43,171 THEY WANT. KIND OF WHAT THEY 1314 00:58:43,171 --> 00:58:47,409 NEED OUT OF THE -- LIKE 1315 00:58:47,409 --> 00:58:48,810 PARTNERSHIP, RIGHT? 1316 00:58:48,810 --> 00:58:51,146 PARTNERSHIP'S NOT ONE SIDED. SO 1317 00:58:51,146 --> 00:58:53,915 IF YOU WANT TO GENUINELY 1318 00:58:53,915 --> 00:58:55,083 ACTIVELY PAIR WITH INDIVIDUALS 1319 00:58:55,083 --> 00:59:00,188 IN THE COMMUNITY, JUST REALLY 1320 00:59:00,188 --> 00:59:03,692 BEING AUTHENTIC AND GOING BEYOND 1321 00:59:03,692 --> 00:59:06,928 WHAT YOU WANT OUT OF IT. MAKING 1322 00:59:06,928 --> 00:59:09,264 SURE IT'S -- THERE'S RECIPROCITY 1323 00:59:09,264 --> 00:59:10,232 IN THAT PROCESS. AND I JUST 1324 00:59:10,232 --> 00:59:15,170 WANT TO SEE ONE MORE THING. 1325 00:59:15,170 --> 00:59:17,372 JESS HAS THIS GREAT THING ABOUT 1326 00:59:17,372 --> 00:59:18,507 SEVEN TOUCHES AND IT'S JUST 1327 00:59:18,507 --> 00:59:20,676 LIKE, YOU KNOW, ONCE IN AWHILE 1328 00:59:20,676 --> 00:59:23,145 REACHING OUT, ASKING HOW YOU'RE 1329 00:59:23,145 --> 00:59:27,149 DOING, AGAIN, BUILDING TRY 1330 00:59:27,149 --> 00:59:34,890 PARTNERSH 1331 00:59:34,890 --> 00:59:35,190 PARTNERSHIP. 1332 00:59:35,190 --> 00:59:38,827 >> I'LL ADD A FEW THINGS. I 1333 00:59:38,827 --> 00:59:40,562 APPRECIATED GETTING THAT FROM 1334 00:59:40,562 --> 00:59:44,733 THE NATIONAL PAIN AND ADVOCACY 1335 00:59:44,733 --> 00:59:47,469 COUNCIL AND I HAVE APPRECIATED 1336 00:59:47,469 --> 00:59:51,673 SPECIFICALLY WHERE, YOU KNOW, IN 1337 00:59:51,673 --> 00:59:55,177 SIGNING ONTO GIVE COMMENTS TO 1338 00:59:55,177 --> 00:59:57,612 HAVE EVERYTHING VERY CLEAR, 1339 00:59:57,612 --> 01:00:00,182 LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE 1340 01:00:00,182 --> 01:00:02,050 ASKING YOU TO DO, WHEN WE MIGHT 1341 01:00:02,050 --> 01:00:03,552 WANT YOUR COMMENTS BECAUSE WITH 1342 01:00:03,552 --> 01:00:05,454 EVERYTHING ELSE PLUS THE PAIN I 1343 01:00:05,454 --> 01:00:07,489 GET A LITTLED A LED AND THAT'S 1344 01:00:07,489 --> 01:00:09,291 REALLY NICE AND CLEAR. 1345 01:00:09,291 --> 01:00:14,629 AND AS WAS JUST SHARED, I REALLY 1346 01:00:14,629 --> 01:00:15,897 APPRECIATED ON A BIG STUDY THAT 1347 01:00:15,897 --> 01:00:19,167 I PARTICIPATED IN RECENTLY TO BE 1348 01:00:19,167 --> 01:00:21,536 ASKED AT SORT OF MULTIPLE POINTS 1349 01:00:21,536 --> 01:00:23,138 IS THERE ANYTHING WE'RE MISSING? 1350 01:00:23,138 --> 01:00:24,239 IS THERE ANYTHING YOU NOTICE 1351 01:00:24,239 --> 01:00:25,707 THAT HAD HASN'T BEEN CAPTURED 1352 01:00:25,707 --> 01:00:27,509 IN, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTIONS 1353 01:00:27,509 --> 01:00:29,277 WE'VE ASKED ABOVE? WHAT ARE 1354 01:00:29,277 --> 01:00:30,979 YOUR CONCERNS OR ANYTHING YOU'D 1355 01:00:30,979 --> 01:00:33,648 LIKE TO EXPAND? THAT'S BEEN 1356 01:00:33,648 --> 01:00:35,951 SUPER HELPFUL AND THEN, YOU 1357 01:00:35,951 --> 01:00:38,854 KNOW, ANY KIND OF COMPENSATION 1358 01:00:38,854 --> 01:00:39,921 IS SUPER HELPFUL ESPECIALLY, YOU 1359 01:00:39,921 --> 01:00:42,157 KNOW, EVEN IF IT'S LIKE, YOU 1360 01:00:42,157 --> 01:00:44,159 KNOW, A SMALL AMAZON GIFT CARD 1361 01:00:44,159 --> 01:00:47,796 OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. LIKE, 1362 01:00:47,796 --> 01:00:52,934 IT'S JUST -- IT'S IT GOES A LONG 1363 01:00:52,934 --> 01:00:55,971 WAY COMMUNICATING THAT OUR TIME 1364 01:00:55,971 --> 01:00:57,906 IS WORTHWHILE AND YOU KNOW JUST 1365 01:00:57,906 --> 01:01:04,212 HELPS A LITTLE BIT. 1366 01:01:04,212 --> 01:01:06,314 >> I'LL JUST ADD FOUR SHORT 1367 01:01:06,314 --> 01:01:08,917 THINGS TO ADD ONTO WHAT SONYA 1368 01:01:08,917 --> 01:01:13,455 SAID, PAY US, PAY US PAY US. . 1369 01:01:13,455 --> 01:01:17,425 AND I WILL AND I WILL SEE PLEASE 1370 01:01:17,425 --> 01:01:19,828 PAY US EVENING WIT BLICHLT EVEN 1371 01:01:19,828 --> 01:01:21,930 IF WE MAY NOT HAVE LETTERS 1372 01:01:21,930 --> 01:01:24,800 BEHIND OUR NAMES THAT MEANS WE 1373 01:01:24,800 --> 01:01:26,067 HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCE. THAT 1374 01:01:26,067 --> 01:01:27,536 MEANS WE HAVE STUFF YOU DON'T 1375 01:01:27,536 --> 01:01:29,171 HAVE NECESSARILY. WE ARE 1376 01:01:29,171 --> 01:01:30,739 PROFESSORS, WE ARE IN THE ROOM 1377 01:01:30,739 --> 01:01:33,108 AND SECOND POINT, PUT US IN THE 1378 01:01:33,108 --> 01:01:35,477 PAPER. PUT OUR NAMES ON THE 1379 01:01:35,477 --> 01:01:39,014 PAPER. WE NEED TO BE PUBLISHED 1380 01:01:39,014 --> 01:01:42,984 IF WE'RE PART OF IT. THE THIRD 1381 01:01:42,984 --> 01:01:46,655 AND FOURTH ARE KIND OF PAIRED. 1382 01:01:46,655 --> 01:01:49,791 SO WE'RE DISABLED A LOT OF US 1383 01:01:49,791 --> 01:01:50,992 ARE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED, MAKE 1384 01:01:50,992 --> 01:01:54,196 VIRTUAL AN OPTION, DON'T REMOVE 1385 01:01:54,196 --> 01:01:55,564 THAT FROM US. AND PAIR WITH 1386 01:01:55,564 --> 01:01:57,899 THAT, THIS IS A REALLY UNIQUE 1387 01:01:57,899 --> 01:02:01,703 POINT BUT CONGRESS RECENTLY 1388 01:02:01,703 --> 01:02:03,872 DEFUNDED THE AFFORDABLE 1389 01:02:03,872 --> 01:02:05,740 CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM AND SO I 1390 01:02:05,740 --> 01:02:08,043 MIGHT LOSE INTERNET AND SO 1391 01:02:08,043 --> 01:02:11,546 PAIRED WITH HYBRIDIZATION, 1392 01:02:11,546 --> 01:02:14,983 KEEPING HYBRIDIZATION PERHAPS 1393 01:02:14,983 --> 01:02:20,889 BUILD IN SOME SORT OF WAY TO 1394 01:02:20,889 --> 01:02:22,858 COMPENSATE WHAT COSTS WILL BE 1395 01:02:22,858 --> 01:02:23,992 FOR ACCESSING THAT. SO, AND 1396 01:02:23,992 --> 01:02:25,460 PEOPLE ARE WELCOME TO REACH OUT 1397 01:02:25,460 --> 01:02:27,295 TO ME IF YOU WANT TO CHAT ABOUT 1398 01:02:27,295 --> 01:02:32,500 DIFFERENT IDEAS FOR THAT. 1399 01:02:32,500 --> 01:02:33,435 >> THANK YOU, I'LL DEFINITELY 1400 01:02:33,435 --> 01:02:35,170 REACH OUT. THAT'S REALLY 1401 01:02:35,170 --> 01:02:36,671 INTERESTING. I THINK WE HAVE 1402 01:02:36,671 --> 01:02:37,372 THE NEXT QUESTION. 1403 01:02:37,372 --> 01:02:39,708 >> SURE, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO 1404 01:02:39,708 --> 01:02:41,009 BRIEFLY SEE THANK YOU FOR HAVING 1405 01:02:41,009 --> 01:02:43,111 THE COURAGE TO SHARE THE STORIES 1406 01:02:43,111 --> 01:02:44,980 AND TRUSTING US TO LISTEN TO 1407 01:02:44,980 --> 01:02:47,883 THEM. I WANTED TO ASK, FOR 1408 01:02:47,883 --> 01:02:50,719 EVERYBODY ON THE PANEL, 1409 01:02:50,719 --> 01:02:52,621 EVERYBODY SHARED PRETTY POIGNANT 1410 01:02:52,621 --> 01:02:54,089 EXPERIENCES INTERACTING WITH THE 1411 01:02:54,089 --> 01:02:55,657 HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. AND I JUST 1412 01:02:55,657 --> 01:02:57,125 WANTED TO ASK IF YOU COULD THINK 1413 01:02:57,125 --> 01:03:00,562 OF MAYBE ONE OR A FEW THINGS YOU 1414 01:03:00,562 --> 01:03:01,196 WISH SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE ASKED 1415 01:03:01,196 --> 01:03:11,740 YOU ALONG THE WAY. WHILE YOU'RE 1416 01:03:13,174 --> 01:03:14,309 INTERACTING WITH HEALTH CARE. 1417 01:03:14,309 --> 01:03:17,345 >> BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS 1418 01:03:17,345 --> 01:03:19,047 WITH PHYSICIANS WITH HEALTH CARE 1419 01:03:19,047 --> 01:03:21,883 WORKERS IT'S MORE WHAT I WISH 1420 01:03:21,883 --> 01:03:25,420 THEY WOULD SAY. I WISH THEY 1421 01:03:25,420 --> 01:03:27,622 WOULD SAY I DON'T KNOW. I WISH 1422 01:03:27,622 --> 01:03:29,224 THEY WOULD SAY LET ME GO ASK 1423 01:03:29,224 --> 01:03:31,426 SOMEONE WHO DOES. OR I NEED 1424 01:03:31,426 --> 01:03:33,795 HELP. BECAUSE IN THOSE MOMENTS 1425 01:03:33,795 --> 01:03:35,730 WHERE THEY'RE GUESSING OR TRYING 1426 01:03:35,730 --> 01:03:38,333 TO PROVE A POINT, FIGURING OUT 1427 01:03:38,333 --> 01:03:39,935 SICKLE CELL OR WHAT I MAY NEED, 1428 01:03:39,935 --> 01:03:42,270 THOSE ARE THE MOMENTS WHERE I 1429 01:03:42,270 --> 01:03:43,905 HAVE COME CLOSE TO DEATH OR LIKE 1430 01:03:43,905 --> 01:03:47,642 I JUST HAD A BAD EXPERIENCE SO I 1431 01:03:47,642 --> 01:03:50,078 JUST WISH -- IT IS OKAY TO SEE 1432 01:03:50,078 --> 01:03:51,846 YOU DON'T KNOW AND TO FIND THE 1433 01:03:51,846 --> 01:03:55,850 SOURCE OF SOMEONE WHO DOES KNOW 1434 01:03:55,850 --> 01:04:06,661 OF MY ILL NENESILLNESS. 1435 01:04:08,830 --> 01:04:10,665 >> I HAD ADDED THIS WHEN I SPOKE 1436 01:04:10,665 --> 01:04:14,069 BUT JUST TO ASK, ARE THERE -- 1437 01:04:14,069 --> 01:04:17,872 HAVE THERE BE MAJOR SOURCES OF 1438 01:04:17,872 --> 01:04:20,442 FAMILY STRESS IN THE HISTORY OF, 1439 01:04:20,442 --> 01:04:22,744 YOU KNOW, SINCE ONSET OR BEFORE 1440 01:04:22,744 --> 01:04:27,248 ONSET. SOME WAY TO CAPTURE THE 1441 01:04:27,248 --> 01:04:33,355 KIND OF STRESS THAT CAN'T BE 1442 01:04:33,355 --> 01:04:35,156 REDUCED. AND I MEAN, I JUST -- 1443 01:04:35,156 --> 01:04:38,226 I ALSO JUST HAD MY WONDERFUL NEW 1444 01:04:38,226 --> 01:04:39,894 RHEUMATOLOGIST ASK ME, LIKE, 1445 01:04:39,894 --> 01:04:44,666 WHAT HAVE YOU NOTICED ABOUT THE 1446 01:04:44,666 --> 01:04:45,934 PROGRESSION OF YOUR CONDITION? 1447 01:04:45,934 --> 01:04:48,503 WHICH SORT OF BLEW ME AWAY BUT 1448 01:04:48,503 --> 01:04:51,706 THAT'S AMAZING. YOU KNOW, GOING 1449 01:04:51,706 --> 01:04:54,576 ALONG WITH CHARIS'S POINT ABOUT, 1450 01:04:54,576 --> 01:04:57,912 YOU KNOW, THE LIVED EXPERIENCE 1451 01:04:57,912 --> 01:05:08,256 WE'VE ACCUMULATED. 1452 01:05:08,656 --> 01:05:14,162 >> I LOVE YOUR POINT ABOUT 1453 01:05:14,162 --> 01:05:17,232 SAYING I DON'T KNOW. I LOVE 1454 01:05:17,232 --> 01:05:20,368 SAYING I DON'T KNOW. BECAUSE 1455 01:05:20,368 --> 01:05:21,469 YOU DON'T KNOW IT DOESN'T MEAN 1456 01:05:21,469 --> 01:05:26,241 WE'RE NOT HAVING REAL PROBLEMS. 1457 01:05:26,241 --> 01:05:30,945 THAT'S REAL IMPORTANT IF YOU SAY 1458 01:05:30,945 --> 01:05:33,982 I DON'T KNOW HOW CAN YOU 1459 01:05:33,982 --> 01:05:36,851 DISCREDIT I DON'T KNOW. 1460 01:05:36,851 --> 01:05:37,352 >> NEXT QUESTION. 1461 01:05:37,352 --> 01:05:40,855 >> YEAH, HI, I JUST WANT TO 1462 01:05:40,855 --> 01:05:42,557 FIRST OF ALL THANK EVERYONE FROM 1463 01:05:42,557 --> 01:05:44,559 THE PANEL FOR BEING SO AUTHENTIC 1464 01:05:44,559 --> 01:05:47,862 AND TELLING YOUR STORIES. I 1465 01:05:47,862 --> 01:05:50,265 KNOW EDEN BECAUSE SHE'S DONE A 1466 01:05:50,265 --> 01:05:53,568 GREAT JOB ON THE HEAL PANEL THAT 1467 01:05:53,568 --> 01:05:56,037 I AM INCLUDED ON. SO THAT'S 1468 01:05:56,037 --> 01:05:57,572 TERRIFIC AND YOUR POEM WAS 1469 01:05:57,572 --> 01:05:59,207 BEAUTIFUL AND SONYA, YOU 1470 01:05:59,207 --> 01:06:01,409 ACTUALLY SPOKE AT MY PAIN GROUP 1471 01:06:01,409 --> 01:06:03,878 I'VE BEEN RUNNING FOR 24 YEARS 1472 01:06:03,878 --> 01:06:06,848 WITH THE AMAZING BOOK THAT YOU 1473 01:06:06,848 --> 01:06:08,950 WROTE THAT PEOPLE REALLY 1474 01:06:08,950 --> 01:06:11,686 ENJOYED. BUT I WANTED TO SAY 1475 01:06:11,686 --> 01:06:13,688 I'M A PERSON WITH PAIN. I LIVE 1476 01:06:13,688 --> 01:06:15,890 WITH BACK PAIN, I WAS CRUSHED IN 1477 01:06:15,890 --> 01:06:17,459 AN ACCIDENT. I'M ALSO THE 1478 01:06:17,459 --> 01:06:19,561 POLICY DIRECTOR FOR THE U.S. 1479 01:06:19,561 --> 01:06:20,662 PAIN FOUNDATION AND ONE OF THE 1480 01:06:20,662 --> 01:06:22,730 THINGS TO ANSWER THE QUESTION 1481 01:06:22,730 --> 01:06:27,135 ABOUT WHAT RESEARCHERS COULD DO. 1482 01:06:27,135 --> 01:06:30,672 IS UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE WITH 1483 01:06:30,672 --> 01:06:32,941 PAIN HAVE A LOT OF PHYSICAL NEED 1484 01:06:32,941 --> 01:06:35,510 AND WHEN I WENT TO THE HEAL 1485 01:06:35,510 --> 01:06:39,147 SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE I SPOKE UP 1486 01:06:39,147 --> 01:06:43,051 TO SAY I CAN'T SIT UP FOR MORE 1487 01:06:43,051 --> 01:06:45,553 THAN AN HOUR OR DO ANYTHING FOR 1488 01:06:45,553 --> 01:06:49,290 MORE THAN AN HOUR AND KNEAD 1489 01:06:49,290 --> 01:06:53,595 NEED TO LAY DOWN AND GOT ME A 1490 01:06:53,595 --> 01:06:55,763 SOFA IN THE BACK BUT THERE WERE 1491 01:06:55,763 --> 01:06:57,799 PEOPLE WITH PAIN THAT I SAW 1492 01:06:57,799 --> 01:06:58,933 STRUGGLING AND NO ONE ASKED WHAT 1493 01:06:58,933 --> 01:07:00,969 COULD BE DONE TO ACCOMMODATE ALL 1494 01:07:00,969 --> 01:07:02,437 THOSE PEOPLE. WHEN U.S. PAIN 1495 01:07:02,437 --> 01:07:06,141 HAS A CONFERENCE, WE HAVE, LIKE 1496 01:07:06,141 --> 01:07:10,578 15 BEDS AND COTS OUT FOR PEOPLE 1497 01:07:10,578 --> 01:07:15,150 WITH PAIN. WE HAVE MORE BREAKS. 1498 01:07:15,150 --> 01:07:17,652 SO PEOPLE WITH PAIN CAN TAKE 1499 01:07:17,652 --> 01:07:19,154 MORE BREAKS. EVERYONE THAT IS 1500 01:07:19,154 --> 01:07:22,757 LIVING WITH PAIN, NO MATTER WHAT 1501 01:07:22,757 --> 01:07:26,861 THEIR CONDITION HAS LIMITS AND 1502 01:07:26,861 --> 01:07:27,896 THEY JUST NEED TO LEARN AS ONE 1503 01:07:27,896 --> 01:07:29,831 OF THE WAYS TO MANAGE THEIR PAIN 1504 01:07:29,831 --> 01:07:32,700 HOW TO LIVE WITHIN THOSE LIMITS. 1505 01:07:32,700 --> 01:07:34,736 AND WE TELL PEOPLE THAT ALL THE 1506 01:07:34,736 --> 01:07:36,404 TIME. IT MIGHT BE THAT IF YOU 1507 01:07:36,404 --> 01:07:38,273 HAVE MIGRAINES, FOR EXAMPLE, TOO 1508 01:07:38,273 --> 01:07:41,609 MUCH NOISE AND TOO MANY LIGHTS. 1509 01:07:41,609 --> 01:07:43,411 SO IF PEOPLE CAME TO A 1510 01:07:43,411 --> 01:07:45,380 CONFERENCE WITH MIGRAINE YOU 1511 01:07:45,380 --> 01:07:46,748 WOULDN'T HAVE THESE BRIGHT 1512 01:07:46,748 --> 01:07:48,650 SPOTLIGHTS HERE IN THIS ROOM AND 1513 01:07:48,650 --> 01:07:50,818 IF YOU AS RESEARCHERS WERE 1514 01:07:50,818 --> 01:07:52,287 TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE FOR PEOPLE 1515 01:07:52,287 --> 01:07:53,454 WITH PAIN IT WOULDN'T BE HAVING 1516 01:07:53,454 --> 01:07:55,590 THIS CONFERENCE IN THIS 1517 01:07:55,590 --> 01:07:56,758 AUDITORIUM BECAUSE THE ONLY 1518 01:07:56,758 --> 01:07:59,194 PLACE I CAN LAY DOWN AND STILL 1519 01:07:59,194 --> 01:08:02,297 STAY IN THE AUDITORIUM IS IN THE 1520 01:08:02,297 --> 01:08:05,033 BACK WHERE THEY'VE TAKEN OUT TWO 1521 01:08:05,033 --> 01:08:07,168 SEATS. AND SO I'VE BEEN COMING 1522 01:08:07,168 --> 01:08:09,804 TO THIS CONFERENCE FOR AT LEAST 1523 01:08:09,804 --> 01:08:12,540 FIFTEEN YEARS, LINDA KNOWS, I 1524 01:08:12,540 --> 01:08:15,143 HAVE THAT LITTLE SPOT BACK 1525 01:08:15,143 --> 01:08:16,511 THERE. BUT IF ANYONE ELSE HAD 1526 01:08:16,511 --> 01:08:18,913 TO LAY DOWN, THERE WOULD BE 1527 01:08:18,913 --> 01:08:22,584 NOWHERE IN THIS ROOM FOR THEM TO 1528 01:08:22,584 --> 01:08:25,920 LAY DOWN AND STILL PARTICIPATE 1529 01:08:25,920 --> 01:08:29,557 SO IN IF YOU WANT TO BE 1530 01:08:29,557 --> 01:08:30,091 INCLUSIVE AS RESEARCHERS. 1531 01:08:30,091 --> 01:08:33,895 YOU REALLY NEED TO PROVIDE MORE 1532 01:08:33,895 --> 01:08:36,097 ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH 1533 01:08:36,097 --> 01:08:38,900 PAIN. A WHEELCHAIR, PEOPLE GET, 1534 01:08:38,900 --> 01:08:42,370 PEOPLE DON'T GET WHEN I NEED TO 1535 01:08:42,370 --> 01:08:45,206 LAY DOWN AND I GET YELLED OUT 1536 01:08:45,206 --> 01:08:49,077 FOR PUTTING MY MAT ON THE FLOOR 1537 01:08:49,077 --> 01:08:50,511 SOMEWHERE. AND SO THAT IS -- 1538 01:08:50,511 --> 01:08:51,613 IT'S INCREDIBLY EMBARRASSING TO 1539 01:08:51,613 --> 01:08:54,249 DO THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO TO 1540 01:08:54,249 --> 01:08:57,285 LAY DOWN ON COTS BUT IN ORDER TO 1541 01:08:57,285 --> 01:08:59,854 PARTICIPATE WE NEED TO DO THAT. 1542 01:08:59,854 --> 01:09:02,056 ONE THING THAT'S GREAT IS HAVING 1543 01:09:02,056 --> 01:09:03,157 ZOOM. BECAUSE TRAVELING FOR 1544 01:09:03,157 --> 01:09:04,826 SOME PEOPLE WITH PAIN IS 1545 01:09:04,826 --> 01:09:07,028 INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT AND IT MAY 1546 01:09:07,028 --> 01:09:10,231 HAVE MADE IT EASIER FOR SONYA 1547 01:09:10,231 --> 01:09:14,202 AND CHARIS TO BE HERE BUT THOSE 1548 01:09:14,202 --> 01:09:16,304 ARE I THINK REALLY IMPORTANT 1549 01:09:16,304 --> 01:09:17,639 THINGS. AND THEN IN ANSWER TO 1550 01:09:17,639 --> 01:09:19,674 THE QUESTION THAT THE PERSON 1551 01:09:19,674 --> 01:09:22,043 JUST SAID BEFORE THAT WAS UP 1552 01:09:22,043 --> 01:09:27,048 HERE AND SAID HOW CAN DOCTORS BE 1553 01:09:27,048 --> 01:09:29,384 MORE, YOU KNOW, ACCOMMODATING 1554 01:09:29,384 --> 01:09:31,552 FOR PEOPLE WITH PAIN? ONLY ONE 1555 01:09:31,552 --> 01:09:33,921 DOCTOR IN MY ENTIRE LIFE WHO 1556 01:09:33,921 --> 01:09:37,191 REALLY HELPED ME THE MOST SAID 1557 01:09:37,191 --> 01:09:39,927 TO ME, YOU HAVE CHRONIC PAIN, 1558 01:09:39,927 --> 01:09:43,698 THERE'S NO CURE. I WILL HELP 1559 01:09:43,698 --> 01:09:48,736 YOU MANAGE IT. I WILL BE A 1560 01:09:48,736 --> 01:09:50,905 PARTNER IN YOU WITH HELPING YOU 1561 01:09:50,905 --> 01:09:53,875 MANAGE IT. PEOPLE IN PAIN FEEL 1562 01:09:53,875 --> 01:09:55,710 SO ALONE IN THEIR PAIN. BECAUSE 1563 01:09:55,710 --> 01:09:56,878 THEY'VE GONE FROM DOCTOR TO 1564 01:09:56,878 --> 01:10:00,214 DOCTOR TO DOCTOR. THEY GET 1565 01:10:00,214 --> 01:10:03,151 DISMISSED. THEY GET CALLED DRUG 1566 01:10:03,151 --> 01:10:04,585 SEEKER, THEY SEE YOU'RE FAKING 1567 01:10:04,585 --> 01:10:05,953 IT IF THEY CAN'T HELP BUT THE 1568 01:10:05,953 --> 01:10:07,155 ONE THING THEY CAN DO EVEN IF 1569 01:10:07,155 --> 01:10:10,958 THEY DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS IS 1570 01:10:10,958 --> 01:10:14,095 PARTNER WITH THE PERSON, SUPPORT 1571 01:10:14,095 --> 01:10:22,904 THEM. AND WHEN THEY HAVE YOU 1572 01:10:22,904 --> 01:10:26,040 TRY THINGS. TRY HYDROTHERAPY, 1573 01:10:26,040 --> 01:10:28,509 TRY THAT AND IF IT WORKS LET US 1574 01:10:28,509 --> 01:10:30,845 KNOW. SOME WILL DISMISS THEM. 1575 01:10:30,845 --> 01:10:32,046 IF IT DOESN'T WORK. I CAN'T 1576 01:10:32,046 --> 01:10:33,648 HELP YOU. BUT JUST BEING THERE 1577 01:10:33,648 --> 01:10:36,984 AS A PARTNER, MEANS A LOT TO 1578 01:10:36,984 --> 01:10:38,519 PEOPLE WITH PAIN. SO SORRY FOR 1579 01:10:38,519 --> 01:10:40,455 THE LONG REMARKS BUT I WANTED TO 1580 01:10:40,455 --> 01:10:43,157 ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. 1581 01:10:43,157 --> 01:10:46,327 >> THANK YOU, CINDY. 1582 01:10:46,327 --> 01:10:48,363 >> BEFORE I GO TO THE NEXT 1583 01:10:48,363 --> 01:10:51,065 QUESTION I WANTED TO ASK THE 1584 01:10:51,065 --> 01:10:52,467 PANELISTS IF YOU HAD ANYTHING TO 1585 01:10:52,467 --> 01:11:03,010 ADD TO THAT. OKAY. I'LL GO TO 1586 01:11:03,211 --> 01:11:11,152 THE NEXT QUESTION. 1587 01:11:11,152 --> 01:11:12,086 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF 1588 01:11:12,086 --> 01:11:13,921 YOU FOR YOUR INFORMATIVE AND 1589 01:11:13,921 --> 01:11:17,425 INSPIRING COMMENTS. I HAVE A 1590 01:11:17,425 --> 01:11:20,328 SPECIFIC QUESTION FOR SONYA. 1591 01:11:20,328 --> 01:11:23,931 I -- YOU DESCRIBE VERY 1592 01:11:23,931 --> 01:11:24,465 ELOQUENTLY THE IMPORTANT 1593 01:11:24,465 --> 01:11:27,802 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STRESS AND 1594 01:11:27,802 --> 01:11:30,805 PAIN. AND ALSO YOU SAID 1595 01:11:30,805 --> 01:11:31,706 SOMETHING I THINK THAT IS 1596 01:11:31,706 --> 01:11:33,975 IMPORTANT FOR US TO HEAR YOU 1597 01:11:33,975 --> 01:11:35,743 SAID YOU HOPE NOBODY EVER ASKS 1598 01:11:35,743 --> 01:11:38,045 YOU TO REDUCE YOUR STRESS. NOW 1599 01:11:38,045 --> 01:11:39,680 I AM CURIOUS, AND WONDERING 1600 01:11:39,680 --> 01:11:42,950 ABOUT YOUR ADVICE. AS TO WHAT 1601 01:11:42,950 --> 01:11:45,887 WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR EITHER 1602 01:11:45,887 --> 01:11:49,857 PROVIDERS OR RESEARCHERS TO ASK 1603 01:11:49,857 --> 01:11:51,159 ABOUT STRESS, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD 1604 01:11:51,159 --> 01:11:55,263 IT BE HELPFUL TO SAY -- TO ASK 1605 01:11:55,263 --> 01:11:57,865 HOW YOU MANAGE YOUR STRESS? 1606 01:11:57,865 --> 01:12:00,902 WHAT OTHER QUESTIONS YOU THINK 1607 01:12:00,902 --> 01:12:02,003 WE SHOULD BE ASKING? 1608 01:12:02,003 --> 01:12:03,938 >> I THINK, THANK YOU, SO MUCH 1609 01:12:03,938 --> 01:12:08,176 FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION. YEAH, 1610 01:12:08,176 --> 01:12:10,411 WELL, I WILL START BY JUST 1611 01:12:10,411 --> 01:12:12,180 SEEING WHEN A DOCTOR TELLS ME I 1612 01:12:12,180 --> 01:12:15,149 HAVE TO REDUCE STRESS USUALLY I 1613 01:12:15,149 --> 01:12:18,853 JUST WALK AWAY AND LAUGH 1614 01:12:18,853 --> 01:12:20,922 BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS 1615 01:12:20,922 --> 01:12:22,990 THAT EASY I THINK I WOULD HAVE 1616 01:12:22,990 --> 01:12:26,694 TRIED IT BEFORE NOW BUT I THINK 1617 01:12:26,694 --> 01:12:29,297 WHEN I'VE BEEN ASKED THAT, IT'S 1618 01:12:29,297 --> 01:12:39,774 SORT OF IMPLIES THAT IT'S A 1619 01:12:40,107 --> 01:12:42,777 SIMPLE MATTER OF ADDING OR 1620 01:12:42,777 --> 01:12:44,779 TAKING SOMETHING AWAY OR 1621 01:12:44,779 --> 01:12:45,580 BUILDING TIME FOR MYSELF DURING 1622 01:12:45,580 --> 01:12:49,150 THE DAY. I THINK A LOT OF 1623 01:12:49,150 --> 01:12:50,051 STRESS BUILT UPON INDIVIDUAL 1624 01:12:50,051 --> 01:12:53,821 BODIES IS SYSTEMIC. SO, YEAH, 1625 01:12:53,821 --> 01:12:55,156 THERE'S A WAY IN WHICH I THINK 1626 01:12:55,156 --> 01:12:58,292 IF WE TRY TO MAKE IT JUST AN 1627 01:12:58,292 --> 01:12:59,827 INDIVIDUAL PROBLEM WE'RE MISSING 1628 01:12:59,827 --> 01:13:02,763 WHERE A LOT OF IT COMES FROM 1629 01:13:02,763 --> 01:13:04,599 WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, RACE AND 1630 01:13:04,599 --> 01:13:08,369 GENDER, INEQUALITY, OTHER FORMS 1631 01:13:08,369 --> 01:13:12,240 OF OPPRESSION, ECONOMIC STRESS. 1632 01:13:12,240 --> 01:13:15,142 SO I MEAN, I THINK IT MIGHT HELP 1633 01:13:15,142 --> 01:13:18,312 TO JUST SAY ARE THERE SOURCES OF 1634 01:13:18,312 --> 01:13:22,383 STRESS IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU, 1635 01:13:22,383 --> 01:13:25,753 YOU KNOW, THAT HAVE IMPACTED 1636 01:13:25,753 --> 01:13:27,955 YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE? AND SORT 1637 01:13:27,955 --> 01:13:30,324 OF, YOU KNOW, LEAVE THE QUESTION 1638 01:13:30,324 --> 01:13:32,260 OF HOW WE MIGHT GET RID OF THEM 1639 01:13:32,260 --> 01:13:37,064 OR HOW WE MIGHT MANAGE THEM TO, 1640 01:13:37,064 --> 01:13:39,934 LIKE, FURTHER IN THE 1641 01:13:39,934 --> 01:13:41,435 RELATIONSHIP. I THINK IT CAN BE 1642 01:13:41,435 --> 01:13:43,170 OVERWHELMING ON TOP OF HAVING A 1643 01:13:43,170 --> 01:13:45,172 MEDICAL ILLNESS TO HAVE A DOCTOR 1644 01:13:45,172 --> 01:13:48,309 TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, TAKE ALL 1645 01:13:48,309 --> 01:13:50,711 THESE THINGS AND ALSO HERE'S AN 1646 01:13:50,711 --> 01:13:52,380 ASSIGNMENT TO REDUCE STRESS IN 1647 01:13:52,380 --> 01:13:54,515 YOUR LIFE. IT ACTUALLY ADDS 1648 01:13:54,515 --> 01:13:56,784 MORE STRESS. SO, YEAH, I WOULD 1649 01:13:56,784 --> 01:13:58,219 SEE, YOU KNOW, THAT THE SIMPLE 1650 01:13:58,219 --> 01:14:00,421 QUESTION OF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU 1651 01:14:00,421 --> 01:14:03,958 WANT TO SHARE ANY MAJOR STRESSES 1652 01:14:03,958 --> 01:14:05,726 YOU'VE HAD MAYBE EVEN THAT YOU 1653 01:14:05,726 --> 01:14:08,529 FEEL LIKE MAY HAVE AGGRAVATED 1654 01:14:08,529 --> 01:14:09,730 YOUR CONDITION, OR HOW MUCH 1655 01:14:09,730 --> 01:14:19,740 STRESS DOES YOUR CONDITION ADD 1656 01:14:19,740 --> 01:14:22,410 TO YOUR LIFE? I THINK JUST THAT 1657 01:14:22,410 --> 01:14:24,445 QUESTION. AND THEN MAYBE 1658 01:14:24,445 --> 01:14:26,747 ALLOWING A CONVERSATION TO 1659 01:14:26,747 --> 01:14:28,516 CONTINUE AS TRUST BUILDS OVER 1660 01:14:28,516 --> 01:14:31,519 TIME AND THE RELATIONSHIP 1661 01:14:31,519 --> 01:14:32,620 EVOLVES. BUT I THINK OTHER 1662 01:14:32,620 --> 01:14:33,254 FOLKS MIGHT HAVE GOOD THINGS TO 1663 01:14:33,254 --> 01:14:36,657 SHARE TOO. 1664 01:14:36,657 --> 01:14:38,960 >> YEAH, I JUST -- I WANTED TO 1665 01:14:38,960 --> 01:14:42,229 SHARE AS WELL REALLY QUICK. YOU 1666 01:14:42,229 --> 01:14:44,365 KNOW, FOR ME, SOMETIMES WHEN A 1667 01:14:44,365 --> 01:14:45,866 DOCTOR TELLS ME, THIS IS WHAT 1668 01:14:45,866 --> 01:14:47,134 YOU HAVE TO DO AND I DON'T HAVE 1669 01:14:47,134 --> 01:14:49,470 THE RESOURCES TO DO IT. THAT 1670 01:14:49,470 --> 01:14:50,504 ADDS STRESS AND SHAME. SO THEN 1671 01:14:50,504 --> 01:14:53,407 I COME BACK TO YOU AND I'M LIKE 1672 01:14:53,407 --> 01:14:55,643 I DIDN'T DO IT AND YOU'RE 1673 01:14:55,643 --> 01:14:57,878 NONCOMPLIANT AT THAT TIME AND 1674 01:14:57,878 --> 01:15:02,350 IT'S KIND OF CHARACTERLY WHAT 1675 01:15:02,350 --> 01:15:05,453 -- EXACTLY WHAT SONYA IS 1676 01:15:05,453 --> 01:15:05,987 SEEING. 