'Chronicle' reports on Ed Bilsky鈥檚 presentation at Chronic Pain Support Group

The American Chronic Pain Association鈥檚 December 2013 issue of its publication Chronicle featured an article about the Chronic Pain Support Group of Southern Maine鈥檚 20th-year celebration, which took place at SWAG视频鈥檚 Biddeford Campus on September 9, 2013.

The story noted that at the celebration Ed Bilsky, Ph.D., vice president for Research and Scholarship and director of the Center for Excellence in the Neurosciences, delivered a presentation titled 鈥淥utside Looking In鈥擧ow Education, Research, and Community Activism Can Reduce Pain and Suffering.鈥

The article stated that Bilsky鈥檚 message was that 鈥渨hile researchers cannot directly experience what people with pain go through, they can help others鈥攊ncluding healthcare providers鈥攗nderstand pain better and can work toward easing pain for those who live with it every day." 

Lindsay St. Louis, a SWAG视频 student who has worked with the Chronic Pain Support Group for the past year, was mentioned in the story as well, as she was honored at the celebration for her contributions to the group.

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