Hi, Im Zoe Elisabeth

My mission is to improve the lives of people living with chronic pain by advancing rigorous, patient-centered research and translating scientific evidence into stories, education, and advocacy that compel meaningful change.

I don't see research, art, writing, and advocacy as separate careers. I see them as different languages for analyzing the same question: how do we create a better life for people living with chronic pain?

I believe evidence changes minds, but creative expression changes humanity. My goal is to use both to advance understanding, reduce stigma, and encourage better care for people living with chronic pain.

CRPS teaches me that healing is rarely linear and that many people are forced to build lives that don't fit conventional expectations of health, productivity, or success. Those experiences don’t simply shape my post-college job search; they shape how I think, create, and ask questions.

Check out my website or get in touch to chat; I am open to any conversation. Every breakthrough begins with someone asking a different question. My hope is to spend my life relentlessly curious.