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Benedict Alter

Director, Translational Pain Research · UPMC Medical Education

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History

Translational Pain Research · UPMC Medical Education
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UPMC Medical Education
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UPMC Medical Education
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Pain Medicine
UPMC
2017–2018
Pain Medicine
University of California-San Francisco
2016–2017
University of Pittsburgh Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
Anesthesiology
University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine
2012–2016
Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University School of Medicine
2008–2012

Research

Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 modulates nociceptive plasticity via extracellular signal-regulated kinase-Kv4.2 signaling in spinal cord dorsal horn neurons
Journal of Neuroscience · 2007 · 102 citations
Telemedicine for Chronic Pain in the COVID-19 Era and Beyond
Review · Pain Medicine · 2020 · 42 citations
Genetic targeting of ERK1 suggests a predominant role for ERK2 in murine pain models
Journal of Neuroscience · 2010 · First of 5 authors · 40 citations

Ajay Wasan
9 papers
Trent Emerick
5 papers · 1 as a resident
Scott Brancolini
4 papers
AD
Anthony Digioia
2 papers
Cheryl Bernstein
2 papers
Murat Kaynar
2 papers
Susan Jarquin
2 papers
Wolf Mehling
2 papers
AE
Alyson Engle
1 paper · 1 as a fellow
Brendan Lynch
1 paper · 1 as a resident
Charles Argoff
1 paper
CZ
Chengshui Zhao
1 paper

Grants

Leveraging Inter-Individual Differences in Walking Pain and Impairment to Elucidate Whole-Person Mechanisms of Knee Osteoarthritis
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $4.9M · University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
2025–2029
Integrating Brain and Behavioral Measures of Central Pain Inhibition to Personalize Treatment in Chronic Pain Management
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · K23
Contact PI · $932.7K · University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
2022–2027
University of Pittsburgh Hub and Spoke Pain Clinical Trial Network
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · U24
PI · $1.2M · University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
2019–2025
Isoform-Specific Roles of Extracelluar-Signal Regulated Kinases in Pain
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · F30
Contact PI · $82.8K · Washington University
2007–2010

Clinical trials

Personalized Analgesia Through Central Nervous System Engagement to Unlock Performance
Principal investigator · Not yet recruiting · Phase 4
Benedict Alter
2026–2028
Feasibility and Effects of Noninvasive Brain Stimulation on Pain Perception in People With Fibromyalgia
Principal investigator · Not yet recruiting
Pulkit Grover
2026–2027
Individual Differences in Gait and Osteoarthritis Pain
Principal investigator · Recruiting
University of Pittsburgh
2026–2030
Offset Mechanisms in Evaluation of Lumbar Medial Branch Blocks
Principal investigator · Recruiting
University of Pittsburgh
2023–2028