Corey Simon is an associate professor in the Duke Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, senior fellow in the Center for Aging, and member of the Duke Clinical Research Institute. As a NIH-funded pain researcher, he seeks to identify circulating stress and immune biomarkers among older adults that signal risk for movement-evoked pain, high-impact pain, disability, and poor health. His secondary area of focus is the development and implementation of age-friendly psychologically-informed interventions and clinical pathways. Outside academia, Corey is active in federal policy to improve pain science and management for older adults. He is a member of the Science & Policy Advisory Council for the National Pain Advocacy Center (NPAC) and Advocacy Committee for the U.S. Association for the Study of Pain (USASP).