1677 01:15:05,987 --> 01:15:08,556 YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE STRESS 1678 01:15:08,556 --> 01:15:11,325 LEVEL AND THE RESOURCES 1679 01:15:11,325 --> 01:15:12,193 AVAILABLE INSTEAD OF THE BLAME 1680 01:15:12,193 --> 01:15:15,162 ON WHAT WE CAN DO. 1681 01:15:15,162 --> 01:15:24,605 >> I'LL ADD SOMETHING. SO MY 1682 01:15:24,605 --> 01:15:27,141 PERSPECTIVE OF MY RELATIONSHIPS 1683 01:15:27,141 --> 01:15:29,644 WITH CLINICIANS IS IT'S MY 1684 01:15:29,644 --> 01:15:33,180 RELATIONSHIP 1685 01:15:33,180 --> 01:15:36,217 RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM. THEIR 1686 01:15:36,217 --> 01:15:38,719 CONVERSATION TO NAVIGATE HOW TO 1687 01:15:38,719 --> 01:15:41,022 MAINTAIN A HEALTHY -- AS HEALTHY 1688 01:15:41,022 --> 01:15:42,323 AS POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIP WITHIN 1689 01:15:42,323 --> 01:15:43,157 THE CONFINES OF THE U.S. EHEALTH 1690 01:15:43,157 --> 01:15:48,262 CARE SYSTEM. 1691 01:15:48,262 --> 01:15:50,197 NOTHING'S PERFECT EXCUSE ME. 1692 01:15:50,197 --> 01:15:51,632 AND SO I LIKE THE APPROACH OF 1693 01:15:51,632 --> 01:15:55,670 TREATING IT LIKE A LONG-TERM 1694 01:15:55,670 --> 01:15:57,004 RELATIONSHIP WHERE YOU ASK EACH 1695 01:15:57,004 --> 01:15:58,906 OTHER IS THIS WORKING? HOW IS 1696 01:15:58,906 --> 01:16:02,877 IT WORKING? AND ON THE TOPIC OF 1697 01:16:02,877 --> 01:16:05,279 STRESS. AND NOT ADDING STRESS. 1698 01:16:05,279 --> 01:16:09,183 BUT TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE. 1699 01:16:09,183 --> 01:16:09,984 ASKING A QUESTION LIKE WHAT 1700 01:16:09,984 --> 01:16:12,019 SUPPORT SYSTEMS DO YOU HAVE IN 1701 01:16:12,019 --> 01:16:12,953 PLACE AND IS THERE SOMETHING 1702 01:16:12,953 --> 01:16:15,156 THAT I CAN DO TO INCREASE THOSE 1703 01:16:15,156 --> 01:16:18,159 SUPPORT SYSTEMS THAT CAN HELP 1704 01:16:18,159 --> 01:16:20,928 REDUCE ANY STRESS THAT CAN BE 1705 01:16:20,928 --> 01:16:22,096 REDUCED, LIKE, RATHER THAN 1706 01:16:22,096 --> 01:16:25,533 PUTTING THE ONUS ON THE PATIENT 1707 01:16:25,533 --> 01:16:27,935 TO DO THEMSELVES BEING AN ACTIVE 1708 01:16:27,935 --> 01:16:32,740 CARE PARTNER IN THAT. AND 1709 01:16:32,740 --> 01:16:34,341 SAYING HOW CAN I BE A PART OF 1710 01:16:34,341 --> 01:16:36,077 REDUCING THE STRESS? BECAUSE 1711 01:16:36,077 --> 01:16:38,412 SOMETIMES IT IS RELATED TO THE 1712 01:16:38,412 --> 01:16:41,115 CARE BEING RECEIVED. IT'S NOT 1713 01:16:41,115 --> 01:16:45,953 JUST THE LIFE OUTSIDE THE EXAM 1714 01:16:45,953 --> 01:16:50,825 ROO 1715 01:16:50,825 --> 01:16:51,025 ROOM. 1716 01:16:51,025 --> 01:16:52,026 >> ALL RIGHT SO I WROTE THIS 1717 01:16:52,026 --> 01:16:53,961 DOWN BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT THAT 1718 01:16:53,961 --> 01:16:55,162 I WANTED TO SHARE SO FIRST I 1719 01:16:55,162 --> 01:16:57,732 WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SHARING 1720 01:16:57,732 --> 01:17:00,067 YOUR STORY. FOR BEING 1721 01:17:00,067 --> 01:17:02,169 ADVOCATES. I IMAGINE IT'S NOT 1722 01:17:02,169 --> 01:17:03,304 EASY LIVING WITH A CAN AND 1723 01:17:03,304 --> 01:17:06,273 HAVING TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON THAT 1724 01:17:06,273 --> 01:17:07,675 CONDITION ON TOP OF THAT SO 1725 01:17:07,675 --> 01:17:09,577 THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOUR 1726 01:17:09,577 --> 01:17:11,145 PRESENCE HERE TODAY. WE ALL 1727 01:17:11,145 --> 01:17:13,914 KNOW THAT PAIN IS A COMPLEX 1728 01:17:13,914 --> 01:17:15,950 CONDITION AND THEN WE ADD 1729 01:17:15,950 --> 01:17:18,385 MULTIPLE LAYERS OF COMPLEXITY 1730 01:17:18,385 --> 01:17:21,622 BASED ON EVERYTHING YOU SHARE 1731 01:17:21,622 --> 01:17:29,330 TODAY FROM PATIENT EXPERIENCE 1732 01:17:29,330 --> 01:17:31,165 LACK OF DIAGNOSIS. BEING 1733 01:17:31,165 --> 01:17:34,602 STIGMATIZED AND THE LIST GOES ON 1734 01:17:34,602 --> 01:17:36,704 AND ONTO WHAT I BELIEVE IS A 1735 01:17:36,704 --> 01:17:37,671 SYSTEMATIC ISSUE SO TODAY WE 1736 01:17:37,671 --> 01:17:39,740 SHARE A VERY SPECIAL MOMENT. WE 1737 01:17:39,740 --> 01:17:43,144 HAVE PATIENTS WITH LIVED 1738 01:17:43,144 --> 01:17:45,412 EXPERIENCES, CLINICIANS, 1739 01:17:45,412 --> 01:17:48,415 RESEARCHERS AND LEADERS OF THE 1740 01:17:48,415 --> 01:17:50,084 NIH IN THE SAME PLACE AND I WANT 1741 01:17:50,084 --> 01:17:54,221 TO ASK EACH ONE OF YOU, I KNOW 1742 01:17:54,221 --> 01:17:56,657 IT'S A COMPLEX PROBLEM. BUT 1743 01:17:56,657 --> 01:17:57,958 WHERE DO WE START? IF YOU COULD 1744 01:17:57,958 --> 01:17:59,627 NAME ONE THING THAT YOU WANT TO 1745 01:17:59,627 --> 01:18:01,395 SHARE WITH ALL OF THESE PEOPLE 1746 01:18:01,395 --> 01:18:03,964 TODAY, AND I KNOW ONE THING 1747 01:18:03,964 --> 01:18:07,034 WON'T SOLVE ALL OF THE PROBLEMS 1748 01:18:07,034 --> 01:18:09,003 BUT WHAT IS A -- THE PRACTICAL 1749 01:18:09,003 --> 01:18:10,404 STEP THAT WE COULD TAKE TODAY 1750 01:18:10,404 --> 01:18:13,474 THAT WOULD MAKE YOUR LIVED 1751 01:18:13,474 --> 01:18:23,818 EXPERIENCE BETTER? 1752 01:18:31,826 --> 01:18:33,460 >> I'D HAVE TO STEP IN YOUR 1753 01:18:33,460 --> 01:18:35,162 WORLD. WHEN I SEE YOURS, I MEAN 1754 01:18:35,162 --> 01:18:37,798 THE PHYSICIANS. I ALWAYS HAVE 1755 01:18:37,798 --> 01:18:39,733 TO STEP INTO THEIR WORLD TO GET 1756 01:18:39,733 --> 01:18:42,203 THEM TO UNDERSTAND MINE. WHEN I 1757 01:18:42,203 --> 01:18:45,973 SEE THAT I MEAN, DEFINITIONS OF 1758 01:18:45,973 --> 01:18:49,143 SIMPLE TERMS. YOU KNOW, I AM 1759 01:18:49,143 --> 01:18:50,277 SOMEONE WHO JUST LOVES TO 1760 01:18:50,277 --> 01:18:52,179 RESEARCH ON MY OWN AND FIND OUT 1761 01:18:52,179 --> 01:18:55,282 THE DEFINITIONS BUT I SHOULDN'T 1762 01:18:55,282 --> 01:18:58,452 HAVE HAD TO DONE THAT. SO IF 1763 01:18:58,452 --> 01:19:01,889 YOU CAN JUST BREAK THINGS DOWN 1764 01:19:01,889 --> 01:19:04,859 EASIER FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND OR 1765 01:19:04,859 --> 01:19:10,097 US TO UNDERSTAND. AND JUST 1766 01:19:10,097 --> 01:19:11,265 REALIZE WE DON'T HAVE THE 1767 01:19:11,265 --> 01:19:13,467 MEDICAL DEGREE BUT THAT DIDN'T 1768 01:19:13,467 --> 01:19:15,135 NECESSARILY MEAN WE WON'T 1769 01:19:15,135 --> 01:19:18,339 UNDERSTAND SO I WOULD JUST SEE 1770 01:19:18,339 --> 01:19:21,041 COMING INTO OUR WORLD AND NOT 1771 01:19:21,041 --> 01:19:23,177 HAVING THIS SENSE OF, I'M JUST 1772 01:19:23,177 --> 01:19:27,147 GOING TO RUN OFF ALL THESE 1773 01:19:27,147 --> 01:19:29,149 DIAGNOSIS AND BLOOD LAB RESULTS 1774 01:19:29,149 --> 01:19:31,986 AND OF COURSE THEY UNDERSTAND. 1775 01:19:31,986 --> 01:19:34,154 THEY'VE BEEN PATIENTS FOR YEARS, 1776 01:19:34,154 --> 01:19:36,724 OBVIOUSLY THEY'LL UNDERSTAND. 1777 01:19:36,724 --> 01:19:38,492 STEP INTO OUR WORLD AND THAT WE 1778 01:19:38,492 --> 01:19:39,159 HAVE TO SEE YOUR BRAIN AND WHAT 1779 01:19:39,159 --> 01:19:43,163 YOU SEE. 1780 01:19:43,163 --> 01:19:45,499 >> I GUESS IF I HAD TO SHARE ONE 1781 01:19:45,499 --> 01:19:47,134 THING IT'S TO STAY HUMBLE. WE 1782 01:19:47,134 --> 01:19:50,738 KNOW YOU'RE EDUCATED. YOU'RE 1783 01:19:50,738 --> 01:19:53,707 HIGHLY EDUCATED INDIVIDUALS AND 1784 01:19:53,707 --> 01:19:56,110 BECAUSE WE ASK QUESTIONS AS 1785 01:19:56,110 --> 01:19:57,244 PATIENTS OR DON'T FEEL IT'S 1786 01:19:57,244 --> 01:19:59,179 QUITE RIGHT SOMETIMES WE'RE FOOT 1787 01:19:59,179 --> 01:20:01,649 REALLY VALIDATED BECAUSE OUR 1788 01:20:01,649 --> 01:20:03,550 EDUCATION ISN'T AS HIGH AS 1789 01:20:03,550 --> 01:20:03,984 YOURS. 1790 01:20:03,984 --> 01:20:07,154 SO STAY SUMMABLE BECAUSE THE 1791 01:20:07,154 --> 01:20:08,656 SMARTEST MAN IN THE WORLD 1792 01:20:08,656 --> 01:20:10,557 DOESN'T KNOW EVERYTHING AND HE 1793 01:20:10,557 --> 01:20:13,494 KNOWS. SOMETIMES WE KNOW OUR 1794 01:20:13,494 --> 01:20:15,162 BODIES, SOMETIMES YOU'LL WE KNOW 1795 01:20:15,162 --> 01:20:16,597 YOU'LL GET BLOOD FROM AND 1796 01:20:16,597 --> 01:20:18,866 SOMETIMES YOU DON'T LISTEN. 1797 01:20:18,866 --> 01:20:21,936 STAY HUMBLE IS WHAT I WOULD SEE. 1798 01:20:21,936 --> 01:20:25,139 >> I'LL GO. THIS IS CHARIS. SO 1799 01:20:25,139 --> 01:20:29,343 I -- THAT IS SUCH A GREAT 1800 01:20:29,343 --> 01:20:31,912 QUESTION. AND PUTTING THIS ALL 1801 01:20:31,912 --> 01:20:33,347 INTO CONTEXT OF THE ENVIRONMENT 1802 01:20:33,347 --> 01:20:38,419 WE'RE IN TODAY. SO THANK YOU. 1803 01:20:38,419 --> 01:20:39,320 I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT 1804 01:20:39,320 --> 01:20:43,157 FOR ME TO SHARE THAT I OPERATE 1805 01:20:43,157 --> 01:20:45,626 REALLY STRONGLY UNDER THE TEN 1806 01:20:45,626 --> 01:20:49,063 PRINCIPLES OF DISABILITY JUSTICE 1807 01:20:49,063 --> 01:20:52,900 AND YOU CAN FIND THOSE ON SINS 1808 01:20:52,900 --> 01:20:55,169 INVALID. THAT'S A NONPROFIT IN 1809 01:20:55,169 --> 01:20:59,173 THE BAY AREA. AND ONE OF THOSE 1810 01:20:59,173 --> 01:21:01,308 LEADING PRINCIPLES IS THAT THOSE 1811 01:21:01,308 --> 01:21:05,813 WHO ARE MOST IMPACTED LEAD THE 1812 01:21:05,813 --> 01:21:10,684 CHARGE. SO IF YOU ARE -- IF YOU 1813 01:21:10,684 --> 01:21:13,487 HAVE A PERSONAL STAKE IN THE 1814 01:21:13,487 --> 01:21:14,955 OUTCOME, IN TERMS OF WHERE WE 1815 01:21:14,955 --> 01:21:18,292 ARE TODAY, THAT MEANS PEOPLE 1816 01:21:18,292 --> 01:21:20,260 LIVING IN PAIN. THEN YOU ARE 1817 01:21:20,260 --> 01:21:21,962 LEADING THE CHARGE, YOU ARE THE 1818 01:21:21,962 --> 01:21:26,133 HEAD OF THE TABLE AND THAT 1819 01:21:26,133 --> 01:21:28,969 DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE TAKING OVER. 1820 01:21:28,969 --> 01:21:31,171 I MEAN, I WOULD BE OKAY IF PAIN 1821 01:21:31,171 --> 01:21:33,207 PATIENTS TOOK OVER THE WORLD BUT 1822 01:21:33,207 --> 01:21:36,143 BEING LIKE FULLY EQUAL THAT 1823 01:21:36,143 --> 01:21:39,279 MEANS FROM VERY START OF CONCEPT 1824 01:21:39,279 --> 01:21:43,384 OF THE RESEARCH TO CREATING THE 1825 01:21:43,384 --> 01:21:47,221 OBJECTIVE TS TO RECRUITING THE 1826 01:21:47,221 --> 01:21:49,656 PARTICIPANTS OF THE STUDY. 1827 01:21:49,656 --> 01:21:53,660 AND TO DISSEMINATION. O ALL OF 1828 01:21:53,660 --> 01:21:55,562 THAT WE NEED TO BE EQUAL 1829 01:21:55,562 --> 01:21:57,097 PARTNERS OF THE TABLE. 1830 01:21:57,097 --> 01:21:59,666 NOT AS PEOPLE YOU BRING IN AS 1831 01:21:59,666 --> 01:22:00,701 CONTRACTORS OR LIKE -- ONE 1832 01:22:00,701 --> 01:22:04,938 PERSON FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, ONE 1833 01:22:04,938 --> 01:22:06,573 SURVEY. WE NEED TO BE PART OF 1834 01:22:06,573 --> 01:22:10,878 THE TEAM AS EQUALS. CREATING, 1835 01:22:10,878 --> 01:22:14,148 DEVELOPING, DISSEMINATING AND 1836 01:22:14,148 --> 01:22:17,584 THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY WAY THAT 1837 01:22:17,584 --> 01:22:20,921 THOSE WHO ARE MOST IMPACTED WILL 1838 01:22:20,921 --> 01:22:23,057 BENEFIT THAT THE PRIMARY TAKE 1839 01:22:23,057 --> 01:22:26,260 HOLDERS WHO ARE PAIN PATIENTS 1840 01:22:26,260 --> 01:22:28,996 WHO WILL GET PAIN CARE THAT IS 1841 01:22:28,996 --> 01:22:32,699 EQUITABLE, THAT IS MEANT FOR US. 1842 01:22:32,699 --> 01:22:35,135 >> YEAH. I DEFINITELY, YOU 1843 01:22:35,135 --> 01:22:38,705 KNOW, ECHO WHAT EVERYONE HAS 1844 01:22:38,705 --> 01:22:44,545 SAID. ALREADY. I THINK THE ONE 1845 01:22:44,545 --> 01:22:48,082 THING THAT I THINK COULD MAKE A 1846 01:22:48,082 --> 01:22:51,018 DIFFERENCE IS I'M SORT OF 1847 01:22:51,018 --> 01:22:54,188 DESPERATE TO REDUCE THE PAIN IN 1848 01:22:54,188 --> 01:23:00,961 MY LIFE AND SO I'M ALWAYS 1849 01:23:00,961 --> 01:23:01,628 READING AND TRYING EVERYTHING. 1850 01:23:01,628 --> 01:23:03,163 THERE ARE A NUMBER OF TREATMENTS 1851 01:23:03,163 --> 01:23:04,665 THAT I BROUGHT TO MY 1852 01:23:04,665 --> 01:23:06,033 RHEUMATOLOGISTS OR BROUGHT TO 1853 01:23:06,033 --> 01:23:09,336 OTHER DOCTORS TO SEE IF WE COULD 1854 01:23:09,336 --> 01:23:15,075 TRY. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, KIND 1855 01:23:15,075 --> 01:23:16,977 OF GOING OFF OF WHAT CHARIS HAD 1856 01:23:16,977 --> 01:23:19,146 SAID, LIKE THAT WE HAVE GOOD 1857 01:23:19,146 --> 01:23:23,150 IDEAS FOR WHAT TO LOOK INTO 1858 01:23:23,150 --> 01:23:27,621 NEXT. AND THEN I THINK AS FAR 1859 01:23:27,621 --> 01:23:31,158 AS CLINICIANS, SOMEONE TO JUST 1860 01:23:31,158 --> 01:23:33,961 LOOK AT US AND FIRST ASK HOW WE 1861 01:23:33,961 --> 01:23:37,464 ARE. YOU KNOW, WITH EYE 1862 01:23:37,464 --> 01:23:39,166 CONTACT, BEFORE STARTING TO TYPE 1863 01:23:39,166 --> 01:23:44,271 BY, BUT YEAH I'M EXCITED ABOUT 1864 01:23:44,271 --> 01:23:45,906 A FEW THINGS THAT ARE WORKING 1865 01:23:45,906 --> 01:23:46,640 FOR ME. 1866 01:23:46,640 --> 01:23:48,642 THAT, YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE A 1867 01:23:48,642 --> 01:23:49,510 MEDICAL STUDIES AND I DON'T 1868 01:23:49,510 --> 01:23:52,479 KNOW, FIVE TEN YEARS. AND SO I 1869 01:23:52,479 --> 01:23:55,149 WOULD LIKE SOME SORT OF 1870 01:23:55,149 --> 01:24:02,322 OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THOSE IDEAS 1871 01:24:02,322 --> 01:24:06,226 AS SITES FOR FUTURE RESEARCH. 1872 01:24:06,226 --> 01:24:06,426 YEAH. 1873 01:24:06,426 --> 01:24:08,595 >> I JUST WANTED TO ADD 1874 01:24:08,595 --> 01:24:13,233 SOMETHING TO CHARIS' POINT AS 1875 01:24:13,233 --> 01:24:15,435 FAR AS INDIVIDUALS WHO IN THE 1876 01:24:15,435 --> 01:24:17,638 ENTIRE PROCESS HAVE A LIVED 1877 01:24:17,638 --> 01:24:18,805 EXPERIENCE. MEMBER CHECKING IS 1878 01:24:18,805 --> 01:24:21,575 SO CRITICAL. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE 1879 01:24:21,575 --> 01:24:24,178 IT RIGHT. AS A MENTEE OR -- I 1880 01:24:24,178 --> 01:24:25,612 WOULD NEVER JUST PUT SOMETHING 1881 01:24:25,612 --> 01:24:27,014 OUT THERE WITHOUT CHECKING WITH 1882 01:24:27,014 --> 01:24:28,549 MY MENTOR, MAKING SURE THAT WE 1883 01:24:28,549 --> 01:24:30,284 DID IT RIGHT. WE EDIT THINGS 1884 01:24:30,284 --> 01:24:33,253 OVER AND OVER AGAIN. SO MEMBER 1885 01:24:33,253 --> 01:24:37,191 CHECKING IS REALLY CRITICAL AND 1886 01:24:37,191 --> 01:24:38,825 ALSO JUST MAKING SURE THAT 1887 01:24:38,825 --> 01:24:39,993 YOU'RE COMING BACK AND YOU'RE 1888 01:24:39,993 --> 01:24:41,628 SHOEING THEM WHAT YOU DID. 1889 01:24:41,628 --> 01:24:44,198 LIKE, WHAT ALL THE WORK THAT YOU 1890 01:24:44,198 --> 01:24:45,732 DID. IT'S -- HOW MANY TIMES 1891 01:24:45,732 --> 01:24:47,467 HAVE WE HEARD YOU JUST WALK 1892 01:24:47,467 --> 01:24:49,603 AWAY, THAT'S IT, RESEARCH IS 1893 01:24:49,603 --> 01:24:51,138 DONE, YOU'RE GONE. YOU HAVE TO 1894 01:24:51,138 --> 01:24:52,506 COME BACK BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE 1895 01:24:52,506 --> 01:24:55,075 INVEST THEIR LIVES, THEIR TIME, 1896 01:24:55,075 --> 01:24:56,243 THEIR ENERGY, AND INTO DOING 1897 01:24:56,243 --> 01:24:59,179 THIS AND THEN YOU WALK AWAY AND 1898 01:24:59,179 --> 01:25:00,013 YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT 1899 01:25:00,013 --> 01:25:09,590 HAPPENED TO IT. SO, YEAH. 1900 01:25:09,590 --> 01:25:15,062 >> I HAVE AN E- - -Q. -- QUEST 1901 01:25:15,062 --> 01:25:16,897 I WONDER IF YOU CAN SHARE YOU 1902 01:25:16,897 --> 01:25:18,065 WERE EXPERIENCE OF BEING BOTH 1903 01:25:18,065 --> 01:25:19,433 WITH YOUR PAIN, BEING BOTH A 1904 01:25:19,433 --> 01:25:29,743 CHILD AND HAVING A DISORDER THA 1905 01:25:29,743 --> 01:25:30,344 I WONDER IF YOU CAN SHARE YOU 1906 01:25:30,344 --> 01:25:30,944 WERE EXPERIENCE OF BEING BOTH 1907 01:25:30,944 --> 01:25:31,545 WITH YOUR PAIN, BEING BOTH A 1908 01:25:31,545 --> 01:25:33,280 CHILD AND HAVING A DISORDER THAT 1909 01:25:33,280 --> 01:25:36,049 IS DEFINED BY HAVING A UTERUS OR 1910 01:25:36,049 --> 01:25:39,219 YOUR ANCESTRY AND HOW YOU FELT 1911 01:25:39,219 --> 01:25:43,457 THAT COMPROMISED ANY PART OF THE 1912 01:25:43,457 --> 01:25:53,667 EXPERIEN 1913 01:26:02,609 --> 01:26:02,843 EXPERIENCE? 1914 01:26:02,843 --> 01:26:05,979 >> I HAD A WALL IN MY UTERUS. 1915 01:26:05,979 --> 01:26:07,547 AND FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AND 1916 01:26:07,547 --> 01:26:09,216 MONTHS I KEPT TELLING PEOPLE I 1917 01:26:09,216 --> 01:26:12,986 WAS IN PAIN. AND NOBODY 1918 01:26:12,986 --> 01:26:16,990 COULD -- NOBODY KNEW WHY. I WAS 1919 01:26:16,990 --> 01:26:18,692 KIND OF IGNORED FOR AWHILE AND 1920 01:26:18,692 --> 01:26:22,529 WAS CALLED PAIN SEEKING AT 11. 1921 01:26:22,529 --> 01:26:24,998 MEDICATION SEEKING AT 11. AND 1922 01:26:24,998 --> 01:26:27,167 IT WASN'T UNTIL A DOCTOR SAID, 1923 01:26:27,167 --> 01:26:29,303 OH, LET'S DO A SONOGRAM THAT 1924 01:26:29,303 --> 01:26:32,339 THEY FOUND I HAD A MASS INSIDE 1925 01:26:32,339 --> 01:26:34,574 MY UTERUS. I WAS MISSING A 1926 01:26:34,574 --> 01:26:37,344 KIDNEY AND I HAD A FALLOPIAN 1927 01:26:37,344 --> 01:26:38,745 TUBE WRAPPED AROUND THE OTHER 1928 01:26:38,745 --> 01:26:41,448 ONE AND FOR ME AS A CHILD IT 1929 01:26:41,448 --> 01:26:43,150 IMMEDIATELY KIND OF DREW THIS 1930 01:26:43,150 --> 01:26:46,386 LINE OF TRUST. RIGHT? I NEEDED 1931 01:26:46,386 --> 01:26:49,723 HELP. I COULDN'T WALK. BECAUSE 1932 01:26:49,723 --> 01:26:51,325 THIS MASS WAS PUSHING ON MY 1933 01:26:51,325 --> 01:26:53,160 BLADDER, ON MY INTESTINES, I 1934 01:26:53,160 --> 01:26:55,195 COULDN'T PEE OR POOP. I WAS 1935 01:26:55,195 --> 01:26:58,899 HUNCHED OVER. AND CALLED PAIN 1936 01:26:58,899 --> 01:27:02,769 SEEKING. OR MEDICATION SEEKING. 1937 01:27:02,769 --> 01:27:05,572 AT 11. SO I THINK AS AN ADULT, 1938 01:27:05,572 --> 01:27:07,007 I ADVOCATE STRONGLY, INDUSTRIAL, 1939 01:27:07,007 --> 01:27:10,677 MY MOM IS PASSED AND I STILL 1940 01:27:10,677 --> 01:27:15,148 ADVOCATE FOR HER, BUT WHEN IT 1941 01:27:15,148 --> 01:27:20,354 COMES TO ADVOCATING FOR MYSELF 1942 01:27:20,354 --> 01:27:22,556 AND HOW LITTLE I FELT THAT HAS 1943 01:27:22,556 --> 01:27:25,225 TRANSCENDED TO ME AS AN ADULT SO 1944 01:27:25,225 --> 01:27:27,160 SOMETIMES WHEN I HAVE A FLARE 1945 01:27:27,160 --> 01:27:30,263 AND I CAN'T WALK I DON'T ASK FOR 1946 01:27:30,263 --> 01:27:32,499 HELP, I DON'T NEED THE JUDGMENT. 1947 01:27:32,499 --> 01:27:34,201 I THINK THAT EXPERIENCE AS A 1948 01:27:34,201 --> 01:27:37,404 CHILD REALLY IMPACTED ME AND 1949 01:27:37,404 --> 01:27:39,973 ALSO BEING -- HAVING SUCH A 1950 01:27:39,973 --> 01:27:41,241 GENDER SPECIFIC ILLNESS WHERE 1951 01:27:41,241 --> 01:27:43,877 IT'S LIKE, OH, YOU GET A PERIOD 1952 01:27:43,877 --> 01:27:45,178 EVERY MONTH, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO 1953 01:27:45,178 --> 01:27:48,949 BE IN PAIN. YOU KNOW, I DON'T 1954 01:27:48,949 --> 01:27:51,151 ASK FOR HELP. I BEACH MYSELF ON 1955 01:27:51,151 --> 01:27:53,220 A COUCH AND I TELL EVERYBODY YOU 1956 01:27:53,220 --> 01:27:54,388 KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS JUST LEAVE 1957 01:27:54,388 --> 01:27:56,857 ME ALONE FOR THREE DAYS, I'M 1958 01:27:56,857 --> 01:28:00,460 JUST GOING TO STAY THERE AND I 1959 01:28:00,460 --> 01:28:04,664 JUST THINK WE'RE GETTING MORE 1960 01:28:04,664 --> 01:28:09,102 EXPOSURE TO ENDOMETRIOSIS AND 1961 01:28:09,102 --> 01:28:11,138 WHAT WOMEN GO THROUGH MONTHLY. 1962 01:28:11,138 --> 01:28:16,810 ONE IN TEN WOMEN WILL HAVE 1963 01:28:16,810 --> 01:28:19,112 ENDOMETRIOSIS AND IT IS A VERY 1964 01:28:19,112 --> 01:28:21,648 PAINFUL THING THAT STARTS AT A 1965 01:28:21,648 --> 01:28:22,015 VERY YOUNG AGE. 1966 01:28:22,015 --> 01:28:25,752 >> FOR ME THERE'S SO MUCH I 1967 01:28:25,752 --> 01:28:29,356 DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT MY ILLNESS 1968 01:28:29,356 --> 01:28:32,325 UNTIL I WAS AN ADULT. THINKING 1969 01:28:32,325 --> 01:28:33,960 THAT THIS DISEASE ONLY AFFECTED 1970 01:28:33,960 --> 01:28:36,530 BLACK PEOPLE OR AFRICAN 1971 01:28:36,530 --> 01:28:38,331 AMERICANS. SO NOT KNOW THAT ALL 1972 01:28:38,331 --> 01:28:40,834 RACES CAN EXPERIENCE OR LIKE 1973 01:28:40,834 --> 01:28:46,006 HAVE SICKLE CELL. I SHOULD HAVE 1974 01:28:46,006 --> 01:28:47,908 KNOWN THAT EARLIER. I FELT 1975 01:28:47,908 --> 01:28:49,943 ALONE. IN MY OWN COMMUNITY I 1976 01:28:49,943 --> 01:28:52,512 WAS ONE OF NONE. LIKE I JUST 1977 01:28:52,512 --> 01:28:57,918 WAS SO OSTRACIZED NOT KNOWING 1978 01:28:57,918 --> 01:29:00,320 MUCH ABOUT MY ILLNESS AT A 1979 01:29:00,320 --> 01:29:03,156 YOUNGER AGE WHEN THEN I WOULD 1980 01:29:03,156 --> 01:29:06,593 ALSO SEE DIFFERENT TREATMENT OF 1981 01:29:06,593 --> 01:29:09,129 HOW MY DIAGNOSIS WAS HANDLED 1982 01:29:09,129 --> 01:29:10,764 DIFFERENTLY IN THE HOSPITAL THAN 1983 01:29:10,764 --> 01:29:12,098 OTHER DIAGNOSIS. THEY KNEW SO 1984 01:29:12,098 --> 01:29:15,168 MUCH MORE ABOUT. BUT STILL I 1985 01:29:15,168 --> 01:29:17,938 FELT THEY STILL DIDN'T KNOW MUCH 1986 01:29:17,938 --> 01:29:20,407 ABOUT MINE. EVEN AS A CHILD I 1987 01:29:20,407 --> 01:29:21,708 WITNESSED, YOU KNOW, NO ONE 1988 01:29:21,708 --> 01:29:24,077 REALLY CARES ABOUT YOUR ILLNESS. 1989 01:29:24,077 --> 01:29:28,448 THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT. 1990 01:29:28,448 --> 01:29:28,949 SO.... 1991 01:29:28,949 --> 01:29:31,985 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE 20 1992 01:29:31,985 --> 01:29:32,986 MORE QUESTIONS AT LEAST AND 1993 01:29:32,986 --> 01:29:35,922 LUCKILY I HAVE YOUR E-MAILS SO I 1994 01:29:35,922 --> 01:29:37,724 CAN FOLLOW UP. BUT IF ANYBODY 1995 01:29:37,724 --> 01:29:39,993 ELSE WANTS TO FOLLOW UP AND HAS 1996 01:29:39,993 --> 01:29:48,001 QUESTIONS. MY ENA-ME-MAIL. PL 1997 01:29:48,001 --> 01:29:49,803 FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME AND 1998 01:29:49,803 --> 01:29:52,038 I CAN FIND OUT HOW TO CONNECT 1999 01:29:52,038 --> 01:29:54,441 WITH THESE PEOPLE IN A NON 2000 01:29:54,441 --> 01:29:56,810 EXHAUSTING WAY. 2001 01:29:56,810 --> 01:30:02,682 THANK YOU SO MUCH, THIS HAS BEEN 2002 01:30:02,682 --> 01:30:02,916 AMAZING. 2003 01:30:02,916 --> 01:30:13,159 >> THANK YOU. 2004 01:31:09,349 --> 01:31:11,084 >> ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. 2005 01:31:11,084 --> 01:31:13,219 I'M ANDREW MANNES, I'M CHIEF OF 2006 01:31:13,219 --> 01:31:15,155 THE DEPARTMENT HERE AT THE 2007 01:31:15,155 --> 01:31:15,789 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 2008 01:31:15,789 --> 01:31:17,290 WE'RE NOW AT THE HOMESTRETCH 2009 01:31:17,290 --> 01:31:18,625 THIS IS THE LAST PANEL OF THE 2010 01:31:18,625 --> 01:31:21,294 DAY. THE CONFERENCE. AND I'LL 2011 01:31:21,294 --> 01:31:23,029 JUMP RIGHT INTO THE -- WITH -- 2012 01:31:23,029 --> 01:31:24,965 INTO THE INTRODUCTION FOR OUR 2013 01:31:24,965 --> 01:31:27,067 FIRST PANELIST. I THINK WE'RE 2014 01:31:27,067 --> 01:31:30,403 GOING HAVE THE QUESTION AND 2015 01:31:30,403 --> 01:31:32,439 ANSWER AT THE END. I HAVE THE 2016 01:31:32,439 --> 01:31:34,441 PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING OUR 2017 01:31:34,441 --> 01:31:38,912 FIRST PANELIST TODAY, DIANE 2018 01:31:38,912 --> 01:31:41,881 HOFFMAN. WHO IS THE JACOB A. 2019 01:31:41,881 --> 01:31:43,183 FRANCE PROFESSOR AT HEALTH LAW 2020 01:31:43,183 --> 01:31:46,019 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, 2021 01:31:46,019 --> 01:31:47,153 CARRIE SCHOOL OF LAW, 2022 01:31:47,153 --> 01:31:49,289 DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY 2023 01:31:49,289 --> 01:31:50,724 PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR OF THE 2024 01:31:50,724 --> 01:31:52,626 SCHOOL'S LAW AND HEALTH CARE 2025 01:31:52,626 --> 01:31:54,394 PROGRAM. SHE RECEIVED HER LAW 2026 01:31:54,394 --> 01:31:57,697 DEGREE FROM HARVARD AND RECEIVED 2027 01:31:57,697 --> 01:31:59,499 HER MASTER'S FROM THE SAME 2028 01:31:59,499 --> 01:32:00,700 INSTITUTION. AND ONE OF THE 2029 01:32:00,700 --> 01:32:05,138 PRIMARY AUTHORS OF THE HEALTH 2030 01:32:05,138 --> 01:32:06,172 CARE ACT WHICH ESTABLISHES 2031 01:32:06,172 --> 01:32:07,774 PROCEDURES AT THE END OF LIFE 2032 01:32:07,774 --> 01:32:09,175 WHO LACK DECISION-MAKING 2033 01:32:09,175 --> 01:32:10,310 CAPACITY. SHE SERVED AS THE 2034 01:32:10,310 --> 01:32:12,979 MEMBER OF A NUMBER OF ETHICS 2035 01:32:12,979 --> 01:32:13,613 COMMITTEES INCLUDING THOSE AT 2036 01:32:13,613 --> 01:32:14,914 THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND 2037 01:32:14,914 --> 01:32:16,216 MEDICAL SYSTEM. AND ALSO HERE 2038 01:32:16,216 --> 01:32:18,985 AT THE CLINICAL CENTER AT THE 2039 01:32:18,985 --> 01:32:19,853 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. 