Breakthrough Research Published: “Exploring Pain Relief Through Opioid Actions on Spinal Cord Circuits”
September 21, 2022 Pain Management Research Institute (PMRI) Team Leader and researcher, Karin Aubrey, and researcher Yo Otsu, are celebrating a major win with a paper recently published in the prestigious global Journal of Physiology. With seed funding from the Pain Foundation, Karin formed a team in 2017 to work on fundamental research uncovering how […]
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 […]
Pain Champion – Invictus Medallist
Thanks to Painaustralia, we are pleased to share the full-length video of Pain Champion, Peter Rudland, as he tells his story of remarkable challenge and triumph following a horrific Black Hawk helicopter crash. Peter survived the fatal accident while serving with the army in Afghanistan, but sustained severe injuries and lives with chronic pain. Painaustralia […]
Hayley Leake – New Champion for Painaustralia
In September, Painaustralia welcomed our newest Pain Champion, Australian Survivor sole winner, Hayley Leake. Hayley is a physiotherapist and pain researcher. After working clinically for six years, she embarked on a PhD at the University of South Australia with Professor Lorimer Moseley’s research group. Her research aims to optimise pain education for adolescents and adults […]
Living with Migraine – Sophie Scott
ABC’s Medical Reporter, Sophie Scott, Painaustralia’s Pain Champion Living with a condition like migraine can be tricky for people to understand. While pain is definitely a key symptom, when you get an attack, you can feel a range of symptoms including fatigue, brain fog, dizziness, nausea, just to name a few. So it’s definitely not […]
Pain Researchers at Kolling Showcase
Professor Paul Glare, Pain Foundation and Painaustralia Board Director, hosted the Kolling Institute’s Neuroscience and Pain Research Showcase. The webinar covered a range of topics including: Health and Medical Research Initiatives; Translational Research; Academic Psychiatry; Genome Sequencing; Pharmacology for Older Patients; and Spinal Cord Injury. Presentations by the Pain Management Research Institute (PMRI) on preventing […]
Best Paper Award 2020 – workplace injuries
PMRI’s Professor Michael Nicholas and his collaborators win prestigious award for their paper: “Implementation of Early Intervention Protocol in Australia for ‘High Risk’ Injured Workers is Associated with Fewer Lost Work Days Over 2 Years Than Usual (Stepped) Care”. Known locally as the ‘WISE’ project – Workplace Injury Screening & Early Intervention Study. The Journal of […]
Leading Researchers tackling the problems of addictive painkillers
Nov 12, 2020 The government’s crackdown on painkillers has left millions of Australians without a fix for their chronic conditions, but now some of the nation’s leading experts are tackling the problem. @gabyrogers#9News Crackdown leaves Aussies in the lurch, but experts, such as Professor Paul Glare, A/Prof Paul Wrigley and Dr Karin Aubrey, all from […]
Understanding Pain in 5 minutes!
Jan 25, 2021
