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October 27th, 2025 \u25cf 4-minute read \u25cf UNC Chapel Hill highlights work done by the Institute for Trauma Recovery in supporting trauma survivors by improving early detection and clinical insights.<\/p>\n
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August 27th, 2025 \u25cf 7-minute video \u25cf NPP-Digital Psychiatry highlighted an ITR paper regarding language biomarkers on their YouTube Channel, Bluesky, and Twitter.<\/p>\n
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<\/h6>\nJanuary 3, 2025 \u25cf 3-minute video \u25cf CBS17 speaks with Dr. Sam McLean about the extreme psychological toll endured by Israeli hostages, shedding light on the lasting effects of stress<\/p>\n
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October 29, 2023 \u25cf 2-minute video \u25cf UNC’s Institute for Trauma Recovery is teaming up with federal defense officials to test a method for dealing with stress and mental health challenges.<\/p>\n October 18, 2023 \u25cf 4-minute read \u25cf The newly-funded initiative will test the efficacy of an intervention developed at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research originally designed to help service members who experience acute stress reactions during military operations.<\/p>\n January 13, 2023 \u25cf 2-minute read \u25cf Based on the identified biomarkers, it was possible to distinguish patients with a good predictive value for pain, sleep, and anxiety.<\/p>\n January 13, 2023 \u25cf 2-minute read \u25cf Changes in the number of transitions between sleep and wake over time linked to changes in pain, sleep, anxiety.<\/p>\n October 6, 2022 \u25cf 2-minute read \u25cf Led by Sam McLean, MD, MPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers and collaborators were awarded $3 million from the U.S. Department of Defense to evaluate the efficacy of a therapeutic agent to reduce the frequency and severity of acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder.<\/p>\n September 29, 2022 \u25cf 3-minute read \u25cf The $8-million dollar DISENTANGLE initiative, led by Sam McLean, MD, MPH, at the UNC School of Medicine and funded through the U.S. Department of Defense, will leverage the latest data on brain injury biomarkers and clinical observations to prevent and treat sever posttraumatic symptoms.<\/p>\n July 26, 2022 \u25cf 3-minute read \u25cf Led by Temple University scientists and involving a national collaboration among researchers, a new study shows how decreased hippocampus engagement is associated with the development of posttraumatic stress disorder. Sam McLean, MD, MPH, leads the NIH-funded AURORA study.<\/p>\n July 7, 2022 \u25cf 2-minute read \u25cf Read how the presence of dissociation and derealization may indicate high risk for PTSD and altered activity in the brain following a traumatic event, as well as how the AURORA Study can help us understand treatment and prevention.<\/p>\n June 29, 2022 \u25cf 2-minute video \u25cf Hear Dr. Samuel McLean, organizing Principal Investigator of the One Mind-funded AURORA Study, describe Lauren Lebois, PhD et al.’s latest findings about trauma and derealization.<\/p>\n June 22, 2022 \u25cf 2-minute read \u25cf Following trauma, feeling detached from one’s surroundings may suggest a higher risk of later developing serious mental health conditions. It’s important to screen for feeling detached to identify patients who might benefit from preventive care.<\/p>\n April 20, 2022 \u25cf 17-minute read \u25cf Get full access to Dr. Sarah Linnstaedt’s Scientific Reports article on gene variations and chronic musculoskeletal pain.<\/p>\n March 16, 2022 \u25cf 3-minute read \u25cf Most Americans will experience a traumatic event, and PTSD is a common reaction. Read how we can research brain-based biotypes through neuroimaging to help understand the future risk of these reactions.<\/p>\n October 26, 2021 \u25cf 3-minute read \u25cf This Emory-led study shows a link between post-trauma brain activity and symptoms of anxiety and PTSD six months later. It is part of the AURORA study, led nationally by Sam McLean, MD, at the UNC School of Medicine.<\/p>\n April 2, 2021 \u25cf 6-minute read \u25cf Severe, long-COVID patients can easily develop PTSD. Read how the Heroes Health app can connect patients to health care workers and improve symptoms.<\/p>\n September 10, 2020 \u25cf 1-hour video \u25cf UNC Health Drs. Cristy Page, Samantha Meltzer-Brody and Samuel McLean joined One Mind president Brandon Staglin, MS, to discuss resources available to help healthcare workers and community members deal with mental health challenges during the pandemic.<\/p>\n August 21, 2020 \u25cf 3-minunte read \u25cf This initiative is a part of a growing trend in medicine, as healthcare and policy leaders are recognizing increasing levels of physician burnout and barriers to well-being.