The Linnstaedt Lab received an NIH project grant (R01) from NIAMS to fund a five-year project aiming to identify sex-dependent microRNA-mediated pathways to chronic musculoskeletal pain development following trauma.

Erica Branham competed for and received a Department of Anesthesiology Research award to fund one of her research projects focused on how stress exposure influences pain-associated DNA methylation.

The Department of Anesthesiology/Linnstaedt Lab received a UNC Research Infrastructure grant to purchase a telemetry system in support of activity measurements and heart monitoring in freely moving animals.

The Linnstaedt Lab received a grant from Cures Within Reach to fund a pilot randomized clinical trial aimed at testing feasibility and safety of administering 17β-estradiol to women trauma survivors in the early aftermath of traumatic stress exposure to prevent chronic posttraumatic pain and enduring stress symptoms.   Read more here. 

Lauren McKibben received a Department of Anesthesiology Research Award to fund her research into how early life adversity increases risk for developing post-traumatic chronic pain.