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Our lab’s manuscript on early life adversity and chronic posttraumatic pain was accepted for publication in PAIN.

January 7, 2025
Congratulations to Dr. Lauren McKibben, Alice Woolard, Ying Zhao, Jacqueline Mickelson, and Taanvii Verma from our lab for acceptance of their paper entitled “Early life adversity increases risk for chronic posttraumatic pain, data from humans and rodents” in PAIN, January 2025.

Dr. McKibben submits three first-author papers in the last four months.

December 11, 2024
Dr. Lauren McKibben has recently submitted three manuscripts that are now available on medRxiv and bioRxiv servers. These include: Early Life Adversity Increases Risk for Chronic Posttraumatic Pain: Data from Humans and Rodents Peritraumatic C-Reactive Protein Levels Predict Pain Outcomes Following Traumatic Stress Exposure in a Sex-Dependent Manner Transcriptional Changes Across Tissue and Time...

BCB graduate student Brittanie Winfield delivered a talk at the Fall 2024 BACPAC Meeting.

November 20, 2024
BCB graduate student Brittanie Winfield was invited to present her talk, titled “Robust Peritraumatic Immune System Activation Improves Pain Recovery Following Traumatic Stress Exposure,” at the Fall 2024 BACPAC Meeting. 

Dr. McKibben and PhD candidate Erica Branham present at the Disentangle Grand Rounds Seminar.

November 15, 2024
The Linnstaedt Lab is a proud collaborator on the Disentangle project, a study focused on identifying differences in traumatic brain injury and neuropsychiatric outcomes of trauma exposure.  Both Dr. McKibben and Erica Branham presented their recent data related to this ongoing study.

Linnstaedt Lab members attended and presented at the 2nd annual Duke Maixner Pain Research Symposium

November 8, 2024
Linnstaedt Lab members Brittanie Winfield, Meghna Iyer, Taanvii Verma, Erica Branham, Jacqueline Mickelson, Kennedy Bell, Miranda Layne, & Alice Woolard and each presented posters showcasing their research.