<\/p>\n July 18, 2020 \u25cf 5-minute video \u25cf Emergency room physician and Heroes Health app founder, Dr. Sam McLean, joins “America’s News HQ” to discuss the unique mental health burden that COVID-19 has posed for healthcare workers and first responders and how the Heroes Health app can help.<\/p>\n July 16, 2020 \u25cf 2-minute video \u25cf One UNC physician founded a new health initiative and app after seeing a need for increased mental health support in the medical field.<\/p>\n July 14, 2020 \u25cf 6-minute video \u25cf The Today Show<\/em> features Dr. Sam McLean, an emergency physician at University of North Carolina, explaining how the Heroes Health Initiative offers health care workers access to mental health assessments and resources during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n July 14, 2020 \u25cf 3-minute read \u25cf The mental health of first responders and healthcare workers is critically important, especially as they face increased stress related to COVID-19. We are proud to support these frontline workers through the Heroes Health app.<\/p>\n July 14, 2020 \u25cf 8-minute read \u25cf What Obi Felten, head of X, learned while working on Heroes Health, a new initiative to support the mental health of COVID-19 front line health care workers and first responders.<\/p>\n July 14, 2020 \u25cf 8-minute listen \u25cf How Dr. McLean conceived of the idea to develop the Heroes Health Initiative.<\/p>\n July 14, 2020 \u25cf 2-minute video \u25cf A doctor at UNC who recovered from COVID-19 is back to work not only to heal patients but also to help his fellow healthcare workers. He\u2019s created an app to help healthcare workers and first responders monitor their mental health and find support.<\/p>\n July 14, 2020 \u25cf 2-minute read \u25cf Dr. Samuel McLean knows firsthand the great challenges COVID-19 workers are facing day in and day out.<\/p>\n July 14, 2020 \u25cf 3-minute read \u25cf Researchers and clinicians enlisted Google\u2019s help to build a mobile app that helps frontline health care workers monitor their mental well-being and seek help if indicated.<\/p>\n July 14, 2020 \u25cf 7-minute read \u25cf The app is available through the App Store<\/a> and Google Play Store<\/a> in the United States, free of charge to first responders, healthcare workers, and their organizations.<\/p>\n June 5, 2020 \u25cf 2-minute read \u25cf Healthcare workers are experiencing heightened anxiety and depression from the COVID-19 pandemic. How we respond matters.<\/p>\n April 3, 2020 \u25cf 5-minute read \u25cf Dr. Sam McLean and Dr. Christopher Jones reflect on their experiences as frontline healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n March 27, 2019 \u25cf 3-minute read \u25cf After decades of assuming that pain processing is equivalent in all sexes, scientists are finding that different biological pathways can produce an \u2018ouch!\u2019.<\/p>\n February 6, 2019 \u25cf 3-minute read \u25cf Innovative ways to measure, understand and treat pain are allowing doctors to ease patients\u2019 suffering\u2014without relying on dangerous drugs.<\/p>\n February 5, 2019 \u25cf 2-minute read \u25cf Lauren Gullett shares the experiences that brought her to her undergraduate research assistantship at the Institute for Trauma Recovery.<\/p>\n September 27, 2018 \u25cf 3-minute read \u25cf Led by Dr. Samuel McLean, UNC School of Medicine researchers and collaborators received $5 million from the NIH and Department of Defense to expanding the AURORA Study, the most comprehensive longitudinal study of trauma survivors ever performed.<\/p>\n September 4, 2018 \u25cf 4-minute read \u25cf Individual genetic variation may determine whether someone who experienced a traumatic event will develop chronic pain or recover successfully.<\/p>\n September 4, 2018 \u25cf 6-minute read \u25cf Dr. Francis Collins discusses Drs. Samuel McLean and Sarah Linnstaedt’s recent article in the Journal of Neuroscience on his NIH Director’s Blog.<\/p>\n August 27, 2018 \u25cf 4-minute read \u25cf Dr. Sarah Linnstaedt discusses how genetic variations in the FKBP5 gene can cause differences in chronic pain following a traumatic event.<\/p>\n August 27, 2018 \u25cf 5-minute read \u25cf A new study has found that a DNA mutation is associated with increased pain after experiencing trauma, such as sexual assault or a car crash.<\/p>\n June 2018 \u25cf 6-minute read \u25cf Dr. Samuel McLean describes how findings from the AURORA Study will improve PTSD diagnostics.<\/p>\n February 25, 2018 \u25cf 8-minute read \u25cf An emerging field, digital phenotyping, tries to assess people\u2019s well-being based on their interactions with digital devices.<\/p>\n September 18, 2017 \u25cf 3-minute read \u25cf Dr. Samuel McLean, Director, University of North Carolina Institute of Trauma Recovery and Organizing Principal Investigator for the AURORA Study shares how the brain changes in response to a stressful, traumatic event. Filmed at the Scientific Symposium of One Mind\u2019s 2017 Music Festival for Brain Health.