What We Lose When We Undertreat Pain, TEDxBoulder, October 2017.

Writing on Pain

Highlights:

Another fight for COVID long-haulers: having their pain acknowledged, STAT First Opinion (2021).

The Opioids Crisis: Don’t Punish Pain Patients To Treat Opioid Addiction,
Why a sin tax on opioids is not like a sin tax on sugary drinks, Washington Monthly (2021).

We must not leave the vulnerable out if we have healthcare rations, The Hill (2020).

No More ‘Shortcuts’ in Prescribing for Chronic Pain. Millions of Americans Need Nuanced Care, STAT (2019).

One of us was a pain patient saved by opioids, the other was addicted to them. We both deserve a solution (with Ryan Hampton), Los Angeles Times (2019).

The Problem with One-Size-Fits-All Limits on Opioid Prescriptions, The Washington Post (2019).

The Clampdown on Opioid Prescriptions is Hurting Pain Patients, Los Angeles Times (2019).

At Pain’s Weak Mercy, Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. Personal essay (2017).

Featured interviews in national media like Newsweek, Fox News, BBC, and many others.

Recent Academic Writing

Speaking on Pain

Highlights:

Guest, Psychoactive, an hour-long talk with drug policy legend, Ethan Nadelmann, on advancing the health and human rights of people with pain (2021).

Invited Presenter, International Association for the Study of Pain and Pain BC (British Columbia) (2021).

Invited Panelist, Food and Drug Administration Public Workshop (2021).

Advocating for Policy Changes to Improve Treatment of Chronic Pain, US Association for the Study of Pain (2020).

Caring for People in Pain During COVID-19, Innovation & Progress in Person-Centered Pain Management & CATO Institute (2020).

National Academy of Medicine, Action Collaborative on Countering the U.S. Opioid Epidemic, (2019).

Pain, Resilience, and How We Heal, Healthy Women (2019).

Patients, Privacy, and PDMPs: Exploring the Impact of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs, CATO Institute (2019).

The Other Side of the Story: Pain and the Opioid Crisis, Tulane University, April 2018.

Colliding Epidemics of Pain and Addiction the US, Conference on the Politics and Ethics of Healthcare, Dartmouth College, August 2016.