Basic Science of Pain in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Includes a Live Web Event on 09/08/2026 at 10:00 AM (EDT)
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This webinar will take place on Wednesday, 8 September 2026, at 10:00 a.m. EDT.
Free to IASP Members; $25.00 for non-members
Webinar Overview
Pain provides an essential warning system that protects us from harm. It exists in tandem with the tactile system, that together, enable us to safely and richly experience the world and others. In intellectual and developmental disabilities these systems can be affected, disrupting that safe and nurturing physical connection with the world and others. This 60-minute webinar, hosted by the Pain in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities SIG brings together researchers investigating rodent models of these conditions. This works aims to further understanding of pain mechanisms in intellectual and developmental disabilities with the goal of improving pain management for affected individuals.
Learning Objectives:
- An appreciation of environmental and genetic rodent models of intellectual and developmental disabilities
- An understanding of behavioural phenotypes observed in these models and relation to clinical phenotype
- An understanding of mechanisms that underlie phenotypes in these models
Moderator:
Dr Brian McGuire.
Presenters:
Dr Carole Torsney, Reader, University of Edinburgh.
Dr Michelle Roche, Reader, University of Galway.
Dr. Carole Torsney
Reader
University of Edinburgh
Carole Torsney is a Reader at the University of Edinburgh and is based in the Institute for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Research. She is a member of the Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain and the Simons Foundation Autism Rat Models Consortium. She received her PhD under the supervision of Professor Maria Fitzgerald at University College London. She then did postdoctoral training at Columbia University, New York, before establishing her lab at the University of Edinburgh. Her research investigates the nervous system processing of pain and touch, and how this can differ between the sexes. She is specifically interested in the plasticity that underlies chronic pain conditions and the altered pain and tactile reactivity that manifests in neurodevelopmental disorders.
Dr. Michelle Roche
Associate Professor in Physiology and Co-Director
Centre for Pain Research at the University of Galway
Dr Roche is an Associate Professor in Physiology and Co-Director of the Centre for Pain Research at the University of Galway, Ireland. Her research interests focus on enhancing understanding of the neurobiology and pathophysiology underlying pain, mood disorders, autism and their interactions. She has a particular interest sex differences and the role of the neuro-immune, endocannabinoid and opioid systems. Her research Her research has resulted in over 80 research manuscripts, reviews and book chapters and supported by EU, national and industry funding. Dr Roche is currently European Pain Federation EFIC council member and immediate past-president of the Irish Pain Society (2023-2025). Dr Roche has contributed to and lead on several international networks including as scientific coordinator for PAINDIFF and Enlight PainNet and as the Scientific Communications Coordinator for EU-SABV Cost Action. She is an Editorial Board member of several international scientific journals including Frontiers in Pain Research and Neuropharmacology.
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