<\/p>\n September 18, 2017 \u25cf 3-minute read \u25cf The Staglin family and the ONE MIND Board of Directors announced that the 23-year cumulative total, including direct contributions and leveraged funds provided to scientists as a result of initial research funding from festival proceeds, has surpassed $280 million dollars since 1995.<\/p>\n July 17, 2017 \u25cf 2-minute read \u25cf Verily is excited to join the University of North Carolina- and Harvard-led AURORA Study, a groundbreaking five-year observational study of 5,000 individuals experiencing trauma, as a research partner.<\/p>\n March 30, 2017 \u25cf 3-minute read \u25cf Special correspondent Soledad O\u2019Brien reports on the difficulties patients can face when physicians struggle to accurately identify their condition.<\/p>\n February 28, 2017 \u25cf 11-minute read \u25cf Dr. Sarah Linnstaedt discusses how she came to the field of pain research, her microRNA studies, and what it has been like as a young investigator to set up her own lab.<\/p>\n October 25, 2016 \u25cf 3-minute read \u25cf Dr. Samuel McLean discusses plans for the $21 million AURORA Study.<\/p>\n February 10, 2016 \u25cf 3-minute read \u25cf Dr. Samuel McLean is interviewed regarding a previous publication by the research group.<\/p>\n November 24, 2015 \u25cf 5-minute read \u25cf Variations in a gene that affect the body’s responses to stress influence the risk of developing post-concussive symptoms (PCS) after car crashes.<\/p>\n June 6, 2014 \u25cf 4-minute read \u25cf Dr. Samuel McLean and Jackie Nichols discuss research results linking emotional and psychological state with recovery time after a motor vehicle accident.<\/p>\n May 5, 2014 \u25cf 3-minute read \u25cf June Hu discusses research pertaining to widespread pain being treated early on as opposed to waiting for pain to resolve itself. Originally referenced from \u201cMost widespread pain present 1 year after motor vehicle collision (MVC) begins in the early aftermath of the MVC: Results of a multicenter prospective cohort study\u201d which Hu presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Pain Society 2014 in Tampa, FL.<\/p>\n May 5, 2014 \u25cf 3-minute read \u25cf Ana Bermudez discusses findings in relation to BMI and neck pain for overweight individuals 6 weeks to 1 year after a motor vehicle accident. Referenced from \u201cObesity increases the risk of persistent moderate or severe neck pain 6 months after motor vehicle collision\u201d.<\/p>\n January 23, 2014 \u25cf 2-minute read \u25cf Only 17 percent of drivers with hurt necks or other body parts had contacted a lawyer within six weeks.<\/p>\n October 2, 2013 \u25cf 3-minute read \u25cf Dr. Samuel McLean discusses new discoveries in chronic pain on the NPR radio show “The State of Things”.\u00a0 Joining Dr. McLean is Mrs. Hortense Jacobs, a patient in the UNC Department of Anesthesiology Multidisciplinary Pain Clinic.<\/p>\n![\"Dr.](\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/itr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/441\/2023\/10\/iCover_CBS17-Interview-e1698774953815.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\n\nUNC, Department of Defense testing stress-coping method for military members<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nUNC Awarded $5 million to Assess Intervention for Acute Stress Reaction<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nIdentifying Pain, Sleep, Anxiety Biomarkers Related to Post-traumatic Stress with Technology<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nWearable Device-Detected Biomarkers Could ID Symptoms After Trauma<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n<\/div>\n2022<\/h2>\n
\n<\/a><\/p>\nUNC School of Medicine Awarded $3 Million to Lead Study to Reduce PTSD Frequency, Severity<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n<\/a><\/p>\nUNC-led Initiative Set to Gain Insights to Improve Posttraumatic Outcomes<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nUNC Health: Specific Brain Responses to Traumatic Stress Linked to PTSD Risk<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nContemporary Clinic: Dissociation Predicts Worse Mental Health Outcomes After Trauma<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nOne Mind: Sam McLean, MD, MPH speaks about the AURORA study on trauma<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/itr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/441\/2022\/07\/ScienceDaily.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nScience Daily<\/em>: Feelings of Detachment Predict Worse Mental Health Outcomes after Trauma<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n![\"Dr.](\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/itr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/441\/2022\/07\/Sarah-Linnstaedt.jpeg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nScientific Reports: Hippocampal volume, FKBP5 genetic risk alleles, and childhood trauma interact to increase vulnerability to chronic multisite musculoskeletal pain<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nPsychology Today: Can Brain Function Predict Future Risk for Psychological Distress<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n<\/div>\n2021<\/h2>\n
