title: Interview: Neuropathic pain: research, treatment and education.
abstract: Nanna Finnerup graduated from the Medical School at Aarhus University, Denmark, in 1993, and after an internship worked at the Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Since 1998 she has worked at the Danish Pain Research Center at Aarhus University. She obtained her degree of Doctor of Medical Sciences from Aarhus University in 2008, and is currently Associate Research Professor at the Danish Pain Research Center. Her main research interest is the pathophysiology and therapy of neuropathic pain, with particular focus on the mechanisms of central pain and pharmacological treatment of neuropathic pain. Dr Finnerup is a Management Committee Member of the Special Interest Group on Neuropathic Pain (NeuPSIG) of the International Association for the Study of Pain and a board member of the Scandinavian Association for the Study of Pain (SASP). She is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Scandinavian Journal of Pain, the Encyclopedia of Pain and Pain Management.
authors.affiliation: Building 1A, Aarhus University Hospital, Noerrebogade 44, Denmark. finnerup@ki.au.dk.
authors.forename: Nanna
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authors.lastname: Finnerup