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July 21, 2024 | We are ecstatic to announce the addition of two team members from Los Angeles Mission Community College (LAMCC) this summer! Through the support of the National …
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May 22, 2024 | We’ve done it again! We have a new lab publication (our second publication!) exploring the social transfer of pain, but this time, with MDMA! If you’re …
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March 2024 | In just the first two months of the year, the Smith Lab has already witnessed remarkable achievements and significant events unfold. The new year began with a …
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December 2023 | The Smith lab has been incredibly fortunate to have had Nikki Keisler, a first-year PhD student from the Neuroscience Graduate Program rotate in our lab this past …
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August 1, 2023 | The time has come – we are saying goodbye to many of our founding lab members…The Smith Lab would not be what it is without all …
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July 1, 2023 | We are thrilled to announce that the Smith Lab is expanding! This summer, we welcome our new Project Scientist, Marcelo Aguilar-Rivera, and our 2 Laboratory Technicians, …
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April 2023 | We got our first check from the Whitehall Foundation today! Thank you to the Whitehall Foundation for believing in us and supporting our work. This grant will …
Research

November 11, 2022 8am-7pm Dr. Smith was awarded the Early Career Researcher Award at S4SN! More information here
Events

November 13, 2022 8 AM-12 PM: Olfactory cues mediate the rapid social transfer of pain in mice. November 14, 2022 1-5 PM: Rapid social transfer of pain in rats. 399.02. …
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November 14, 2022 2-4:40pm Cortical Mechanisms of Pain Processing. Featuring: Jing Wang (NYU), Edita Navratilova (ASU), Monique Smith, Matt Banghart (UCSD) and Ausaf Bari (UCLA). This minisymposium will explore cortical …
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View recording here Join us for an entire day focused on empathy, social behavior, and pain! Hosted by the Sanford Institute of Empathy and Compassion. Dr. Smith will talk about …
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Hear the latest on human and rodent research on pain. Hosted by the UCSD Anesthesiology Department. Dr. Smith will discuss recent discoveries in the lab examining the social transfer of …