#MadeAtUCL - Pain: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

UCL Minds

Join Cassidy for April’s #MadeAtUCL podcast which talks about Pain: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Imagine not feeling pain... Or never having to fear visiting the dentist... Or being able to communicate pain... Hear about: - The FAAH-OUT gene discovery and how the latest research is helping people with chronic pain conditions with Dr James Cox (Senior Lecturer and Deputy Graduate Tutor working in the Molecular Nociception Group at the UCL Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research) - Clinical trials in dentistry that may allow for some procedures to be performed without drills or anaesthetic with Prof Anne Young (Professor of Biomaterials at UCL Eastman Dental Institute) - A novel way of using pictures to communicate pain with Dr Deborah Padfield (a visual artist, Senior Lecturer in Arts & Health Humanities at St George's, University of London and Lecturer (Teaching) at the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL)https://www.uclpress.co.uk/pain For transcript and show notes, visit: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/made-at-ucl/podcasts/s2-ep3-pain-good-bad-and-ugly Date of episode recording: 15/03/20 Duration: 35:12 Language of episode: English Presenter: Cassandra Martin Guests: James Cox, Anne Young, Deborah Padfield Producer: Cerys Bradley