NPC Board of Directors
Chair
Pall Karlsson, PhD
Aarhus University, Danish Pain Research Center,
Aarhus, Denmark
(2026-2028)
Vice Chair
Heike Rittner, MD
University Hospital Wuerzburg,
Wuerzburg, Germany
(2026-2028)
Secretary
Asta Arendt-Tranholm, PhD
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
(2026-2028)
Immediate Past Chair
Theodore Price, PhD
The University of Texas at Dallas,
Richardson, TX, USA
(2026-2028)
Board Members
Catharina Faber, MD, PhD
Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, Netherlands
(2024-2028)
Daniela Maria Menichella, PhD
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
(2026-2030)
Jordi Serra, MD
King’s College Hospital, London, UK
(2024-2028)
Diana Tavares Ferreira, PhD
University of Texas at Dallas, Plano, TX, USA
(2026-2030)
Andreas Themistocleous, MD, PhD
University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
(2026-2030)
Andrea Truini, MD, PhD
Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
(2024-2028)
Junior Committee Representative – Ex-Officio
Paola Pacifico, PhD
Northwestern University,
Chicago, IL, USA
(2025-2027)