2040 01:32:19,853 --> 01:32:22,389 DR. HOFFMAN WAS THE ACTING STAFF 2041 01:32:22,389 --> 01:32:23,857 DIRECTOR AT THE SENATE SUB 2042 01:32:23,857 --> 01:32:25,959 COMMITTEE ON AGING, SERVED AS A 2043 01:32:25,959 --> 01:32:27,727 MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2044 01:32:27,727 --> 01:32:30,964 AT THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LAW, 2045 01:32:30,964 --> 01:32:32,732 MEDICINE AND ETHICS. SHE 2046 01:32:32,732 --> 01:32:34,668 CURRENTLY CHAIRS THE MARYLAND 2047 01:32:34,668 --> 01:32:35,235 STEM CELL MISSION AND IS 2048 01:32:35,235 --> 01:32:37,570 CO-CHAIR OF THE U.S. ASSOCIATION 2049 01:32:37,570 --> 01:32:41,207 OF THE STUDY OF PAIN ADVOCACY 2050 01:32:41,207 --> 01:32:43,176 COMMITTEE. HAS PUBLISHED 2051 01:32:43,176 --> 01:32:45,679 NUMEROUS ARTICLES ON PAIN ISSUES 2052 01:32:45,679 --> 01:32:47,414 IN LEADING SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS A 2053 01:32:47,414 --> 01:32:48,615 SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF HER 2054 01:32:48,615 --> 01:32:51,685 SCHOLARSHIP FOCUSED ON LEGAL 2055 01:32:51,685 --> 01:32:52,419 OBSTACLES FOR THE TREATMENT OF 2056 01:32:52,419 --> 01:32:55,155 PAIN AND INCLUDES PAIN 2057 01:32:55,155 --> 01:32:57,223 MANAGEMENT IN TER RAH OF MANAGED 2058 01:32:57,223 --> 01:33:00,627 CARE. THE ROLE OF THE MEDICAL 2059 01:33:00,627 --> 01:33:01,828 BOARDS. REGULATION OF MEDICAL 2060 01:33:01,828 --> 01:33:05,098 MARIJUANA. CRIMINAL PROSECUTION 2061 01:33:05,098 --> 01:33:07,167 OF PHYSICIANS FOR 2062 01:33:07,167 --> 01:33:08,668 OVERPRESCRIBING OF OPIATES AND 2063 01:33:08,668 --> 01:33:10,670 MOST IMPORTANTLY FOR TODAY, IS A 2064 01:33:10,670 --> 01:33:12,172 BIAS AGAINST WOMEN IN THE 2065 01:33:12,172 --> 01:33:13,840 TREATMENT OF PAIN. TODAY'S TALK 2066 01:33:13,840 --> 01:33:16,342 IS THE DISPARITY AND PAIN 2067 01:33:16,342 --> 01:33:19,145 TREATMENT BASED ON SEX. 2068 01:33:19,145 --> 01:33:29,389 DR. HOFFMAN. 2069 01:33:33,593 --> 01:33:35,195 >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE, IT'S 2070 01:33:35,195 --> 01:33:36,362 A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND TO 2071 01:33:36,362 --> 01:33:37,430 HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK 2072 01:33:37,430 --> 01:33:39,165 WITH YOU TODAY. SO YOU HEARD 2073 01:33:39,165 --> 01:33:42,235 I'M NOT A SCIENTIST, I'M A LAW 2074 01:33:42,235 --> 01:33:44,170 PROFESSOR, BY I HAVE DONE A 2075 01:33:44,170 --> 01:33:46,039 SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RESEARCH 2076 01:33:46,039 --> 01:33:50,510 ON THE TOPICS OF DISPARITIES IN 2077 01:33:50,510 --> 01:33:52,045 THE TREATMENT OF PAIN BASED ON 2078 01:33:52,045 --> 01:33:53,780 SEX AND IN MY SHORT TIME THIS 2079 01:33:53,780 --> 01:33:55,148 MORNING I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE 2080 01:33:55,148 --> 01:33:56,783 WITH YOU THE STORY OF THE 2081 01:33:56,783 --> 01:33:58,952 EVOLUTION OF MY WORK IN THIS 2082 01:33:58,952 --> 01:34:02,088 AREA. SO IN 2001 I PUBLISHED AN 2083 01:34:02,088 --> 01:34:03,890 ARTICLE CALLED THE GIRL WHO 2084 01:34:03,890 --> 01:34:07,193 CRIED PAIN A BIAS AGAINST WOMEN 2085 01:34:07,193 --> 01:34:11,598 IN THE TREATMENT OF PAIN AND 2086 01:34:11,598 --> 01:34:15,168 MOST OF MY WRITING BEFORE THAT 2087 01:34:15,168 --> 01:34:21,508 WAS ON FINANCIALING INGOBSTACLE 2088 01:34:21,508 --> 01:34:22,542 WHILE I WAS DOING THE RESEARCH I 2089 01:34:22,542 --> 01:34:24,778 CAME ACROSS AN ARTICLE ABOUT 2090 01:34:24,778 --> 01:34:27,147 LOOKING AT HOW MEN AND WOMEN 2091 01:34:27,147 --> 01:34:29,415 WERE TREATED FOR THEIR PAIN 2092 01:34:29,415 --> 01:34:32,252 AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS 2093 01:34:32,252 --> 01:34:34,621 GRAFT SURGERY AND MEN WERE MORE 2094 01:34:34,621 --> 01:34:36,489 LIKELY TO BE GIVEN ANALGESIA AND 2095 01:34:36,489 --> 01:34:38,491 WOMEN FOR LIKELY TO BE GIVEN 2096 01:34:38,491 --> 01:34:44,464 SEDATIVES AND I WAS TROUBLED BY 2097 01:34:44,464 --> 01:34:46,599 THAT RESULT BUT I WANTED TO SEE 2098 01:34:46,599 --> 01:34:48,802 HOW WIDESPREAD THE TREATMENT WAS 2099 01:34:48,802 --> 01:34:49,803 BUT BEFORE THEY NEEDED TO LEARN 2100 01:34:49,803 --> 01:34:52,038 MORE ABOUT WHAT WAS AT THE TIME 2101 01:34:52,038 --> 01:34:53,106 ABOUT HOW MEN AND WOMEN 2102 01:34:53,106 --> 01:34:54,674 EXPERIENCE AND REPORT PAIN AND 2103 01:34:54,674 --> 01:34:55,475 WHETHER THERE WERE DIFFERENCES 2104 01:34:55,475 --> 01:34:59,746 IN THE BIOLOGICAL AND 2105 01:34:59,746 --> 01:35:01,915 PSYCHOSOCIAL BASES OF PAIN 2106 01:35:01,915 --> 01:35:03,583 BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN. BASED ON 2107 01:35:03,583 --> 01:35:07,153 A LITERATURE REVIEW MY COAUTHOR 2108 01:35:07,153 --> 01:35:08,688 AND I FOUND THAT WOMEN WERE MORE 2109 01:35:08,688 --> 01:35:11,124 LIKELY THAN MEN TO EXPERIENCE AT 2110 01:35:11,124 --> 01:35:13,493 LEAST, OR AT LEAST REPORT A 2111 01:35:13,493 --> 01:35:15,528 NUMBER OF CHRONIC PAIN 2112 01:35:15,528 --> 01:35:17,931 CONDITIONS AND IN ADDITION, IN 2113 01:35:17,931 --> 01:35:21,901 EXPERIMENTAL SETTINGS, WOMEN HAD 2114 01:35:21,901 --> 01:35:23,536 LOWER THRESHOLDS, LOWER PAIN 2115 01:35:23,536 --> 01:35:24,671 TOLERANCE THAN MEN. THESE ARE 2116 01:35:24,671 --> 01:35:27,407 THINGS THAT WE ALL KNOW NOW. 2117 01:35:27,407 --> 01:35:30,343 BUT DESPITE THE DIFFERENCES IN 2118 01:35:30,343 --> 01:35:31,578 PAIN EXPERIENCE, SEVERAL STUDIES 2119 01:35:31,578 --> 01:35:34,848 AT THE TIME ALSO INDICATED THAT 2120 01:35:34,848 --> 01:35:37,650 WOMEN WERE MORE LIKELY TO BE 2121 01:35:37,650 --> 01:35:38,284 INADEQUATELY TREATED FOR THEIR 2122 01:35:38,284 --> 01:35:43,022 PAIN AND SO WE ATTRIBUTED THAT 2123 01:35:43,022 --> 01:35:48,628 FINDING TO HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS 2124 01:35:48,628 --> 01:35:51,464 WHO WERE MORE LIKELY TO DISCOUNT 2125 01:35:51,464 --> 01:35:52,565 WOMEN'S VERBAL REPORTS AND GAVE 2126 01:35:52,565 --> 01:35:54,734 MORE IMPORTANCE TO BIOLOGICAL 2127 01:35:54,734 --> 01:35:57,303 PAIN CONTRIBUTORS THAN EMOTIONAL 2128 01:35:57,303 --> 01:35:59,172 OR PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTORS. 2129 01:35:59,172 --> 01:36:03,142 THE ARTICLE TO MY SURPRISE 2130 01:36:03,142 --> 01:36:07,146 THOUGH STRUCK A CHORD WITH H 2131 01:36:07,146 --> 01:36:11,251 HIM -- WOMEN AND JOURNALISTS. 2132 01:36:11,251 --> 01:36:12,652 THE NEW YORK TIMES POSTED A 2133 01:36:12,652 --> 01:36:15,154 THREE PAGE ARTICLE BASED LARGELY 2134 01:36:15,154 --> 01:36:17,557 ON OUR ARTICLE AND POSSIBLY AS A 2135 01:36:17,557 --> 01:36:19,926 RESULT, THE ARTICLE HAS BEEN 2136 01:36:19,926 --> 01:36:21,628 CITED MANY, MANY TIMES. 2137 01:36:21,628 --> 01:36:24,097 AND OVER THE SUBSEQUENT 20 YEARS 2138 01:36:24,097 --> 01:36:25,098 I RECEIVED MANY CALLS FROM 2139 01:36:25,098 --> 01:36:27,066 JOURNALISTS AND REPORTERS WHO 2140 01:36:27,066 --> 01:36:29,469 WANTED TO TALK TO ME ABOUT MY 2141 01:36:29,469 --> 01:36:30,670 FINDINGS AND WANTED TO KNOW 2142 01:36:30,670 --> 01:36:33,640 WHETHER IT WAS STILL THE CASE 2143 01:36:33,640 --> 01:36:34,974 THAT THERE WERE THESE TREATMENT 2144 01:36:34,974 --> 01:36:36,276 DISPARITIES AND AFTER AWHILE I 2145 01:36:36,276 --> 01:36:38,311 WOULD SEE TO THEM I REALLY DON'T 2146 01:36:38,311 --> 01:36:40,680 KNOW THE ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED 2147 01:36:40,680 --> 01:36:41,948 MANY YEARS AGO AND I DON'T KNOW 2148 01:36:41,948 --> 01:36:43,383 IF THINGS WERE THE SAME SO I 2149 01:36:43,383 --> 01:36:45,785 DECIDED TO WRITE A FOLLOW UP 2150 01:36:45,785 --> 01:36:48,454 ARTICLE DESCRIBING BOTH WHAT 2151 01:36:48,454 --> 01:36:51,157 RESEARCHERS HAD LEARNED OVER THE 2152 01:36:51,157 --> 01:36:53,860 LAST 20 YEARS ABOUT THE CAUSES 2153 01:36:53,860 --> 01:36:56,029 AND EXPERIENCE OF CHRONIC PAIN 2154 01:36:56,029 --> 01:36:59,198 FOR MEN AND WOMEN. ALONG WITH 2155 01:36:59,198 --> 01:37:02,669 WHETHER DISPARITIES IN TREATMENT 2156 01:37:02,669 --> 01:37:05,371 STILL EXISTED SO THE SECOND 2157 01:37:05,371 --> 01:37:12,345 ARTICLE WAS CALLED THE WOMAN WHO 2158 01:37:12,345 --> 01:37:14,013 CRIED PAIN AND THAT WAS 2159 01:37:14,013 --> 01:37:23,122 PUBLISHED IN 2022. THIS WAS 2160 01:37:23,122 --> 01:37:27,160 COAUTHORED WITH ROGER WHO WE 2161 01:37:27,160 --> 01:37:29,595 HEARD FROM YESTERDAY. AND 2162 01:37:29,595 --> 01:37:31,130 KRISTIN VEEZLY THE DIRECTOR OF 2163 01:37:31,130 --> 01:37:33,499 THE CHRONIC PAIN RESEARCH 2164 01:37:33,499 --> 01:37:34,801 ALLIANCE. THIS ARTICLE LIKE THE 2165 01:37:34,801 --> 01:37:36,002 ORIGINAL FIRST DESCRIBED WHAT WE 2166 01:37:36,002 --> 01:37:39,138 KNOW ABOUT DIFFERENCES IN 2167 01:37:39,138 --> 01:37:40,039 BIOLOGY. 2168 01:37:40,039 --> 01:37:41,574 AND PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS BETWEEN 2169 01:37:41,574 --> 01:37:45,078 MEN AND WOMEN THAT LEAD TO 2170 01:37:45,078 --> 01:37:46,045 DIFFERENCES IN THEIR PAIN AND 2171 01:37:46,045 --> 01:37:47,880 THEN REPORTED ON THE STUDIES 2172 01:37:47,880 --> 01:37:49,482 THAT LOOKED AT WHETHER MEN AND 2173 01:37:49,482 --> 01:37:51,150 WOMEN ARE TREATED DIFFERENTLY. 2174 01:37:51,150 --> 01:37:53,720 FOR THEIR PAIN. AND WHETHER 2175 01:37:53,720 --> 01:37:55,455 THAT INFLUENCE MIGHT BE DUE TO 2176 01:37:55,455 --> 01:37:57,790 IMPLICIT BIAS OR OTHER REASONS. 2177 01:37:57,790 --> 01:38:00,360 OUR ARTICLE FOCUSED ON SEX 2178 01:38:00,360 --> 01:38:02,695 THOUGH AS A BINARY 2179 01:38:02,695 --> 01:38:04,063 CHARACTERISTICS BASED ON 2180 01:38:04,063 --> 01:38:05,031 REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS AND 2181 01:38:05,031 --> 01:38:07,633 FUNCTIONS ASSIGNED BY CHROMOSOME 2182 01:38:07,633 --> 01:38:10,036 COMPLEMENT. ALTHOUGH WE 2183 01:38:10,036 --> 01:38:14,674 RECOGNIZE THAT THAT CONCEPTS 2184 01:38:14,674 --> 01:38:16,175 WERE OUTMODED THE CONCEPTS WSH 2185 01:38:16,175 --> 01:38:19,145 NOT CATEGORIZING INTO OTHER 2186 01:38:19,145 --> 01:38:19,912 GENDER-BASED CATEGORIES. 2187 01:38:19,912 --> 01:38:22,048 AND I'M SO EXCITE THAT HAD THIS 2188 01:38:22,048 --> 01:38:22,982 CONFERENCE THAT PEOPLE THAT 2189 01:38:22,982 --> 01:38:29,155 PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THAT AS 2190 01:38:29,155 --> 01:38:29,655 RESEARCHERS. 2191 01:38:29,655 --> 01:38:31,824 BUT MY FOCUS WAS LOOKING AT THE 2192 01:38:31,824 --> 01:38:33,026 LITERATURE ON DIFFERENCES IN 2193 01:38:33,026 --> 01:38:35,161 PAIN TREATMENT. OVER THE LAST 2194 01:38:35,161 --> 01:38:38,197 TWO DECADES. SO ALTHOUGH 2195 01:38:38,197 --> 01:38:39,932 ANECDOTAL REPORTS HAD FUELLED 2196 01:38:39,932 --> 01:38:42,368 ASSERTIONS OF DISPARITIES AND 2197 01:38:42,368 --> 01:38:43,770 PAIN TREATMENT BASED ON SEX A 2198 01:38:43,770 --> 01:38:45,805 REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE 2199 01:38:45,805 --> 01:38:46,773 REVEALED THERE WERE REALLY NOT 2200 01:38:46,773 --> 01:38:48,207 THAT MANY WELL DESIGNED AND 2201 01:38:48,207 --> 01:38:50,743 SUFFICIENTLY POWERED STUDIES 2202 01:38:50,743 --> 01:38:52,245 THAT LOOKED AT WHETHER WOMEN AND 2203 01:38:52,245 --> 01:38:54,247 MEN WERE TREATED OR DIAGNOSED 2204 01:38:54,247 --> 01:38:55,715 DIFFERENTLY FOR THEIR PAIN THOSE 2205 01:38:55,715 --> 01:38:57,450 THAT HAD BEEN CONTRADICTED CAN 2206 01:38:57,450 --> 01:38:58,484 BE CATEGORIZED INTO THREE 2207 01:38:58,484 --> 01:38:59,185 GROUPS. 2208 01:38:59,185 --> 01:39:02,121 THOSE THAT FOCUSED ON 2209 01:39:02,121 --> 01:39:03,056 DIFFERENCES IN TREATMENT OR 2210 01:39:03,056 --> 01:39:05,558 DIAGNOSIS BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN 2211 01:39:05,558 --> 01:39:07,460 FOR SPECIFIC MEDICAL CONDITIONS 2212 01:39:07,460 --> 01:39:10,696 THAT WERE NOT JUST PAIN. 2213 01:39:10,696 --> 01:39:15,501 THINGS LIKE CORONARY DISEASES OR 2214 01:39:15,501 --> 01:39:23,142 CONDITIONS OR STROKE. SECOND 2215 01:39:23,142 --> 01:39:26,979 WERE STUDIES IN PAIN IN THE 2216 01:39:26,979 --> 01:39:27,613 EMERGENCY SETTINGS AND THIRD WAS 2217 01:39:27,613 --> 01:39:29,949 UNIQUE TO WOMEN. SO AN EXAMPLE 2218 01:39:29,949 --> 01:39:32,585 OF THE LATTER, IS A STUDY 2219 01:39:32,585 --> 01:39:35,955 CONDUCTED BY HARLOW AND STEWART 2220 01:39:35,955 --> 01:39:44,931 OF WOMEN WITH CHRONIC AS A RULE 2221 01:39:44,931 --> 01:39:47,066 VAR PAIN. SIMILARLY ARTICLES 2222 01:39:47,066 --> 01:39:51,537 FOUND THAT 50% OF WOMEN WITH 2223 01:39:51,537 --> 01:39:52,538 ENDOMETRIOSIS SAW AT LEAST FIVE 2224 01:39:52,538 --> 01:39:54,707 HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS BEFORE 2225 01:39:54,707 --> 01:39:56,042 RECEIVING A DIAGNOSIS AND A 2226 01:39:56,042 --> 01:39:56,309 REFERRAL. 2227 01:39:56,309 --> 01:39:59,178 AND A FEW STUDIES HAD LOOKED AT 2228 01:39:59,178 --> 01:40:00,980 SEX BASED TREATMENT OR 2229 01:40:00,980 --> 01:40:03,082 DIAGNOSTIC DISPARITIES FOR 2230 01:40:03,082 --> 01:40:07,320 STROKE AND CARDIAC CASES WHERE 2231 01:40:07,320 --> 01:40:08,087 PATIENTS MAY PRESENT WITH PAIN 2232 01:40:08,087 --> 01:40:13,493 IN A STUDY TO ASSESS MISSED 2233 01:40:13,493 --> 01:40:15,161 STROKES IN THE EMERGENCY 2234 01:40:15,161 --> 01:40:22,068 DEPARTMENT, NEWMAN SAW 187,000 2235 01:40:22,068 --> 01:40:25,872 RECORDS OF STROKE ADMISSIONS 2236 01:40:25,872 --> 01:40:27,540 WITH DISCHARGE FROM OVER ONE 2237 01:40:27,540 --> 01:40:29,609 THOUSAND HOSPITALS IN NINE 2238 01:40:29,609 --> 01:40:31,144 STATES. THEY FOUND THE TWO MOST 2239 01:40:31,144 --> 01:40:34,147 COMMON PRESENTING SYMPTOMS FOR 2240 01:40:34,147 --> 01:40:35,948 STROKE MISDIAGNOSIS IN THE 2241 01:40:35,948 --> 01:40:36,883 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WERE 2242 01:40:36,883 --> 01:40:37,717 DIZZINESS AND HEADACHE. AND 2243 01:40:37,717 --> 01:40:40,052 THAT WOMEN WERE MUCH MORE LIKELY 2244 01:40:40,052 --> 01:40:45,892 TO BE MISDIAGNOSED THAN MEN. 2245 01:40:45,892 --> 01:40:46,993 WHEN ASSESSING PATIENTS FOR 2246 01:40:46,993 --> 01:40:49,362 STROKE THEY SHOULD BE MORE 2247 01:40:49,362 --> 01:40:50,596 ATTENTIVE TO THE SYMPTOMS OF 2248 01:40:50,596 --> 01:40:52,732 WOMEN AS WELL AS YOUNGER AND 2249 01:40:52,732 --> 01:40:54,634 NONWHITE PATIENTS AND THAT 2250 01:40:54,634 --> 01:40:56,335 FUNDING AGENCIES SHOULD SUPPORT 2251 01:40:56,335 --> 01:40:59,172 STUDY TO EXAMINE DISPARITIES IN 2252 01:40:59,172 --> 01:41:01,507 MISDIAGNOSIS BASED ON SEX, AGE, 2253 01:41:01,507 --> 01:41:03,142 RACE OR ETHNICITY BUT MOST OF 2254 01:41:03,142 --> 01:41:06,212 THE STUDIES THAT I FOUND WERE IN 2255 01:41:06,212 --> 01:41:08,781 THE PRE -- WE ACTUALLY IN THE 2256 01:41:08,781 --> 01:41:11,150 PREEMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND 2257 01:41:11,150 --> 01:41:12,585 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT SETTING. 2258 01:41:12,585 --> 01:41:14,754 WHERE PATIENTS OFTEN PRESENT 2259 01:41:14,754 --> 01:41:17,490 WITH PAIN AND INTERESTINGLY THE 2260 01:41:17,490 --> 01:41:23,162 RESULTS FOR MIXED. SO ONE STUDY 2261 01:41:23,162 --> 01:41:27,833 BY MICHAEL LOOKED AT HOW HIGH 2262 01:41:27,833 --> 01:41:28,734 EMERGENCY MEDICINE PERSONNEL 2263 01:41:28,734 --> 01:41:30,836 RESPOND TO PATIENT COMPLAINTS OF 2264 01:41:30,836 --> 01:41:34,073 PAIN BY PATIENT SIX. THIS WAS A 2265 01:41:34,073 --> 01:41:36,943 RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF 2266 01:41:36,943 --> 01:41:37,710 ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS, 2267 01:41:37,710 --> 01:41:38,344 APPROXIMATELY ONE THOUSAND CASES 2268 01:41:38,344 --> 01:41:40,546 WERE INCLUDED IN THE STUDY. THE 2269 01:41:40,546 --> 01:41:42,615 AUTHORS FOUND THAT WOMEN WERE 2270 01:41:42,615 --> 01:41:44,217 SIGNIFICANTLY MORE LIKELY TO 2271 01:41:44,217 --> 01:41:47,153 RECEIVE LESS ANALGESIA IN 2272 01:41:47,153 --> 01:41:49,555 ISOLATED EXTREMITY INJURIES IN 2273 01:41:49,555 --> 01:41:50,756 THE PREHOSPITAL SETTING EVEN 2274 01:41:50,756 --> 01:41:52,091 WHEN CONTROLLING FOR PAIN 2275 01:41:52,091 --> 01:41:54,060 INTENSITY AND CONCLUDED THAT 2276 01:41:54,060 --> 01:41:56,295 FURTHER INQUIRIES NEEDED TO 2277 01:41:56,295 --> 01:41:57,597 DETERMINE WHILE CERTAIN 2278 01:41:57,597 --> 01:41:59,165 POPULATIONS SUCH AS WOMEN 2279 01:41:59,165 --> 01:42:03,569 RECEIVED DISPROPORTIONATELY LESS 2280 01:42:03,569 --> 01:42:06,005 ANALGESIA AND IN A PROSPECTIVE 2281 01:42:06,005 --> 01:42:10,743 STUDY OF 981 ADULTS THAT 2282 01:42:10,743 --> 01:42:14,080 PRESENTED WITH ABDOMINAL PAIN 2283 01:42:14,080 --> 01:42:17,383 FOUND THAT DESPITE SIMILAR PAIN 2284 01:42:17,383 --> 01:42:19,151 SCORES WOMEN WERE LIKELY TO 2285 01:42:19,151 --> 01:42:23,789 RECEIVE NO ANALGESIA AND LESS 2286 01:42:23,789 --> 01:42:26,726 LIKELY TO RECEIVE OPIATES AND 2287 01:42:26,726 --> 01:42:31,163 THIS WAS WHEN GENDER SPECIFIC 2288 01:42:31,163 --> 01:42:34,066 DIAGNOSIS WAS EXCLUDE AND AFTER 2289 01:42:34,066 --> 01:42:36,068 INCLUDING RACE, WOMEN WERE STILL 2290 01:42:36,068 --> 01:42:40,139 LESS LIKELY THAN MEN TO RECEIVE 2291 01:42:40,139 --> 01:42:45,711 OIP OIP YOIT ANALGESIA. 2292 01:42:45,711 --> 01:42:47,146 BUT IN ADDITION, WOMEN ALSO 2293 01:42:47,146 --> 01:42:49,282 WAITED LONGER TO RECEIVE THEIR 2294 01:42:49,282 --> 01:42:51,984 ANALGESIA. THE MEDIAN TIME WAS 2295 01:42:51,984 --> 01:42:56,022 65 MINUTES FOR WOMEN VERSUS 49 2296 01:42:56,022 --> 01:42:59,158 MINUTES FOR MEN. THE RESULTS 2297 01:42:59,158 --> 01:43:01,460 MAY BE DUE TO GENDER BIAS. 2298 01:43:01,460 --> 01:43:03,195 HOWEVER OTHER STUDIES IN THE 2299 01:43:03,195 --> 01:43:05,398 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT HAVE HAD 2300 01:43:05,398 --> 01:43:07,366 DIFFERENT RESULTS IN A 2301 01:43:07,366 --> 01:43:09,268 RETROSPECTIVE STUDY IN THE 2302 01:43:09,268 --> 01:43:15,741 RECORDS OF 868 PATIENTS PROT 2303 01:43:15,741 --> 01:43:21,247 PRESENTING WITH MUS CUE KOE -- 2304 01:43:21,247 --> 01:43:27,153 MUS CUE KOE SKELETAL PAIN IT WAS 2305 01:43:27,153 --> 01:43:29,555 UNDER GENDER. 2306 01:43:29,555 --> 01:43:32,958 IN A MULTICENTER STUDY OF 16 2307 01:43:32,958 --> 01:43:34,060 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS, THE 2308 01:43:34,060 --> 01:43:35,961 INFLUENCE OF BOTH PROVIDER AND 2309 01:43:35,961 --> 01:43:39,131 PATIENT R PATIENT GENDER OR SEX 2310 01:43:39,131 --> 01:43:40,533 OF AN ANALGESIC ADMINISTRATION 2311 01:43:40,533 --> 01:43:43,102 WITH PATIENTS FROM MODERATE TO 2312 01:43:43,102 --> 01:43:45,338 SEVERE PAIN TREATED WITH OVER 2313 01:43:45,338 --> 01:43:47,006 120 PERIOD. 842 PATIENTS 2314 01:43:47,006 --> 01:43:50,376 PARTICIPATED IN THIS STUDY. THE 2315 01:43:50,376 --> 01:43:51,277 BASELINE PAIN SCORES WERE 2316 01:43:51,277 --> 01:43:54,814 SIMILAR FOR BOTH SEXES. RATES 2317 01:43:54,814 --> 01:43:55,781 FOR NOT SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT 2318 01:43:55,781 --> 01:43:57,717 FROM FEMALE AND MALE PATIENTS. 2319 01:43:57,717 --> 01:43:59,185 BUT FEMALE PATIENTS WERE 2320 01:43:59,185 --> 01:44:02,955 SLIGHTLY MORE LIKELY TO RECEIVE 2321 01:44:02,955 --> 01:44:04,423 OPIOIDS THAN MALE PATIENTS. 2322 01:44:04,423 --> 01:44:06,125 THERE HAVE BEEN ALSO BEEN SOME 2323 01:44:06,125 --> 01:44:07,460 STUDIES IN THE LAST DECADE THAT 2324 01:44:07,460 --> 01:44:09,161 INDICATE THAT HEALTH CARE 2325 01:44:09,161 --> 01:44:11,597 PROVIDERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO 2326 01:44:11,597 --> 01:44:14,200 PRESCRIBE PSYCHE TROPHIC 2327 01:44:14,200 --> 01:44:15,234 MEDICATIONS THAN MEN WHEN BOTH 2328 01:44:15,234 --> 01:44:16,802 PRESENT WITH THE SAME SYMPTOMS. 2329 01:44:16,802 --> 01:44:19,405 IN TWO RELATED STUDIES PUBLISHED 2330 01:44:19,405 --> 01:44:24,944 IN 2013-14 THE AUTHOR USED 2331 01:44:24,944 --> 01:44:27,913 CLINICAL PAIN VIGNETTE TO ASSESS 2332 01:44:27,913 --> 01:44:29,915 PROVIDER TREATMENT PREFERENCES. 2333 01:44:29,915 --> 01:44:31,150 FEMALE WERE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE 2334 01:44:31,150 --> 01:44:32,885 LIKELY TO RECEIVE 2335 01:44:32,885 --> 01:44:35,054 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 2336 01:44:35,054 --> 01:44:35,488 ANTIDEPRESSANTS AND 2337 01:44:35,488 --> 01:44:36,222 PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT THAN 2338 01:44:36,222 --> 01:44:38,591 MALES IN BOTH CASES, MALE AND 2339 01:44:38,591 --> 01:44:40,526 FEMALE PATIENTS HAD SIMILAR 2340 01:44:40,526 --> 01:44:42,194 SYMPTOMS. AND FACIAL 2341 01:44:42,194 --> 01:44:44,430 EXPRESSIONS. AND THOSE SAME 2342 01:44:44,430 --> 01:44:47,166 STUDIES MEN WERE MORE LIKELY TO 2343 01:44:47,166 --> 01:44:48,501 BE PRESCRIBED ANALGESICS THAN 2344 01:44:48,501 --> 01:44:50,102 WOMEN. THEN WE ALSO REVIEWED 2345 01:44:50,102 --> 01:44:53,873 THE LIT CHERATURE WHAT MIGHT 2346 01:44:53,873 --> 01:44:55,841 ACCOUNT FOR DIFFERENCES IN 2347 01:44:55,841 --> 01:44:56,876 TREATMENT. AND ONE SIGNIFICANT 2348 01:44:56,876 --> 01:44:57,877 SUGGESTION THAT CAME UP SEVERAL 2349 01:44:57,877 --> 01:45:01,447 TIMES HAS BEEN IMPLICIT BIAS OR 2350 01:45:01,447 --> 01:45:03,149 UNCONSCIOUS BIAS THAT OPERATES 2351 01:45:03,149 --> 01:45:06,385 OUTSIDE OF THE PERSON'S 2352 01:45:06,385 --> 01:45:10,122 AWARENESS AND CAN BE A DIRECT 2353 01:45:10,122 --> 01:45:12,391 CONTRADICTION TO THEIR ESPOUSED 2354 01:45:12,391 --> 01:45:15,127 BELIEFS. ALTHOUGH THERE MAY NOT 2355 01:45:15,127 --> 01:45:16,829 HAVE BEEN MANY STUDIES IN 2356 01:45:16,829 --> 01:45:18,731 DIFFERENCES IN ACTUAL TREATMENT 2357 01:45:18,731 --> 01:45:21,167 OF PAIN MEDICATION BASED ON SEX 2358 01:45:21,167 --> 01:45:21,867 THERE HAVE BEEN STUDIES LOOKING 2359 01:45:21,867 --> 01:45:27,139 AT HEALTH CARE PROVIDER IMPLICIT 2360 01:45:27,139 --> 01:45:29,308 BIAS. WHEN TREATING PATIENTS 2361 01:45:29,308 --> 01:45:33,979 PRESENTING WITH PAIN. A NUMBER 2362 01:45:33,979 --> 01:45:40,019 OF THESE STUDIES USED AVATARS TO 2363 01:45:40,019 --> 01:45:42,621 ASSESS THE PROVIDER 2364 01:45:42,621 --> 01:45:49,395 DECISION-MAKING. OTHERS USED A 2365 01:45:49,395 --> 01:45:50,796 QUESTIONNAIRES. FOR EXAMPLE, 2366 01:45:50,796 --> 01:45:54,533 HIRSCH EXPOSED 54 NURSES TO 2367 01:45:54,533 --> 01:45:56,569 VIGNETTES OF VIRTUAL PATIENTS 2368 01:45:56,569 --> 01:45:58,103 AFTER SURGERY AND THE VIRTUAL 2369 01:45:58,103 --> 01:46:00,873 PATIENTS DIFFERED BY SEX, AGE, 2370 01:46:00,873 --> 01:46:02,575 RACE AND FACIAL EXPRESSION. THE 2371 01:46:02,575 --> 01:46:04,076 NURSES MADE ASSESSMENTS OF 2372 01:46:04,076 --> 01:46:06,445 PATIENT PAIN AND RENDERED 2373 01:46:06,445 --> 01:46:09,181 TREATMENT DECISIONS AND WERE 2374 01:46:09,181 --> 01:46:10,349 THEN ASKED TO INDICATE WHAT 2375 01:46:10,349 --> 01:46:13,552 INFORMATION THEY RELIED ONTO 2376 01:46:13,552 --> 01:46:17,056 MAKE THEIR DECISIONS. AND NONE 2377 01:46:17,056 --> 01:46:20,226 INDICATED THAT THE PATIENT'S 2378 01:46:20,226 --> 01:46:21,126 DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 2379 01:46:21,126 --> 01:46:23,162 INFLUENCED THEIR DECISIONS WHEN, 2380 01:46:23,162 --> 01:46:25,264 IN FACT, STATISTICAL MODELING 2381 01:46:25,264 --> 01:46:28,767 INDICATED THAT 28-54% USED 2382 01:46:28,767 --> 01:46:30,236 PATIENT DEMOGRAPHIC CUES 2383 01:46:30,236 --> 01:46:34,073 INCLUDING SEX TO MAKE THEIR 2384 01:46:34,073 --> 01:46:38,077 DECISIONS. BIAS MAY BE COMMON 2385 01:46:38,077 --> 01:46:39,845 IN PRACTITIONER DECISION-MAKING 2386 01:46:39,845 --> 01:46:41,647 ABOUT PAIN BUT THE PROVIDERS 2387 01:46:41,647 --> 01:46:44,416 HAVE MINIMAL AWARENESS AND/OR A 2388 01:46:44,416 --> 01:46:46,352 LACK OF WILLINGNESS TO 2389 01:46:46,352 --> 01:46:48,888 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BIAS. IN A 2390 01:46:48,888 --> 01:46:51,056 SUBSEQUENT STUDY, USING SIMILAR 2391 01:46:51,056 --> 01:46:52,091 METHODS MEDICAL TRAINEES WERE 2392 01:46:52,091 --> 01:46:55,160 ASKED TO REVIEW VIGNETTES OF 16 2393 01:46:55,160 --> 01:46:57,730 VIRTUAL PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC 2394 01:46:57,730 --> 01:47:00,199 LOW BACK PAIN. WHO DIFFERED BY 2395 01:47:00,199 --> 01:47:03,168 RACE AND SEX AND MADE TREATMENT 2396 01:47:03,168 --> 01:47:04,069 DECISIONS INCLUDING WHETHER THEY 2397 01:47:04,069 --> 01:47:07,706 WOULD PROVIDE OPIOIDS, 2398 01:47:07,706 --> 01:47:08,807 ANTIDEPRESSANTS OR PHYSICAL 2399 01:47:08,807 --> 01:47:10,843 THERAPY. THE TRAINEES WERE 2400 01:47:10,843 --> 01:47:12,711 ASKED TO INDICATE THE FACTORS 2401 01:47:12,711 --> 01:47:14,146 THAT INFLUENCED THEIR 2402 01:47:14,146 --> 01:47:15,080 DECISION-MAKING. THE RESEARCH 2403 01:47:15,080 --> 01:47:17,283 FOUND THAT 30% OF PARTICIPANTS 2404 01:47:17,283 --> 01:47:20,152 WERE RELIABLY INFLUENCED BY THE 2405 01:47:20,152 --> 01:47:23,255 PATIENT'S SEX AND 15% BY THE 2406 01:47:23,255 --> 01:47:25,591 PATIENT'S RACE. HOWEVER, WELL 2407 01:47:25,591 --> 01:47:27,159 DURING FOLLOW UP INTERVIEWS THE 2408 01:47:27,159 --> 01:47:30,696 STUDY AUTHORS NOTED, SOME 2409 01:47:30,696 --> 01:47:32,831 PARTICIPANTS ENDORSED 2410 01:47:32,831 --> 01:47:34,066 STEREOTYPICAL BELIEVERS ABOUT 2411 01:47:34,066 --> 01:47:38,070 FEMALE PATIENTS SUCH AS WOMEN 2412 01:47:38,070 --> 01:47:40,072 WOULD HAVE LESS OCCUPATIONAL 2413 01:47:40,072 --> 01:47:42,541 IMPAIRMENT DIE TO PAIN AND THERE 2414 01:47:42,541 --> 01:47:44,944 WOULD BE LESS IN MEN. THESE 2415 01:47:44,944 --> 01:47:47,479 VIEWS THE AUTHORS SAID FIT WITH 2416 01:47:47,479 --> 01:47:50,115 EVIDENCE THAT PROVIDERS OFTEN 2417 01:47:50,115 --> 01:47:53,085 ATTRIBUTE FEMALE PATIENTS' PAIN 2418 01:47:53,085 --> 01:47:55,154 TO PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS 2419 01:47:55,154 --> 01:47:57,690 PARTICULARLY WHEN THERE'S NO 2420 01:47:57,690 --> 01:47:59,425 OBSERVABLE PAIN PATHOLOGY. AND 2421 01:47:59,425 --> 01:48:00,859 BELIEVE THAT WOMEN HAVE HIGHER 2422 01:48:00,859 --> 01:48:03,195 PAIN TOLERANCES THAN MEN. SOME 2423 01:48:03,195 --> 01:48:04,630 OF THESE ATTITUDES MAY BE 2424 01:48:04,630 --> 01:48:07,166 LEARNED BY MEDICAL STUDENTS 2425 01:48:07,166 --> 01:48:09,735 DURING THEIR MEDICAL EDUCATION. 