During the 2024 North American Pain School (NAPS), five pain researchers participated in the PRF-NAPS 2024 Correspondents Program.  In this episode of the IASP-PRF Podcast, PRF Correspondent Jamie Moffa spoke with Jessica Merlin – a clinical pain researcher focusing on the intersection of chronic pain and opioid misuse/use disorder across populations and settings.  During their wide-ranging conversation, Merlin detailed her nonlinear career path, her beginnings in research in chronic pain HIV patients, and her current passion of providing palliative care in addiction treatment settings. Podcast participants include: Jessica Merlin, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Jamie Moffa, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA  You can also find Jamie on their science communication podcast, In Plain English.