Tips and Tricks for Writing Committee Nominations - Session 1

Dr. Nahman-Averbuch is an Assistant Professor at the Washington University Pain Center and the Division of Clinical and Translational Research at the Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Nahman-Averbuch has a Ph.D. in Medical Sciences from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. During her Ph.D, she worked with Dr. David Yarnitsky and specialized in pain modulation mechanisms in adults with chronic pain. Dr. Nahman-Averbuch completed her post-doctoral fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital with Dr. Robert Coghill where she studied the neural changes in pediatric patients with chronic pain and after interventions such as cognitive-behavioral therapy. In her Pain Across the Lifespan (PAL) lab, she focuses on studying the impact of sex hormones on pain specifically in adults and adolescents with migraine, endometriosis and arthritis. Dr. Nahman-Averbuch is involved with IASP and USASP and seeks to promote early career programs and is the past president for the IASP Early Career Network.  

Dr. Marie-Eve Hoeppli is a Marie Curie Post-doctoral Fellow in the lab of Prof. Susanne Becker at Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf. In her current research, she focuses on the study of mechanisms, in particular brain mechanisms, underlying functional disability.

Dr. Hoeppli completed her PhD in Dr. Petra Schweinhardt’s lab at McGill University (Montreal, Canada). For her PhD, she worked on behavioral responses and cerebral representations of muscle pain and fatigue in healthy individuals. She then completed a first post-doctoral fellowship in the lab of Dr. Robert Coghill at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. She worked extensively on the brain mechanisms of individual differences in the experience of pain. She also conducted and collaborated on studies investigating mechanisms of pediatric chronic pain conditions and recovery from these conditions.

Dr. Hoeppli is the current Chair of the Early Career Network and a committee member of multiple committees and task forces within IASP. She is very invested in supporting and promoting early career members of IASP in their professional development within and outside the association

Dr. Morika Williams is a veterinary clinician scientist with a focus on pain mechanisms, assessment, and treatment. She obtained her B.S. degrees in Laboratory Animal Science and Animal Science from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from North Carolina State University, completed a residency in Laboratory Animal Medicine, and is a Diplomate of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine. Dr. Williams earned her PhD in Comparative Biomedical Sciences at NC State, exploring the effects of early life injury on chronic pain such as osteoarthritis. 

Dr. Williams joined the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) as a Clinical Fellow and Veterinarian, quickly advancing to Assistant Professor. She is the Director of the UNC Laboratory Animal Medicine Residency Program. She leads the Pain, Aging, and Interdisciplinary Neurobehavioral (P.A.I.N.) Laboratory, where she spearheads innovative research in behavioral neuroscience. Her work is dedicated to advancing acute and chronic pain management and assessment in newborns and adults, enhancing the quality of life in both animals and humans. Dr. Williams is the Chair-elect of the IASP Early Career Network and Co-Chair of the ECN Nominations Committee. She is committed to educating future scientists in biomedical research.