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Chronic Pain
Chronic pain represents the most prevalent and expensive public health condition in the United States, affecting 100 million people in the United States with annual costs to society estimated at $635 billion dollars. This exceeds the combined costs of cancer, AIDS and heart disease. Importantly, while chronic pain affects individuals of all ages, races, and genders, it disproportionately impacts members of some population groups.
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UPBEAT
This study aims to investigate the relationship between the brain and aging as it relates to mobility.
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ReJOIN
This study aims to understand how specific types and patterns of sensory neuron networks in joints change with disease and aging. Our team works together to map the network of sensory nerves that connect to two joints: the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) and the knee, and identify its relation to pain in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty or TMJ surgery.
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Cruz-Almeida Laboratory
Media Appearances
Research by Dr. Cruz-Almeida and the PAIN laboratory has been featured throughout the country.
New Research From ReJoin and HEAL
Article published on ScienceDirect
UF awarded $3.5 million grant to train new…
UF to train postdoctoral fellows seeking to become independent clinical pain researchers.
Listen to the new PRICE of Pain Podcast episode…
Dr. Cruz-Almeida is the featured guest on the second episode of the Price of Pain…
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Associate PROFESSOR AND Director of Training
Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, Ph.D., MSPH
As a clinical neuroscientist, my research interests are related to understanding age-related pain perception and modulation in humans. Using multiple interdisciplinary and translational approaches, my research examines nervous system factors contributing to the observed inter-individual differences in pain phenotypes and its functional consequences including cognitive and mobility impairments.
PHENOTYPING and ASSESSMENT IN NEUROSCIENCE
PAIN Lab
Work in our lab is generously supported by the University of Florida, the National Institutes of Health, and the McKnight Research Foundation.