Promoting inclusion, diversity, and equity in pain science

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
² Department of Surgery and Institute of Medical Science, Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network; University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Inserm U987, APHP, UVSQ, Paris-Saclay University, Ambroise Pare Hospital, Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
⁵ Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USADepartment of Neurology, Rambam Medical Center, and Laboratory of Clinical Neurophysiology, Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel.
⁶ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
⁷ Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care, and Pain Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
⁸ Department of Population Health-Division of Medical Ethics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
⁹ Department of Neurology, Rambam Medical Center, and Laboratory of Clinical Neurophysiology, Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel.

Editorial

Tonya M Palermo et al. Can J Pain. 2023.

. 2023 Feb 22;7(1):2161272.

doi: 10.1080/24740527.2022.2161272. eCollection 2023.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
² Department of Surgery and Institute of Medical Science, Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network; University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Inserm U987, APHP, UVSQ, Paris-Saclay University, Ambroise Pare Hospital, Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
⁵ Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USADepartment of Neurology, Rambam Medical Center, and Laboratory of Clinical Neurophysiology, Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel.
⁶ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
⁷ Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care, and Pain Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
⁸ Department of Population Health-Division of Medical Ethics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
⁹ Department of Neurology, Rambam Medical Center, and Laboratory of Clinical Neurophysiology, Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel.

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Conflict of interest statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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