\n<\/a><\/p>\nUNC Health: Brain Activity Patterns after Trauma May Predict Long-Term Mental Health<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nCNN Health: Post-COVID PTSD: the storm after the storm<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n<\/div>\n2020<\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nUNC Health Foundation Impact Series: Mental Health Resources<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n![\"Emergency](\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/itr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/441\/2022\/08\/Emergency-e1661785170151.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nForbes<\/em>: A Digital Tool To Assess Mental Health Is Being Piloted For Emergency Physicians<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n![\"Dr.](\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/itr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/441\/2022\/08\/McLean-Fox.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nDoctor Who Survived COVID-19 Creates App to Help Medical Workers Monitor Mental Health<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/itr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/441\/2022\/08\/HeroesWorkHere.jpeg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nUNC Launches Mental Health App \u2018Heroes Health\u2019 to Support Frontline Workers<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n![\"Dr.](\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/itr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/441\/2022\/08\/Samuel-McLean-Video-Screenshot.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nThe Today Show<\/em>: Doctor Creates App to Give Mental Health Support to Front-line Workers<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/itr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/441\/2022\/08\/Flower.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nGoogle Cloud: Caring for caregivers: UNC\u2019s Heroes Health Initiative supports healthcare workers\u2019 mental health<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n![\"Three](\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/itr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/441\/2022\/08\/HH_Highlights-150x150-1.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nObi Felten: Asking for help and saying “Yes”\u200b in the age of the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nWPTF Interviews Dr. Samuel McLean about the Heroes Health App<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/itr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/441\/2022\/08\/CBS17_HeroesHealth-150x150-1.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nCBS 17: UNC doctor, after recovering from COVID-19, creates app to help health care workers with mental health<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n![\"Individual](\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/itr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/441\/2022\/08\/WRAL-e1594757942169-150x150-1.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nWRAL: UNC doctor who beat COVID-19 creates app to help frontline workers deal with pandemic<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n![\"Exhausted](\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/itr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/441\/2022\/08\/Venture-Beat-thumbnail-e1594752162751.jpeg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nVentureBeat<\/em>: Backed by Google, Heroes Health app tracks mental wellbeing of frontline workers<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n![\"Screen](\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/itr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/441\/2022\/08\/HH_Welcome-150x150-1.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nBusinessWire<\/em>: \u201cHeroes Health\u201d Mental Wellness App Launched by UNC School of Medicine<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nCOVID-19 Presents a Public Mental Health Emergency<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nProtecting COVID-19 Workers’ Mental Health<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n<\/div>\n2019<\/h2>\n
\n![\"Illustration](\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/itr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/441\/2022\/07\/PaddyMills-e1658502447648.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nNature<\/em>: Blocking a Stress-Related Gene Relieves Chronic Pain<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/itr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/441\/2022\/07\/WSJPain.gif\")