2426 01:48:09,735 --> 01:48:13,672 ACCORDING TO RICE THERE IS 2427 01:48:13,672 --> 01:48:17,943 EVIDENCE THAT MEDICAL STUDENTS' 2428 01:48:17,943 --> 01:48:20,346 ATTITUDES GET PROGRESSIVELY 2429 01:48:20,346 --> 01:48:22,081 WORSE AS THEY GO THROUGH MEDICAL 2430 01:48:22,081 --> 01:48:24,383 SCHOOL IN A STUDY OF MEDICAL 2431 01:48:24,383 --> 01:48:27,152 STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS THE 2432 01:48:27,152 --> 01:48:34,093 AUTHORS FOUND TRAINEES VIEWED 2433 01:48:34,093 --> 01:48:43,135 CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT ON BE TS 2434 01:48:43,135 --> 01:48:46,572 LEFT THEM CONFUSED AND HOW TO 2435 01:48:46,572 --> 01:48:50,776 PROVIDE CARE AND THEIR 2436 01:48:50,776 --> 01:48:52,378 PRECEPTORS HAVE INDICATED THESE 2437 01:48:52,378 --> 01:48:54,246 PATIENTS HAD LITTLE EDUCATIONAL 2438 01:48:54,246 --> 01:48:56,882 VALUE. HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, 2439 01:48:56,882 --> 01:48:58,517 EVEN EARLY STAGE PRACTITIONERS 2440 01:48:58,517 --> 01:49:01,887 MAY HAVE IMPLICIT BIAS WHEN IT 2441 01:49:01,887 --> 01:49:04,490 COMES TO THEIR ATTITUDES AS 2442 01:49:04,490 --> 01:49:05,858 TREATING PATIENTS AS WELL AS 2443 01:49:05,858 --> 01:49:07,126 WOMEN AND THEIR PAIN ANOTHER 2444 01:49:07,126 --> 01:49:07,860 REASON I WANTED TO MENTION THAT 2445 01:49:07,860 --> 01:49:10,129 HAS COME UP THAT MAY ATTRIBUTE 2446 01:49:10,129 --> 01:49:11,797 IT TO DIFFERENCES IN PAIN 2447 01:49:11,797 --> 01:49:16,035 TREATMENT BY SEX IS DIFFICULTY 2448 01:49:16,035 --> 01:49:20,606 OF DIAGNOSIS. MANY OF THE PAIN 2449 01:49:20,606 --> 01:49:24,009 RELATED CONDITIONS, CHRONIC 2450 01:49:24,009 --> 01:49:26,345 FATIGUE SYNDROME MUST BE 2451 01:49:26,345 --> 01:49:28,881 DIAGNOSED BY EXCLUSION. THERE'S 2452 01:49:28,881 --> 01:49:32,051 NO DIAGNOSTIC TEST FOR THEM. 2453 01:49:32,051 --> 01:49:38,824 FOR EXAMPLE, IN AN ARTICLE 2454 01:49:38,824 --> 01:49:41,393 ABOUT FIBROMYALGIA STATED THE 2455 01:49:41,393 --> 01:49:46,098 DIAGNOSIS MANAGEMENT AND 2456 01:49:46,098 --> 01:49:48,500 STREEMENT TREATMENT IS A 2457 01:49:48,500 --> 01:49:50,636 CHALLENGE FOR HEALTH CARE 2458 01:49:50,636 --> 01:49:52,971 PROFESSIONALS AND PATIENTS. 2459 01:49:52,971 --> 01:49:55,040 MAINLY DUE TO UNKNOWN SYMPTOM 2460 01:49:55,040 --> 01:49:58,110 OVERLAP AND A LACK OF OBJECTIVE 2461 01:49:58,110 --> 01:50:00,079 DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES. VERY 2462 01:50:00,079 --> 01:50:02,047 OFTEN THERE'S NONUNIFORMITY IN 2463 01:50:02,047 --> 01:50:04,083 SYMPTOM EXPERIENCE AMONG 2464 01:50:04,083 --> 01:50:06,618 PATIENTS. MANY OF THE PAINFUL 2465 01:50:06,618 --> 01:50:09,555 CONDITIONS THAT PLAGUE WOMEN ARE 2466 01:50:09,555 --> 01:50:10,789 ALSO POORLY UNDERSTOOD. PERHAPS 2467 01:50:10,789 --> 01:50:14,693 IN PART BECAUSE THE FEDERAL AND 2468 01:50:14,693 --> 01:50:20,766 PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS THAT FUND 2469 01:50:20,766 --> 01:50:27,139 RESEARCH INTO CHRONIC PAIN 2470 01:50:27,139 --> 01:50:30,175 DISORDERS REMAINS INCOMMISERATE 2471 01:50:30,175 --> 01:50:32,878 IN THEIR SOCIETAL BURDEN. WE 2472 01:50:32,878 --> 01:50:34,413 KNOW LITTLE ABOUT THE CAUSES AND 2473 01:50:34,413 --> 01:50:36,014 EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS FOR THESE 2474 01:50:36,014 --> 01:50:36,315 CONDITIONS. 2475 01:50:36,315 --> 01:50:38,050 SO IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE 2476 01:50:38,050 --> 01:50:40,753 LAST SLIDE, SO WHAT CAN WE DO 2477 01:50:40,753 --> 01:50:43,889 ABOUT THESE CHALLENGES AND 2478 01:50:43,889 --> 01:50:45,324 RESULTING DISPARITIES? WHAT 2479 01:50:45,324 --> 01:50:46,959 WE -- AND MY COAUTHORS 2480 01:50:46,959 --> 01:50:50,329 RECOMMENDED IS FIRST, THERE 2481 01:50:50,329 --> 01:50:52,097 NEEDS TO BE MORE IMPLEMENTATION 2482 01:50:52,097 --> 01:50:54,266 RESEARCH, FUNDING, THE CHRONIC 2483 01:50:54,266 --> 01:50:55,234 PAIN CONDITIONS THAT ARE MORE 2484 01:50:55,234 --> 01:50:56,969 COMMON TO WOMEN PARTICULARLY 2485 01:50:56,969 --> 01:50:58,504 THOSE THAT ARE MORE DIFFICULT TO 2486 01:50:58,504 --> 01:51:01,306 DIAGNOSE AND TREAT. SECOND, WE 2487 01:51:01,306 --> 01:51:02,841 NEED ADDITIONAL LARGE 2488 01:51:02,841 --> 01:51:05,444 WELL-DESIGNED STUDIES 2489 01:51:05,444 --> 01:51:07,012 INVESTIGATING WHETHER THERE ARE 2490 01:51:07,012 --> 01:51:07,880 DISPARITIES IN THE TREATMENT OF 2491 01:51:07,880 --> 01:51:09,915 MEN AND WOMEN FOR PAIN. THIRD 2492 01:51:09,915 --> 01:51:11,683 MORE RESEARCH NEEDS TO BE DONE 2493 01:51:11,683 --> 01:51:17,656 ON HOW BIOLOGICAL CULL CHAURL -- 2494 01:51:17,656 --> 01:51:19,158 CULTURAL FACTORS COMBINE FOR MEN 2495 01:51:19,158 --> 01:51:21,360 AND WOMEN. FOURTH WE SAID THERE 2496 01:51:21,360 --> 01:51:23,162 NEEDS TO BE BETTER EDUCATION OF 2497 01:51:23,162 --> 01:51:25,430 MEDICAL STUDENTS AND PHYSICIANS 2498 01:51:25,430 --> 01:51:29,134 ABOUT HOW TO DIAGNOSE AND TREAT 2499 01:51:29,134 --> 01:51:30,302 ACUTE AND CHRONIC PAIN 2500 01:51:30,302 --> 01:51:32,504 CONDITIONS, ABOUT STEREOTYPES, 2501 01:51:32,504 --> 01:51:37,242 ABOUT SEX BASED PAIN, AND THE 2502 01:51:37,242 --> 01:51:47,052 NEED TO TREAT THESE PATIENTS AND 2503 01:51:47,052 --> 01:51:48,453 MORE TRAINING FOR STUDENTS TO 2504 01:51:48,453 --> 01:51:50,556 IDENTIFY AND REDUCE IMPLICIT 2505 01:51:50,556 --> 01:51:52,457 BIAS RELATED TO THE TREATMENT OF 2506 01:51:52,457 --> 01:51:54,126 WOMEN FOR CHRONIC PAIN AND WITH 2507 01:51:54,126 --> 01:51:55,194 THAT, I'LL END AND THANK YOU SO 2508 01:51:55,194 --> 01:51:57,329 MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND 2509 01:51:57,329 --> 01:51:58,130 ATTENTION. AND TAKE QUESTIONS 2510 01:51:58,130 --> 01:52:08,540 IN THE Q&A. THANK YOU. 2511 01:52:15,214 --> 01:52:17,449 >> OUR SECOND SPEAKER. DR. SARA 2512 01:52:17,449 --> 01:52:19,151 JANE WARD IS THE TENURED 2513 01:52:19,151 --> 01:52:22,120 ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN THE 2514 01:52:22,120 --> 01:52:23,155 DEPARTMENT OF NEURAL SCIENCES IN 2515 01:52:23,155 --> 01:52:26,758 THE CENTER FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE 2516 01:52:26,758 --> 01:52:28,894 RESEARCH AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY 2517 01:52:28,894 --> 01:52:30,796 SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. SHE EARNED 2518 01:52:30,796 --> 01:52:34,099 HER PH.D. IN NEUROSCIENCE AND 2519 01:52:34,099 --> 01:52:37,336 HER POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH WAS 2520 01:52:37,336 --> 01:52:40,239 WITH ELLEN WALKER AND FOCUSED ON 2521 01:52:40,239 --> 01:52:44,977 THE CANNABINOID SYSTEMS AND 2522 01:52:44,977 --> 01:52:47,145 COCAINE REINFORCEMENT AND WORKS 2523 01:52:47,145 --> 01:52:50,082 WITH THE THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL 2524 01:52:50,082 --> 01:52:54,987 OF THESE USEN ANIMAL MODELS OF 2525 01:52:54,987 --> 01:52:57,322 PAIN INFLAMMATION AND SUBSTANCE 2526 01:52:57,322 --> 01:52:58,090 USE DISORDER. 2527 01:52:58,090 --> 01:53:02,227 AND THIS COMBINES THE EFFECTS OF 2528 01:53:02,227 --> 01:53:06,465 CANNABINOIDS AND THIS WORKS WITH 2529 01:53:06,465 --> 01:53:13,505 THE CBD IN RODENT MODEL OF 2530 01:53:13,505 --> 01:53:15,140 CHEMOTHERAPY AND PAIN. AND HAS 2531 01:53:15,140 --> 01:53:18,377 INSPIRED THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 2532 01:53:18,377 --> 01:53:20,012 AT LEAST TWO CLINICAL TRIALS IN 2533 01:53:20,012 --> 01:53:25,150 THE AREA. SHE COLLABORATES WITH 2534 01:53:25,150 --> 01:53:26,752 OTHER ACADEMIC LABORATORIES TO 2535 01:53:26,752 --> 01:53:29,521 STUDIES THE MODELS OF SUBSTANCE 2536 01:53:29,521 --> 01:53:32,524 USE DISORDERS. SPINAL CORD 2537 01:53:32,524 --> 01:53:34,593 INJURY, STROKE AND AGING. THE 2538 01:53:34,593 --> 01:53:37,129 TITLE OF HER TALK IS CONSIDERING 2539 01:53:37,129 --> 01:53:38,797 PRECLINICAL SEX DIFFERENCES IN 2540 01:53:38,797 --> 01:53:40,632 THE CONTEXT OF NEUROPATHIC PAIN 2541 01:53:40,632 --> 01:53:48,407 AND THERAPEUTIC USE OF KA NAB 2542 01:53:48,407 --> 01:53:50,108 -- CANNABINOIDS. 2543 01:53:50,108 --> 01:53:50,742 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT 2544 01:53:50,742 --> 01:53:52,911 INTRODUCTION. THANK YOU FOR THE 2545 01:53:52,911 --> 01:53:55,147 INVITATION TO PRESENT AT THE NIH 2546 01:53:55,147 --> 01:53:56,815 PAIN CONSORTIUM, I'VE BEEN 2547 01:53:56,815 --> 01:53:57,649 ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE FOR 2548 01:53:57,649 --> 01:54:04,756 MANY YEARS AND IT'S REALLY A 2549 01:54:04,756 --> 01:54:06,558 THRILL TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL. I 2550 01:54:06,558 --> 01:54:10,095 WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE NICH FOR 2551 01:54:10,095 --> 01:54:13,131 THEIR SUPPORT OF THE 2552 01:54:13,131 --> 01:54:14,900 INVESTIGATION OF CANNABIS FOR 2553 01:54:14,900 --> 01:54:16,969 THE TREATMENT OF PAIN. THE 2554 01:54:16,969 --> 01:54:18,370 SESSIONS YESTERDAY AND TODAY 2555 01:54:18,370 --> 01:54:20,772 HAVE JUST BEEN FANTASTIC AND I 2556 01:54:20,772 --> 01:54:22,174 ALMOST WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR 2557 01:54:22,174 --> 01:54:25,811 BREAKING THIS BEAUTIFUL TREND OF 2558 01:54:25,811 --> 01:54:27,546 TALKING ABOUT PATIENT CARE AND 2559 01:54:27,546 --> 01:54:29,815 SWITCHING GEARS AWAY FROM HUMANS 2560 01:54:29,815 --> 01:54:31,883 AND TALKING ABOUT RATS AND MICE 2561 01:54:31,883 --> 01:54:34,119 BY HOPEFULLY I CAN CONVINCE YOU 2562 01:54:34,119 --> 01:54:40,759 THAT IT'S ALSO INTERESTING TO 2563 01:54:40,759 --> 01:54:43,161 INCLUDE RATS AND MICE IN OUR 2564 01:54:43,161 --> 01:54:44,830 CONVERSATION I'M A BEHAVIORAL 2565 01:54:44,830 --> 01:54:47,032 PHARMACOLOGIST AND I USE RODENT 2566 01:54:47,032 --> 01:54:50,035 MODELS OF YOUR PATHIC PAIN 2567 01:54:50,035 --> 01:54:53,305 MOSTLY TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE 2568 01:54:53,305 --> 01:54:55,140 POTENTIAL AND SAFETY MARGINS OF 2569 01:54:55,140 --> 01:54:58,510 USING CANNABINOID BASED 2570 01:54:58,510 --> 01:54:59,177 THERAPIES. 2571 01:54:59,177 --> 01:55:02,347 AND SO I DO WANT TO GIVE YOU A 2572 01:55:02,347 --> 01:55:04,449 BRIEF INTRODUCTION INTO THE 2573 01:55:04,449 --> 01:55:06,018 TOPIC BY TALKING A LITTLE BIT 2574 01:55:06,018 --> 01:55:08,353 ABOUT WHAT IS KNOWN FROM THE 2575 01:55:08,353 --> 01:55:10,055 HUMAN LITERATURE REGARDING 2576 01:55:10,055 --> 01:55:12,190 POTENTIAL SEX DIFFERENCES IN THE 2577 01:55:12,190 --> 01:55:14,226 EFFECTS OF CANNABIS. SO I WILL 2578 01:55:14,226 --> 01:55:16,128 TOUCH UPON THAT. AND THEN I 2579 01:55:16,128 --> 01:55:18,864 WILL SEGWAY INTO THE PRECLINICAL 2580 01:55:18,864 --> 01:55:20,799 RESEARCH THAT I'VE BEEN DOING. 2581 01:55:20,799 --> 01:55:22,134 FOR THE LAST FIFTEEN YEARS 2582 01:55:22,134 --> 01:55:26,471 LOOKING AT THE EFFECTS OF NIGH 2583 01:55:26,471 --> 01:55:28,707 TO CANNABINOIDS. AND THEN I 2584 01:55:28,707 --> 01:55:31,443 WILL GET TO MY MOST CURRENT DATA 2585 01:55:31,443 --> 01:55:35,147 WHICH ADDRESSES THE POTENTIAL OF 2586 01:55:35,147 --> 01:55:37,682 SEX DIFFERENCES IN THE ACTUAL 2587 01:55:37,682 --> 01:55:40,685 MODEL OF CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED 2588 01:55:40,685 --> 01:55:43,055 NEUROPATHIC PAIN THAT WE USE IN 2589 01:55:43,055 --> 01:55:48,360 THE LABORATORY AND HIGH -- HOW 2590 01:55:48,360 --> 01:55:50,695 THAT CAN BE A FACTOR WHEN WE 2591 01:55:50,695 --> 01:55:53,465 LOOK AT THE THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS. 2592 01:55:53,465 --> 01:55:55,233 AND SO IN ORDER TO GET YOU 2593 01:55:55,233 --> 01:55:58,437 INTERESTED IN MY RODENT DATA I 2594 01:55:58,437 --> 01:56:00,238 HOPE TO CONVINCE YOU THAT IT'S 2595 01:56:00,238 --> 01:56:02,641 INTERESTING TO LOOK AT THE 2596 01:56:02,641 --> 01:56:05,177 POTENTIAL SEX DIFFERENCES IN 2597 01:56:05,177 --> 01:56:08,580 HUMANS IN REGARDS TO THE EFFECTS 2598 01:56:08,580 --> 01:56:10,082 OF CANNABIS AND CANNABINOIDS. 2599 01:56:10,082 --> 01:56:16,088 AND SO THE USE OF CANNABIS HAS 2600 01:56:16,088 --> 01:56:17,289 BEEN, YOU KNOW, STEADILY ON THE 2601 01:56:17,289 --> 01:56:20,392 RISE IN THIS COUNTRY. AS WELL 2602 01:56:20,392 --> 01:56:21,726 AS CHANGES IN LEGISLATION THAT 2603 01:56:21,726 --> 01:56:24,896 ARE BOTH A RESPONSE TO THAT AS 2604 01:56:24,896 --> 01:56:26,832 WELL AS A CAUSE OF THAT 2605 01:56:26,832 --> 01:56:28,333 INCREASE. ALONG WITH THE 2606 01:56:28,333 --> 01:56:29,901 INCREASE IN USE OF CANNABIS IS 2607 01:56:29,901 --> 01:56:34,106 AN INCREASE IN THE PASSAGE OF 2608 01:56:34,106 --> 01:56:36,007 LEGISLATION REGARDING MEDICAL 2609 01:56:36,007 --> 01:56:38,510 CANNABIS AND IN REGARD TO 2610 01:56:38,510 --> 01:56:41,680 MEDICAL CANNABIS ONE OF THE 2611 01:56:41,680 --> 01:56:42,747 PRIMARY REASONS THAT PEOPLE 2612 01:56:42,747 --> 01:56:43,849 REPORT USING MEDICAL CANNABIS IS 2613 01:56:43,849 --> 01:56:46,118 FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAIN AND AS 2614 01:56:46,118 --> 01:56:49,221 YOU ARE ALL INTERESTED IN THE 2615 01:56:49,221 --> 01:56:49,754 TREATMENT OF PAIN YOU'RE 2616 01:56:49,754 --> 01:56:51,723 PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH THE FACT 2617 01:56:51,723 --> 01:56:56,061 THAT MANY FOLKS USE CANNABIS FOR 2618 01:56:56,061 --> 01:56:59,164 THIS PURPOSE AND SO IN THE 2619 01:56:59,164 --> 01:57:02,734 UNITED STATES, IN 2020, NEARLY 2620 01:57:02,734 --> 01:57:06,738 50 MILLION PEOPLE, ABOUT 18% OF 2621 01:57:06,738 --> 01:57:09,274 THE POPULATION, AGE 12 OR OVER 2622 01:57:09,274 --> 01:57:11,143 WERE ESTIMATED TO HAVE USED 2623 01:57:11,143 --> 01:57:13,578 CANNABIS. THERE'S LOTS OF FOLKS 2624 01:57:13,578 --> 01:57:16,381 USING CANNABIS FOR A MIX OF 2625 01:57:16,381 --> 01:57:18,250 RECREATIONAL AND MEDICAL 2626 01:57:18,250 --> 01:57:19,151 PURPOSES. HISTORICALLY THIS 2627 01:57:19,151 --> 01:57:20,752 POPULATION HAS BEEN 2628 01:57:20,752 --> 01:57:22,554 PREDOMINANTLY MALES. AS 2629 01:57:22,554 --> 01:57:24,389 COMPARED WITH FEMALES BUT WITH 2630 01:57:24,389 --> 01:57:27,159 THIS RISE OF THE USE OF CANNABIS 2631 01:57:27,159 --> 01:57:27,726 BOTH RECREATIONALLY AND 2632 01:57:27,726 --> 01:57:29,794 MEDICALLY IN THIS COUNTRY, THERE 2633 01:57:29,794 --> 01:57:32,164 HAS BEEN A DRASTIC INCREASE IN 2634 01:57:32,164 --> 01:57:35,267 THE RATE OF USE AMONG FEMALES. 2635 01:57:35,267 --> 01:57:37,702 FEMALES MAKE UP THE FASTEST 2636 01:57:37,702 --> 01:57:41,573 GROWING CONSUMER DEMOGRAPHIC. 2637 01:57:41,573 --> 01:57:43,141 AND IT'S BEEN REPORTED THAT 2638 01:57:43,141 --> 01:57:45,443 PERHAPS SOME OF THE REASONS THAT 2639 01:57:45,443 --> 01:57:48,480 FEMALES USE CANNABIS MAY BE 2640 01:57:48,480 --> 01:57:49,848 DIFFERENT THAN REASONS ENDORSED 2641 01:57:49,848 --> 01:57:51,983 BY MALES. SO THIS A REALLY 2642 01:57:51,983 --> 01:57:55,687 ACTIVE AREA OF RESEARCH 2643 01:57:55,687 --> 01:57:58,690 CURRENTLY. IN OUR UNDERSTANDING 2644 01:57:58,690 --> 01:58:01,026 OF WHAT POTENTIAL SEX 2645 01:58:01,026 --> 01:58:03,028 DIFFERENCES ARE A RESULT OF 2646 01:58:03,028 --> 01:58:04,829 USING CANNABIS, MOST OF THE 2647 01:58:04,829 --> 01:58:07,165 RESEARCH IN THIS AREA IS FOCUSED 2648 01:58:07,165 --> 01:58:08,867 ON THE ADVERSE EFFECTS AS MOST 2649 01:58:08,867 --> 01:58:11,169 OF THE HUMAN RESEARCH TO DATE OF 2650 01:58:11,169 --> 01:58:14,005 THE EFFECTS OF CANNABIS HAVE 2651 01:58:14,005 --> 01:58:19,010 FOCUSED MORE ON ADVERSE EFFECTS 2652 01:58:19,010 --> 01:58:19,511 AS OPPOSED TO POTENTIAL 2653 01:58:19,511 --> 01:58:20,145 THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS SO WE'LL 2654 01:58:20,145 --> 01:58:21,880 TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT HAS 2655 01:58:21,880 --> 01:58:24,182 BEEN REPORTED FOR ADVERSE 2656 01:58:24,182 --> 01:58:27,118 EFFECTS AND THEN SEGWAY INTO 2657 01:58:27,118 --> 01:58:30,388 POTENTIAL ANALGESIC EFFECTS IN 2658 01:58:30,388 --> 01:58:37,963 SEX DIFFERENCES. SO THE TITLE 2659 01:58:37,963 --> 01:58:38,930 OF THIS SLIDE IS INTERESTING 2660 01:58:38,930 --> 01:58:41,399 GIVEN THE TALK THIS MORNING. 2661 01:58:41,399 --> 01:58:46,638 I'VE SEEN SEVERAL REPORTS IN THE 2662 01:58:46,638 --> 01:58:56,081 LITERATURE OF THE USE OF THE 2663 01:58:56,081 --> 01:58:58,116 CANNABIS IS PROBLEMATIC AND 2664 01:58:58,116 --> 01:59:00,852 MAYBE A LOADED TERM. AND TALK 2665 01:59:00,852 --> 01:59:02,387 ABOUT THE SUBSTANCE USE OF 2666 01:59:02,387 --> 01:59:04,122 FEMALES VERSUS MALES BUT JUST TO 2667 01:59:04,122 --> 01:59:05,824 GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT HERE. 2668 01:59:05,824 --> 01:59:07,859 MALES DO INITIATE CANNABIS USE 2669 01:59:07,859 --> 01:59:12,130 AT A YOUNGER AGE. USE MORE 2670 01:59:12,130 --> 01:59:15,634 CANNABIS THAN FEMALES AND ALSO 2671 01:59:15,634 --> 01:59:16,968 MORE OFTEN MEET THE CRITERIA FOR 2672 01:59:16,968 --> 01:59:20,705 CANNABIS USE DISORDER OR CUD. 2673 01:59:20,705 --> 01:59:25,010 BUT, AGAIN, CANNABIS USE AS WELL 2674 01:59:25,010 --> 01:59:26,778 AS DIAGNOSIS OF CANNABIS USE 2675 01:59:26,778 --> 01:59:29,781 DISORDER IS ON THE RISE IN 2676 01:59:29,781 --> 01:59:30,715 FEMALES. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN 2677 01:59:30,715 --> 01:59:33,852 SIMILAR TO OTHER SUBSTANCES OF 2678 01:59:33,852 --> 01:59:36,288 ABUSE SUCH AS ALCOHOL, PSYCHO 2679 01:59:36,288 --> 01:59:37,555 STIMULANTS AND OPIOIDS THERE 2680 01:59:37,555 --> 01:59:39,524 ALSO SEEMS TO BE A QUICKER 2681 01:59:39,524 --> 01:59:41,593 PROGRESSION FROM RECREATIONAL 2682 01:59:41,593 --> 01:59:43,995 USE TO DIAGNOSIS OF CANNABIS USE 2683 01:59:43,995 --> 01:59:45,530 DISORDER IN FEMALES AS COMPARED 2684 01:59:45,530 --> 01:59:45,864 WITH MALES. 2685 01:59:45,864 --> 01:59:49,934 GOING ALONG WITH THIS CONCEPT OF 2686 01:59:49,934 --> 01:59:53,705 TELESCOPING IN FEMALES. AND 2687 01:59:53,705 --> 01:59:55,140 THEN THERE'S A GROWING 2688 01:59:55,140 --> 01:59:58,143 LITERATURE SUGGESTING THAT 2689 01:59:58,143 --> 02:00:00,645 FEMALES INDUCE MORE WITHDRAWAL 2690 02:00:00,645 --> 02:00:04,149 SYMPTOMS AND ARE MORE LIKELY TO 2691 02:00:04,149 --> 02:00:06,918 REPORT COMORBID ANXIETY, 2692 02:00:06,918 --> 02:00:08,586 MISDISORDERS AND SUICIDE DALT 2693 02:00:08,586 --> 02:00:11,489 RELATED TO MALES BUT I ALSO IN 2694 02:00:11,489 --> 02:00:13,658 RESPONSE TO THESE ARTICLES FOUND 2695 02:00:13,658 --> 02:00:15,393 OTHER COMMENTARY SUGGESTING THAT 2696 02:00:15,393 --> 02:00:16,795 THERE IS A BIAS TOWARD FEMALES 2697 02:00:16,795 --> 02:00:19,931 AND THE WAY IN WHICH THEY 2698 02:00:19,931 --> 02:00:23,368 DESCRIBE THEIR CANNABIS USE 2699 02:00:23,368 --> 02:00:25,236 DISORDER AND THEIR WITHDRAWAL 2700 02:00:25,236 --> 02:00:26,104 SYMPTOMS THAT MAY BE SKEWING 2701 02:00:26,104 --> 02:00:28,139 THIS. FOLKS ARE INTERESTED IN 2702 02:00:28,139 --> 02:00:29,374 THIS POTENTIAL BIAS. THIS IS AN 2703 02:00:29,374 --> 02:00:30,608 INTERESTING AREA TO START 2704 02:00:30,608 --> 02:00:35,146 LOOKING AT IN THE LITERATURE. 2705 02:00:35,146 --> 02:00:37,549 SO TURNING AWAY FROM SO-CALLED 2706 02:00:37,549 --> 02:00:39,584 ADVERSE EFFECTS AND FOCUSING 2707 02:00:39,584 --> 02:00:44,789 MORE ON CANNABIS AND CANNABINOID 2708 02:00:44,789 --> 02:00:46,157 ASSOCIATED ANALGESIA, THERE IS 2709 02:00:46,157 --> 02:00:49,361 AN EMERGING FIELD OF FOLKS 2710 02:00:49,361 --> 02:00:50,528 STUDYING WHETHER THERE IS A SEX 2711 02:00:50,528 --> 02:00:52,230 DIFFERENCE IN RESPONSE TO THE 2712 02:00:52,230 --> 02:00:53,865 ANALGESIC PROPERTIES OF CANNABIS 2713 02:00:53,865 --> 02:01:03,141 MOST OF THIS WORK IS LED DOCTORS 2714 02:01:03,141 --> 02:01:05,777 MEG, COOPER AND RYAN. IN THIS 2715 02:01:05,777 --> 02:01:07,145 WORK THEY REPORT WHAT THEY HAVE 2716 02:01:07,145 --> 02:01:09,547 SEEN SO FAR IS REALLY VARIABLE. 2717 02:01:09,547 --> 02:01:11,015 AND THIS CAN BE DUE TO MANY 2718 02:01:11,015 --> 02:01:12,717 REASONS, MANY FOLKS HAVE ALREADY 2719 02:01:12,717 --> 02:01:14,719 TOUCHED UPON THE DIFFERENT 2720 02:01:14,719 --> 02:01:16,154 REASONS WHY YOU CAN GET 2721 02:01:16,154 --> 02:01:19,157 DISPARATE EFFECTS WHEN LOOKING 2722 02:01:19,157 --> 02:01:20,558 AT POTENTIAL ANALGESIC RESPONSES 2723 02:01:20,558 --> 02:01:22,560 IN MEN AND WOMEN. YOU ADD ON 2724 02:01:22,560 --> 02:01:25,196 TOP OF THIS, SORT OF THE 2725 02:01:25,196 --> 02:01:26,097 COMPLEXITIES OF CANNABIS. AND 2726 02:01:26,097 --> 02:01:28,933 THE FACT THAT CANNABIS IS NOT 2727 02:01:28,933 --> 02:01:30,668 ONE PARTICULAR SUBSTANCE BUT IS 2728 02:01:30,668 --> 02:01:32,771 USED WITH MANY DIFFERENT ROUTES 2729 02:01:32,771 --> 02:01:34,973 OF ADMINISTRATION AND IS 2730 02:01:34,973 --> 02:01:36,975 COMPRISED BY ONES OF DIFFERENT 2731 02:01:36,975 --> 02:01:39,144 CHEMICALS THIS IS A VERY NASCENT 2732 02:01:39,144 --> 02:01:42,547 FIELD IS AND THE RESULTS COMING 2733 02:01:42,547 --> 02:01:44,816 OUT OF IT ARE PRETTY VARIABLE. 2734 02:01:44,816 --> 02:01:48,420 SO IN ONE STUDY THAT WAS LOOKING 2735 02:01:48,420 --> 02:01:50,722 AT LOW TO MODERATE FREQUENCY OF 2736 02:01:50,722 --> 02:01:53,958 CANNABIS USE DID REPORT THAT 2737 02:01:53,958 --> 02:01:54,926 THERE WERE STRONGER DRUG EFFECT 2738 02:01:54,926 --> 02:01:58,163 RATINGS IN FEMALES COMPARED TO 2739 02:01:58,163 --> 02:01:59,130 MALE PARTICIPANTS SO PERHAPS 2740 02:01:59,130 --> 02:02:00,799 THAT THE FEMALES WERE MORE 2741 02:02:00,799 --> 02:02:04,169 SENSITIVE TO THE SUBJECTIVE 2742 02:02:04,169 --> 02:02:09,140 EFFECTS OF CANNABIS. BUT 2743 02:02:09,140 --> 02:02:10,575 LOOKING AT CANNABIS ANALGESIA 2744 02:02:10,575 --> 02:02:13,011 THERE ARE TWO REPORTS THAT IT 2745 02:02:13,011 --> 02:02:15,046 MAY BE MORE POTENT IN MALE 2746 02:02:15,046 --> 02:02:17,916 PATIENTS OR MALE USERS VERSUS 2747 02:02:17,916 --> 02:02:20,385 FEMALES SO IN A POPULATION OF 2748 02:02:20,385 --> 02:02:24,088 CANNABIS SMOKERS MALE REPORTED 2749 02:02:24,088 --> 02:02:31,129 GREATER ACUTE ANALGESIA COMPARED 2750 02:02:31,129 --> 02:02:35,834 TO FEMALES. THESE WERE IN A 2751 02:02:35,834 --> 02:02:37,769 COLD PRESSOR TEST. IN AN ACTUAL 2752 02:02:37,769 --> 02:02:40,305 PATIENT SETTING IN CANCER 2753 02:02:40,305 --> 02:02:42,640 PATIENTS, THAT WERE ALL 2754 02:02:42,640 --> 02:02:43,541 REPORTING SIGNIFICANT PAIN 2755 02:02:43,541 --> 02:02:45,543 RELIEF WITH USING CANNABIS 2756 02:02:45,543 --> 02:02:48,213 BETTER PAIN RELIEF WAS REPORTED 2757 02:02:48,213 --> 02:02:49,747 IN MEN AS COMPARED TO WOMEN SO 2758 02:02:49,747 --> 02:02:52,150 THIS IS AN EMERGING FIELD AND IF 2759 02:02:52,150 --> 02:02:54,853 YOU'RE INTERESTING IN THESE 2760 02:02:54,853 --> 02:02:56,221 POTENTIAL SEX DIFFERENCES IN 2761 02:02:56,221 --> 02:02:57,889 HUMANS I WOULD DIRECT YOU FIRST 2762 02:02:57,889 --> 02:03:02,994 TO THIS REVIEW THAT TALKS ABOUT 2763 02:03:02,994 --> 02:03:04,562 THESE STUDIES. I ALSO FOUND 2764 02:03:04,562 --> 02:03:09,934 THERE IS AN EHER YENS -- 2765 02:03:09,934 --> 02:03:11,002 EMERGENCE OF GENDER BASED 2766 02:03:11,002 --> 02:03:12,036 STUDIES AS WELL. 2767 02:03:12,036 --> 02:03:14,706 SO THE FIELD IS INCORPORATING 2768 02:03:14,706 --> 02:03:16,007 GENDER AS WELL AS SEX. NOW TO 2769 02:03:16,007 --> 02:03:17,609 TURN MORE INTO MY WORLD OF 2770 02:03:17,609 --> 02:03:19,844 STUDYING THIS USING RODENT 2771 02:03:19,844 --> 02:03:22,113 MODELS. