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PRF Spotlight (Episode 2)- Voices Shaping Pain with Dr. Steve Waxman
Episode 2
Monday, 6 April, 2026
Spotlight episode is Part 2 of Sodium Channels and the Making of a Field featuring Dr. Stephen Waxman Bridget Flaherty Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience and Pharmacology at Yale University. Dr. Waxman trained with J.Z. Young and Patrick Wall at University College London. He founded Yale's Neuroscience & Regeneration Research Center and has been its director since 1988. Prior to Yale, he held faculty positions at Harvard, MIT, and Stanford. Dr. Waxman has been a pioneer in unraveling the roles of sodium channels in pain signaling, as his early papers defined the ion channel architecture of nerve fibers, and demonstrated its importance for axonal conduction. Ultimately, his work has led to the development of new therapies that restore function after nervous system injury. He is now pinpointing "pain resilience" genes, and new non-addictive pain medications, based largely on his work, are in or headed toward clinical trials, and the first has achieved FDA approval. He has served on multiple editorial boards, led an international team that identified ion channel mutations as causes of pain in peripheral neuropathy, received multiple honors, and trained many lead researchers throughout the world. The PRF Spotlight Episode 2 was produce and moderated by Drs. Isaac Gomes-Aragao DDS, MSC, PhD and Beatriz Lima Adjafre, PhD Music by Kevin Seal of Seal Party
