Meaningful integration and sharing of human pain data to help patients
Official title: Meaningful data integration, visualization and distribution for Human Pain Associated Genes & Cells Datasets
Funded at University of Pennsylvania · NIH-11564972 · Data updated 2026-11-12
A coordinated effort to create and openly share a comprehensive, standardized dataset of human pain biology to help researchers develop better pain treatments.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | University of Pennsylvania NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Philadelphia, United States) |
| Project start | September 30, 2023 |
| Project end | August 31, 2028 |
| Funding year | 2026 |
| Award (this year) | $1,205,285 |
| NIH project number | 4U24NS135547-02 |
| Project ID | NIH-11564972 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Not a patient-therapy study; this grant supports data infrastructure and sharing that could inform future patient-focused research.
✕Less likely to help
Direct patient benefit is not part of this grant; it funds data coordination and tool development.
What this research studies
This project coordinates data from multiple pain research programs to build a unified, searchable resource that maps human pain cell types and their signaling. It focuses on making complex molecular and cellular pain data easy to access, visualize, and reuse by scientists and clinicians. The center will integrate existing datasets with new data and connect them to the HEAL PRECISION ecosystem, enabling downstream analyses that could inform future therapies. Patients with chronic pain may benefit indirectly as research accelerates the discovery of targeted treatments. The work emphasizes data standards, interoperability, and user-friendly visualization tools rather than new clinical trials.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: Better-quality, more accessible pain data could speed the development of targeted therapies and improve patient care in the long term.
How similar studies have gone: Previous neuroscience and pain data projects show that standardized datasets improve cross-study analyses and discovery.
Where this research is happening
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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Wagenaar, Joost B — University of Pennsylvania
- Study coordinator: Wagenaar, Joost B
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About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.