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE 2772 02:03:22,113 --> 02:03:24,816 REASONS TO USE RATS AND MICE IN 2773 02:03:24,816 --> 02:03:27,151 THIS RESEARCH IS TO TRY TO 2774 02:03:27,151 --> 02:03:28,119 DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF 2775 02:03:28,119 --> 02:03:30,355 VARIABILITY AND HAVE MORE 2776 02:03:30,355 --> 02:03:31,456 CONTROL OVER THE 2777 02:03:31,456 --> 02:03:33,091 EXPERIMENTATION, POSSIBLY TO 2778 02:03:33,091 --> 02:03:35,159 START TO GET AT MORE OF THE 2779 02:03:35,159 --> 02:03:37,529 PHARMACOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL 2780 02:03:37,529 --> 02:03:40,164 UNDERPINNINGS OF SEX 2781 02:03:40,164 --> 02:03:41,199 DIFFERENCES. BUT AS WE KNOW 2782 02:03:41,199 --> 02:03:47,005 THERE ARE STILL BIASES IN RODENT 2783 02:03:47,005 --> 02:03:48,139 RESEARCH AND OTHER THINGS THAT 2784 02:03:48,139 --> 02:03:49,841 WE NEED TO CONSIDER THAT I WILL 2785 02:03:49,841 --> 02:03:51,676 TOUCH UPON. THE LEADER IN THE 2786 02:03:51,676 --> 02:03:53,344 FIELD OF LOOKING AT SEX 2787 02:03:53,344 --> 02:03:57,515 DIFFERENCES FOR CANNABINOIDS IS 2788 02:03:57,515 --> 02:03:59,817 DR. REBEKAH, MOST OF THE 2789 02:03:59,817 --> 02:04:01,519 PRECRITICAL LITERATURE COMES OUT 2790 02:04:01,519 --> 02:04:04,155 OF HER LABORATORY AND LOOKING AT 2791 02:04:04,155 --> 02:04:13,364 ANIMAL MODELS OF ACUTE . IT 2792 02:04:13,364 --> 02:04:16,167 LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE MORE POTENT 2793 02:04:16,167 --> 02:04:17,835 IN FEMALE ROW DENS VERSUS MALE 2794 02:04:17,835 --> 02:04:20,004 AND THERE IS A LITERATURE DIVING 2795 02:04:20,004 --> 02:04:22,073 INTO SOME OF THE RECEPTOR BASED 2796 02:04:22,073 --> 02:04:24,809 MECHANISMS UNDERLYING THIS 2797 02:04:24,809 --> 02:04:26,344 INCREASED POTENCY OF 2798 02:04:26,344 --> 02:04:29,647 CANNABINOIDS IN FEMALE VERSUS 2799 02:04:29,647 --> 02:04:31,716 MALE RODENTS. SO WHAT REMAINS 2800 02:04:31,716 --> 02:04:33,818 UNKNOWN? WELL A WHOLE HECK OF A 2801 02:04:33,818 --> 02:04:36,487 LOT REMAINS TO BE INVESTIGATED 2802 02:04:36,487 --> 02:04:38,856 IN THIS AREA AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. 2803 02:04:38,856 --> 02:04:40,258 SO THE FIRST BULLET POINT THAT I 2804 02:04:40,258 --> 02:04:41,993 THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT IS THAT 2805 02:04:41,993 --> 02:04:44,762 THE MAJORITY OF THESE STUDIES IN 2806 02:04:44,762 --> 02:04:47,165 HUMANS AS WELL AS IN ANIMALS TO 2807 02:04:47,165 --> 02:04:55,139 DATE AS FOCUSED ON ACUTE ANTI 2808 02:04:55,139 --> 02:04:57,275 KNOW SIS RECEPTIVE IN HUMANS 2809 02:04:57,275 --> 02:04:59,177 THAT DO NOT HAVE A CHRONIC PAIN 2810 02:04:59,177 --> 02:05:01,846 CONDITION. SO I THINK IT'S 2811 02:05:01,846 --> 02:05:02,714 IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER 2812 02:05:02,714 --> 02:05:05,149 THERE ARE POTENTIAL SEX 2813 02:05:05,149 --> 02:05:07,018 DIFFERENCES IN THE THERAPEUTIC 2814 02:05:07,018 --> 02:05:09,387 EFFECTS OF CANNABINOIDS IN 2815 02:05:09,387 --> 02:05:10,788 CHRONIC FLIER PATHIC AND/OR 2816 02:05:10,788 --> 02:05:12,323 INPOLICEMAN STORY PAIN. AND 2817 02:05:12,323 --> 02:05:14,993 THEN WHAT MY LABORATORY FOCUSES 2818 02:05:14,993 --> 02:05:16,160 ON AS WELL. 2819 02:05:16,160 --> 02:05:19,130 IS IN THESE ANIMAL MODELS OF 2820 02:05:19,130 --> 02:05:23,134 CHRONIC PAIN WHAT ARE THE 2821 02:05:23,134 --> 02:05:30,842 POTENTIAL THERAPEURAPEUTIC EFFEF 2822 02:05:30,842 --> 02:05:32,076 CANNABINOIDS DEVOID OF EFFECTS. 2823 02:05:32,076 --> 02:05:34,512 I AM A PAIN RESEARCHER AND MOST 2824 02:05:34,512 --> 02:05:38,149 OF MY WORK DOES NOT FOCUS ON 2825 02:05:38,149 --> 02:05:44,055 DELTA-9 THC OR CANNABINOID 2826 02:05:44,055 --> 02:05:46,524 COMPOUNDS THAT INCLUDE ACTIVITY 2827 02:05:46,524 --> 02:05:48,559 I'M INSTEAD IN OTHER 2828 02:05:48,559 --> 02:05:49,761 CONSTITUENTS OF THE PLANT OR 2829 02:05:49,761 --> 02:05:51,863 CHEMICALS THAT ARE SYNTHESIZED 2830 02:05:51,863 --> 02:05:54,098 TO BE DEVOID OF PSYCHO ACTIVITY 2831 02:05:54,098 --> 02:05:56,768 AND ABUSED LIABILITY. THE 2832 02:05:56,768 --> 02:06:02,106 PRIMARY CANNABINOID THAT I STUDY 2833 02:06:02,106 --> 02:06:06,044 IN MY LABORATORY IS CBD THAT HAS 2834 02:06:06,044 --> 02:06:07,779 SOME CHARACTERIZED 2835 02:06:07,779 --> 02:06:09,447 ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PROPERTIES SO 2836 02:06:09,447 --> 02:06:18,656 OUR LAB RAH RARE -- LABORATORY. 2837 02:06:18,656 --> 02:06:20,758 THERE ARE OTHER FIE TO 2838 02:06:20,758 --> 02:06:23,795 CANNABINOIDS THAT ARE NOW 2839 02:06:23,795 --> 02:06:26,497 EMERGING IN THE LITERATURE. ONE 2840 02:06:26,497 --> 02:06:27,598 IS QANA BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE 2841 02:06:27,598 --> 02:06:29,534 ROLL OR CBG. 2842 02:06:29,534 --> 02:06:32,070 WE HAVE DONE TO INVESTIGATE THIS 2843 02:06:32,070 --> 02:06:34,305 IN THE LABORATORY AS WELL AND 2844 02:06:34,305 --> 02:06:36,140 THERE IS ALMOST NOTHING KNOWN 2845 02:06:36,140 --> 02:06:38,276 ABOUT THE POTENTIAL SEX 2846 02:06:38,276 --> 02:06:40,611 DIFFERENCES THAT ARISE FROM CBD, 2847 02:06:40,611 --> 02:06:43,648 WHICH IS FASCINATING GIVEN THE 2848 02:06:43,648 --> 02:06:47,719 MASSIVE NUMBER OF PEOPLE NOW WHO 2849 02:06:47,719 --> 02:06:52,156 ARE USING CBD AND OTHER HEMP 2850 02:06:52,156 --> 02:06:53,991 DERIVED PRODUCTS FOR A VARIETY 2851 02:06:53,991 --> 02:06:57,061 OF REASONS INCLUDING THE 2852 02:06:57,061 --> 02:07:03,134 POTENTIAL TREATMENT OF PAIN SO 2853 02:07:03,134 --> 02:07:04,168 I'M JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE 2854 02:07:04,168 --> 02:07:05,937 WORK WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, 2855 02:07:05,937 --> 02:07:08,206 FOCUSING ON TESTING CBD AND OUR 2856 02:07:08,206 --> 02:07:13,745 MOUSE MODEL OF CIPN OR 2857 02:07:13,745 --> 02:07:16,013 MECHANICAL SENSITIVITY AND SO 2858 02:07:16,013 --> 02:07:17,648 WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS RESEARCH 2859 02:07:17,648 --> 02:07:20,551 FOR OVER FIFTEEN YEARS NOW. WE 2860 02:07:20,551 --> 02:07:23,087 WERE THE FIRST LABORATORY TO 2861 02:07:23,087 --> 02:07:24,889 DEMONSTRATE THAT IF WE 2862 02:07:24,889 --> 02:07:28,059 ADMINISTER CBD TO MICE WE CAN 2863 02:07:28,059 --> 02:07:29,560 PREVENT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS. 2864 02:07:29,560 --> 02:07:32,864 THERE IS A RODENT MODEL THAT IS 2865 02:07:32,864 --> 02:07:35,466 SIMILAR TO THE DATA THAT BRIAN 2866 02:07:35,466 --> 02:07:36,968 SHOWED YOU YESTERDAY AND SO WE 2867 02:07:36,968 --> 02:07:39,036 FOUND THAT CBD CAN COMPLETELY 2868 02:07:39,036 --> 02:07:42,073 PREVENT THE DEVELOPMENT OF CIPN 2869 02:07:42,073 --> 02:07:44,876 IN MICE. WE STARTED THIS 2870 02:07:44,876 --> 02:07:49,947 RESEARCH IN FEMALE MICE. TAXOL 2871 02:07:49,947 --> 02:07:52,150 IS A THERAPEUTIC AGENT USED FOR 2872 02:07:52,150 --> 02:07:54,318 BREAST CANCER SO WE THOUGHT THAT 2873 02:07:54,318 --> 02:07:56,320 FEMALES WERE A RELEVANT SEX TO 2874 02:07:56,320 --> 02:07:57,588 STUDY IN OUR MOUSE MODEL. SO 2875 02:07:57,588 --> 02:08:03,161 OUR FIRST TWO PUBLICATIONS WERE 2876 02:08:03,161 --> 02:08:07,932 DONE EXCLUSIVELY IN FEMALE MICE. 2877 02:08:07,932 --> 02:08:10,868 I GOT THE MEMO LATE. THE EARLY 2878 02:08:10,868 --> 02:08:12,770 WORK WAS NOT DONE TO ASSESS 2879 02:08:12,770 --> 02:08:15,006 POTENTIAL SEX DIFFERENCES. BUT 2880 02:08:15,006 --> 02:08:17,575 IN THE FEMALE MICE WE DETERMINED 2881 02:08:17,575 --> 02:08:22,146 THAT PACK LA TAXOL REDUCES 2882 02:08:22,146 --> 02:08:22,480 SENSITIVITY. 2883 02:08:22,480 --> 02:08:26,551 AND THIS CAN BE DONE BY 2884 02:08:26,551 --> 02:08:28,653 PRETREATMENT OF QANA WHAT DIAL. 2885 02:08:28,653 --> 02:08:30,588 A FURTHER STUDY WHEN I MOVED 2886 02:08:30,588 --> 02:08:32,757 FROM THE SCHOOL OF PHARMACY TO 2887 02:08:32,757 --> 02:08:33,391 THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, 2888 02:08:33,391 --> 02:08:35,159 DIFFERENT LABORATORY, DIFFERENT 2889 02:08:35,159 --> 02:08:37,328 SIDE OF BROAD STREET IN 2890 02:08:37,328 --> 02:08:37,662 PHILADELPHIA. 2891 02:08:37,662 --> 02:08:39,864 DIFFERENT FOLKS IN MY LAB DOING 2892 02:08:39,864 --> 02:08:41,566 THE EXPERIMENTATION, BUYING THE 2893 02:08:41,566 --> 02:08:43,167 MICE FROM A DIFFERENT VENDOR, 2894 02:08:43,167 --> 02:08:44,969 ALL KINDS OF THINGS CHANGING 2895 02:08:44,969 --> 02:08:47,805 INCLUDING THE SEX OF THE ANIMALS 2896 02:08:47,805 --> 02:08:51,809 BUT CBD STILL WORKED. SO PACKLY 2897 02:08:51,809 --> 02:08:53,678 TACK SOME PRODUCES SENSITIVITY 2898 02:08:53,678 --> 02:08:56,581 AND CBD PREVENTS THAT SO I COULD 2899 02:08:56,581 --> 02:08:58,883 SEE FROM THESE DATA THAT CBD 2900 02:08:58,883 --> 02:09:00,184 WORKS IN MALES AND FEMALES BUT 2901 02:09:00,184 --> 02:09:03,154 AS WE ALL KNOW THAT'S REALLY NOT 2902 02:09:03,154 --> 02:09:04,155 THE PROPER WAY TO EXAMINE SEX 2903 02:09:04,155 --> 02:09:08,826 DIFFERENCES. SO WE HAVE NOW 2904 02:09:08,826 --> 02:09:11,162 MOVED ONTO DIRECTLY COMPARING 2905 02:09:11,162 --> 02:09:14,899 THE EFFECTS OF PACLITAXEL AND 2906 02:09:14,899 --> 02:09:18,636 FIE TO CANNABINOIDS IN FEMALE 2907 02:09:18,636 --> 02:09:22,139 AND MALE MICE LOOKING AT THE 2908 02:09:22,139 --> 02:09:23,074 INFLAMMATORY CONSEQUENCES. SO 2909 02:09:23,074 --> 02:09:24,942 I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU MOST OF 2910 02:09:24,942 --> 02:09:27,545 THE WORK THAT WE ARE NOW DOING 2911 02:09:27,545 --> 02:09:32,917 WITH SEX DIFFERENCES WE'VE 2912 02:09:32,917 --> 02:09:34,151 DECIDED TO START THE SOLE AND 2913 02:09:34,151 --> 02:09:40,157 EXCLUSIVE DIFFER-- SEX DIFFEREN 2914 02:09:40,157 --> 02:09:41,859 WORK WITH THE OTHER DRUG. 2915 02:09:41,859 --> 02:09:43,361 AN INTERESTING PAPER CAME OUT 2916 02:09:43,361 --> 02:09:46,697 FROM MICHELE SEXTON'S GROUP 2917 02:09:46,697 --> 02:09:48,900 DEMONSTRATING THAT IN PATIENTS 2918 02:09:48,900 --> 02:09:50,568 WHO ARE USING MEDICAL CANNABIS 2919 02:09:50,568 --> 02:09:53,871 PRODUCTS TO TREAT THEIR 2920 02:09:53,871 --> 02:09:54,672 NEUROPATHIC PAIN THOSE PATIENTS 2921 02:09:54,672 --> 02:09:56,007 THAT ENDORSED THE MOST 2922 02:09:56,007 --> 02:09:57,208 SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF THEIR 2923 02:09:57,208 --> 02:10:00,278 PAIN WERE USING CANNABIS 2924 02:10:00,278 --> 02:10:01,579 CULTIVARS THAT WERE 2925 02:10:01,579 --> 02:10:05,516 SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER IN THIS FIE 2926 02:10:05,516 --> 02:10:07,018 TO CANNABINOID CBG. 2927 02:10:07,018 --> 02:10:09,420 SO FOLKS ARE INTERESTING IN 2928 02:10:09,420 --> 02:10:14,292 EXPLORING THE EFFECTS OF CBG. I 2929 02:10:14,292 --> 02:10:15,860 ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HERE OF 2930 02:10:15,860 --> 02:10:17,695 MY LAB BYES WHO HAVE BEEN 2931 02:10:17,695 --> 02:10:20,698 WORKING ON TESTING CBG IN OUR 2932 02:10:20,698 --> 02:10:22,166 MOUSE MODEL OF CIPN. 2933 02:10:22,166 --> 02:10:24,001 AND NOT ONLY DID I WANT TO SHOW 2934 02:10:24,001 --> 02:10:25,536 A PICTURE OF THEM BECAUSE THEY 2935 02:10:25,536 --> 02:10:29,440 BOTH DESERVE A LOT OF CREDIT BUT 2936 02:10:29,440 --> 02:10:32,743 BECAUSE HUM BOW IS A FEMALE 2937 02:10:32,743 --> 02:10:36,113 INVESTIGATOR AND SHAUN IS A MALE 2938 02:10:36,113 --> 02:10:38,082 INVESTIGATOR AND I CAN TELL YOU 2939 02:10:38,082 --> 02:10:40,217 THAT TO SUPPORT THE WORK THAT 2940 02:10:40,217 --> 02:10:41,986 JEFF AND ROB PUBLISHED THAT WAS 2941 02:10:41,986 --> 02:10:44,388 SO FASCINATING THESE TWO 2942 02:10:44,388 --> 02:10:46,090 INVESTIGATORS DO GET DIFFERENT 2943 02:10:46,090 --> 02:10:47,792 EFFECTS FROM MALE VERSUS FEMALE 2944 02:10:47,792 --> 02:10:51,696 MICE IN THE C IPN MODEL TO THIS 2945 02:10:51,696 --> 02:10:54,699 ADDS AN EXTRA LAYER OF 2946 02:10:54,699 --> 02:10:55,967 COMPLEXITY IN TESTING THE 2947 02:10:55,967 --> 02:10:57,568 POTENTIAL OF DIFFERENCES. 2948 02:10:57,568 --> 02:10:59,170 SO ALL OF THE DATA I'M GOING TO 2949 02:10:59,170 --> 02:11:02,139 SHOW YOU ARE THE DATA CLICKED BY 2950 02:11:02,139 --> 02:11:06,644 HIM BOW IN THE LABORATORY AND 2951 02:11:06,644 --> 02:11:08,612 SHE'S BEEN WORKING ON THE 2952 02:11:08,612 --> 02:11:10,481 PROJECT FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. 2953 02:11:10,481 --> 02:11:12,817 HERE ARE THE BEHAVIORAL DATA 2954 02:11:12,817 --> 02:11:14,785 LOOKING AT MALES VERSUS FEMALES 2955 02:11:14,785 --> 02:11:16,854 THAT HAVE BEEN TREATED WITH 2956 02:11:16,854 --> 02:11:18,956 PACLITAXEL SO I'M A BEHAVIORAL 2957 02:11:18,956 --> 02:11:21,459 PHARMACOLOGIST I LIKE TO GIVE 2958 02:11:21,459 --> 02:11:24,195 LOTS OF DOSES OF DIFFERENT DRUGS 2959 02:11:24,195 --> 02:11:25,162 TO LOOK AT THE RESPONSE 2960 02:11:25,162 --> 02:11:27,565 RELATIONSHIP. YOU CAN SEE IN 2961 02:11:27,565 --> 02:11:30,601 BOTH FEMALE AND MALE MICE AT 17 2962 02:11:30,601 --> 02:11:33,137 AND 14 DAYS THERE IS A DOSE 2963 02:11:33,137 --> 02:11:35,873 DEPENDENT INCREASE IN MECHANICAL 2964 02:11:35,873 --> 02:11:37,842 SENSITIVITY. IF YOU OVERLAY 2965 02:11:37,842 --> 02:11:39,477 THESE GRAPHS, YOU CAN SEE THAT 2966 02:11:39,477 --> 02:11:42,546 ON DAY SEVEN, WE SEE A 2967 02:11:42,546 --> 02:11:45,049 SIGNIFICANT SEX DIFFERENCE WHERE 2968 02:11:45,049 --> 02:11:47,118 THE MALES ARE SENSITIVE AT A 2969 02:11:47,118 --> 02:11:49,387 LOWER DOSE THAN THE FEMALES ARE. 2970 02:11:49,387 --> 02:11:51,722 AND AT DAY 14, WE SEE A LITTLE 2971 02:11:51,722 --> 02:11:54,492 BIT OF A CROSSOVER WHERE WE GET 2972 02:11:54,492 --> 02:11:57,261 MALES THAT ARE MORE SENSITIVE AT 2973 02:11:57,261 --> 02:11:58,562 THE EARLY DOSES AND FEMALES AT 2974 02:11:58,562 --> 02:12:01,732 THE LATER DOSES. SO WE'RE 2975 02:12:01,732 --> 02:12:03,167 SEEING SOME INTERESTING SEX 2976 02:12:03,167 --> 02:12:10,174 DIFFERENCES IN THE BEHAVIOR. SO 2977 02:12:10,174 --> 02:12:12,143 WHAT I WANTED TO DO FROM THIS 2978 02:12:12,143 --> 02:12:15,146 DATA IS TO EXAMINE IF WE SEE ANY 2979 02:12:15,146 --> 02:12:17,748 NEUROINFLAMMATORY CORRELATES. 2980 02:12:17,748 --> 02:12:20,851 ANOTHER SHOUT-OUT TO JEFF AND 2981 02:12:20,851 --> 02:12:23,087 ROB AND SOME OF THE FANTASTIC 2982 02:12:23,087 --> 02:12:24,889 WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE WE KNOW 2983 02:12:24,889 --> 02:12:26,257 THAT THERE ARE POTENTIAL 2984 02:12:26,257 --> 02:12:27,358 NEUROINFLAMMATORY SEX 2985 02:12:27,358 --> 02:12:28,559 DIFFERENCES THAT CAN EXPLAIN 2986 02:12:28,559 --> 02:12:31,095 SOME OF THESE DIFFERENTIAL 2987 02:12:31,095 --> 02:12:33,197 RESPONSES TO PAIN. IN FEMALE 2988 02:12:33,197 --> 02:12:34,665 VERSUS MALE RODENTS. SO WE 2989 02:12:34,665 --> 02:12:39,136 WANTED TO SEE WHETHER WE WOULD 2990 02:12:39,136 --> 02:12:45,943 SEE DIFFERENT PATTERNS OF YOUR 2991 02:12:45,943 --> 02:12:47,812 IN -- NEUROINFLAMMATION. 2992 02:12:47,812 --> 02:12:51,882 THIS WAS AN RTPCR EXPERIMENT 2993 02:12:51,882 --> 02:12:53,717 USING BOTH MALE AND FEMALE MICE 2994 02:12:53,717 --> 02:12:57,421 FROM TACONIC WITH HUM BOAZ THE 2995 02:12:57,421 --> 02:12:57,755 INVESTIGATOR. 2996 02:12:57,755 --> 02:13:03,160 WE HAD THE TWO DIFFERENT TIME 2997 02:13:03,160 --> 02:13:07,164 POINTS, TISSUE HARVESTED 2998 02:13:07,164 --> 02:13:10,167 FOLLOWING PACK LOW TACK SILL 2999 02:13:10,167 --> 02:13:10,501 INFLAMMATION. 3000 02:13:10,501 --> 02:13:12,870 AND SOMEBODY ASKED A QUESTION 3001 02:13:12,870 --> 02:13:16,006 YESTERDAY ABOUT PERHAPS WHERE IN 3002 02:13:16,006 --> 02:13:18,142 THE PAIN PATH WEI SEX 3003 02:13:18,142 --> 02:13:21,312 DIFFERENCES MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE 3004 02:13:21,312 --> 02:13:23,147 IDENTIFIED. WE LOOKED AT THE 3005 02:13:23,147 --> 02:13:23,981 CENTRAL SITE. 3006 02:13:23,981 --> 02:13:27,151 THE PERRY AC WE DUCTAL GRAY 3007 02:13:27,151 --> 02:13:27,718 WHICH IS IMPORTANT IN PAIN 3008 02:13:27,718 --> 02:13:38,863 SIGNALLING. AND SO LOOK AT ALL 3009 02:13:39,497 --> 02:13:41,999 VARIABLES THAT GAVE US OVER 50 3010 02:13:41,999 --> 02:13:44,935 DIFFERENT GRAPHS. ONE OF THE 3011 02:13:44,935 --> 02:13:46,170 REVIEWERS IS LIKE YOU'RE LOOKING 3012 02:13:46,170 --> 02:13:47,138 AT TOO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS AND 3013 02:13:47,138 --> 02:13:49,773 THEY SEEMED DISTURBED BY THAT 3014 02:13:49,773 --> 02:13:52,176 BUT I FELT LIKE I COULD HAVE 3015 02:13:52,176 --> 02:13:55,679 GONE ON BUT WE ACTUALLY DID LOOK 3016 02:13:55,679 --> 02:14:01,085 AT MORE THAN THIS. BUT I FELT 3017 02:14:01,085 --> 02:14:02,920 TO GET A BEGINNINGSES OF THE 3018 02:14:02,920 --> 02:14:04,188 CLEAR PICTURE THAT WE REALLY HAD 3019 02:14:04,188 --> 02:14:06,790 TO LOOK AT ALL OF THESE 3020 02:14:06,790 --> 02:14:08,292 DIFFERENT THINGS. SO I AM NOT 3021 02:14:08,292 --> 02:14:10,127 GOING TO SHOW YOU 56 GRAPHS. 3022 02:14:10,127 --> 02:14:12,696 I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A SUMMARY 3023 02:14:12,696 --> 02:14:13,330 TABLE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, I 3024 02:14:13,330 --> 02:14:15,566 HAVE THE CITATION OF THE 3025 02:14:15,566 --> 02:14:19,136 PUBLICATION DOWN ON THE BOTTOM 3026 02:14:19,136 --> 02:14:20,905 THERE. BUT TWO OF THE REALLY 3027 02:14:20,905 --> 02:14:22,940 INTERESTING THINGS THAT EMERGED 3028 02:14:22,940 --> 02:14:27,111 WAS DAY EIGHT IN THE DORSAL ROOT 3029 02:14:27,111 --> 02:14:29,914 GANGLION WE SAW SEVERAL SEX 3030 02:14:29,914 --> 02:14:32,349 DIFFERENCES IN THE PAIN AND 3031 02:14:32,349 --> 02:14:33,817 INFLAMMATION THAT WERE DECREASED 3032 02:14:33,817 --> 02:14:36,420 IN MALES OVER FEMALES AND IN 3033 02:14:36,420 --> 02:14:37,688 GENERAL, MORE INFLAMMATION 3034 02:14:37,688 --> 02:14:41,892 MEASURED IN THE DRG ON DAY EIGHT 3035 02:14:41,892 --> 02:14:44,361 IN MALES. IN DAY FIFTEEN, WE 3036 02:14:44,361 --> 02:14:48,632 STARTED TO SEE THE EMERGENCE OF 3037 02:14:48,632 --> 02:14:49,466 CHANGES IN NEUROINFLAMMATORY 3038 02:14:49,466 --> 02:14:53,270 MARKERS IN THE PERIAQUEDUCTAL 3039 02:14:53,270 --> 02:14:55,139 GRAY SO ALMOST LIKE THE 3040 02:14:55,139 --> 02:14:56,774 INFLAMMATION IS MOVING BUT BY 3041 02:14:56,774 --> 02:15:00,678 DAY FIFTEEN IN THE PAG MORE OF 3042 02:15:00,678 --> 02:15:02,379 THIS NEUROINFLAMMATION WAS 3043 02:15:02,379 --> 02:15:04,181 PRESENT IN THE FEMALES AS 3044 02:15:04,181 --> 02:15:09,653 COMPARED TO THE MALES IF YOU 3045 02:15:09,653 --> 02:15:10,955 WANT THE GESTALT OF THE 3046 02:15:10,955 --> 02:15:13,057 EXPERIMENT THAT WAS THE MOST 3047 02:15:13,057 --> 02:15:15,159 INTERESTING TREND IN OUR DATA. 3048 02:15:15,159 --> 02:15:21,966 ONE OF THE MORE COME -- COM 3049 02:15:21,966 --> 02:15:24,702 COMPELLING SIX DIFFERENCES THAT 3050 02:15:24,702 --> 02:15:27,238 WE DID SEE WAS THE CXCL 9. 3051 02:15:27,238 --> 02:15:28,539 THERE'S AN INTERESTING 3052 02:15:28,539 --> 02:15:33,544 LITERATURE EMERGING WITH CXCL 9 3053 02:15:33,544 --> 02:15:35,145 IN PAIN. TWO OTHER MARKERS THAT 3054 02:15:35,145 --> 02:15:39,149 I THOUGHT WERE INTERESTING IN 3055 02:15:39,149 --> 02:15:42,119 THE PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY WERE TRL 3056 02:15:42,119 --> 02:15:44,088 4 WHERE WE SAW INCREASES IN 3057 02:15:44,088 --> 02:15:47,925 FEMALES AND NOT IN MALES. 3058 02:15:47,925 --> 02:15:50,995 SO THAT'S ALL JUST PACLITAXEL, 3059 02:15:50,995 --> 02:15:54,298 WHAT HAPPENS WITH CBG? CBG 3060 02:15:54,298 --> 02:15:56,333 PRODUCED A BEHAVIORAL EFFECT 3061 02:15:56,333 --> 02:15:59,169 TREATMENT WITH CBG PREVENTED THE 3062 02:15:59,169 --> 02:16:01,372 DEVELOPMENT OF MECHANICAL 3063 02:16:01,372 --> 02:16:03,807 SENSITIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH 3064 02:16:03,807 --> 02:16:06,410 PACLITAXEL AND ALSO DECREASED 3065 02:16:06,410 --> 02:16:07,845 ANY NEUROINFLAMMATION ANYWHERE 3066 02:16:07,845 --> 02:16:11,148 IN EITHER SEX. SO WE SAW LOTS 3067 02:16:11,148 --> 02:16:13,117 OF INTERESTING SEX DIFFERENCE 3068 02:16:13,117 --> 02:16:15,052 PATTERNS EMERGING IN MICE 3069 02:16:15,052 --> 02:16:18,188 TREATED WITH PACLITAXEL AND ALL 3070 02:16:18,188 --> 02:16:21,058 OF THOSE WERE AMELIORATED WITH 3071 02:16:21,058 --> 02:16:23,127 PRETREATMENT WITH CBG. SO TAKE 3072 02:16:23,127 --> 02:16:27,164 HOME MESSAGES, MY TAKE HOME 3073 02:16:27,164 --> 02:16:27,831 MESSAGE IS ALMOST ALWAYS IT'S 3074 02:16:27,831 --> 02:16:30,334 REALLY COMPLICATED. THAT'S SORT 3075 02:16:30,334 --> 02:16:32,403 OF A COPOUT, BUT JUST TO 3076 02:16:32,403 --> 02:16:34,238 HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS 3077 02:16:34,238 --> 02:16:38,142 THAT ARE REALLY CRITICAL IN THIS 3078 02:16:38,142 --> 02:16:38,842 RESEARCH, IT'S DEPENDENT 3079 02:16:38,842 --> 02:16:41,378 PROBABLY ON THE SEX OF THE 3080 02:16:41,378 --> 02:16:43,480 INVESTIGATOR EVEN IN RODENT 3081 02:16:43,480 --> 02:16:45,182 STUDIES. IT'S DEPENDENT ON THE 3082 02:16:45,182 --> 02:16:49,119 DOSE OF PACLITAXEL. ON THE 3083 02:16:49,119 --> 02:16:50,087 NEUROANATOMICAL SITE, ON THE 3084 02:16:50,087 --> 02:16:51,889 TIME YOU'RE LOOKING AT AND ON 3085 02:16:51,889 --> 02:16:56,160 THE AN LITE AND THAT IS JUST FOR 3086 02:16:56,160 --> 02:16:59,797 THE PACLITAXEL DATA ITSELF. 3087 02:16:59,797 --> 02:17:01,799 BUT ONE POTENTIAL TAKE HOME 3088 02:17:01,799 --> 02:17:03,901 MESSAGE TO ADDRESS SOMETHING 3089 02:17:03,901 --> 02:17:06,170 THAT WAS MENTIONED YESTERDAY AS 3090 02:17:06,170 --> 02:17:08,505 WELL IS PERHAPS THE SEX 3091 02:17:08,505 --> 02:17:12,109 DIFFERENCES IN THE DISEASE OF 3092 02:17:12,109 --> 02:17:14,511 CIPN MAY STILL BOTH BE 3093 02:17:14,511 --> 02:17:16,180 RESPONSIVE IN BOTH SEXES TO 3094 02:17:16,180 --> 02:17:19,149 CERTAIN TREATMENTS SUCH AS FIE 3095 02:17:19,149 --> 02:17:20,951 TO CANNABINOIDS. 3096 02:17:20,951 --> 02:17:23,420 SO THESE FIE TO CANNABINOIDS ARE 3097 02:17:23,420 --> 02:17:31,161 EMERGING AS WHAT I HAVE CALL 3098 02:17:31,161 --> 02:17:32,730 THESE EFFECTS. 3099 02:17:32,730 --> 02:17:35,566 SO THERE MAY BE A SEX DIFFERENCE 3100 02:17:35,566 --> 02:17:38,736 IN THE DISEASE, BUT IF THE FIE 3101 02:17:38,736 --> 02:17:40,170 TO CANNABINOIDS ARE ACTIVE AT 3102 02:17:40,170 --> 02:17:42,806 BOTH OF THESE MECHANISMS 3103 02:17:42,806 --> 02:17:44,475 UNDERLYING THE SEX DIFFERENCES 3104 02:17:44,475 --> 02:17:46,910 THAT PERHAPS WE WON'T REALLY SEE 3105 02:17:46,910 --> 02:17:48,979 A MEANINGFUL SEX DIFFERENCE IN 3106 02:17:48,979 --> 02:17:49,913 WE GET TO THE CLINIC WITH THESE 3107 02:17:49,913 --> 02:17:53,283 COMPOUNDS. SO THANK YOU VERY 3108 02:17:53,283 --> 02:17:54,952 MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND I 3109 02:17:54,952 --> 02:17:58,188 HOOK FORWARD TO ANSWERING 3110 02:17:58,188 --> 02:18:08,599 QUESTIONS AT THE PANEL. 3111 02:18:13,670 --> 02:18:16,140 >> THE THIRD AND FINAL SPEAKER 3112 02:18:16,140 --> 02:18:19,109 FOR TODAY THIS IS DR. TAMARA 3113 02:18:19,109 --> 02:18:22,179 SOMERS IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 3114 02:18:22,179 --> 02:18:27,117 IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY 3115 02:18:27,117 --> 02:18:32,322 AT DUKE UNIVERSITY. SHE IS A 3116 02:18:32,322 --> 02:18:35,192 FACULTY MEMBER OF AT THE DUKE 3117 02:18:35,192 --> 02:18:43,133 CANCER INSTITUTE. DR. SOCCER -- 3118 02:18:43,133 --> 02:18:46,036 DR. SOCCER USES MOBILE HEALTH 3119 02:18:46,036 --> 02:18:48,705 MODALITIES TO IMPROVE PATIENT 3120 02:18:48,705 --> 02:18:48,939 ACCESS. 3121 02:18:48,939 --> 02:18:50,774 SHE HAS SEVERAL GRANTS TO 3122 02:18:50,774 --> 02:18:52,176 PROMOTE THIS WORK AND 3123 02:18:52,176 --> 02:18:54,278 COLLABORATES BOTH NATIONALLY AND 3124 02:18:54,278 --> 02:18:55,979 INTERNATIONALLY WITH 3125 02:18:55,979 --> 02:18:59,183 INVESTIGATORS INTERESTED IN 3126 02:18:59,183 --> 02:19:03,120 DEVELOPING NOVEL APPROACHES TO 3127 02:19:03,120 --> 02:19:04,188 BEHAVIORAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL 3128 02:19:04,188 --> 02:19:05,222 MANAGEMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH 3129 02:19:05,222 --> 02:19:06,590 CANCER AND OTHER DISEASES. 3130 02:19:06,590 --> 02:19:09,626 DR. SOMERS FOUNDED AND CODIRECTS 3131 02:19:09,626 --> 02:19:13,864 THE CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND 3132 02:19:13,864 --> 02:19:15,599 INTERNSHIP ROTATION PROVIDING 3133 02:19:15,599 --> 02:19:18,569 TRAINING AND RESEARCH MENTORSHIP 3134 02:19:18,569 --> 02:19:21,371 TO NUMEROUS JUNIOR 3135 02:19:21,371 --> 02:19:25,375 INVESTIGATORS. SHE HAS MENTORED 3136 02:19:25,375 --> 02:19:27,177 SEVERAL NIH CAREER FACULTY 3137 02:19:27,177 --> 02:19:31,148 MEMBERS. HER TITLE TODAY IS 3138 02:19:31,148 --> 02:19:33,050 COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL STRATEGIES 3139 02:19:33,050 --> 02:19:36,253 CONSIDERING SEX DIFFERENCE AND 3140 02:19:36,253 --> 02:19:46,563 ACCESS. WELCOME. 