Pain Neuroscience Research Lab

About

The ultimate goal of the Pain Neuroscience Research Lab (PNRL) is to continue developing the most effective strategies to reduce people's pain and improve their quality of life using technology. The mission of the PNRL is to prevent, ameliorate, and manage pain through a nonpharmacological approach to the use of brain stimulation. We will accomplish this by researching, discovering, educating, and outreaching the community.

Soterix Medical 1x1 tDCS mini-CT
Medoc TSA2 Advanced Thermosensory Stimulator
Thermo Scientific ARCTIC A25 Refrigerated Circulator
Shimadzu LIGHTNIRS Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

COI Training
HIPAA Training
CITI Training <Human Research - Biomedical Research Investigators>

United States Association for the Study of Pain (USASP) – Mayday Clinical/Translational Research Award
07/01/2025–06/30/2027 | $50,000
Dual-site transcranial direct current stimulation for comprehensive pain relief in patients with knee osteoarthritis experiencing widespread pain

United States Association for the Study of Pain
07/2025-06/2026 | $50,000
Dual-Site Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Comprehensive Pain Relief in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis Experiencing Widespread Pain

University of Arizona Research Development Institute
07/2025-09/2026 | $10,000
Characterizing Knee Osteoarthritis Patients With and Without Chronic Widespread Pain: A Multidimensional Clinical and Neuroimaging Approach

Efficacy of Home-Based Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Experimental Pain Sensitivity in Older Adults with Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized, Sham-Controlled Clinical Trial | Read More
Self-administered transcranial direct current stimulation for pain in older adults with knee osteoarthritis: A randomized controlled study | Read More
The Efficacy of Remotely Supervised Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Conditioned Pain Modulation in Older Adults with Knee Osteoarthritis Pain | Read More
Prescribing Benzodiazepines and Opioids and Clinical Characteristics Associated With 30-Day Hospital Return in Patients Aged ≥75 Years: Secondary Data Analysis | Read More
Online chair yoga and digital learning for rural underserved older adults at risk for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. | Read More
Facilitators and barriers to using AI-enabled robots with older adults in long-term care from staff perspective: a scoping review protocol | Read More
Feasibility and Efficacy of Addiction-Focused Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing in Adults with Substance Use Disorder | Read More
Global rural health disparities in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias: State of the science | Read More
Feasibility, Acceptability, and Efficacy of Home-Based Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Pain in Older Adults with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias: A Randomized Sham-Controlled Pilot Clinical Trial | Read More
Remotely supervised home-based online chair yoga intervention for older adults with dementia: Feasibility study | Read More
Factor structure of Pre-Loss Grief-12 in caregivers of people living with dementia | Read More
'Now I can bend and meet people virtually in my home': The experience of a remotely supervised online chair yoga intervention and visual socialisation among older adults with dementia | Read More
Technology-based group exercise interventions for people living with dementia or mild cognitive impairment: a scoping review protocol | Read More