Dr. Hellman has spent the past 15 years investigating the physiology and treatment of menstrual pain. His NIH-funded lab, located in Evanston, Illinois, conducts mechanistic clinical trials focused on menstrual pain and the prevention of chronic pelvic pain. In this historically understudied field, his team integrates innovative approaches across neuroscience, pharmacology, physiology, molecular biology, and imaging. Dr. Hellman’s mission is to systematically define the pathophysiology of dysmenorrhea an develop novel therapeutic strategies.