Inna Belfer
Biography
Inna Belfer is a world-recognized expert in human pain genetics and assessment of clinical pain and pain-related traits. She earned her M.D. from Moscow Medical University and her Ph.D. in neurobiology from Hebrew University in Jerusalem, with a career spanning clinical neurology, neurobiology, human genetics, and federal health research administration.
Sample Works
- Pain Genetics: Basic to Translational Science (2014) Book
- Genetic Basis of Pain Variability: Recent Advances (2012) Paper
- Genetic Basis for Individual Variations in Pain Perception and the Development of a Chronic Pain Condition (2005) Paper
- Pain Perception Is Altered by a Nucleotide Polymorphism in SCN9A (2010) Paper
Roundtable Appearances
February 11, 2017 · ▶ Video
Pain
The roundtable explores pain as both a biological and subjective phenomenon. Opening with an Aeschylus quote about suffering and wisdom, it examines pain's role in homeostasis,...
Apkar Apkarian, Inna Belfer, Anis Dizdarevic, Allen Fein, Rebecca Seal