3141 02:19:48,165 --> 02:19:53,103 >> IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE WITH 3142 02:19:53,103 --> 02:19:55,138 YOU TODAY TO FINISH OUT THE 3143 02:19:55,138 --> 02:19:56,974 TALKS. SO SOME OF YOU CAN 3144 02:19:56,974 --> 02:19:58,041 ANSWER THIS QUESTION IN YOUR 3145 02:19:58,041 --> 02:20:00,511 SLEEP BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO 3146 02:20:00,511 --> 02:20:02,646 NEED A REFRESHER COGNITIVE 3147 02:20:02,646 --> 02:20:04,014 BEHAVIORAL THERAPY USES THEORY 3148 02:20:04,014 --> 02:20:06,617 BASED PRINCIPLES TO HELP 3149 02:20:06,617 --> 02:20:07,217 INDIVIDUALS LEARN TO MANAGE 3150 02:20:07,217 --> 02:20:12,890 THEIR PAIN, OUR GROUP AND OTHERS 3151 02:20:12,890 --> 02:20:15,192 CALL THIS PAIN SKILLS BEHAVING. 3152 02:20:15,192 --> 02:20:17,628 THIS WAS DEVELOPED IN THE 60S TO 3153 02:20:17,628 --> 02:20:19,129 HELP PEOPLE RECOGNIZE AND CHANGE 3154 02:20:19,129 --> 02:20:21,632 NEGATIVE THOUGHT PATTERNS, 3155 02:20:21,632 --> 02:20:23,100 BEHAVIORS AND FEELINGS. THESE 3156 02:20:23,100 --> 02:20:24,334 PROTOCOLS HAVE BEEN APPLIED TO 3157 02:20:24,334 --> 02:20:26,236 SEVERAL PATIENT POPULATIONS WITH 3158 02:20:26,236 --> 02:20:27,971 BOTH ACUTE AND CHRONIC PAIN. 3159 02:20:27,971 --> 02:20:30,173 HERE'S HOW IT CAN WORK. ONE 3160 02:20:30,173 --> 02:20:31,942 MIGHT HAVE THE THOUGHT THAT THIS 3161 02:20:31,942 --> 02:20:34,444 PAIN IS TERRIBLE. AND THERE IS 3162 02:20:34,444 --> 02:20:36,380 NOTHING AT ALL THAT CAN I DO 3163 02:20:36,380 --> 02:20:38,048 ABOUT IT. THIS THOUGHT MIGHT 3164 02:20:38,048 --> 02:20:41,251 RESULT IN NEGATIVE BEHAVIOR SUCH 3165 02:20:41,251 --> 02:20:43,153 AS BEING GROUCHY WITH OTHERS, 3166 02:20:43,153 --> 02:20:44,621 STAYING ON THE BED AND THE COUCH 3167 02:20:44,621 --> 02:20:46,189 ALL DAY LONG AND OBVIOUSLY THESE 3168 02:20:46,189 --> 02:20:50,127 TWO THINGS CAN LEAD TO NEGATIVE 3169 02:20:50,127 --> 02:20:51,628 FEELINGS. PATIENTS CAN OFTEN 3170 02:20:51,628 --> 02:20:53,597 FIND THEMSELVES CAUGHT IN THIS 3171 02:20:53,597 --> 02:20:55,632 CYCLE. AND EACH OF THESE START 3172 02:20:55,632 --> 02:20:59,036 TO INFLUENCE EACH OTHER IN A 3173 02:20:59,036 --> 02:21:02,539 NEGATIVE WAY. PAIN COPING CAN 3174 02:21:02,539 --> 02:21:04,207 IMPROVE THOUGHTS THAT CAN CHANGE 3175 02:21:04,207 --> 02:21:07,144 THIS NEGATIVE CYCLE. THE GOAL 3176 02:21:07,144 --> 02:21:12,983 OF PAIN COPING SKILLS (READING). 3177 02:21:12,983 --> 02:21:15,185 SO THEY CAN IMPROVE THEIR OWN 3178 02:21:15,185 --> 02:21:17,254 PAIN MANAGEMENT SO HERE YOU CAN 3179 02:21:17,254 --> 02:21:19,523 SEE A MENU OF SOME OF THE MOST 3180 02:21:19,523 --> 02:21:22,192 COMMON SKILLS TAUGHT IN THESE 3181 02:21:22,192 --> 02:21:22,826 PROTOCOLS. SOME OF THESE WILL 3182 02:21:22,826 --> 02:21:25,362 BE FAMILIAR, OTHERS MAY NOT. 3183 02:21:25,362 --> 02:21:27,931 THERE'S PROGRESSIVE MUSCLE 3184 02:21:27,931 --> 02:21:38,475 RELAXATION. (READING). THESE 3185 02:21:38,775 --> 02:21:40,210 SKILLS ARE TAUGHT THROUGH THE 3186 02:21:40,210 --> 02:21:42,446 USE OF PSYCHOSOCIAL PAIN, 3187 02:21:42,446 --> 02:21:45,282 EDUCATION, RATIONALE, TEACHING 3188 02:21:45,282 --> 02:21:48,151 SKILL DIDACTICS, AND THEN WITH A 3189 02:21:48,151 --> 02:21:53,724 LARGE EMPHASIS ON HOME PRACTICE. 3190 02:21:53,724 --> 02:21:54,825 COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL COGNITIVE 3191 02:21:54,825 --> 02:21:57,494 BEHAVIORAL PROTOCOLS HAVE 3192 02:21:57,494 --> 02:21:58,195 TRADITIONALLY BEEN -- HAVE BEEN 3193 02:21:58,195 --> 02:21:59,730 DELIVERED IN WEEKLY SESSIONS 3194 02:21:59,730 --> 02:22:01,698 WHERE MULTIPLE SKILLS ARE 3195 02:22:01,698 --> 02:22:02,733 TAUGHT. THESE SESSIONS ARE 3196 02:22:02,733 --> 02:22:04,368 OFTEN AT THE MEDICAL CENTER, CAN 3197 02:22:04,368 --> 02:22:06,136 BE INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP BASED, 3198 02:22:06,136 --> 02:22:08,672 CAN BE AN HOUR OR LONGER AND 3199 02:22:08,672 --> 02:22:10,440 WERE DESIGNED AND DELIVERED 3200 02:22:10,440 --> 02:22:13,310 OFTEN BY PEOPLE WITH A HIGH 3201 02:22:13,310 --> 02:22:15,212 LEVEL OF TRAINING. SO SPOILER 3202 02:22:15,212 --> 02:22:17,214 ALERT FOR WHAT I WILL TALK ABOUT 3203 02:22:17,214 --> 02:22:19,950 IN A BIT IS THAT THESE FEATURES 3204 02:22:19,950 --> 02:22:22,219 CAN REALLY LIMIT PATIENT ACCESS 3205 02:22:22,219 --> 02:22:25,722 PARTICULARLY FOR PATIENTS WITH 3206 02:22:25,722 --> 02:22:26,390 DISEASE-RELATED PAIN. THERE ARE 3207 02:22:26,390 --> 02:22:28,892 A NUMBER OF STUDIES THAT HAVE 3208 02:22:28,892 --> 02:22:30,227 SHOWN THAT THESE IN-PERSON EIGHT 3209 02:22:30,227 --> 02:22:33,497 OR MORE SESSION PROTOCOLS ARE 3210 02:22:33,497 --> 02:22:35,132 EFFICACIOUS FOR DIFFERENT PAIN 3211 02:22:35,132 --> 02:22:40,203 POPULATIONS. THERE'S AN EARLY 3212 02:22:40,203 --> 02:22:45,275 STUDY ON KNEE ARTHRITIS, KNEE 3213 02:22:45,275 --> 02:22:47,177 REPLACEMENT SURGERY. SO NOW I 3214 02:22:47,177 --> 02:22:49,713 WILL SHARE WHAT WE KNOW WHICH 3215 02:22:49,713 --> 02:22:51,548 ISN'T AS MUCH AS I THOUGHT IT 3216 02:22:51,548 --> 02:22:54,084 WOULD BE ABOUT SEX DIFFERENCES 3217 02:22:54,084 --> 02:22:55,152 AND COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY 3218 02:22:55,152 --> 02:22:56,286 FOR PAIN. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT 3219 02:22:56,286 --> 02:22:59,356 PAIN COPING SKILLS FOR PAIN IT'S 3220 02:22:59,356 --> 02:23:00,157 IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE PAST WORK 3221 02:23:00,157 --> 02:23:01,658 THAT PROVIDES INFORMATION ON HOW 3222 02:23:01,658 --> 02:23:04,127 MALES AND FEMALES MIGHT APPROACH 3223 02:23:04,127 --> 02:23:05,629 COPING WITH PAIN DIFFERENTLY. 3224 02:23:05,629 --> 02:23:07,097 WORK HAS SHOWN THAT MALES ARE 3225 02:23:07,097 --> 02:23:09,433 MORE LIKELY TO USE BEHAVIORAL 3226 02:23:09,433 --> 02:23:11,368 DISTRACTION IN PROBLEM FOCUSED 3227 02:23:11,368 --> 02:23:12,502 COPING WHEN EXPERIENCING PAIN WE 3228 02:23:12,502 --> 02:23:14,304 KNOW THAT FEMALES ARE MORE 3229 02:23:14,304 --> 02:23:16,239 LIKELY TO USE POSITIVE SELF 3230 02:23:16,239 --> 02:23:20,243 STATEMENT, EMOTION FOCUSED 3231 02:23:20,243 --> 02:23:22,245 TECHNIQUES, COGNITIVE 3232 02:23:22,245 --> 02:23:23,280 RESTRUCTURING, AND SOCIAL 3233 02:23:23,280 --> 02:23:24,915 SUPPORT. THIS INFORMATION CAN 3234 02:23:24,915 --> 02:23:27,150 PROVIDE SOME HYPOTHESIS ABOUT 3235 02:23:27,150 --> 02:23:29,453 WHAT COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL SKILLS 3236 02:23:29,453 --> 02:23:30,921 MIGHT BE MOST EFFECTIVE FOR 3237 02:23:30,921 --> 02:23:32,689 MALES AND FEMALES. 3238 02:23:32,689 --> 02:23:33,423 INTERESTINGLY TO MY KNOWLEDGE 3239 02:23:33,423 --> 02:23:36,093 THERE HAVE NOT BEEN STUDIES THAT 3240 02:23:36,093 --> 02:23:38,662 TRIED TO MATCH SEX BASED COPING 3241 02:23:38,662 --> 02:23:40,997 STRATEGIES IN PAIN COPING SKILLS 3242 02:23:40,997 --> 02:23:42,432 PROTOCOLS. SO HERE'S THE MENU 3243 02:23:42,432 --> 02:23:44,334 THAT I SHOWED YOU EARLIER. WHAT 3244 02:23:44,334 --> 02:23:46,036 MIGHT MAKE MORE SENSE IS TO 3245 02:23:46,036 --> 02:23:50,040 APPLY THEM IN THIS WAY. PERHAPS 3246 02:23:50,040 --> 02:23:52,242 MALES WOULD FIND BENEFIT IN 3247 02:23:52,242 --> 02:23:54,344 BEHAVIORAL RELAXATION SKILLS. 3248 02:23:54,344 --> 02:23:56,146 WHILE FEMALES MIGHT PARTICULARLY 3249 02:23:56,146 --> 02:23:58,215 BENEFIT FROM A GROUP BASED 3250 02:23:58,215 --> 02:24:02,886 THERAPY FOCUSING ON COGNITIVE 3251 02:24:02,886 --> 02:24:03,553 RESTRUCTURING AND RELATED SKILLS 3252 02:24:03,553 --> 02:24:08,325 WITH IMAGERY. THERE'S OTHER 3253 02:24:08,325 --> 02:24:09,960 GOOD INFORMATION FROM THE 3254 02:24:09,960 --> 02:24:10,961 PSYCHOSOCIAL PAIN LITERATURE 3255 02:24:10,961 --> 02:24:13,196 THAT CAN HELP US THINK ABOUT HOW 3256 02:24:13,196 --> 02:24:14,564 MALES AND FEMALES MIGHT RESPOND 3257 02:24:14,564 --> 02:24:18,135 TO COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY 3258 02:24:18,135 --> 02:24:19,136 PROTOCOLS DIFFERENTLY. THERE'S 3259 02:24:19,136 --> 02:24:21,371 A LOT OF EVIDENCE THAT PAIN 3260 02:24:21,371 --> 02:24:23,140 MANAGEMENT ARE TWO OF THE 3261 02:24:23,140 --> 02:24:24,941 LEADING PSYCHOSOCIAL VARIABLES 3262 02:24:24,941 --> 02:24:27,878 THAT IMPACT PAIN OUTCOMES. 3263 02:24:27,878 --> 02:24:30,046 SELF-EFFICACY FOR PAIN 3264 02:24:30,046 --> 02:24:32,082 MANAGEMENT IS THE DEGREE OF 3265 02:24:32,082 --> 02:24:33,150 CONFIDENCE, WHICH ONE WHERE THEY 3266 02:24:33,150 --> 02:24:35,018 CAN CONTROL THE PAIN WITHOUT 3267 02:24:35,018 --> 02:24:37,921 ADDITIONAL MEDICATION, AND PAIN 3268 02:24:37,921 --> 02:24:40,223 CATASTROPHIZING REFERS TO ONE 3269 02:24:40,223 --> 02:24:42,492 TENDENCY SO THINK ONE IS 3270 02:24:42,492 --> 02:24:43,994 HELPLESS IN PAIN AND ASSUME THE 3271 02:24:43,994 --> 02:24:47,097 WORST POSSIBLE OUTCOMES. WE 3272 02:24:47,097 --> 02:24:49,466 KNOW THAT FEMALES HAVE LESS PAIN 3273 02:24:49,466 --> 02:24:53,170 AND HIGHER LEVELS OF PAIN 3274 02:24:53,170 --> 02:24:55,505 CATASTROPHIZING. THUS 3275 02:24:55,505 --> 02:25:01,812 INCREASING SELF I HAVE IF-- 3276 02:25:01,812 --> 02:25:02,546 SELF-EFFICACY AND MAY BE 3277 02:25:02,546 --> 02:25:04,247 PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TO PAY 3278 02:25:04,247 --> 02:25:10,220 ATTENTION TO IN PROTOCOL IN 3279 02:25:10,220 --> 02:25:14,324 FEMALES. SO AS WE FORWARDED I 3280 02:25:14,324 --> 02:25:17,427 WOULD LIKE YOU TO KEEP THE 3281 02:25:17,427 --> 02:25:20,330 STATISTIC IN MIND. IT SHOWS 3282 02:25:20,330 --> 02:25:22,065 THAT 510 CLINICAL TRIALS ON 3283 02:25:22,065 --> 02:25:26,303 CHRONIC PAIN NOT RELATED TO 3284 02:25:26,303 --> 02:25:26,937 PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTION 3285 02:25:26,937 --> 02:25:28,638 FEMALES WERE OVERREPRESENTED. 3286 02:25:28,638 --> 02:25:29,973 FOR THE REST OF THE WORK I WILL 3287 02:25:29,973 --> 02:25:30,941 PRESENT I MADE A POINT TO 3288 02:25:30,941 --> 02:25:33,977 INCLUDE THE STATISTICS ON MALE 3289 02:25:33,977 --> 02:25:35,145 AND FEMALE PARTICIPANTS AND YOU 3290 02:25:35,145 --> 02:25:37,247 SEE IT IS MIXED SOME OF THEM 3291 02:25:37,247 --> 02:25:39,149 CERTAINLY HAVE MORE FEMALES OR 3292 02:25:39,149 --> 02:25:42,152 ARE FEMALE FOCUSED BUT SOME OF 3293 02:25:42,152 --> 02:25:45,288 THEM HAVE A PRETTY EVEN SEX 3294 02:25:45,288 --> 02:25:47,157 DISTRIBUTORS. SO BASED ON THAT, 3295 02:25:47,157 --> 02:25:49,159 IT'S GOOD NEWS THAT IT LACKS 3296 02:25:49,159 --> 02:25:51,595 LIKE FEMALES ARE MORE LIKELY TO 3297 02:25:51,595 --> 02:25:54,431 HAVE IMPROVED PAIN OUTCOMES IN 3298 02:25:54,431 --> 02:25:56,833 RESPONSE TO COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL 3299 02:25:56,833 --> 02:25:58,235 THERAPY PROTOCOLS FOR PAIN. 3300 02:25:58,235 --> 02:25:59,402 THERE'S ALSO WORK SUGGESTING 3301 02:25:59,402 --> 02:26:01,204 THAT MALES MIGHT RESPOND BETTER 3302 02:26:01,204 --> 02:26:04,040 TO COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY 3303 02:26:04,040 --> 02:26:05,642 PROTOCOLS THAN OTHER BEHAVIORAL 3304 02:26:05,642 --> 02:26:10,247 OR OTHER PSYCHOSOCIAL PAIN 3305 02:26:10,247 --> 02:26:14,251 APPROACHES. SO WITHIN THIS 3306 02:26:14,251 --> 02:26:16,219 CONTEXT WE WILL LOOK AT HOW TO 3307 02:26:16,219 --> 02:26:20,390 IMPROVE ACCESS FOR ALL PATIENTS. 3308 02:26:20,390 --> 02:26:21,625 I PRESENTED EARLIER THE 3309 02:26:21,625 --> 02:26:23,493 TRADITIONAL APPROACH TO 3310 02:26:23,493 --> 02:26:24,327 COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY 3311 02:26:24,327 --> 02:26:26,763 PAIN PROTOCOLS. AGAIN, THESE 3312 02:26:26,763 --> 02:26:30,100 ARE SEVERAL SESSIONS, OFTEN AT A 3313 02:26:30,100 --> 02:26:31,134 MEDICAL CENTER THEY INCLUDE 3314 02:26:31,134 --> 02:26:32,836 TRAVEL, COST ASSOCIATED WITH 3315 02:26:32,836 --> 02:26:35,138 TRAVEL AND PARKING, WALKING INTO 3316 02:26:35,138 --> 02:26:37,107 THE MEDICAL CENTER AND ARE OFTEN 3317 02:26:37,107 --> 02:26:38,608 DELIVERED BY HIGHLY TRAINED 3318 02:26:38,608 --> 02:26:40,243 THERAPISTS WHILE THESE PROTOCOLS 3319 02:26:40,243 --> 02:26:42,212 APPEAR TO WORK MUCH OF THE TIME 3320 02:26:42,212 --> 02:26:44,814 THE PROBLEM IS THAT THESE 3321 02:26:44,814 --> 02:26:45,682 DELIVERY STRATEGIES LEAD TO 3322 02:26:45,682 --> 02:26:49,352 PERSISTENT ACCESS BARRIERS 3323 02:26:49,352 --> 02:26:50,253 PARTICULARLY FOR PATIENTS WITH 3324 02:26:50,253 --> 02:26:51,388 PAIN. THESE CAN BE EXPENSIVE 3325 02:26:51,388 --> 02:26:54,090 AND COSTLY. THEY REQUIRE 3326 02:26:54,090 --> 02:26:56,459 ADDITIONAL TRIP TO THE MEDICAL 3327 02:26:56,459 --> 02:26:58,228 CENTER AND IT CAN BE HARD TO 3328 02:26:58,228 --> 02:27:00,597 FIND SOMEONE TRAINED TO DO THESE 3329 02:27:00,597 --> 02:27:02,399 INTERVENTIONS. SO AS WITH MANY 3330 02:27:02,399 --> 02:27:04,301 PIECES OF OR WORLD FOR BETTER OR 3331 02:27:04,301 --> 02:27:06,803 WORSE, LONGER PROTOCOLS ARE 3332 02:27:06,803 --> 02:27:08,605 BEING SEEN LESS OFTEN IN MOBILE 3333 02:27:08,605 --> 02:27:11,107 AND SHORTER PROTOCOLS ARE BEING 3334 02:27:11,107 --> 02:27:11,975 SEEN MORE OFTEN BUT IT'S 3335 02:27:11,975 --> 02:27:15,145 IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT HOW 3336 02:27:15,145 --> 02:27:19,916 THESE WORK AND IF THEY WORK. AS 3337 02:27:19,916 --> 02:27:24,654 OUR GROUP INDULGED IN THE 3338 02:27:24,654 --> 02:27:26,389 ZEITGEIST WE WERE THINKING HARD 3339 02:27:26,389 --> 02:27:28,224 ABOUT PATIENTS WITH CANCER. OUR 3340 02:27:28,224 --> 02:27:31,962 FIRST STRATEGY WAS SPURRED BY A 3341 02:27:31,962 --> 02:27:33,063 TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE IN 2010 3342 02:27:33,063 --> 02:27:34,331 WHILE THE FIRST TABLET COMPUTER 3343 02:27:34,331 --> 02:27:37,400 WAS INTRODUCED IN 1989 THE IPAD 3344 02:27:37,400 --> 02:27:40,070 CAME OUT IN 2010 SO IT IS AT 3345 02:27:40,070 --> 02:27:43,840 THIS TIME THAT PERSONAL TABLET 3346 02:27:43,840 --> 02:27:45,608 COMPUTERS REALLY BECAME POPULAR 3347 02:27:45,608 --> 02:27:46,576 FOR INDIVIDUALS AND THAT PEOPLE 3348 02:27:46,576 --> 02:27:48,678 WERE LIKELY TO HAVE THEM IN 3349 02:27:48,678 --> 02:27:50,080 THEIR HOMES SO REMOTE DELIVERY 3350 02:27:50,080 --> 02:27:52,082 USING VIDEO CONFERENCING SEEMED 3351 02:27:52,082 --> 02:27:52,882 LIKE IT MIGHT BE A POTENTIAL WAY 3352 02:27:52,882 --> 02:27:55,885 TO INCREASE ACCESS TO THESE 3353 02:27:55,885 --> 02:27:56,519 INTERVENTIONS. ALSO IMPORTANT 3354 02:27:56,519 --> 02:28:01,391 TO REMEMBER THIS WAS 2010, TEN 3355 02:28:01,391 --> 02:28:01,791 GRE 3356 02:28:01,791 --> 02:28:03,493 YEARS BEFORE THE COVID-19 3357 02:28:03,493 --> 02:28:05,128 PANDEMIC. SO WE LOOKED TO SEE 3358 02:28:05,128 --> 02:28:06,396 IF WE COULD GET THE INTERVENTION 3359 02:28:06,396 --> 02:28:08,131 AT OUR OFFICE TO A HOUSE AT THE 3360 02:28:08,131 --> 02:28:11,835 END OF THE ROAD THAT LOOKED LIKE 3361 02:28:11,835 --> 02:28:14,838 THIS. THE OTHER STRATEGY THAT 3362 02:28:14,838 --> 02:28:16,239 WE AND OTHERS WERE WORKING ON AT 3363 02:28:16,239 --> 02:28:18,808 THE SAME TIME WAS LOOKING AT THE 3364 02:28:18,808 --> 02:28:19,642 LITERATURE AND CLINICAL 3365 02:28:19,642 --> 02:28:21,911 EXPERIENCES TO REDUCE PROTOCOLS 3366 02:28:21,911 --> 02:28:23,813 TO THE SKILLS THAT MIGHT BE MOST 3367 02:28:23,813 --> 02:28:25,815 LIKELY TO BE EFFECTIVE AND TO 3368 02:28:25,815 --> 02:28:28,084 KEEP PHONE CALLS BRIEF. THESE 3369 02:28:28,084 --> 02:28:29,185 ARE THE SKILLS THAT WE HAVE 3370 02:28:29,185 --> 02:28:30,854 LANDED ON WITH MOST OF THE 3371 02:28:30,854 --> 02:28:31,721 PROTOCOLS THAT WE'VE DONE AND 3372 02:28:31,721 --> 02:28:33,490 YOU'LL SEE IN A MOMENT SOMETIMES 3373 02:28:33,490 --> 02:28:35,358 WE DO REALLY BRIEF PROTOCOLS AND 3374 02:28:35,358 --> 02:28:37,093 SOMETIMES WE DO PROTOCOLS THAT 3375 02:28:37,093 --> 02:28:43,166 ARE MORE LIKE 4-6 SESSIONS. IN 3376 02:28:43,166 --> 02:28:45,769 A STUDY BY DARNELL THEY EXAMINED 3377 02:28:45,769 --> 02:28:49,239 WHETHER TWO HOUR SINGLE SESSION 3378 02:28:49,239 --> 02:28:50,540 PAIN MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL 3379 02:28:50,540 --> 02:28:54,411 DELIVERED IN AN IN-PERSON GROUP 3380 02:28:54,411 --> 02:28:55,045 FORMAT WOULD BE NONINFERIOR TO 3381 02:28:55,045 --> 02:29:01,618 AN EIGHT SESSION COGNITIVE 3382 02:29:01,618 --> 02:29:02,919 BEHAVIORAL PROTOCOL. WHAT THEY 3383 02:29:02,919 --> 02:29:04,888 FOUND WAS THE SINGLE PAIN 3384 02:29:04,888 --> 02:29:05,622 MANAGEMENT CLASS RESULTED IN 3385 02:29:05,622 --> 02:29:07,857 SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS ON PAIN 3386 02:29:07,857 --> 02:29:10,060 AND MANY PAIN RELATED OUTCOMES 3387 02:29:10,060 --> 02:29:12,595 AND THAT THIS WAS NONINFERIOR TO 3388 02:29:12,595 --> 02:29:14,164 THE EIGHT SESSION PROTOCOL AT 3389 02:29:14,164 --> 02:29:16,232 THREE MONTHS. OUR GROUP HAS 3390 02:29:16,232 --> 02:29:18,868 ALSO COMPLETE SEVERAL PILOT 3391 02:29:18,868 --> 02:29:20,203 TRIALS FINDING THAT THESE BRIEF 3392 02:29:20,203 --> 02:29:22,505 ROT KOLS ARE FEASIBLE AND 3393 02:29:22,505 --> 02:29:23,907 ACCEPTABLE AND REALLY POINT TO 3394 02:29:23,907 --> 02:29:27,010 HAVING GOOD BENEFITS FOR 3395 02:29:27,010 --> 02:29:29,712 PATIENTS THAT ENGAGE IN THEM WE 3396 02:29:29,712 --> 02:29:32,449 DID A STUDY TO DETERMINE A 3397 02:29:32,449 --> 02:29:34,584 LARGER TRIAL IF A VIDEO 3398 02:29:34,584 --> 02:29:37,120 CONFERENCING WOULD SHOW HIGH 3399 02:29:37,120 --> 02:29:38,655 ACCEPTABILITY IN A LARGE TRIAL 3400 02:29:38,655 --> 02:29:40,190 AND WHETHER IT WOULD BE AS GOOD 3401 02:29:40,190 --> 02:29:41,458 AS AN IN-PERSON PROTOCOL THIS 3402 02:29:41,458 --> 02:29:43,893 PATIENT IN THE TOP IMAGE HERE IS 3403 02:29:43,893 --> 02:29:45,862 WHAT AN IN-PERSON CONDITION 3404 02:29:45,862 --> 02:29:48,965 MIGHT LOOK LIKE. HE MAY HAVE 3405 02:29:48,965 --> 02:29:51,167 HIS HEAD IN HIS HANDS AFTER THE 3406 02:29:51,167 --> 02:29:53,069 HASSLE OF GETTING TO PARKING. 3407 02:29:53,069 --> 02:29:55,772 THE BOTTOM IMAGE SHOWS WHAT AN 3408 02:29:55,772 --> 02:29:57,540 AT HOME APPOINTMENT CAN LOOK 3409 02:29:57,540 --> 02:30:02,445 LIKE FOR A PATIENT. THE 3410 02:30:02,445 --> 02:30:04,047 PATIENTS HAD MIXED CANCERS. 3411 02:30:04,047 --> 02:30:05,648 THERE WAS AN AVERAGE AGE OF 57 3412 02:30:05,648 --> 02:30:09,119 AND ABOUT TWELVE MONTHS OUT FROM 3413 02:30:09,119 --> 02:30:10,220 THEIR CANCER DIAGNOSIS. 3414 02:30:10,220 --> 02:30:12,789 PARTICIPANTS RANDOMIZED BOTH OF 3415 02:30:12,789 --> 02:30:14,791 THESE CONDITIONS HAD FOUR MEANT 3416 02:30:14,791 --> 02:30:16,226 TO BE WEEKLY PAIN COPING SKILLS 3417 02:30:16,226 --> 02:30:18,094 TRAINING SESSIONS SO THE 3418 02:30:18,094 --> 02:30:20,997 FEASIBILITY RESULTS SHOWED THAT 3419 02:30:20,997 --> 02:30:24,934 THERE WAS ALMOST TWICE AS MUCH 3420 02:30:24,934 --> 02:30:27,003 ATTRITION IN THE IN-PERSON 3421 02:30:27,003 --> 02:30:28,238 CONDITION. FURTHER THOSE THAT 3422 02:30:28,238 --> 02:30:30,306 DID COMPLETE THE IN-PERSON 3423 02:30:30,306 --> 02:30:31,975 CONDITION HAD SIGNIFICANTLY 3424 02:30:31,975 --> 02:30:33,276 LOWER ADHERENCE TO STUDY 3425 02:30:33,276 --> 02:30:35,145 PROCEDURES SO THEY WEREN'T 3426 02:30:35,145 --> 02:30:36,646 GETTING THE INTERVENTION AS IT 3427 02:30:36,646 --> 02:30:38,148 WAS INTENDED TO BE DELIVERED. 3428 02:30:38,148 --> 02:30:43,153 SO DAYS TO COMPLETION OF THE 3429 02:30:43,153 --> 02:30:44,888 INTERVENTION WERE MORE THAN 3430 02:30:44,888 --> 02:30:47,123 TWICE AS MUCH. IT TOOK 65 DAYS 3431 02:30:47,123 --> 02:30:49,025 TO GET THEM BACK INTO THE 3432 02:30:49,025 --> 02:30:51,161 MEDICAL CENTER FOUR TIMES WHERE 3433 02:30:51,161 --> 02:30:52,929 THE VIDEO CONFERENCING DID THIS 3434 02:30:52,929 --> 02:30:55,165 IN ABOUT 27 DAYS AND AGAIN THIS 3435 02:30:55,165 --> 02:30:58,234 IS FOUR SESSIONS SO IDEALLY IT 3436 02:30:58,234 --> 02:31:01,838 WOULD BE 28 AND NO MORE THAN 40 3437 02:31:01,838 --> 02:31:12,348 DAYS FROM BEGINNING TO END. 3438 02:31:18,521 --> 02:31:20,223 THIS TRIAL INCLUDED BOTH MALES 3439 02:31:20,223 --> 02:31:21,691 AND FEMALES AND ALLOWED US TO 3440 02:31:21,691 --> 02:31:23,593 LOOK AT SOME SEX DIFFERENCES 3441 02:31:23,593 --> 02:31:26,262 GIVEN THAT ONLY 28% OF THE 3442 02:31:26,262 --> 02:31:29,399 SAMPLE WERE MALE THIS SHOULD BE 3443 02:31:29,399 --> 02:31:32,268 SEEN AS DATA. MALES WERE LESS 3444 02:31:32,268 --> 02:31:34,237 LIKELY TO ENROLL IN THIS TRIAL 3445 02:31:34,237 --> 02:31:37,273 THAN WOMEN WHILE ONLY A TREND 3446 02:31:37,273 --> 02:31:38,808 TOWARD STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE 3447 02:31:38,808 --> 02:31:41,110 THE DROPOUT RATE FOR MALES WERE 3448 02:31:41,110 --> 02:31:42,078 HIGHER THAN FOR WOMEN. I THINK 3449 02:31:42,078 --> 02:31:43,146 ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS 3450 02:31:43,146 --> 02:31:47,317 THAT WE LOOKED AT WAS THE 3451 02:31:47,317 --> 02:31:50,420 ATTRITION BY SEX AND BY 3452 02:31:50,420 --> 02:31:52,222 CONDITION. SO WHAT YOU'RE 3453 02:31:52,222 --> 02:31:54,357 SEEING HERE IS IT'S ALL ABOUT 3454 02:31:54,357 --> 02:31:55,625 THE SAME EXCEPT WHEN YOU ASK 3455 02:31:55,625 --> 02:32:00,029 WOMEN TO COME BACK INTO THE 3456 02:32:00,029 --> 02:32:02,298 CANCER CENTER YOU SEE A MUCH 3457 02:32:02,298 --> 02:32:04,067 HIGHER DROPOUT RATE THAN AT HOME 3458 02:32:04,067 --> 02:32:05,468 AND THIS MAY COME BACK TO THOSE 3459 02:32:05,468 --> 02:32:07,704 ISSUES I TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS 3460 02:32:07,704 --> 02:32:08,938 OF BURDEN OF TRANSPORTATION, 3461 02:32:08,938 --> 02:32:10,073 OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES. SO I 3462 02:32:10,073 --> 02:32:12,208 THINK THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT 3463 02:32:12,208 --> 02:32:14,677 PIECE TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT IT 3464 02:32:14,677 --> 02:32:15,712 LOOKS LIKE IF WE GIVE WOMEN MORE 3465 02:32:15,712 --> 02:32:17,847 ACCESS TO THESE INTERVENTIONS 3466 02:32:17,847 --> 02:32:22,252 THEY'RE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO 3467 02:32:22,252 --> 02:32:23,853 ENGAGE AND FIND BENEFIT. SO FOR 3468 02:32:23,853 --> 02:32:25,655 MALES AND FEMALES THAT COMPLETED 3469 02:32:25,655 --> 02:32:28,224 THERE WERE CLEAR BENEFITS AND 3470 02:32:28,224 --> 02:32:29,359 THERE WERE SOME INTERESTING 3471 02:32:29,359 --> 02:32:31,227 BETWEEN SEX DIFFERENCES THAT WE 3472 02:32:31,227 --> 02:32:33,763 SAW. SO THIS IS A PAIN 3473 02:32:33,763 --> 02:32:34,430 INTERFERENCE MEASURE. THE BLUE 3474 02:32:34,430 --> 02:32:38,234 LINE IS THE MALES. MALES 3475 02:32:38,234 --> 02:32:39,335 DECREASED IN PAIN INTERFERENCE 3476 02:32:39,335 --> 02:32:41,504 FROM PRE TO POST INTERVENTION AT 3477 02:32:41,504 --> 02:32:45,074 38% WHILE FEMALES DECREASED IN 3478 02:32:45,074 --> 02:32:49,746 PAIN INTERFERENCE AT 13%. PAIN 3479 02:32:49,746 --> 02:32:51,047 SEVERITY WAS ABOUT THE SAME. AN 3480 02:32:51,047 --> 02:32:54,684 INTERESTING THING TO HEAR ABOUT 3481 02:32:54,684 --> 02:32:56,419 THE PAIN INTERFERENCE AND IN 3482 02:32:56,419 --> 02:32:57,754 BOTH MALES AND FEMALES HAD ABOUT 3483 02:32:57,754 --> 02:33:00,356 THE SAME INCREASE IN 3484 02:33:00,356 --> 02:33:01,424 SELF-EFFICACY FOR PAIN 3485 02:33:01,424 --> 02:33:02,158 MANAGEMENT WHICH BECOMES REALLY 3486 02:33:02,158 --> 02:33:02,859 IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT 3487 02:33:02,859 --> 02:33:04,694 THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 3488 02:33:04,694 --> 02:33:08,231 DRIVES BETTER OUTCOMES IF WE CAN 3489 02:33:08,231 --> 02:33:11,534 CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN 3490 02:33:11,534 --> 02:33:13,169 MANAGE THEIR PAIN WE KNOW THAT 3491 02:33:13,169 --> 02:33:15,905 THEIR OUTCOMES ARE LIKELY TO BE 3492 02:33:15,905 --> 02:33:18,074 BETTER. AND THEN THIS IS 3493 02:33:18,074 --> 02:33:19,242 SELF-REPORTED MEDICATION USE. 3494 02:33:19,242 --> 02:33:23,146 IN MALES VERSUS FEMALES SO MALES 3495 02:33:23,146 --> 02:33:24,514 DECREASE FROM PRE TO 3496 02:33:24,514 --> 02:33:26,082 POSTTREATMENT AT ABOUT A DAY PER 3497 02:33:26,082 --> 02:33:28,251 WEEK AND FEMALES DECREASED LESS 3498 02:33:28,251 --> 02:33:30,086 THAN HALF A DAY A WEEK SO SEEING 3499 02:33:30,086 --> 02:33:31,688 A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENCES 3500 02:33:31,688 --> 02:33:34,223 THERE IN THIS EARLY DATA TO LOOK 3501 02:33:34,223 --> 02:33:36,125 AT THIS. SO IN ADDITION TO 3502 02:33:36,125 --> 02:33:37,560 INCREASING OUR EYES OF MOBILE 3503 02:33:37,560 --> 02:33:40,129 HEALTH DECREASES IN REMOTE 3504 02:33:40,129 --> 02:33:41,397 DELIVERY WE WERE EXAMINING -- 3505 02:33:41,397 --> 02:33:43,166 WE'VE BEEN EXAMINING HOW BRIEF 3506 02:33:43,166 --> 02:33:44,801 WE CAN GET THESE INTERVENTIONS 3507 02:33:44,801 --> 02:33:46,035 AND STILL HAVE THEM BE 3508 02:33:46,035 --> 02:33:49,205 EFFICACIOUS AND PROVIDE BENEFIT. 