Center for Advancement in Managing Pain (CAMP)

Center for Advancement in Managing Pain (CAMP)

With the overarching goal of advancing and generating new knowledge of pain mechanisms and improving the delivery of safe and effective methods to promote pain relief across populations and settings, the Center for Advancement of Managing Pain (CAMP) provides a collaborative infrastructure for pain management professional and academic researchers from across disciplines to establish translational programs of research, implement interdisciplinary pain education, and develop innovative approaches for advancing the practice of precision pain management

Contacts

General Contact

painresearch@uconn.edu
860.486.8875

Faculty Scientific Advisers

Steven G. Kinsey, Ph.D.

Professor
Storrs Hall 112B
steven.kinsey@uconn.edu
860.486.8875

Location

Campus Address

Storrs Campus

Mailing Address

231 Glenbrook Road, Unit 4026
Storrs, CT 06269-4026

Instrumentation

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Behavioral Lab

In addition to equipment, we have dedicated research space for conducting behavioral assays as well as interventions.

  • Phlebotomy
  • Interviews and interventions
  • Quantitative sensory testing
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Quantitative Sensory Testing

State of the art equipment to assess mechanical and thermal pain sensitivity

  • Medoc Pathway System
  • Medoc TSA II Neurosensoryanalyzer
  • Medoc Algometer
  • Von Frey's Filament
  • Punctate Probes
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Pain Genetics

Multi-site research space and equipment dedicated to studying genetics of chronic pain

  • ABI Step One Plus PCR Machine
  • ELISA Plate Reader
  • Centrifuges
  • Research Hood
  • -80 Freezers