GAPPA Membership

GAPPA is a membership organization designed to foster ideas, have meaningful gatherings to share experiences, and to advance the cause of people with lived experience of pain.

Free GAPPA advocate membership is available for existing and new IASP members and for advocates outside of IASP through the end of 2026.

IASP members (researchers and/or clinicians) who are interested in GAPPA’s work, who are partnering with patients in their work or have interest in doing so are invited to join GAPPA as an advocate member.

GAPPA Advocate Member:

Those living with pain, as well as caregivers, family members, and others working in pain advocacy, who have demonstrated evidence of advocacy that may or may not be affiliated with an organization.