<\/a><\/p>\nThe Scientist<\/em>: Blocking a Stress-Related Gene Relieves Chronic Pain<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n“Carolina Stories”: The Scholar Success<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n2018<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nUNC “Vital Signs”: Researchers Receive $5 Million to Expand Study of Posttraumatic Neurologic, Mental Health Disorders<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nUNDARK: How A Gene Variant May Influence Chronic Pain After Trauma<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nNIH Director’s Blog: Researchers Elucidate Role of Stress Gene in Chronic Pain<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nThe Conversation: Chronic pain after trauma may depend on what stress gene variation you carry<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nDaily Mail<\/em>: How long you hurt after a traumatic injury depends [in part] on your DNA, study finds<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/itr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/441\/2022\/07\/DealingWithTrauma-e1658507689971.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nNIH “News in Health”: Dealing with Trauma: Recovering from Frightening Events<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nNew York Times<\/em>: How Companies Scour Our Digital Lives for Clues to Our Health<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n2017<\/h2>\n
\n<\/a><\/p>\nOne Mind: Brain Changes in Response to a Life Threat<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n<\/a><\/p>\nBusiness Wire<\/em>: Staglin Family Announces Over 280 Million Dollars Raised to Date<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nVerily: Researching post-traumatic conditions with Study Watch<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n![](\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/itr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/441\/2022\/07\/SgtKellyRodriguez-e1658505890577.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nPBS News Hour<\/em>: Can science make diagnosing PTSD less of an ordeal?<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n![](\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/itr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/441\/2020\/08\/Sarah-Linnstaedt.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nPain Research Forum<\/em>: Young Investigator Spotlight: Sarah Linnstaedt<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n<\/div>\n2016<\/h2>\n
\n![](\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/itr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/441\/2022\/07\/UNCMedCenter-e1658504180166.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nCarolina Alumni Review<\/em>: UNC Will Take Lead in Major Posttraumatic Stress Study<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n![](\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/itr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/441\/2022\/07\/TheScientistArchives.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nThe Scientist<\/em>: Blocking a Stress-Related Gene Relieves Chronic Pain<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n<\/div>\n2015<\/h2>\n
\n![](\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/itr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/441\/2022\/07\/EurekAlert.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nEurekAlert<\/em>: Gene Variants Involved in Stress Responses affect ‘Post-concussive’ Symptoms<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n2014<\/h2>\n
![](\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/itr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/441\/2022\/07\/PracticalPainManagement.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nPractical Pain Management<\/em>: Does Emotional Recovery After Accidents Influence Chronic Pain?<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n![](\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/itr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/441\/2022\/07\/MedPageToday.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nMedPage Today<\/em>: Treat Car Crash Pain Early On, Lest It Linger<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n<\/a><\/p>\nMedPage Today<\/em>: BMI Predicts Neck Pain After Car Crash<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n<\/a><\/p>\nMedPage Today<\/em>: BMI Predicts Neck Pain After Car Crash<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n2013<\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nNPR<\/em>: Severe Persistent Pain after Sexual Assault Often Untreated<\/a><\/h3>\n
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