American Pain Society

Weber generates extensive national and international media coverage for the American Pain Society to heighten public awareness about chronic pain and effective pain management.

Since 1999, Weber has generated extensive national and international media coverage for the American Pain Society and its advocacy of multidisciplinary pain management.  At the 2007 APS annual scientific meeting in Washington, a panel on pain management for soldiers seriously wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan was featured in a cover story in Newsweek and in a national Associated Press story that appeared in some 80 daily newspapers.  At the 2005 APS annual scientific meeting, a major theme was pediatric pain care, and the association’s spokespersons and presenters were covered on Good Morning America and ABC World News Tonight.  

Every month, Weber prepares news summaries reporting on research published in The Journal of Pain.  The information is appears regularly on various national health care news services and websites.

Weber also created the Kathleen M. Foley Journalist Award for APS in 2002 to recognize outstanding achievements in reporting news, trends and issues related to pain and pain management.  Recipients include AARP The Magazine, Newsweek, Canadian Broadcasting Corp. and Arthritis Today.  The 2008 recipient is Mary Carmichael of Newsweek.

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