Prof. Patrick Mantyh University of Arizona, USA

Patrick Mantyh is a Professor of Pharmacology in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson. He is a nationally recognized expert in chronic inflammatory, nervous system and cancer-related pain. Dr. Mantyh received his PhD in anatomy and neuroscience from the University of California,... read moreSan Francisco in 1981. His research is focused on understanding the factors involved in bone and pancreatic cancer pain, pain resulting from fracture of the skeleton and peripheral neuropathy (pain and numbness in the hands and feet) caused by cancer chemotherapy. His research has been published in numerous scientific journals, including Neuron, The Clinical Journal of Pain, European Journal of Neuroscience and Science.