Judith Paice, research professor of medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, will discuss “Looking Outside the Box: Innovations in Pain,” from 7 to 8 p.m. April 15 at UMSL.

Judith Paice, a research professor of medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, has traveled the world educating health-care professionals on cancer pain relief and palliative care.

Paice will discuss “Looking Outside the Box: Innovations in Pain,” from 7 to 8 p.m. April 15 in the Century Rooms at the Millennium Student Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. A reception will begin at 6 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Reservations are required, by calling 314-516-6074.

The lecture is part of the Mary Ann Lee Endowed Lectureship in Oncology Nursing at UMSL. It is sponsored by the Des Lee Collaborate Vision at UMSL, St. Louis Chapter of the Oncology Nursing Society and the St. Louis Regional Chapter of the American Society for Pain Management Nursing.

Paice is director of the Cancer Pain Program in the Division of Hematology-Oncology at Northwestern University. She has served as president of the American Pain Society and as secretary of the International Association for the Study of Pain. Much of her clinical work has been in the relief of pain associated with cancer and HIV disease.

She serves as associate editor of the Journal of Pain and on the editorial boards of the Clinical Journal of Pain and Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. She’s the author of more than 150 scientific manuscripts.

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Myra Lopez

Myra Lopez