Over the past 15 years, he has applied his biomedical engineering background to neuroscience and neuroimaging research aimed at improving treatment options for patients suffering from chronic pain. Dr. Napadow’s laboratory has pioneered the application of non-invasive neuroimaging techniques to better understand the brain circuitry underlying aversive perceptual states such as pain, nausea, and itch, and to better understand how non-pharmacological therapies such as cognitive behavioral therapy and acupuncture ameliorate these states. Dr. Napadow is also the co-President of the Society for Acupuncture Research and has more than 120 publications in leading peer-reviewed journals in the fields of pain and neuroscience.