[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 155 (Friday, August 10, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 39764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-17118]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Chronic Pain: The Science of Complementary and Integrative Health 
Approaches

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This symposium on September 11, 2018, sponsored by the 
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, will bring 
leading researchers to discuss the science and potential uses of 
complementary and integrative health approaches in treating chronic 
pain.

DATES: The meeting will be held on September 11, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. 
to 5:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Boston Convention and 
Exhibition Center, 415 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02210.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information concerning this 
meeting, see the NCCIH website, https://nccih.nih.gov/chronic-pain-symposium-2018?nav=govd, the 17th World Congress on Pain website, 
https://www.iaspworldcongressonpain.org/program/current-satellite-symposia/#toggle-id-3, or contact Dr. Wen Chen, Acting Branch Chief and 
Program Director, Basic and Mechanistic Research, Division of 
Extramural Research, National Center for Complementary and Integrative 
Health, 6707 Democracy Boulevard, Suite 401, Bethesda, MD 20892, 
telephone: 301-451-3989; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This symposium, sponsored by the National 
Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, will bring leading 
researchers from multiple disciplines to discuss the science and 
potential uses of complementary and integrative health approaches in 
treating chronic pain. The symposium will highlight current concerns 
regarding the opioid epidemic and the potential roles of complementary 
and integrative health approaches in addressing this crisis. The 
objectives of the symposia are to: Present the past, present, and 
future of natural products research and pain management, focusing on 
our current understanding of the ascending and descending neural 
mechanisms by which different natural products may contribute to 
analgesia; ascertain the mechanisms by which a variety of mind and body 
approaches may modulate pain; and discuss translational potential for 
complementary and integrative approaches for individual-based chronic 
pain management.
    Interested individuals can register for the symposia at: https://www.iaspworldcongressonpain.org/registration/. Once you have created a 
free IASP account, you can choose to register for a Satellite Symposium 
only. Choose the Satellite Symposium ``Chronic Pain: The Science of 
Complementary and Integrative Health Approaches.'' The registration fee 
is $20 for the 1-day symposium.

    Dated: August 6, 2018.
David Shurtleff,
Acting Director, National Center for Complementary and Integrative 
Health, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2018-17118 Filed 8-9-18; 8:45 am]
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