Prof. Dr. Halina Machelska

Clinic for Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care, Charité

Research Focus

• Pain mechanisms
• Intrinsic mechanisms of chronic pain inhibition
• Neuroimmune interactions
• Opioid pharmacology

Selected PhD Projects

• Yvonne Schmidt: Expression and function of opioid receptors in nociceptors in neuropathic pain.
• Anja Schreiter: Blockade of peptidases on immune cells and peripheral nerves for the control of peripheral inflammatory pain.
• Stephanie Miceli: Enhancing the levels of endogenous opioid peptides in peripheral inflamed tissue for the pain control.