The Division of Pain Medicine at Boston Children's Hospital is the most clinically active program of its kind in the world. Since its founding in 1986, the program has been at the helm of research and innovation in pain management.
Our goal is to bring together clinicians and scientists to conduct innovative research and make fundamental discoveries about pain, anesthesia, and analgesia. We strive to train the next generation of scientists and clinicians, and to transform our ability to treat pain in childhood.
Our research includes behavioral studies, genetics, neural circuit architecture, computational modeling, imaging, medical/procedural interventions, and psychology. We have a number of innovative clinical and basic science research programs that are broadly grouped into four themes, although our division’s interdisciplinary approach means that many overlap: