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Take Care of Each Other: A Conversation with Dr. Burel Goodin
Join us as UAB’s Dr. Burel Goodin discusses how his experience watching football players recover from injuries sparked his interest in pain, and how he started researching the many factor that impact someone’s experience with pain and recovery. Dr. Goodin discusses his research as it relates to how health disparities and health inequities impact how people feel and manage pain.
Dr. Goodin also talks about UAB’s Center for Addiction and Pain Prevention and Intervention, an organization that is composed by scientists, physicians, and people in the community that are interested in discovering effective treatments and alleviating the suffering caused by addiction and pain.