Michele Curatolo
Chief Medical Officer & Professor of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine 4E Therapeutics & University of Washington
Seminars
Thursday 29th January 2026
Translational Science in Pain Research: Linking Patient Phenotypes to Molecular Mechanisms
2:30 pm
- Evaluating patients comprehensively using multiple measures, including pain assessments and somatosensory testing, to capture responses to diverse stimuli
- Discovering associations between clinical characteristics and molecular findings from patient tissue to identify potential therapeutic targets
- Investigating how specific pain phenotypes relate to underlying pain mechanisms, advancing understanding for more precise interventions
Thursday 29th January 2026
Fireside Chat: Setting The New Gold Standard: Human-Centric Pain Models Using DRG Neurons, Tissue Models & IPSCs
11:00 am
- Discuss the technological, regulatory, and organizational shifts required to embed human-centric pain models as the new industry standard
- What are the current barriers to adoption? How can biopharma, CROs, and regulators collaborate to accelerate validation and scale-up of these models across the pipeline
