Center for Advancement in Managing Pain (CAMP)

Storrs
School of Nursing

With the overarching goal of advancing and generating new knowledge of pain mechanisms and improving the delivery of safe and effective methods to promote pain relief across populations and settings, the Center for Advancement of Managing Pain (CAMP) provides a collaborative infrastructure for pain management professional and academic researchers from across disciplines to establish translational programs of research, implement interdisciplinary pain education, and develop innovative approaches for advancing the practice of precision pain management

Facility Homepage

Contacts

General Contact

painresearch@uconn.edu

Steven G. Kinsey, Ph.D.

Professor

steven.kinsey@uconn.edu

Campus Address

Storrs Campus

Mailing Address

231 Glenbrook Road, Unit 4026
Storrs, CT 06269-4026

Resources

Behavioral Lab

In addition to equipment, we have dedicated research space for conducting behavioral assays as well as interventions.

  • Phlebotomy
  • Interviews and interventions
  • Quantitative sensory testing

Image of the Behavioral Lab

Quantitative Sensory Testing

State of the art equipment to assess mechanical and thermal pain sensitivity

  • Medoc Pathway System
  • Medoc TSA II Neurosensoryanalyzer
  • Medoc Algometer
  • Von Frey’s Filament
  • Punctate Probes

Image of state of the art Quantitative Sensory Testing

Pain Genetics

Multi-site research space and equipment dedicated to studying genetics of chronic pain

  • ABI Step One Plus PCR Machine
  • ELISA Plate Reader
  • Centrifuges
  • Research Hood
  • -80 Freezers

Pain Genetics equipment