A key societal challenge is chronic pain, which affects one out of five adults. Chronic pain is in general poorly treated and its impact is far-reaching and considerable for society. The programme FrontierResearchCompetences@CNAP (FRESCO@CNAP) has installed eight early stage researchers (ESRs) at CNAP, doing frontline research on novel tools for identifying and modulating key features of human pain mechanisms. The long-term perspective of the research forms a basis of the next generation pain management and is as such important for reducing the load of pain on a personal and a societal level. CNAP is recognised as a unique Centre of Excellence due to the multidisciplinary approach to the studies of pain.
This programme has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 754465.
