Lab News

Upcoming Community Pain Event! 

We are eager to announce an upcoming Community Pain Network event: "Mindful Tools for Navigating Pain" on November 8th, 2025 from 10:30am- 12:00pm. We are extremely grateful to be partnering with The Bridge Yoga for this event focusing on gentle movement, meditation, and breathing techniques that can be utilized to help manage pain!

This event is specifically designed to teach those who live with pain, and we openly welcome people of all levels of experience, whether you regularly practice gentle movement, meditation, and breathing techniques or have never tried these before! This event has also been designed to accommodate anyone with physical limitations, so we encourage you to attend regardless of your physical abilities. Please note that we encourage you to remove your shoes if you are able to, so please bring socks if you would like.

If you plan to attend, please reserve your spot for "Mindful Tools for Navigating Pain" through this link! We encourage you to share this event with anyone who may be interested, and please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or concerns! We hope to see you there!

Registration Link: https://www.wellnessliving.com/rs/event/the_bridge_yoga?k_class=864640&k_class_tab=52143 

• A big congratulations to Diya! She was just awarded the competitive RESI Graduate Student Small Research Grant for her project titled “Cultural, Religious, and Familial Meaning-Making of Chronic Pain among South Asian Adults in Texas.”  👏👏Yay Diya! 👏👏

• Our team traveled to Chicago to present at the 2025 US Association for the Study of Pain Conference—congrats to everyone who represented the lab!

• Shoutout to Matthew, Emily, Nikki, Pheba, and Sanjana for presenting their posters at Texas A&M’s 2025 Student Research Week! We’re proud of your hard work and dedication.

• Flashback to last year’s First Friday event! Our team had a great time connecting with the community, sharing information about pain research, and representing the lab with pride. Thank you to everyone who stopped by our table. Stay tuned for upcoming events—we’re excited to be back out in the community soon!