8.45-9.00 Sign in and welcome

9-9.45 Christopher Nielsen: Epidemiology of pain

9.45-10.30 PhD presentations

10.30-11.00 Coffee

11.00-11.45 Antti Pertovaara: An introduction to pain mechanisms

11.45-12.30 PhD presentations

12.30-13.30 LUNCH

13.30-14.15 Nanna Finnerup: Neuropathic pain

14.15-15.00 Ilkka Martikainen: Imaging pain

15.00-15.30 Coffee

15.30-16.15 PhD presentations

16.15-16.45 Alexandra Hinz: Publishing  a scientific paper

16.45-17.15 Discussion

For participating on the PhD course, send your abstract –and you will get the most out of the course. This provides you a possibility to discuss your success and drawbacks with senior researchers and peers. In addition you may present your poster during the meetings guided poster tours on Friday. Send your abstract in a separate email marked "abstract for phd course" to: Maija-Liisa.Kalliomaki@pshp.fi.

Thursday 19.4.2018:

8.00-8.45 Sign in, coffee

8.45-9.00 Welcome and practical issues Nora Hagelberg and Maija Kalliomäki

BIOMARKERS AND INTERACTION BETWEEN SPECIALITIES, CHAIR: ROLF KARLSTEN

9.00-9.45 Nancy Pedersen: Use of biomarkers in pain research

9.45-10.15  Malin Ernberg: Success with SCONresearch

10.15-10.30 Discussion 15min

10.30-11.00  3 Travel award speakers

Short brake -posters and exhibition

KNOWLEDGE BANKS, CHAIR: CHRISTIAN VAEGTER

11.20-12.00 Thorgeir Thorgeirsson: Icelandic gene banks

12.00-12.30 Katri Hamunen: Virtual pain hospital (Kivunhallintatalo)

12.30-12.45 Discussion

12.45-13.40 LUNCH & EXHIBITION & POSTERS

BIG PICTURE IN PAIN RESEARCH, CHAIR: OLE K. ANDERSEN

13.40-14.00 2 Travel award speakers

14.00-14.30 Lars Juhl Jensen: Big data in medicine: Promises and pitfalls when mining medical data

14.30-15.00 COFFEE

15.00-15.45 Audun Stubhaug: PROMs and pain registers-- how to use it for both  clinic and  research

15.45-16.00 Discussion

Friday 20.4.2018:

NEUROPATHIC PAIN, CHAIR: KRISTIAN NILSEN / AKI HIETAHARJU

8.30-9.15 David Bennett: Immunological mechanisms of  neuropathic pain

9.15-10.00 Nanna Finnerup: Measuring neuropathic pain

9.00-10.15 Discussion 15min

10.15-10.45 COFFEE

WELLBEING OF A PAIN PATIENT, CHAIR: NORA HAGELBERG

10.45-11.15 Risto P Roine: Measuring quality of life

11.15-11.45 Reetta Sipilä: Psychological aspects of pain

11.45-12.15 GA SASP (group 1)/ Posters others (group 2)

12.15-12.45 Posters groups 1 (start) & 2 (cont)

12.45-14.00 LUNCH & EXHIBITION group 2

12.45-13.15 Posters cont. group1

13.15-14.00 LUNCH &EXHIBITON group1

PAIN IN THE POPULATION, CHAIR: MAIJA KALLIOMÄKI

14.00-14.30 Christopher Nielsen: Tromsö study and pain

14.30-15.00 Eija Kalso: Lifestyle factors and pain (Krokieta)

15.00-15.15 Discussion & Farewell