Derek C. Molliver, PhD, received his doctoral degree at Washington University in St. Louis and postdoctoral training at the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU). He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Neurobiology at the University of Pittsburgh and a member of the Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research. His interests are focused on mechanisms underlying the regulation of sensory neuron development and functional plasticity by G protein–coupled receptors and neurotrophic factors.