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Pinnacle Pain Sector Awards Dinner, 8th May

*************************************************** Proceeds from this event will be shared by Painaustralia and Pain Foundation, both DGR-registered charities! Thank you for your interest and support.

Improving access to treatment for chronic pain

TDM GROWTH PARTNERS recently teamed with HEARTS AND MINDS INVESTMENTS LTD to partner with PAIN FOUNDATION LTD in the consortium led by PMRI’s Professor Michael Nicholas to create a leading-edge online education platform to facilitate the rollout of its pain management training package. Here are excerpts from TDM’s latest “Impact Report” Timeframe: Sept 2021 to September 2023 Project: Digital training […]

Social Vulnerabilities in Pain Treatment, A/Prof Claire Ashton-James

Sunday, 24th March 2024 *************************************************** Prominent clinician, researcher and educator, A/Professor Claire Ashton-James, presented a paper titled: “Addressing Social Aspects of Pain in Clinical Practice” at the New Zealand Pain Society Annual Scientific Conference in Dunedin. Claire has conducted research with over 100 clinician (multidisciplinary) participants to identify reasons why clinicians DO NOT discuss social […]

Honour Roll Award to Pain Champion, Prof Michael K Nicholas

Friday, 22nd March 2024 *************************************************** Chair of the Northern Sydney Local Health District (NSLHD) Board, Mr Trevor Danos AM, presents the Honor Roll Award certificate to Professor Michael Nicholas. The citation reads: “In recognition of 30 years of exceptional and outstanding service to NSLHD and pain services nationally and internationally including people from culturally and […]

“Back Pain: the new science?” – ABC Drum

August 3, 2023 Last night on ABC’s The Drum, we had the privilege of hearing Nicki Hutley’s powerful story about living with chronic pain. Nicki bravely shared her personal journey battling chronic back pain, revealing the significant impact it had on her life. But it’s through programs like the Brief Pain Self-Management (BPSM) Program at […]

New approach delivers breakthrough for pain researchers

June 9, 2023 – NSLHD News – excerpts Researchers at the Kolling Institute have made important progress towards the development of new treatments for chronic pain by identifying a small group of cells which can control pain responses. The breakthrough comes as approximately 20 percent of the world’s population suffers from chronic pain, including more […]

Become, or Renew as, a “Pain Pal”, aka friends of pain research!

Help the research and education work performed at the Pain Management Research Institute (PMRI) by simply making a $70 donation thereby becoming a member of “Pain Pals” for the 2022/23 year. Additional donations are encouraged, if you are able to do so. All donations over $2 are tax deductible. By donating, you are helping to […]

Webinar: “Tackling the opioid crisis in Australia” – video recording now available.

July 18, 2022 To view a recording of this webinar, click on THIS LINK. It runs for 46 minutes. We welcome feedback and questions to info@painfoundation.org.au. The world-leading research scientists at the Royal North Shore Hospital Pain Management Research Institute (PMRI) are at the forefront of developing and implementing new treatments for chronic pain, in […]