3509 02:33:49,205 --> 02:33:54,811 SO NIH FUNDED SEQUENTIAL TRIAL. 3510 02:33:54,811 --> 02:33:58,247 WE RECRUITED 327 WOMEN WITH 3511 02:33:58,247 --> 02:34:01,551 BREAST CANCER THAT REPORTED AT 3512 02:34:01,551 --> 02:34:03,152 LEAST MODERATE PAIN AND GAVE 3513 02:34:03,152 --> 02:34:05,588 THEM TWO DOSES OF PAIN TRAINING. 3514 02:34:05,588 --> 02:34:07,090 WOMEN HAD EITHER ONE SESSION OR 3515 02:34:07,090 --> 02:34:10,259 FIVE SESSIONS. THE ONE SESSION 3516 02:34:10,259 --> 02:34:12,795 PROTOCOL INCLUDED THE PSYCHO 3517 02:34:12,795 --> 02:34:15,164 EDUCATION AND RATIONALE AND ALSO 3518 02:34:15,164 --> 02:34:17,166 RELAXATION AND IMAGERY AND THEN 3519 02:34:17,166 --> 02:34:19,669 LOTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT FOR HOME 3520 02:34:19,669 --> 02:34:21,704 PRACTICE. IF THEIR PAIN REDUCED 3521 02:34:21,704 --> 02:34:25,208 BY 30% OR MORE WE RERANDOMIZED 3522 02:34:25,208 --> 02:34:27,143 THEM TO MAINTENANCE OR NOTHING 3523 02:34:27,143 --> 02:34:29,312 AND IF THEIR PAIN DID NOT REDUCE 3524 02:34:29,312 --> 02:34:35,151 THEY WERE RERANDOMIZED TO MORE 3525 02:34:35,151 --> 02:34:45,695 TRAINING OR MAINTENANCE DOSE. 3526 02:34:46,195 --> 02:34:52,268 SO WHILE THE ONE SESSION WENT 3527 02:34:52,268 --> 02:34:55,138 INTO A REDUCTION OF 15%. ONE OF 3528 02:34:55,138 --> 02:34:57,340 THE INTERESTING FIND SGS IS WE 3529 02:34:57,340 --> 02:34:58,474 FOUND THAT SPRIJ PATIENTS THAT 3530 02:34:58,474 --> 02:35:00,042 ACHIEVED AT LEAST A PAIN 3531 02:35:00,042 --> 02:35:05,515 REDUCTION OF 30% IN BOTH GROUPS, 3532 02:35:05,515 --> 02:35:07,016 WERE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER SO WE 3533 02:35:07,016 --> 02:35:09,285 FOUND THAT 53 BANK ACCOUNT OF 3534 02:35:09,285 --> 02:35:11,154 THE WOMEN THAT HAD THE PROPERTY 3535 02:35:11,154 --> 02:35:13,689 COAL REDUCED THEIR PAIN BY 35% 3536 02:35:13,689 --> 02:35:15,458 IN FIVE WEEKS AND STILL 42% OF 3537 02:35:15,458 --> 02:35:17,160 THE WOMEN HAD THE SAME 3538 02:35:17,160 --> 02:35:18,895 REDUCTION. SO THIS IS 3539 02:35:18,895 --> 02:35:20,463 SUGGESTING THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE 3540 02:35:20,463 --> 02:35:22,265 GETTING BENEFIT FROM THIS BRIEF 3541 02:35:22,265 --> 02:35:25,168 PROTOCOL. PRETTY QUICKLY. WE 3542 02:35:25,168 --> 02:35:26,636 ALSO PERFORM COST ANALYSES IN 3543 02:35:26,636 --> 02:35:29,105 THE STUDY AND FOUND THAT THE 3544 02:35:29,105 --> 02:35:31,073 FIVE SESSIONS COST ABOUT 573 3545 02:35:31,073 --> 02:35:34,243 DOLLARS AND THE ONE SESSION WAS 3546 02:35:34,243 --> 02:35:41,651 161 DOLLARS. BASED ON RESPONSE, 3547 02:35:41,651 --> 02:35:44,887 AGAIN THEY WERE RERANDOMIZED TO 3548 02:35:44,887 --> 02:35:46,155 EARLY A MAINTENANCE DOSE OR 3549 02:35:46,155 --> 02:35:47,824 NOTHING. WHAT WE FOUND THAT A 3550 02:35:47,824 --> 02:35:49,725 THIRD ASSESSMENTINGS, SO THEY 3551 02:35:49,725 --> 02:35:52,261 WERE RERANDOMIZED, HAD MORE 3552 02:35:52,261 --> 02:35:55,698 INTERVENTION OR NOTHING HERE. 3553 02:35:55,698 --> 02:35:56,799 WAS THAT THERE WERE NO 3554 02:35:56,799 --> 02:35:57,900 SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 3555 02:35:57,900 --> 02:35:59,669 THESE EIGHT CONDITIONS. AND ALL 3556 02:35:59,669 --> 02:36:00,970 OF THE CONDITIONS HAD 3557 02:36:00,970 --> 02:36:03,139 SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS FROM 3558 02:36:03,139 --> 02:36:04,841 BASELINE. SO THIS SUGGESTS THAT 3559 02:36:04,841 --> 02:36:07,143 PERHAPS GIVING PEOPLE WHAT THEY 3560 02:36:07,143 --> 02:36:08,744 NEED REALLY OPTIMIZING TO THE 3561 02:36:08,744 --> 02:36:11,047 PERSON PUTS EVERYONE ON A MORE 3562 02:36:11,047 --> 02:36:13,015 EVEN PLAYING LEVEL. WHEN 3563 02:36:13,015 --> 02:36:14,183 LOOKING AT LONGER TERM OUTCOMES 3564 02:36:14,183 --> 02:36:15,918 ABOUT TEN MONTHS FOLLOWING 3565 02:36:15,918 --> 02:36:18,988 BASELINE THIS WORK FOUND IN MOST 3566 02:36:18,988 --> 02:36:20,756 CONDITIONS GAINES HAD BEEN 3567 02:36:20,756 --> 02:36:21,691 MAINTAINED IN REGRESSION TO THE 3568 02:36:21,691 --> 02:36:23,226 MEAN WHICH IS TYPICAL AND 3569 02:36:23,226 --> 02:36:30,199 BEHAVIORAL WORK WAS MINIMIZED. 3570 02:36:30,199 --> 02:36:32,068 WHILE WE KNOW THIS CAN BE 3571 02:36:32,068 --> 02:36:33,970 CHALLENGING ANYWHERE. EVEN IN 3572 02:36:33,970 --> 02:36:36,372 ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS, WE'RE 3573 02:36:36,372 --> 02:36:38,808 SURE ALSO THAT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE 3574 02:36:38,808 --> 02:36:40,910 TO ACCESS THESE INTERVENTIONS 3575 02:36:40,910 --> 02:36:43,913 FOR PATIENTS FOR THOSE RECEIVING 3576 02:36:43,913 --> 02:36:45,348 ONCOLOGY CARE IN MEDICALLY 3577 02:36:45,348 --> 02:36:46,682 UNDERSERVED AREAS. ONLY ABOUT 3578 02:36:46,682 --> 02:36:50,520 3% OF ONCOLOGISTS PRACTICE IN 3579 02:36:50,520 --> 02:36:53,222 RURAL AREAS SO IT IS NOT HARD TO 3580 02:36:53,222 --> 02:36:55,525 TRANSLATE THE UNAVAILABILITY OF 3581 02:36:55,525 --> 02:36:57,460 COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL OR PAIN 3582 02:36:57,460 --> 02:36:58,861 THERAPISTS THAT WOULD BE 3583 02:36:58,861 --> 02:37:01,230 AVAILABLE IN THESE AREAS. SO IF 3584 02:37:01,230 --> 02:37:03,766 THE SMART DESIGN MADE YOU DIZZY 3585 02:37:03,766 --> 02:37:05,034 AT ALL YOU MIGHT WELCOME THE 3586 02:37:05,034 --> 02:37:07,703 SIMPLE TWO ARM RANDOMIZED 3587 02:37:07,703 --> 02:37:09,138 CONTROL CONTROL EXAMINING THE 3588 02:37:09,138 --> 02:37:10,940 EFFICACY OF FOUR SESSIONS OF 3589 02:37:10,940 --> 02:37:13,309 PAIN, COPING SKILLS, COMPARED TO 3590 02:37:13,309 --> 02:37:15,077 FOUR SESSIONS OF THE CONTROL 3591 02:37:15,077 --> 02:37:16,178 GROUP IN WOMEN WITH BREAST 3592 02:37:16,178 --> 02:37:18,180 CANCER AND PAIN RECEIVING THEIR 3593 02:37:18,180 --> 02:37:18,748 ONCOLOGY CARE IN MEDICALLY 3594 02:37:18,748 --> 02:37:24,887 UNDERSERVED AREAS. SO IN THIS 3595 02:37:24,887 --> 02:37:27,156 TRIAL WE HAVE SET UP VIDEO 3596 02:37:27,156 --> 02:37:28,024 CONFERENCING KIOSKS AND WOMEN 3597 02:37:28,024 --> 02:37:30,226 COME INTO THE CLINIC TO COMPLETE 3598 02:37:30,226 --> 02:37:32,328 THE VIDEO CONFERENCING SESSION 3599 02:37:32,328 --> 02:37:34,597 WITH A THERAPIST THAT'S AT DUKE. 3600 02:37:34,597 --> 02:37:36,999 SO HERE YOU CAN SEE ARE THREE OF 3601 02:37:36,999 --> 02:37:40,136 OUR EIGHT CLINICS, THEY'RE MUCH 3602 02:37:40,136 --> 02:37:42,171 SMALLER. THAN THE ACADEMIC 3603 02:37:42,171 --> 02:37:44,206 MEDICAL CENTERS IN MOST OFTEN IN 3604 02:37:44,206 --> 02:37:45,341 VERY SMALL TOWNS OR EVEN IN 3605 02:37:45,341 --> 02:37:47,143 RURAL AREAS. SO WE JUST 3606 02:37:47,143 --> 02:37:48,878 FINISHED RECRUITMENT FOR THIS 3607 02:37:48,878 --> 02:37:50,112 TRIAL AND ARE ABOUT TO GET 3608 02:37:50,112 --> 02:37:51,147 EVERYONE THROUGH THE 3609 02:37:51,147 --> 02:37:51,781 INTERVENTION SO WE'LL HAVE 3610 02:37:51,781 --> 02:37:54,984 OUTCOME DATA SOON BUT WE'RE 3611 02:37:54,984 --> 02:37:58,054 HOPING THAT THIS PAIN COPING 3612 02:37:58,054 --> 02:38:00,122 SKILLS TRAINING THAT'S HIGHLY 3613 02:38:00,122 --> 02:38:01,591 ACCESSIBLE WILL BE EFFICACIOUS 3614 02:38:01,591 --> 02:38:06,529 AS WELL FOR THESE WOMEN. SO 3615 02:38:06,529 --> 02:38:08,631 FINALLY I WANT TO SHARE ONE LAST 3616 02:38:08,631 --> 02:38:11,634 PILOT STUDY LED BY SARA IN OUR 3617 02:38:11,634 --> 02:38:13,669 GROUP. THIS IS LOOKING AT 3618 02:38:13,669 --> 02:38:16,038 FEASIBILITY OF A FULLY 3619 02:38:16,038 --> 02:38:18,341 STANDALONE APP FOR PATIENTS WITH 3620 02:38:18,341 --> 02:38:21,477 COLO RECK CALENDAR CANCER. THIS 3621 02:38:21,477 --> 02:38:22,945 STUDY RANDOMIZED PATIENTS TO 3622 02:38:22,945 --> 02:38:26,816 PAIN PACK, A STAND ALONE APP OR 3623 02:38:26,816 --> 02:38:28,884 FOUR WEEKLY SESSION -- VIDEO 3624 02:38:28,884 --> 02:38:29,986 CONFERENCING SESSIONS WITH A 3625 02:38:29,986 --> 02:38:32,088 THERAPIST SO IT'S COMPLETELY ON 3626 02:38:32,088 --> 02:38:33,956 THEIR OWN OR VIDEO CONFERENCING 3627 02:38:33,956 --> 02:38:38,327 WITH A THERAPIST. WE CURRENTLY 3628 02:38:38,327 --> 02:38:40,262 RECRUITED 45 PARTICIPANTS WITH 3629 02:38:40,262 --> 02:38:42,698 62 BEING FEMALE. OUR ATTRITION 3630 02:38:42,698 --> 02:38:44,300 HAS BEEN -- YOUR ATTRITION RATE 3631 02:38:44,300 --> 02:38:46,602 HAS BEEN LOW TO DATE. ONE OF 3632 02:38:46,602 --> 02:38:48,404 THESE HAS BEEN FEMALE AND TWO IS 3633 02:38:48,404 --> 02:38:50,473 MALE. WHAT WE'RE HOPING WITH 3634 02:38:50,473 --> 02:38:52,008 PAIN PACK IS AT LEAST FOR 3635 02:38:52,008 --> 02:38:53,309 SOME -- AND SOME PATIENTS THAT 3636 02:38:53,309 --> 02:38:56,846 THIS IS A REALLY HIGHLY 3637 02:38:56,846 --> 02:38:58,247 ACCESS 3638 02:38:58,247 --> 02:39:00,182 ACCESSIBLE INTERVENTION THAT 3639 02:39:00,182 --> 02:39:01,751 WILL HAVE LOW COST AND WE'LL BE 3640 02:39:01,751 --> 02:39:03,152 ABLE TO DISSEMINATE IT VERY 3641 02:39:03,152 --> 02:39:07,156 WIDELY. SO IN SUMMARY HERE, 3642 02:39:07,156 --> 02:39:09,692 JUST SOME AREAS FOR FUTURE 3643 02:39:09,692 --> 02:39:11,694 STUDY, CONTINUED OPTIMIZATION OF 3644 02:39:11,694 --> 02:39:13,663 COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY, 3645 02:39:13,663 --> 02:39:15,698 PROTOCOLS FOR PAIN, IMPROVED 3646 02:39:15,698 --> 02:39:17,566 ACCESS, RIGOROUS EXAMINATION OF 3647 02:39:17,566 --> 02:39:19,435 SEX DIFFERENCES IN COGNITIVE 3648 02:39:19,435 --> 02:39:21,971 BEHAVIORAL THERAPY FOR PAIN 3649 02:39:21,971 --> 02:39:22,605 MANAGEMENT. OPTIMIZATION OF 3650 02:39:22,605 --> 02:39:26,042 THESE BRIEF PAIN COPING SKILLS, 3651 02:39:26,042 --> 02:39:27,276 PROTOCOLS TARGETING SEX 3652 02:39:27,276 --> 02:39:28,444 DIFFERENCES AND PURPOSEFULLY TO 3653 02:39:28,444 --> 02:39:30,646 RECRUIT AND ENROLL IN THESE 3654 02:39:30,646 --> 02:39:33,449 TRIALS CONSIDERING SEX 3655 02:39:33,449 --> 02:39:35,151 DIFFERENCES IN RESPONSE TO PAIN 3656 02:39:35,151 --> 02:39:38,921 COPING SKILLS OR COGNITIVE 3657 02:39:38,921 --> 02:39:39,755 BEHAVIORAL THERAPY FOR PAIN 3658 02:39:39,755 --> 02:39:40,589 MANAGEMENT. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR 3659 02:39:40,589 --> 02:39:41,724 HAVING ME AND LISTENING ABOUT 3660 02:39:41,724 --> 02:39:43,159 THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING 3661 02:39:43,159 --> 02:39:46,262 AND THANK YOU TO OUR FUNDERS, MY 3662 02:39:46,262 --> 02:39:48,097 LONG-TERM MENTORS PROVIDED THE 3663 02:39:48,097 --> 02:39:51,067 FOUNDATION FOR THIS WORK AND AN 3664 02:39:51,067 --> 02:39:54,070 AWESOME RESEARCH TEAM THAT KEEPS 3665 02:39:54,070 --> 02:40:04,380 THIS ALL MOVING. 3666 02:40:32,074 --> 02:40:33,909 >> WELCOME, WE'RE READY FOR 3667 02:40:33,909 --> 02:40:34,710 QUESTIONS. I WILL LEAD OFF H 3668 02:40:34,710 --> 02:40:39,381 HERE. DR. HOFFMAN. FABULOUS 3669 02:40:39,381 --> 02:40:42,585 SET OF ARTICLES. THE GIRL WHO 3670 02:40:42,585 --> 02:40:44,320 CRIED PAIN AND THEN WENT ONTO 3671 02:40:44,320 --> 02:40:46,255 THE WOMEN WHO CRIED PAIN I 3672 02:40:46,255 --> 02:40:48,124 REALLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT TO 3673 02:40:48,124 --> 02:40:49,992 ANYBODY AT THIS CONFERENCE HERE. 3674 02:40:49,992 --> 02:40:52,261 I'M GOING TO GIVE THOSE TO MY 3675 02:40:52,261 --> 02:40:54,797 FUTURE STUDENTS WHO COME IN. 3676 02:40:54,797 --> 02:40:56,298 WHAT IS THE BOTTOM LINE ON THE 3677 02:40:56,298 --> 02:40:58,567 STATE OF DISPARITIES BASED ON 3678 02:40:58,567 --> 02:40:59,502 SEX AND THE TREATMENT OF PAIN 3679 02:40:59,502 --> 02:41:01,237 AND WHAT DO YOU CONCLUDE AFTER 3680 02:41:01,237 --> 02:41:04,573 REVIEWING ALL THE LITERATURE? 3681 02:41:04,573 --> 02:41:07,943 >> SO THAT'S THE QUESTION I GET 3682 02:41:07,943 --> 02:41:09,812 FROM REPORTERS AND JOURNALISTS 3683 02:41:09,812 --> 02:41:12,715 WHEN THEY TALK TO ME. SO I 3684 02:41:12,715 --> 02:41:16,986 GUESS I WOULD SEE NOW THAT THERE 3685 02:41:16,986 --> 02:41:20,589 IS STILL, I WOULD -- SIGNIFICANT 3686 02:41:20,589 --> 02:41:21,257 DISPARITIES IN THE TREATMENT OF 3687 02:41:21,257 --> 02:41:24,260 WOMEN FOR PAIN. AND I THINK OF 3688 02:41:24,260 --> 02:41:26,262 MOST CONCERN OF THE MOST RECENT 3689 02:41:26,262 --> 02:41:28,631 RESEARCH THAT WE'VE DONE IS THE 3690 02:41:28,631 --> 02:41:33,435 STUDIES ON BIAS. IMPLICIT BIAS 3691 02:41:33,435 --> 02:41:35,004 BECAUSE USING THOSE AVATARS AND 3692 02:41:35,004 --> 02:41:37,039 VIRTUAL HUMANS YOU CAN JUST 3693 02:41:37,039 --> 02:41:40,576 MODIFY A SINGLE VARIABLE LIKE 3694 02:41:40,576 --> 02:41:43,445 SEX. AND REALLY SEE DOES THAT 3695 02:41:43,445 --> 02:41:45,848 INFLUENCE DECISION-MAKING. BUT 3696 02:41:45,848 --> 02:41:47,349 I WOULD ALSO SEE THAT THERE WERE 3697 02:41:47,349 --> 02:41:51,153 TWO VERY SIGNIFICANT STUDIES, 3698 02:41:51,153 --> 02:41:53,856 ONE THAT AT SIXTEEN DIFFERENT 3699 02:41:53,856 --> 02:41:55,191 HOSPITALS IN THE U.S. AND THREE 3700 02:41:55,191 --> 02:42:00,663 IN CANADA THAT SHOWED NO 3701 02:42:00,663 --> 02:42:03,866 DIFFERENCE IN THE TREATMENT OF 3702 02:42:03,866 --> 02:42:05,167 WOMEN AND MEN. I THINK THERE 3703 02:42:05,167 --> 02:42:06,435 ARE PLACES THAT ARE DOING A 3704 02:42:06,435 --> 02:42:08,571 BETTER JOB. I THINK A NEXT STEP 3705 02:42:08,571 --> 02:42:10,339 IN RESEARCH THAT WILL BE VERY 3706 02:42:10,339 --> 02:42:11,607 INTERESTING WILL BE TO GO BACK 3707 02:42:11,607 --> 02:42:14,109 TO THOSE HOSPITALS AND SEE, YOU 3708 02:42:14,109 --> 02:42:16,312 KNOW, HAVE THEY FOCUSED, HAVE 3709 02:42:16,312 --> 02:42:18,747 THEY DONE ANY KIND OF MORE 3710 02:42:18,747 --> 02:42:21,784 TARGETED EDUCATION AND 3711 02:42:21,784 --> 02:42:23,152 INCREASING AWARENESS ON THE PART 3712 02:42:23,152 --> 02:42:27,156 OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS ABOUT 3713 02:42:27,156 --> 02:42:29,091 TREATMENT OF WOMEN AND MEN FOR 3714 02:42:29,091 --> 02:42:30,292 PAIN? SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD 3715 02:42:30,292 --> 02:42:30,459 SEE. 3716 02:42:30,459 --> 02:42:32,728 >> OKAY. THANK YOU. I 3717 02:42:32,728 --> 02:42:34,063 APOLOGIZE THAT -- I DON'T HAVE A 3718 02:42:34,063 --> 02:42:34,930 METHOD I GUESS OF CHECKING 3719 02:42:34,930 --> 02:42:35,664 WHETHER QUESTIONS ARE COMING IN 3720 02:42:35,664 --> 02:42:42,338 FROM ONLINE. TO DR. WARD, HIGH 3721 02:42:42,338 --> 02:42:45,140 DOES THE MECHANISM OF ACTION, 3722 02:42:45,140 --> 02:42:47,142 THE FIE TO CANNABINOIDS THAT YOU 3723 02:42:47,142 --> 02:42:49,345 STUDY IN THE LAB RELATE TO SEX 3724 02:42:49,345 --> 02:42:53,315 DIFFERENCES IN THE RODENT MODELS 3725 02:42:53,315 --> 02:42:57,920 OF PAIN? 3726 02:42:57,920 --> 02:42:58,988 >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 3727 02:42:58,988 --> 02:43:00,656 ON THE ONE HAND I MENTIONED IN 3728 02:43:00,656 --> 02:43:02,458 THE CONCLUSION SLIDE THAT MANY 3729 02:43:02,458 --> 02:43:05,227 OF US THINK OF THESE FIE TO 3730 02:43:05,227 --> 02:43:08,898 CANNABINOIDS AS BEING SORT OF 3731 02:43:08,898 --> 02:43:10,165 PAN ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AND SO 3732 02:43:10,165 --> 02:43:11,500 PERHAPS EVEN IN THE MODEL WHERE 3733 02:43:11,500 --> 02:43:13,702 THERE'S A SEX DIFFERENCE THAT 3734 02:43:13,702 --> 02:43:14,803 THE CANNABINOIDS MAY BE 3735 02:43:14,803 --> 02:43:17,539 EFFECTIVE BUT WITH CBD WHICH I 3736 02:43:17,539 --> 02:43:21,176 DIDN'T TALK ABOUT AS MUCH AT THE 3737 02:43:21,176 --> 02:43:23,145 END OF MY PRESENTATION ONE OF 3738 02:43:23,145 --> 02:43:24,914 THE OBSERVATIONS FROM THE 3739 02:43:24,914 --> 02:43:26,248 LITERATURE AS WELL AS FROM MY 3740 02:43:26,248 --> 02:43:28,784 LABORATORY IS THAT THERE SEEM TO 3741 02:43:28,784 --> 02:43:31,654 AB MORE PREDOMINANT EFFECT OF 3742 02:43:31,654 --> 02:43:34,490 CBD ON T-CELL ACTIVATION THAN ON 3743 02:43:34,490 --> 02:43:37,393 MICRO GLIAL ACTIVATION AND SO 3744 02:43:37,393 --> 02:43:41,163 GIVEN THE WORK OF JEFF MOGUL AND 3745 02:43:41,163 --> 02:43:42,898 ROB S. AND SOME OF THE FOLLOW UP 3746 02:43:42,898 --> 02:43:44,700 STUDIES FROM OTHER FOLKS THERE 3747 02:43:44,700 --> 02:43:48,871 IS A POTENTIAL THAT CBD WITH ITS 3748 02:43:48,871 --> 02:43:51,140 REALLY PROFOUND EFFECTS ON 3749 02:43:51,140 --> 02:43:54,543 T-CELL ACTIVITY MAY BE 3750 02:43:54,543 --> 02:43:55,377 ESPECIALLY EFFICACIOUS IN 3751 02:43:55,377 --> 02:43:59,682 FEMALES AGAIN, IF MANY OF THESE 3752 02:43:59,682 --> 02:44:02,084 NEUROPATHIC PAIN CONDITIONS IN 3753 02:44:02,084 --> 02:44:04,253 FEMALES HAVE A T-CELL DOMINANT 3754 02:44:04,253 --> 02:44:06,455 PAIN SIGNATURE. SO THAT'S 3755 02:44:06,455 --> 02:44:07,623 SOMETHING THAT I'M PARTICULARLY 3756 02:44:07,623 --> 02:44:08,257 INTERESTED IN SEEING FOLKS 3757 02:44:08,257 --> 02:44:13,862 FOLLOW UP ON. 3758 02:44:13,862 --> 02:44:15,965 >> THANK YOU. DR. SOMERS YOUR 3759 02:44:15,965 --> 02:44:16,799 PRESENTATION, YOU ACTUALLY 3760 02:44:16,799 --> 02:44:18,634 PRESENTED ON POTENTIAL SEX 3761 02:44:18,634 --> 02:44:20,836 DIFFERENCES IN RESPONSE TO 3762 02:44:20,836 --> 02:44:22,037 COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL STRATEGIES 3763 02:44:22,037 --> 02:44:23,138 FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT. WHAT MIGHT 3764 02:44:23,138 --> 02:44:26,108 BE A STRATEGY FOR DEVELOPING AN 3765 02:44:26,108 --> 02:44:29,278 INTERVENTION TARGETED AT EITHER 3766 02:44:29,278 --> 02:44:30,813 MALES OR FEMALES? 3767 02:44:30,813 --> 02:44:33,716 >> I MEAN, THAT'S A GOOD YES. I 3768 02:44:33,716 --> 02:44:34,883 ACTUALLY AM REALLY SURPRISE TO 3769 02:44:34,883 --> 02:44:37,052 DO THINK THAT WE ARE TO SEE THAT 3770 02:44:37,052 --> 02:44:39,154 WE HADN'T THOUGHT MORE ABOUT 3771 02:44:39,154 --> 02:44:41,190 THAT. WE HAVE CLUES FROM THE 3772 02:44:41,190 --> 02:44:42,891 LITERATURE THAT THERE'S CERTAIN 3773 02:44:42,891 --> 02:44:43,959 SKILLS OR COPING STRATEGIES THAT 3774 02:44:43,959 --> 02:44:46,095 GENERALLY APPLY TO MALES OR 3775 02:44:46,095 --> 02:44:47,363 FEMALES THAT MAP ONTO THE SKILLS 3776 02:44:47,363 --> 02:44:49,198 THAT WE TEACH IN PAIN COPING 3777 02:44:49,198 --> 02:44:53,969 SKILLS TRAINING. SO I THINK 3778 02:44:53,969 --> 02:44:56,205 THAT WE COULD TEST WHETHER 3779 02:44:56,205 --> 02:44:57,573 PROTOCOLS THAT HAVE THOSE 3780 02:44:57,573 --> 02:44:58,574 SPECIFIC SKILLS IN THEM MIGHT BE 3781 02:44:58,574 --> 02:45:02,211 MORE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE BIG 3782 02:45:02,211 --> 02:45:05,014 THING IS BEING ACCEPTABLE SO 3783 02:45:05,014 --> 02:45:06,615 THAT CAN WE GREAT MAYBE 3784 02:45:06,615 --> 02:45:07,483 PARTICULARLY MALES TO CONTINUE 3785 02:45:07,483 --> 02:45:08,784 WITH THESE INTERVENTIONS AND TO 3786 02:45:08,784 --> 02:45:11,520 SEE THE BENEFITS. AND ANOTHER 3787 02:45:11,520 --> 02:45:14,656 OBVIOUS ONE SEEMS TO BE GROUP 3788 02:45:14,656 --> 02:45:16,258 BASED THERAPIES FOR FEMALES 3789 02:45:16,258 --> 02:45:18,660 PERHAPS MIGHT BE MORE RELEVANT 3790 02:45:18,660 --> 02:45:19,261 AND INDIVIDUAL THERAPIES FOR 3791 02:45:19,261 --> 02:45:20,929 MALES. 3792 02:45:20,929 --> 02:45:25,200 >> OKAY. THANK YOU. AGAIN, THE 3793 02:45:25,200 --> 02:45:30,572 QUESTION FOR DR. HOFFMAN, -- 3794 02:45:30,572 --> 02:45:32,041 >> THERE'S PEOPLE IN THE 3795 02:45:32,041 --> 02:45:32,307 AUDIENCE. 3796 02:45:32,307 --> 02:45:33,976 >> THERE ARE, I SEE, LET'S TAKE 3797 02:45:33,976 --> 02:45:35,644 A FIRST QUESTION THEN. 3798 02:45:35,644 --> 02:45:37,813 >> THANK YOU FOR GREAT 3799 02:45:37,813 --> 02:45:38,747 PRESENTATIONS, THIS QUESTION'S 3800 02:45:38,747 --> 02:45:40,616 FOR THE WHOLE PANEL. WHAT ROLE 3801 02:45:40,616 --> 02:45:44,553 DO THERAPY PETS OR SERVICE PETS 3802 02:45:44,553 --> 02:45:47,156 HAVE IN A MULTIDISCIPLINARY 3803 02:45:47,156 --> 02:45:47,790 APPROACH TO CHRONIC PAIN 3804 02:45:47,790 --> 02:45:53,429 MANAGEMENT? 3805 02:45:53,429 --> 02:45:55,831 >> I CAN ANSWER. TALK A LITTLE 3806 02:45:55,831 --> 02:45:59,435 BIT ABOUT THAT. I THINK THERE'S 3807 02:45:59,435 --> 02:46:00,836 SOME EVIDENCE THAT THEY'RE 3808 02:46:00,836 --> 02:46:03,138 CERTAINLY HELPFUL, DEFINITELY, 3809 02:46:03,138 --> 02:46:05,340 FOR EMOTIONAL/BEHAVIORAL PIECES 3810 02:46:05,340 --> 02:46:07,142 THAT INFLUENCE CHRONIC PAIN. 3811 02:46:07,142 --> 02:46:10,646 WE'RE DOING SOME WORK WITH 3812 02:46:10,646 --> 02:46:11,346 INVESTIGATORS AT NORTH CAROLINA 3813 02:46:11,346 --> 02:46:13,115 STATE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO 3814 02:46:13,115 --> 02:46:14,349 ANSWER THAT QUESTION SO WE HAVE 3815 02:46:14,349 --> 02:46:17,820 THERAPY DOGS IN THE CANCER 3816 02:46:17,820 --> 02:46:23,158 CENTER. AND WE KNOW CLINICALLY 3817 02:46:23,158 --> 02:46:25,794 THAT PATIENTS LOVE WHEN THEY 3818 02:46:25,794 --> 02:46:28,197 COME. PARTICULARLY THE 3819 02:46:28,197 --> 02:46:29,898 PEDIATRIC PATIENTS SO WE'RE 3820 02:46:29,898 --> 02:46:30,933 LOOKING AT THE RESPONSE WHEN WE 3821 02:46:30,933 --> 02:46:32,401 HAVE DOGS IN THE ROOM AND MY 3822 02:46:32,401 --> 02:46:33,969 INTEREST IS PAIN OUTCOMES 3823 02:46:33,969 --> 02:46:35,270 PARTICULARLY AROUND PROCEDURES 3824 02:46:35,270 --> 02:46:36,171 SO WE KNOW A LITTLE BIT BUT NOT 3825 02:46:36,171 --> 02:46:38,507 A LOT BUT I THINK IT'S A REALLY 3826 02:46:38,507 --> 02:46:40,008 PROMISING AREA. 3827 02:46:40,008 --> 02:46:41,543 >> DO YOU EXPECT THERE WOULD BE 3828 02:46:41,543 --> 02:46:43,946 A SEX DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF THE 3829 02:46:43,946 --> 02:46:46,915 IMPACT ON OXYTOCIN LEVELS OR KOR 3830 02:46:46,915 --> 02:46:47,216 SOL LEVELS? 3831 02:46:47,216 --> 02:46:48,684 >> I DON'T KNOW IF I KNOW ENOUGH 3832 02:46:48,684 --> 02:46:51,153 TO ANSWER THAT. DOES ANYONE 3833 02:46:51,153 --> 02:46:57,192 ELSE HAVE A THOUGHT ABOUT THAT 3834 02:46:57,192 --> 02:46:59,094 >> NO, BUT I WILL ADD THAT I 3835 02:46:59,094 --> 02:47:00,863 THINK -- THINKING ABOUT THOSE 3836 02:47:00,863 --> 02:47:04,266 TYPES OF THINGS AND A 3837 02:47:04,266 --> 02:47:05,701 POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, 3838 02:47:05,701 --> 02:47:08,437 TRANSLATIONALLY TO MODEL THAT IN 3839 02:47:08,437 --> 02:47:10,272 RODENTS, SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE 3840 02:47:10,272 --> 02:47:14,042 RODENTS AS PETS BUT WE DON'T 3841 02:47:14,042 --> 02:47:15,144 NECESSARILY THINK OF RODENTS AS 3842 02:47:15,144 --> 02:47:17,246 HAVING THOSE KINDS OF COMPANIONS 3843 02:47:17,246 --> 02:47:20,115 BUT I THINK SOME OF THE DATA 3844 02:47:20,115 --> 02:47:23,352 THAT JEFF SHOWED YESTERDAY 3845 02:47:23,352 --> 02:47:26,688 SHOWING SEX DIFFERENCES IN 3846 02:47:26,688 --> 02:47:28,257 WHETHER ANIMALS DISPLAY PAIN 3847 02:47:28,257 --> 02:47:31,093 LIKE BEHAVIOR ALONE VERSUS 3848 02:47:31,093 --> 02:47:32,895 SOCIALLY WE CAN MODEL SOCIAL 3849 02:47:32,895 --> 02:47:34,696 ACTIVITY AND ACCESS TO SOCIAL 3850 02:47:34,696 --> 02:47:37,032 ACTIVITY OR OTHER PLEASURABLE 3851 02:47:37,032 --> 02:47:39,067 ACTIVITY IN RODENTS SO THAT 3852 02:47:39,067 --> 02:47:40,269 COULD BE SOMETHING THAT, YOU 3853 02:47:40,269 --> 02:47:46,275 KNOW, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 3854 02:47:46,275 --> 02:47:47,643 BIOLOGICAL SEX DIFFERENCES AND 3855 02:47:47,643 --> 02:47:50,012 WHETHER CERTAIN TYPES OF 3856 02:47:50,012 --> 02:47:52,814 ACTIVITIES MAY BE PLEASURABLE 3857 02:47:52,814 --> 02:47:55,150 AND DECREASE BEHAVIOR. THAT'S A 3858 02:47:55,150 --> 02:47:57,920 NEAT IDEA. 3859 02:47:57,920 --> 02:48:00,022 >> THANK YOU. 3860 02:48:00,022 --> 02:48:02,257 >> THANK YOU, ALL, FOR THE GREAT 3861 02:48:02,257 --> 02:48:05,227 TALKS. I'M A CLINICAL 3862 02:48:05,227 --> 02:48:09,665 PSYCHOLOGIST AS WELL. AT 3863 02:48:09,665 --> 02:48:12,000 COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY SO 3864 02:48:12,000 --> 02:48:13,468 MY QUESTIONS ARE MORE FOR 3865 02:48:13,468 --> 02:48:14,603 DR. SOMERS. I HAVE TWO 3866 02:48:14,603 --> 02:48:15,504 QUESTIONS. QUESTION NUMBER ONE, 3867 02:48:15,504 --> 02:48:18,907 IT SEEMS PERSONALLY, TO AMERICA 3868 02:48:18,907 --> 02:48:25,948 IT SEEMS COUNTERINTUITIVE THAT 3869 02:48:25,948 --> 02:48:27,983 ADHERENCE WAS LOWER AND I AM 3870 02:48:27,983 --> 02:48:30,285 CURIOUS AS TO WHY YOU THINK THAT 3871 02:48:30,285 --> 02:48:32,921 WAS AND QUESTION TWO WHEN YOU 3872 02:48:32,921 --> 02:48:34,990 TESTED THE SKILLS FOR BRIEF 3873 02:48:34,990 --> 02:48:37,726 THERAPIES HAVE YOU FOUND ANY 3874 02:48:37,726 --> 02:48:39,127 COMBINATION THAT WAS -- THAT 3875 02:48:39,127 --> 02:48:40,762 WORKED SURPRISINGLY WELL LIKE IF 3876 02:48:40,762 --> 02:48:43,899 WE ONLY HAVE TWO SESSIONS WITH 3877 02:48:43,899 --> 02:48:45,801 SOMEONE, WHAT TWO SKILLS WOULD 3878 02:48:45,801 --> 02:48:47,636 YOU KIND OF INTRODUCE? 