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DAT E

Tuesday, March 17, 2020 | 12 PM

LOCAT I O N

Theatre C | Basic Medical Sciences Bldg. | Bannatyne Campus

***Trainee lunch to follow in room SR415 Kleysen Bldg., Health Sciences Centre

S P E A K E R

Dr. Tuan Trang

Associate Professor | Faculty of Veterinary Medicine & Cumming School of

Medicine | University of Calgary

T O P I C

Microglia and pannexin1: a cellular Rubik’s cube

B I O
Dr. Tuan Trang is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary. His research is directed towards unlocking the mysteries of chronic pain, and how to better treat it.  By understanding the cellular and molecular causes of chronic pain, his goal is to develop better pain therapies and to improve the safety of opioid drugs.

Dr. Trang has received Young Investigator Awards from CIHR, the Canadian Association for Neuroscience, and Canadian Society for Pharmacology and Therapeutics. He has also gained international recognition from the American Pain Society, Rita Allen Foundation, and the International Narcotics Research Conference. Dr. Trang leads the Alberta Pain Research Network, University of Calgary Spinal Cord and Pain NeuroTeam, and Chairs the Scientific Program Committee for the Canadian Pain Society.

Kelly Jorundson
Executive Assistant
Manitoba Neuroscience Network

Email:  kjorund@sbrc.ca
Tel: 204.235.3939    Fax: 204.237.4092

St. Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre
Room R4046 - 351 Taché  Avenue,  Winnipeg, MB  R2H 2A6  CANADA

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