Australian Pain Society 43rd Annual Scientific Meeting

The Scientific Program Committee is thrilled with the two fabulous and engaging international speakers:

• Dr Theodore (Ted) Price, who holds numerous positions including the Ashbel Smith professor in the Department of Neuroscience at University of Texas (UT).  He is widely published, won numerous prestigious awards and cofounded many companies. His lab is interested in molecular mechanisms driving the transition to chronic pain with a focus on drug development for chronic pain
• Dr Melanie Noel, PhD, Psych, is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Calgary among her many positions and directs the PEAK (Pain Education, Advocacy, Knowledge Lab) within the Vi Riddell Pain and Rehabilitation Centre at the Alberta children’s Hospital Canada.  She has won numerous prestigious awards and published widely with both passion and excellence in exploring children’s memories for pain and co-occurring mental health issues with paediatric chronic pain.

They will be joined by an exciting range of national speakers illustrating where Australia is at the forefront of pain management and pain research, with a diverse range of presentations and workshops exploring some of the most complex, challenging, provoking and dynamic areas of pain management in an exciting program.