Research
Dr. Laura Case is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at UC San Diego. She received her PhD in Psychology and Cognitive Science from UC San Diego and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH). Dr. Case’s NIH-funded research uses brain imaging, pharmacologic manipulation, and sensory and behavioral testing to evaluate neural and psychological mechanisms involved in affective touch and pain perception. She is a co-I on the Neurons_MATTR U24 grant working to nucleate the field of research on mechanisms of touch and force-based therapies. She also founded a faculty peer mentoring program for UC San Diego Health Sciences and is passionate about building scientific culture that is creative, collaborative, and caring.