Prof. Ronald Dubner University of Maryland Dental School, USA

Ronald Dubner is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Maryland Dental School. In 1995, he left the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda where he directed a multidisciplinary pain research program comprising more than 30 basic and clinical scientists. Former chief and co-chief... read moreeditor of the journal Pain, and author of more than 250 articles, Dubner has received numerous awards for his contributions to pain research. His present research focuses on molecular, neurochemical, and physiological changes in the peripheral and central nervous system following tissue and nerve injury and the development of new pharmacological strategies for controlling acute and persistent pain.