3879 02:48:47,636 --> 02:48:49,171 >> GREAT QUESTIONS. THINGS THAT 3880 02:48:49,171 --> 02:48:50,505 WE'RE THINKING ABOUT A LOT SO I 3881 02:48:50,505 --> 02:48:52,274 THINK THE ANSWER TO YOUR FIRST 3882 02:48:52,274 --> 02:48:53,675 QUESTION'S REALLY ABOUT ACCESS. 3883 02:48:53,675 --> 02:48:56,678 SO, YOU KNOW, HOW I THINK ABOUT 3884 02:48:56,678 --> 02:49:03,151 THE WOMEN BEING MORE AD 3885 02:49:03,151 --> 02:49:05,921 ADHERENT TO THE VIDEO 3886 02:49:05,921 --> 02:49:06,255 CONFERENCING. 3887 02:49:06,255 --> 02:49:08,223 IS THEY'RE JUGGLING FAMILY AND 3888 02:49:08,223 --> 02:49:08,423 WORK. 3889 02:49:08,423 --> 02:49:10,292 AND THEY HAVE OTHER 3890 02:49:10,292 --> 02:49:14,062 RESPONSIBILITIES TO, YOU KNOW, 3891 02:49:14,062 --> 02:49:15,864 THAT THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE 3892 02:49:15,864 --> 02:49:18,333 ABLE TO LIKE SET UP -- YOU KNOW, 3893 02:49:18,333 --> 02:49:19,868 WE HAD OUR THERAPIST AVAILABLE 3894 02:49:19,868 --> 02:49:21,503 AT 8 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT IF THAT'S 3895 02:49:21,503 --> 02:49:23,138 WHEN THEY COULD DO THEIR 3896 02:49:23,138 --> 02:49:25,073 SESSIONS SO THEY'RE MORE ABLE TO 3897 02:49:25,073 --> 02:49:27,142 FIND SOME TIME ALONE TO DO IT AT 3898 02:49:27,142 --> 02:49:29,344 THAT TIME. SO I -- DOES THAT 3899 02:49:29,344 --> 02:49:30,379 KIND OF GET AT YOUR FIRST 3900 02:49:30,379 --> 02:49:32,447 QUESTION? MAYBE ANSWERED IT? 3901 02:49:32,447 --> 02:49:34,283 YOU WOULD EXPECT THEM TO BE MORE 3902 02:49:34,283 --> 02:49:37,386 AD HEERNT TO THE IN-PERSON. 3903 02:49:37,386 --> 02:49:39,921 >> I THINK I MISUNDERSTOOD. I 3904 02:49:39,921 --> 02:49:41,923 THOUGHT YOU MEANT ADHERENT TO 3905 02:49:41,923 --> 02:49:43,158 ACTUALLY LIKE DOING THE HOMEWORK 3906 02:49:43,158 --> 02:49:44,826 PRESCRIPTIONS BUT YOU'RE TALKING 3907 02:49:44,826 --> 02:49:46,561 ADHERENT LIKE THEY ATTENDED THE 3908 02:49:46,561 --> 02:49:48,163 SESSIONS. GOT YOU. OKAY. 3909 02:49:48,163 --> 02:49:49,631 >> GREAT QUESTION SO ADHERENCE 3910 02:49:49,631 --> 02:49:51,233 IN THIS CASE WE MEASURED AS 3911 02:49:51,233 --> 02:49:54,803 SESSION ATTENDANCE AND THEN ALSO 3912 02:49:54,803 --> 02:49:58,740 AS COMPLETING STUDY PROCEDURES. 3913 02:49:58,740 --> 02:50:00,676 >> I MISUNDERSTOOD THAT THEN. 3914 02:50:00,676 --> 02:50:01,076 THANK YOU. 3915 02:50:01,076 --> 02:50:03,745 >> AND I THINK WITH SKILLS THE 3916 02:50:03,745 --> 02:50:05,414 THING THAT WE ALWAYS DO FIRST IS 3917 02:50:05,414 --> 02:50:07,149 SOME SORT OF RELAXATION SO IF WE 3918 02:50:07,149 --> 02:50:08,183 HAVE ONE SESSION WE DO A LITTLE 3919 02:50:08,183 --> 02:50:10,252 BIT OF PSYCHO EDUCATION, KIND OF 3920 02:50:10,252 --> 02:50:12,754 PRESENT THE COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL 3921 02:50:12,754 --> 02:50:15,123 THERAPY MODEL WHERE THOUGHTS AND 3922 02:50:15,123 --> 02:50:17,592 FEELINGS INTERACT WITH PAIN AND 3923 02:50:17,592 --> 02:50:20,395 AS WELL AS BEHAVIORS AND KIND OF 3924 02:50:20,395 --> 02:50:25,033 GIVE SOME FUN EXAMPLES TO THHEL 3925 02:50:25,033 --> 02:50:26,802 THEM THINK ABOUT IT AND DO 3926 02:50:26,802 --> 02:50:28,303 RELAXATION ALONG WITH THAT. 3927 02:50:28,303 --> 02:50:33,475 WE'VE DONE THESE VERY BRIEF AND 3928 02:50:33,475 --> 02:50:34,810 FOUR SESSION WOULD BE OUR NEXT 3929 02:50:34,810 --> 02:50:36,278 BRIEF SO THERE'S A LOT TO 3930 02:50:36,278 --> 02:50:38,747 UNDERSTAND WHAT SKILL MIGHT WORK 3931 02:50:38,747 --> 02:50:41,116 BEST FOR SOME PEOPLE THAN OTHERS 3932 02:50:41,116 --> 02:50:42,617 AND TWO OR THREE MIGHT WORK 3933 02:50:42,617 --> 02:50:44,286 BETTER THAN ONE. WE'RE DOING 3934 02:50:44,286 --> 02:50:46,321 WORK IN THAT AREA TRYING TO SEE 3935 02:50:46,321 --> 02:50:47,989 BUT GOOD QUESTION. 3936 02:50:47,989 --> 02:50:49,591 >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 3937 02:50:49,591 --> 02:50:54,129 DR. HOFFMAN, YOU HAD MENTIONED 3938 02:50:54,129 --> 02:50:55,664 THAT PHYSICIAN GENDER MADE A 3939 02:50:55,664 --> 02:50:58,300 DIFFERENCE ON HOW PEOPLE WERE 3940 02:50:58,300 --> 02:51:00,469 TREATED AND JUST WAS WONDERING 3941 02:51:00,469 --> 02:51:01,837 IF YOU COULD EXPOUND UPON THAT. 3942 02:51:01,837 --> 02:51:05,273 >> YEAH, SO SOME OF THE STUDIES 3943 02:51:05,273 --> 02:51:07,776 LOOK BOTH AT PATIENT AND 3944 02:51:07,776 --> 02:51:09,111 PHYSICIAN SEX AND AT LEAST ONE 3945 02:51:09,111 --> 02:51:16,184 OF THE LARGER STUDIES FOUND THAT 3946 02:51:16,184 --> 02:51:18,653 FEMALE PHYSICIANS WERE MORE 3947 02:51:18,653 --> 02:51:20,222 LIKELY TO ADMINISTER ANALGESIA 3948 02:51:20,222 --> 02:51:22,424 THAN MALE OVERALL AND WITH 3949 02:51:22,424 --> 02:51:26,194 RESPECT TO OPIOIDS FEMALE 3950 02:51:26,194 --> 02:51:31,133 PHYSICIANS WERE MORE LIKELY TO 3951 02:51:31,133 --> 02:51:33,135 ADMINISTER OPIOIDS TO FEMALE 3952 02:51:33,135 --> 02:51:35,036 PATIENTS AND MALE TO MALE. THEY 3953 02:51:35,036 --> 02:51:37,339 DIDN'T REALLY SPECULATE WHY. 3954 02:51:37,339 --> 02:51:41,576 >> WAS THERE AN AGE FACTOR. 3955 02:51:41,576 --> 02:51:42,177 >> WITH RESPECT TO THE 3956 02:51:42,177 --> 02:51:42,944 PHYSICIANS I DON'T THINK THAT 3957 02:51:42,944 --> 02:51:45,013 CAME OUT AS SIGNIFICANT. IT WAS 3958 02:51:45,013 --> 02:51:47,783 THE SEX OF THE PHYSICIAN THAT 3959 02:51:47,783 --> 02:51:52,020 WAS MOST SIGNIFICANT. THAT'S 3960 02:51:52,020 --> 02:51:54,055 ANOTHER INTERESTING AREA I THINK 3961 02:51:54,055 --> 02:51:56,391 FOR FUTURE RESEARCH. I KNOW 3962 02:51:56,391 --> 02:51:58,093 THERE IS GENERALLY ON OTHER 3963 02:51:58,093 --> 02:51:59,161 KINDS OF MEDICAL TREATMENT 3964 02:51:59,161 --> 02:51:59,661 BUT -- 3965 02:51:59,661 --> 02:52:01,763 >> SO AMONG ALL YOUR OTHER 3966 02:52:01,763 --> 02:52:07,135 CONCERNS YOU HAVE TO WONDER OF 3967 02:52:07,135 --> 02:52:08,970 THE GENDER OF THE PHYSICIAN 3968 02:52:08,970 --> 02:52:10,138 THAT'S TREATING YOU. WHETHER 3969 02:52:10,138 --> 02:52:11,139 YOU'LL GET THE MEDICATION. 3970 02:52:11,139 --> 02:52:13,008 >> SEEMS TO BE THE CASE. 3971 02:52:13,008 --> 02:52:16,511 >> ONE LAST QUESTION. DR. WARD. 3972 02:52:16,511 --> 02:52:18,780 WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND TO BE THE 3973 02:52:18,780 --> 02:52:19,915 BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN STUDYING 3974 02:52:19,915 --> 02:52:22,317 SEX DIFFERENCES IN YOUR FIELD OF 3975 02:52:22,317 --> 02:52:22,584 RESEARCH? 3976 02:52:22,584 --> 02:52:28,323 >> YEAH. SO HONESTLY, IT HAS 3977 02:52:28,323 --> 02:52:29,891 BEEN THE CONTINUITY OF THE 3978 02:52:29,891 --> 02:52:31,293 PERSON IN MY LABORATORY THAT IS 3979 02:52:31,293 --> 02:52:34,930 DOING THE RESEARCH. SO THESE 3980 02:52:34,930 --> 02:52:36,131 NEUROPATHIC PAIN MODELS AND THE 3981 02:52:36,131 --> 02:52:39,134 WAY IN WHICH WE MEASURE THE PAIN 3982 02:52:39,134 --> 02:52:40,669 RESPONSE, ALTHOUGH WE DON'T WANT 3983 02:52:40,669 --> 02:52:44,639 IT TO BE, CAN BE PRETTY 3984 02:52:44,639 --> 02:52:46,575 SUBJECTIVE. AND SO THE 3985 02:52:46,575 --> 02:52:48,610 RESEARCHER HAS TO BE 3986 02:52:48,610 --> 02:52:51,146 WELL-TRAINED AND EVEN WHEN THE 3987 02:52:51,146 --> 02:52:52,314 RESEARCHER IS WELL-TRAINED THERE 3988 02:52:52,314 --> 02:52:55,150 ARE DIFFERENCES ACROSS FOLKS IN 3989 02:52:55,150 --> 02:52:58,186 MY LAB EVEN WITHIN SEX. SO THEY 3990 02:52:58,186 --> 02:53:02,624 RATE THE BEHAVIORS VERY 3991 02:53:02,624 --> 02:53:03,258 CONSISTENTLY, YOU KNOW, WITHIN 3992 02:53:03,258 --> 02:53:08,063 THEIR OWN STUDIES. BUT THEN IF 3993 02:53:08,063 --> 02:53:10,732 SOMEONE -- SO I WORK AT AN 3994 02:53:10,732 --> 02:53:12,934 ACADEMIC INSTITUTION. WE HAVE 3995 02:53:12,934 --> 02:53:14,503 STUDENTS. I -- MOST OF MY 3996 02:53:14,503 --> 02:53:15,237 RESEARCHERS ARE STUDENTS SO 3997 02:53:15,237 --> 02:53:17,172 THEY'LL COME IN FOR A SEMESTER 3998 02:53:17,172 --> 02:53:21,977 OR A YEAR OR TWO YEARS AND THEN 3999 02:53:21,977 --> 02:53:23,078 THEY'LL LEAVE AND SOMEONE ELSE 4000 02:53:23,078 --> 02:53:24,613 WILL COME IN. THAT CAN BE 4001 02:53:24,613 --> 02:53:25,413 CHALLENGING. IT'S VERY, VERY 4002 02:53:25,413 --> 02:53:26,548 IMPORTANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO 4003 02:53:26,548 --> 02:53:28,383 THOSE KINDS OF THINGS IN THIS 4004 02:53:28,383 --> 02:53:30,852 AREA OF RESEARCH. I THINK 4005 02:53:30,852 --> 02:53:33,088 THERE'S A COUPLE OF WAYS THAT 4006 02:53:33,088 --> 02:53:35,757 ARE NEW PROCEDURES IN PAIN 4007 02:53:35,757 --> 02:53:37,325 RESEARCH TO AUTOMATE BEHAVIORAL 4008 02:53:37,325 --> 02:53:39,761 RESPONSES TO PAIN. SO THERE ARE 4009 02:53:39,761 --> 02:53:44,366 SOME FOLKS THAT ARE NOW -- SO WE 4010 02:53:44,366 --> 02:53:46,401 POKE THE MOUSE'S PAW AND WE 4011 02:53:46,401 --> 02:53:48,003 MEASURE THEIR WITHDRAWAL 4012 02:53:48,003 --> 02:53:51,139 RESPONSE SO WE HAVE COLLEAGUES 4013 02:53:51,139 --> 02:53:53,909 WHO ARE VIDEOTAPIING THE ANIMAL 4014 02:53:53,909 --> 02:53:55,644 AND DOING A COMPUTER ANALYZED 4015 02:53:55,644 --> 02:53:58,313 MICRO STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE 4016 02:53:58,313 --> 02:54:00,982 RESPONSE WHICH TAKES THE PERSON 4017 02:54:00,982 --> 02:54:02,417 OUT OF IT. AND HELPS WITH 4018 02:54:02,417 --> 02:54:03,318 CONTINUITY AND I WAS THINKING 4019 02:54:03,318 --> 02:54:05,086 THAT THAT COULD ALSO BE, I DON'T 4020 02:54:05,086 --> 02:54:06,955 KNOW IF ANYONE YET HAS APPLIED 4021 02:54:06,955 --> 02:54:09,791 THAT TO SEX DIFFERENCES OF THE 4022 02:54:09,791 --> 02:54:13,795 ANIMAL BECAUSE THE MALE AND THE 4023 02:54:13,795 --> 02:54:15,163 FEMALE MICE BEHAVE DIFFERENTLY 4024 02:54:15,163 --> 02:54:17,732 WHEN WE PUT THE MOUSE IN THE 4025 02:54:17,732 --> 02:54:21,436 LITTLE CUBBY TO STUDY THEM THEY 4026 02:54:21,436 --> 02:54:27,609 ALSO BEHAVE. I THINK -- YOU 4027 02:54:27,609 --> 02:54:29,477 CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE. 4028 02:54:29,477 --> 02:54:31,880 THAT IS SOMETHING THAT MAY SOUND 4029 02:54:31,880 --> 02:54:34,215 A SMALL DETAIL, CAN BE REALLY 4030 02:54:34,215 --> 02:54:39,454 CHANNEL -- CHALLENGING IN 4031 02:54:39,454 --> 02:54:40,956 MEASURING SEX DIFFERENCES. 4032 02:54:40,956 --> 02:54:43,058 BUT THERE'S WAYS TO IMPROVE IT. 4033 02:54:43,058 --> 02:54:46,161 >> I SEE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, 4034 02:54:46,161 --> 02:54:47,095 AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE 4035 02:54:47,095 --> 02:54:48,496 SPEAKERS AGAIN TODAY FOR THEIR 4036 02:54:48,496 --> 02:54:58,773 PRESENTATIONS. 4037 02:55:24,566 --> 02:55:28,336 >> WHAT A GREAT COUPLE OF DAYS. 4038 02:55:28,336 --> 02:55:31,506 I CERTAINLY LEARNED A LOT. A 4039 02:55:31,506 --> 02:55:33,308 LITTLE OVERWHELMED BY THE WORK 4040 02:55:33,308 --> 02:55:36,011 WE NEED TO DO BUT THAT'S WHY 4041 02:55:36,011 --> 02:55:37,112 WE'RE HERE IS TO CHART A PATH TO 4042 02:55:37,112 --> 02:55:38,947 THE FUTURE. I WANT TO JUST 4043 02:55:38,947 --> 02:55:45,553 START OFF BY THANKING FOLKS. 4044 02:55:45,553 --> 02:55:47,155 PARTICULARLY DEVON AND DAVID 4045 02:55:47,155 --> 02:55:51,159 THOMAS FOR THE CO-CHAIRING THE 4046 02:55:51,159 --> 02:55:55,130 CONSORTIUM MEETING THIS YEAR. I 4047 02:55:55,130 --> 02:55:59,968 WANT TO ALSO THANK LEAH FOR 4048 02:55:59,968 --> 02:56:02,003 COORDINATING THE -- AND 4049 02:56:02,003 --> 02:56:04,139 ORGANIZING THE MEETINGS. THE 4050 02:56:04,139 --> 02:56:06,141 MODERATORS, THE PANELISTS, THEY 4051 02:56:06,141 --> 02:56:08,309 DID A FANTASTIC JOB. CLEARLY A 4052 02:56:08,309 --> 02:56:12,580 LOT OF ENERGY, A LOT OF 4053 02:56:12,580 --> 02:56:16,317 COMPASSION, AND A LOT OF 4054 02:56:16,317 --> 02:56:19,154 PERSISTENCE ON WHAT WE HEARD 4055 02:56:19,154 --> 02:56:21,623 TODAY TO GET ANSWERS FROM PEOPLE 4056 02:56:21,623 --> 02:56:22,824 SUFFERING FROM PAIN. I ALSO 4057 02:56:22,824 --> 02:56:24,259 WANT TO THANK THE CONTRACTORS 4058 02:56:24,259 --> 02:56:26,828 AND THE EVENTS STAFF AND A BIG 4059 02:56:26,828 --> 02:56:28,797 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE JUNIOR 4060 02:56:28,797 --> 02:56:30,265 INVESTIGATORS WHO PRESENTED THE 4061 02:56:30,265 --> 02:56:38,006 AWARD AND TO KARLA AND PATTERSON 4062 02:56:38,006 --> 02:56:39,874 WHO WON THAT CONTEST BUT THEY'RE 4063 02:56:39,874 --> 02:56:42,010 ALL WINNERS IN MY BOOK. I JUST 4064 02:56:42,010 --> 02:56:44,179 WANTED TO MENTION A COUPLE OF 4065 02:56:44,179 --> 02:56:47,048 THINGS IN CLOSING. THE PAIN 4066 02:56:47,048 --> 02:56:52,921 CONSORTIUM HAS BEEN BRINGING 4067 02:56:52,921 --> 02:56:54,956 TOGETHER THE MULTIPLE WORK WHO 4068 02:56:54,956 --> 02:56:56,725 ALL HAVE PORTFOLIOS IN PAIN, 4069 02:56:56,725 --> 02:56:58,326 BRINGING THEM TOGETHER, 4070 02:56:58,326 --> 02:56:58,927 COORDINATING THEIR ACTIVITIES 4071 02:56:58,927 --> 02:57:00,161 AND IT'S REALLY THAT WORK THAT 4072 02:57:00,161 --> 02:57:03,131 WENT ON OVER THE YEARS, 4073 02:57:03,131 --> 02:57:04,232 DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIPS THAT I 4074 02:57:04,232 --> 02:57:07,135 THINK ALLOWED THE HEAL 4075 02:57:07,135 --> 02:57:11,206 INITIATIVE TO BE AS SUCCESSFUL 4076 02:57:11,206 --> 02:57:14,109 AS IT HAS TO HELP END ADDICTION. 4077 02:57:14,109 --> 02:57:16,344 WAS SET UP BY DR. COLLINS, IT'S 4078 02:57:16,344 --> 02:57:20,615 A JOINT EFFORT OF MULTIPLE 4079 02:57:20,615 --> 02:57:24,786 INSTITUTES. WITH A MAJOR FOCUS 4080 02:57:24,786 --> 02:57:27,922 IN REDUCING SUBSTANCE USE 4081 02:57:27,922 --> 02:57:35,130 DISORDERS LED BY NIGH TA AND 4082 02:57:35,130 --> 02:57:39,134 REDUCED THE RISK OF ADDICTION 4083 02:57:39,134 --> 02:57:41,136 LED BY 14 INSTITUTES AND 4084 02:57:41,136 --> 02:57:43,905 SENATORS ARE INVOLVED IN THE 4085 02:57:43,905 --> 02:57:44,539 PAIN PROGRAM. 4086 02:57:44,539 --> 02:57:47,041 THE THING THAT HAPPENED I THINK, 4087 02:57:47,041 --> 02:57:48,643 THE PAIN CONSORTIUM AS I 4088 02:57:48,643 --> 02:57:50,879 MENTIONED BROUGHT THE INSTITUTES 4089 02:57:50,879 --> 02:57:51,980 TOGETHER, THE HEAL INITIATIVE 4090 02:57:51,980 --> 02:57:54,516 BECAUSE IT CAME WITH FUNDING, 4091 02:57:54,516 --> 02:58:01,856 REALLY ALLOWED THE GROUP IN THE 4092 02:58:01,856 --> 02:58:03,324 PAIN CONSORTIUM TO HAVE GROUPS 4093 02:58:03,324 --> 02:58:04,359 THEY NEVER COULD DO PREVIOUSLY. 4094 02:58:04,359 --> 02:58:06,327 THESE ARE ALL FOCUSED ON 4095 02:58:06,327 --> 02:58:08,630 IMPROVING THE MANAGEMENT OF PAIN 4096 02:58:08,630 --> 02:58:10,298 AND DECREASING THE RISK OF 4097 02:58:10,298 --> 02:58:12,567 ADDICTION. DEVELOPING NON 4098 02:58:12,567 --> 02:58:16,671 ADDICTIVE MEDICATIONS AND TO DO 4099 02:58:16,671 --> 02:58:19,874 THE CROSSCUTTING PROJECTS THAT 4100 02:58:19,874 --> 02:58:21,442 ARE INVOLVED AND THAT CUT ACROSS 4101 02:58:21,442 --> 02:58:23,711 ALL THE PORTFOLIOS THAT NO ONE 4102 02:58:23,711 --> 02:58:26,981 INSTITUTE COULD DO BY 4103 02:58:26,981 --> 02:58:28,116 THEMSELVES. SOME INTERESTING 4104 02:58:28,116 --> 02:58:30,185 EXAMPLES ARE THINGS LIKE WE 4105 02:58:30,185 --> 02:58:32,954 HEARD TODAY ABOUT GETTING PEOPLE 4106 02:58:32,954 --> 02:58:35,723 WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE IN PAIN TO 4107 02:58:35,723 --> 02:58:38,259 COME TOGETHER TO GIVE INPUT TO 4108 02:58:38,259 --> 02:58:40,328 THE RESEARCHERS, TO THE 4109 02:58:40,328 --> 02:58:43,131 LEADERSHIP HERE AT NIH AND ALSO 4110 02:58:43,131 --> 02:58:45,233 TO INCORPORATE THEM INTO THE 4111 02:58:45,233 --> 02:58:47,135 LEADERSHIP THEMSELVES. WE ALSO 4112 02:58:47,135 --> 02:58:51,139 HAVE MAJOR PROGRAMS IN TRAINING 4113 02:58:51,139 --> 02:58:55,143 IN DEVELOPING PAIN RESEARCHES 4114 02:58:55,143 --> 02:58:57,579 FOR THE FUTURE AND WE HAVE 4115 02:58:57,579 --> 02:58:59,781 PROGRAMS ONGOING BUILDING A DATA 4116 02:58:59,781 --> 02:59:02,183 INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PAIN 4117 02:59:02,183 --> 02:59:04,319 RESEARCH. SO REALLY I THINK A 4118 02:59:04,319 --> 02:59:08,056 VERY IMPACTFUL PROGRAM FOR PAIN 4119 02:59:08,056 --> 02:59:12,894 ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THIS YEAR'S 4120 02:59:12,894 --> 02:59:15,163 MEETING WAS REALLY POIGNANT IN 4121 02:59:15,163 --> 02:59:19,100 TERMS OF POINTING OUT THE 4122 02:59:19,100 --> 02:59:23,271 COMPLEXITY OF PAIN. WE HEARD 4123 02:59:23,271 --> 02:59:25,740 ABOUT EXPERIMENTS DONE IN 4124 02:59:25,740 --> 02:59:28,076 ANIMALS LOOKING AT SEX 4125 02:59:28,076 --> 02:59:30,311 DIFFERENCES BUT WE ALSO HEARD 4126 02:59:30,311 --> 02:59:32,080 THAT IT'S REALLY THE PAIN 4127 02:59:32,080 --> 02:59:34,315 EXPERIENCE INFLUENCED BY SO MANY 4128 02:59:34,315 --> 02:59:38,887 THINGS IN A PERSON'S IDENTITY IN 4129 02:59:38,887 --> 02:59:42,290 THEIR SOCIAL CONTEXT, I THINK 4130 02:59:42,290 --> 02:59:48,796 WE -- THE STORIES ABOUT THE 4131 02:59:48,796 --> 02:59:51,132 REFUGEE CHILDREN, FOR INSTANCE, 4132 02:59:51,132 --> 02:59:54,869 CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW THEIR PAPER 4133 02:59:54,869 --> 03:00:00,575 EXPERIENCES INFLUENCED BY THEIR 4134 03:00:00,575 --> 03:00:01,743 CONTEXT. BUT I THINK THAT 4135 03:00:01,743 --> 03:00:05,313 HAPPENS TO ALL OF US. OUR PAIN 4136 03:00:05,313 --> 03:00:06,714 EXPERIENCE IS OUR INTERWOVEN 4137 03:00:06,714 --> 03:00:09,250 INTO WHO WE ARE AND SO TRYING TO 4138 03:00:09,250 --> 03:00:11,319 DEVELOP BETTER THERAPIES, BETTER 4139 03:00:11,319 --> 03:00:13,888 WAYS OF MANAGING PAIN, I THINK 4140 03:00:13,888 --> 03:00:17,125 ALL THAT HAS TO BE TAKEN INTO 4141 03:00:17,125 --> 03:00:19,160 CONTEXT. WE HAVE TO KIND OF 4142 03:00:19,160 --> 03:00:21,296 EXPLORE THE SEX DIFFERENCES THAT 4143 03:00:21,296 --> 03:00:23,598 WE CAN IN THE ANIMALS AND 4144 03:00:23,598 --> 03:00:24,165 CERTAINLY WE'RE GOING FIND 4145 03:00:24,165 --> 03:00:25,566 THINGS AND HOPEFULLY SOME OF 4146 03:00:25,566 --> 03:00:27,135 THOSE ARE GOING TO BE ACTIONABLE 4147 03:00:27,135 --> 03:00:29,804 IN TERMS OF DEVELOPING BETTER 4148 03:00:29,804 --> 03:00:34,309 MEDICATIONS OR BETTER WAYS OF 4149 03:00:34,309 --> 03:00:36,077 MODULATING PAIN SYSTEMS. BUT 4150 03:00:36,077 --> 03:00:38,680 ALSO THE NONPHARMACOLOGICAL 4151 03:00:38,680 --> 03:00:39,981 MANAGEMENT OF PAIN AS WE HEARD 4152 03:00:39,981 --> 03:00:43,117 PARTICULARLY IN THE SESSIONS 4153 03:00:43,117 --> 03:00:46,321 TODAY NEED TO TAKE INTO 4154 03:00:46,321 --> 03:00:48,489 CONSIDERATION THE CONTEXT IN 4155 03:00:48,489 --> 03:00:52,327 WHICH A PERSON'S COMING TO YOU 4156 03:00:52,327 --> 03:00:55,163 WITH THEIR INDIVIDUAL PAIN 4157 03:00:55,163 --> 03:00:59,167 EXPERIENCE AND I THINK I WOULD 4158 03:00:59,167 --> 03:01:01,836 LIKE TO MAKE A PLEA TO TRY TO 4159 03:01:01,836 --> 03:01:03,905 UNDERSTAND WHAT OUTCOMES ARE THE 4160 03:01:03,905 --> 03:01:07,809 BEST ONES TO MEASURE? TAKING 4161 03:01:07,809 --> 03:01:09,410 IN, WHAT WE HEARD TODAY WOULD 4162 03:01:09,410 --> 03:01:11,512 CERTAINLY BE SO IMPORTANT IF WE 4163 03:01:11,512 --> 03:01:13,648 HAD SOME MEASURES OF FUNCTION, 4164 03:01:13,648 --> 03:01:15,383 OF QUALITY OF LIFE, BECAUSE 4165 03:01:15,383 --> 03:01:17,518 THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT WE'RE GOING 4166 03:01:17,518 --> 03:01:19,253 TO BE TRYING TO MOVE AND IMPROVE 4167 03:01:19,253 --> 03:01:21,656 ON PARTICULARLY IN PEOPLE WHO 4168 03:01:21,656 --> 03:01:23,157 HAVE PAIN THAT WE CAN'T MAKE GO 4169 03:01:23,157 --> 03:01:26,160 AWAY. SO IN TERMS OF MANAGING 4170 03:01:26,160 --> 03:01:29,430 THEIR PAIN EITHER WITH MEDICINES 4171 03:01:29,430 --> 03:01:31,766 OR NOT IT'S GETTING PEOPLE TO 4172 03:01:31,766 --> 03:01:33,368 THEIR BEST QUALITY OF LIFE IS 4173 03:01:33,368 --> 03:01:35,837 WHAT WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT 4174 03:01:35,837 --> 03:01:38,873 DOING. THE FIELD ALSO SUFFERS 4175 03:01:38,873 --> 03:01:40,308 FROM THE INABILITY TO ACTUALLY 4176 03:01:40,308 --> 03:01:42,877 DOSE PAIN. WE DON'T HAVE THE 4177 03:01:42,877 --> 03:01:45,613 PAIN O METER TO BE ABLE TO 4178 03:01:45,613 --> 03:01:48,282 NORMALIZE THE SUBJECTS THAT COME 4179 03:01:48,282 --> 03:01:51,152 IN IN TERMS OF THEIR DEGREE OF 4180 03:01:51,152 --> 03:01:51,519 PAIN. 4181 03:01:51,519 --> 03:01:54,222 PERHAPS HOWEVER WE CAN DO BETTER 4182 03:01:54,222 --> 03:01:57,125 IN THAT SPACE. LIKE BEING A 4183 03:01:57,125 --> 03:01:59,660 LITTLE BIT MORE CLEVER. IN 4184 03:01:59,660 --> 03:02:01,329 UNDERSTANDING HOW TO MAKE THOSE 4185 03:02:01,329 --> 03:02:04,032 ASSESSMENTS. PARTICULARLY IF WE 4186 03:02:04,032 --> 03:02:07,168 CAN CORRELATE THEM WITH QUALITY 4187 03:02:07,168 --> 03:02:10,304 OF LIFE OR FUNCTION. SO I THINK 4188 03:02:10,304 --> 03:02:14,208 THERE'S A GREAT DEAL TO DO. I 4189 03:02:14,208 --> 03:02:16,310 THINK ALL HAVE A LOT TO LEARN 4190 03:02:16,310 --> 03:02:19,914 AND WE LEARNED A LOT FROM THE 4191 03:02:19,914 --> 03:02:22,283 DIFFERENT FOLKS TODAY AND 4192 03:02:22,283 --> 03:02:23,151 YESTERDAY. AND IN TERMS OF 4193 03:02:23,151 --> 03:02:26,988 THAT, I WANTED TO MENTION THAT 4194 03:02:26,988 --> 03:02:30,925 THE HEAL INITIATIVE ON THE PAIN 4195 03:02:30,925 --> 03:02:35,129 SIDE IS GOING TO INSTITUTE A 4196 03:02:35,129 --> 03:02:36,798 VERY INTENSIVE STRATEGIC 4197 03:02:36,798 --> 03:02:38,800 PLANNING PROCESS, SO PROBABLY GO 4198 03:02:38,800 --> 03:02:42,537 OVER THE NEXT YEAR. AND IT'S TO 4199 03:02:42,537 --> 03:02:44,338 INFORM THE WORK OF THE HEAL 4200 03:02:44,338 --> 03:02:45,940 INITIATIVE WHICH IS NOT ALL OF 4201 03:02:45,940 --> 03:02:48,409 THE PAIN AT NIH BUT IT IS THIS 4202 03:02:48,409 --> 03:02:52,313 KIND OF CENTRAL FOCUS NOW AS I 4203 03:02:52,313 --> 03:03:02,857 MENTIONED BEFORE. AND SO OVER 4204 03:03:04,792 --> 03:03:06,627 TIME THERE'LL BE GROUPS, 4205 03:03:06,627 --> 03:03:08,629 MULTIPLE WORKSHOPS, GETTING 4206 03:03:08,629 --> 03:03:10,598 INPUT FROM PEOPLE WITH LIVED 4207 03:03:10,598 --> 03:03:12,567 EXPERIENCE, FROM PEOPLE IN THE 4208 03:03:12,567 --> 03:03:14,836 PAIN AND CANCER FIELD, REALLY 4209 03:03:14,836 --> 03:03:17,271 TRYING TO REACH OUT AND 4210 03:03:17,271 --> 03:03:19,574 UNDERSTAND HOW -- WHAT IS THE 4211 03:03:19,574 --> 03:03:20,741 ROADMAP FOR THE HEAL INITIATIVE 4212 03:03:20,741 --> 03:03:25,213 MOVING FORWARD. AS MENTIONED. 4213 03:03:25,213 --> 03:03:26,247 IT DOESN'T -- THE HEAL 4214 03:03:26,247 --> 03:03:28,816 INITIATIVE DOESN'T SUBSTITUTE 4215 03:03:28,816 --> 03:03:30,885 FOR WHAT ALL THE INSTITUTES DO 4216 03:03:30,885 --> 03:03:32,553 FOR PAIN BUT IT IS A CONVENING 4217 03:03:32,553 --> 03:03:35,022 PROGRAM THAT BRINGS THEM 4218 03:03:35,022 --> 03:03:37,325 TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL OF 4219 03:03:37,325 --> 03:03:39,360 GETTING BETTER PAIN MANAGEMENT, 4220 03:03:39,360 --> 03:03:41,262 BETTER NON ADDICTIVE THERAPIES 4221 03:03:41,262 --> 03:03:44,232 AND DECREASING THE RISK OF 4222 03:03:44,232 --> 03:03:45,266 ADDICTION. SO LOOK FORWARD TO 4223 03:03:45,266 --> 03:03:48,169 THAT, LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR 4224 03:03:48,169 --> 03:03:50,037 INPUT. THERE'LL BE LOTS OF 4225 03:03:50,037 --> 03:03:51,239 OPPORTUNITIES OVER THE LAST 4226 03:03:51,239 --> 03:03:52,840 YEAR. RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST 4227 03:03:52,840 --> 03:03:55,076 DEVELOPING THE COMMITTEE, WE'LL 4228 03:03:55,076 --> 03:03:57,345 PROBABLY BREAK UP INTO 4229 03:03:57,345 --> 03:03:58,312 SUBCOMMITTEES. WORKSHOPS WILL 4230 03:03:58,312 --> 03:04:00,815 BE HELD ON DIFFERENT TOPICS. 4231 03:04:00,815 --> 03:04:04,252 AND THEN FINALLY, A ROADMAP WILL 4232 03:04:04,252 --> 03:04:05,686 BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE DIFFERENT 4233 03:04:05,686 --> 03:04:08,956 COUNCILS PARTICULARLY FOR US, 4234 03:04:08,956 --> 03:04:11,692 THE NIDS COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. 4235 03:04:11,692 --> 03:04:13,528 AND THIS WILL THEN INFORM THE 4236 03:04:13,528 --> 03:04:16,164 HEAL INITIATIVE GOING FORWARD IN 4237 03:04:16,164 --> 03:04:20,868 THE NEXT HOPEFULLY FIVE TO TEN 4238 03:04:20,868 --> 03:04:24,138 YEARS. SO WITH THAT I JUST 4239 03:04:24,138 --> 03:04:25,206 WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE ONCE 4240 03:04:25,206 --> 03:04:26,707 AGAIN AND CLOSE THE MEETING. I 4241 03:04:26,707 --> 03:04:28,876 THINK EVERYONE LEARNED A LOT AND 4242 03:04:28,876 --> 03:04:31,145 LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU 4243 03:04:31,145 --> 03:04:41,689 AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. TAKE CARE.