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Scientific Advisory BoardFrank Porreca, PhD (Chairman) |
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Frank Porreca, PhD (Chair), Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona Dr Porreca obtained his PhD degree in 1982 at Temple University, Philadelphia. After a year at Hahnemann University, he joined University of Arizona in 1985 and rose through the ranks to his present position. He received numerous awards and recognition for his research, including Founder’s Day Speaker at the University of Arizona in 2001, F.W. Kerr Award from the American Pain Society in 2000, the 9th Covino Lecturer at Harvard University in 2000, Sterling Professor Pharmacology at Albany Medical School in 2000 and the NIH MERIT Award in 2000. In addition, he chairs and heads a number of societies and conferences and he is internationally recognized for his research in Pain. His current research interest remains in the field of pain treatment with particular interest in dynorphins, cannabinoids and bi-functional CCK-opioid ligands. He has extensive collaborations with various pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.
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