Pain: Sensation, Perception, Cognition, and Management
8:30-17:30, 25 Oct. 2026
This symposium, which is a collaboration between the IASP and CASP, has been proposed and organized by Prof. Xue-Jun Song, MD, PhD, who is a member of the Scientific Program Committee for the IASP 2026 World Congress of Pain and the Director of the China Chapter of the IASP.
The IASP-CASP symposium, Pain: Sensation, Perception, Cognition, and Management, will take place from 08:30 to 17:30 on 25 October 2026. The lectures at the symposium will cover sensation, perception, cognition, and the diagnosis and clinical management of acute and various chronic pain. The speakers have backgrounds in neuroscience, pain medicine, anaesthesia, physical therapy, and Chinese traditional medicine. Most speakers are medical doctors and physician-scientists from more than 20 well-known medical schools and hospitals across mainland China. Each speaker will give a short talk lasting about 15–18 minutes, followed by one or two quick questions. The symposium language is English.
The symposium welcomes all IASP congress attendees to participate, and coffee breaks and a complimentary lunch will be provided. We look forward to meeting you and sharing our experiences at the symposium.
Lectures and Speakers
Empathy and Sex Differences in Pain Contagion
Xue-Jun Song, MD, PhD, IASP-CASP Symposium organizer and leading speaker
SUSTech Center for Pain Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen
A Novel Patient-Specific 3D-Printed Guide for Minimally Invasive Treatment of Lumbosacral Radicular Pain
Shui-Qing Li, MD
Department of Pain Medicine, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing
Exploring Prefrontal Microcircuits for Pain Relief
Zheng Gan, MD, PhD
Department of Pain and Institute of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Union Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan
Organization of Spinal Neural Ensembles for Pain Transmission
Tian-Wen Huang, PhD
The Brain Cognition and Brain Disease Institute, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen
Flexible Neural Interfaces for Personalized Closed-Loop Pain Modulation
Cheng Li, MD, PhD
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai
GABAergic Inhibition Switches Neural Coding from Deterministic to Stochastic to Enable Flexible Nociceptive Behaviour
Zhao-Yu Li, PhD
Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Australia
A Chemokine-Trigeminal Neuroimmune Axis in Migraine
Feng-Xian Li, MD, PhD
Department of Anesthesiology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou
Quantification of Perioperative Pain and Nociception using EEG
Zhen-Hu Liang, MD, PhD
Department of Bioengineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao
Percutaneous Cervical Endoscopic Surgery for Cervical Spondylosis
Xiang Liao, MD
Department of Pain Medicine, Shenzhen Nanshan Hospital, Shenzhen
New Approaches to Perioperative Pain Management
Jian-Hui Liu, MD
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai
Application of Transcranial Temporal Interference Stimulation (tTIS) in Neuropathic Pain
Yan Luo, MD, PhD
Department of Anesthesiology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai
Influencing Factors Analysis and Predictive Model Construction of Cancer Pain-Related Cognitive Impairment: A Cross-Sectional Study
Li Song, MD, PhD
Department of Pain Medicine, WestChina Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu
Phage Therapy and Gut Virome Modulation Slleviate Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain via LPS-Mediated Neuroinflammation
Sun Tao, MD
Department of Pain Medicine, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Shandong First Medical University, Jinan
Effectiveness and Safety of Acupuncture Combined with Chinese Herbal Medicine for Discogenic Low Back Pain: A Multi-Center, Randomized Controlled Trial
Gui-Hua Tian, MD, PhD
Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing
Endoscopic Minimally Invasive Treatment of Baastrup Disease: A Case Report and Literature Review
Xue-Bi Tian, MD, PhD
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan
A Novel Role of Dexmedetomidine in the Modulation of Morphine Reward Memory via Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Transporter-1
Han-Bing Wang, MD
Anesthesiology Department, Foshan Hospital affiliated to Southern University of Science and Technology, Foshan
Brain Network Features of Postoperative Acute Pain: An Observational Study
Chang-Wei Wei, MD, PhD
Anesthesiology and Surgery Center, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing
Comparative Efficacy of Short-Term Spinal Cord Stimulation and Pulsed Radiofrequency in Zoster-Associated Pain: A Stratified Database Study
Hong Xiao, MD, PhD
Department of Pain Medicine, WestChina Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu
The Neural Epigenetic Mechanism of Cancer Pain
Jing-Dun Xie, MD, PhD
Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou
Bidirectional Regulation of Morphine Analgesia and Tolerance by ERK Phosphorylation
Tao Xu, MD, PhD
Department of Anesthesiology, Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai
Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Refractory Postherpetic Neuralgia
Dong Yang，MD
Department of Pain Medicine, Union Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan
Pain-Related Loss of Alpha Oscillations During Surgery
Qian-Zi Yang, MD, PhD
Department of Anesthesiology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai
VPN-CeA Circuit Underlies Pancreatic Cancer-Associated Pain and Depressive Behaviour
Jun Zhang, MD, PhD
Department of Anesthesiology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai
Application of Ultrasound-Guided Muscle Trigger Points in Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
Yong-Jun Zheng, MD, PhD
Department of Pain Management, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai