Editor’s note: This article is part of PRF’s featured content series “Investigating Virtual Reality for Pain Management: Past, Present, and Future,” which has been made possible thanks to a generous grant from the MAYDAY Fund. Over the past two decades, the technology supporting virtual reality (VR) has significantly advanced, and its utility in healthcare settings has advanced along with it. In January 2020, Deirdre Logan and 15 other academics and clinicians, as well as industry and philanthropy partners, formed the Interdisciplinary Network on Virtual and Augmented Technologies for Pain Management (INOVATE) consortium. This group aims to advance the field of VR for pediatric chronic pain rehabilitation. During this episode of the Pain Research Forum Podcast, IASP’s Publications Manager, Renee Chasse, speaks with Dr. Deirdre Logan and fellow INOVATE member Dr. Sara Williams about their background working together in pediatric pain research, their experience with the consortium over the past 5 years, and how they envision the future of the field specific to therapeutic advances made possible by Extended Reality (XR). Podcast participants include: Deirdre Logan, PhD, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Sara Williams, PhD, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA Renee Chasse, PhD, International Association for the Study of Pain (host)
