Conferences and symposiums 2025 KI Pain Network Conference: "Pain Research Across KI: Insights, Patients, and Future Directions"
Welcome to a conference hosted by KI Pain Network (KIPN) to unite pain researchers at all career stages, bringing together clinicians and basic researchers to enhance the translational impact of pain research. Key features will include diverse participation, an interdisciplinary approach, networking opportunities, and comprehensive coverage of current advancements.
Format
The conference focuses on basic, translational, and clinical pain research and includes a discussion with patients through the patient association. It will also highlight translational work moving from research to clinical application and the role of KI Innovation. The day will conclude with a networking and mingle session.
Registration
Programme
Registration/pick up of name badges
Welcome and introduction to KIPN
Saida Hadjab, KIPN Chair, and Kaiwen Zhang, KIPN Coordinator
Introduction to the KIPN, Structure, Work & Mission
Morning block
Headache Disorders and Orofacial Pain
Chair: Camilla Svensson
- 09:30-09:50 – Andrea Carmine Belin: "Characterizing the mechanisms behind the world's most painful condition - Cluster Headache"
- 09:50-10:10 – Malin Ernberg: "Clinical characteristics and epigenetic changes in the masseter muscle of patients with temporomandibular disorders myalgia and myofascial pain"
Coffee break
Zooming In on Pain: Insights from Cells to Systems-Level Mechanisms
Chairs: Andrea Carmine Belin and Karin Jensen
Chronic Pain: Neuro‑inflammation and Immunology
- 10:35-10:55 – Camilla Svensson: "Autoimmune roots of pain in fibromyalgia"
- 10:55-11:15 – Harald Lund: "Neuroimmunovascular Insights: Unraveling Pain Mechanisms at the Blood-Nerve Barrier"
- 11:15 - 11:35 – Aline Bjerkhaug (Eva Kosec Lab): "Distinct serum and cerebrospinal fluid metabolic signatures associate with pain and fatigue in knee osteoarthritis"
Unlocking the Human Sensory Neuron Atlas
- 11:35-11:55 – Dmitry Usoskin (Patrik Ernfors Lab): Human Single cell atlas and identification of new pain mechanisms”
Lunch and networking
Afternoon block
Translational Approaches
Chair: Malin Ernberg
- 13:00-13:20 – Lars Klareskog: "Prevention and early diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using digital and molecular tools (DigiPrevent) – Experience from a EIT Health funded Program"
- 13:20-13:40 – Eva E Skillgate: "Observational cohort studies of musculoskeletal pain"
- 13:40-14:00 – Rikard Wicksell: "Agile User-Centered Development of Evidence based Digital Behavioral Health to Improve the Standard of Treatment for Chronic Pain"
Emerging Clinical Perspectives
Chair: Harald Lund
- 14:05-14:25 – Vilija Oke: "Long Lasting Undiagnosed Pain: An Indicator of Psoriatic Arthritis Onset"
- 14:25-14:45 – Jenny Rickardsson (Karin Jensen Lab): "Twin studies on pain sensitivity and self –injury"
- 14:45-15:05 – Per-Johan Jakobsson: "Microsomal prostaglandin E synthase-1: a target for treatment of inflammation and pain"
Coffee break
Patient Perspectives
Chairs: Caroline Ran & Patrik Ernfors
- Johan Loock, Huvudvärksförbundet
- Birgitta Gustafsson, Riksförbundet Fibromyalgi & Långvarig Smärta
From Research Results to Clinical Application – Societal Outreach
Chair: Saida Hadjab
Patrik Blomquist, Business Coach, Karolinska Innovation AB: “From Lab Benches to Society: Innovation and Commercialization Support at Karolinska Institutet”.
Concluding remarks
Professor Tomas Hökfelt