Dr. Katelyn Sadler, assistant professor of neuroscience at The University of Texas at Dallas, is one of seven pain researchers in the U.S. selected as 2024 Rita Allen Foundation Scholars. “I’ve known about the Rita Allen Award ever since I started my career in pain science. Sadler’s work in her Gut, Brain, Pain Lab focuses on several chronic pain sources, including the gut microbiome, the collection of bacteria that resides in the intestines. “This grant will allow us to specifically investigate whether taking antibiotics is a risk factor for developing gut pain conditions like irritable bowel syndrome [IBS] or inflammatory bowel disease [IBD],” she said. He was willing to take a chance on me.”Burton Earns Pain & Society FellowshipDr. Michael Burton, an associate professor of neuroscience at The University of Texas at Dallas, has been selected for the Mayday Pain & Society Fellowship: Communicating Science & Improving Care.