Research opportunities
At the UC Davis Division of Pain Medicine, our research mission is to improve the diagnosis and treatment of all types of pain. These innovative programs offer new solutions to pain patients, in an effort to minimize human suffering in our patients today, and in the future. Our research includes programs in the following areas:
- Selective nerve root blocks
- Lumbar facet arthropathy
- Botulinium toxin injections
- Opioid treatments
- Thoracic epidural analgesia
- Neuropathic pain
- All types of pain related to cancer
- Pain related to the treatment of cancer
- Back pain
- Pain telemedicine to patients in rural communities of California
- Functional restorative programs for patients dealing with chronic pain
- Functional restorative programs for patients dealing with chronic pain due to a terminal illness or non-terminal cancers
- Educational programs for graduate students, medical students, interns, residents and fellows
- Educational programs for the community