AUTHOR=Karp Barbara Illowsky , Baker Rebecca G. 

TITLE=Pain management research from the NIH HEAL Initiative

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Pain Research

VOLUME=4

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pain-research/articles/10.3389/fpain.2023.1266783

DOI=10.3389/fpain.2023.1266783

ISSN=2673-561X

ABSTRACT=<p>This article presents an overview of the pain research programs within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Helping to End Addiction Long-term® Initiative, or NIH HEAL Initiative®. Launched in 2018 to address the opioid crisis, the NIH HEAL Initiative supports research on addiction prevention and treatment. A key component of addiction prevention is the development of new, effective, non-addictive treatments for acute and chronic pain. HEAL's innovate research portfolio spans the spectrum from therapeutic discovery and development through clinical trials and into clinical practice.</p>