APS2025: Annual Scientific Meeting Travel Grant Recipient Report
Emily Walker Emily Walker is working on her PhD at University of New South Wales (UNSW) and Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), with her research focusing on chronic low back pain. Clinically, she...
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Harrison Hansford Harrison is an NHMRC Postgraduate Scholar in the final year of his PhD at Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) and the School of Health Sciences at University of New South Wales...
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Pauline Jubin Pauline is a final-year PhD student at Western Sydney University, School of Medicine. Her research focuses on the molecular pathways of pain, using mass spectrometry to analyse plasma...
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Martjie Venter Martjie is a PhD candidate in the Centre for Pain IMPACT at Neuroscience Research Australia and the University of New South Wales. Her research focuses on the translation of...
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Yanfei Ban Yanfei is currently a PhD student at The University of Queensland (UQ). His interests include α-conotoxins as novel non-opioid analgesics for neuropathic pain relief. Moments at APS 2025 I...
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By Amy McNeilage Amy McNeilage is a PhD candidate and senior research officer in The University of Sydney’s Medical School with expertise in qualitative methodology. Her research seeks to identify and...
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Meredith Smith Meredith is a paediatric physiotherapist who has just submitted a PhD on chronic pain assessment in cerebral palsy. Meredith works as a lecturer in physiotherapy at the University of...
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Monique Wilson Monique is a final year PhD candidate with the Persistent Pain Research Group at the University of South Australia. Her work is centred around co-designing solutions to improve the...
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Amy McNeilage Amy McNeilage is a PhD candidate in The University of Sydney’s Medical School with expertise in qualitative methodology. Her research seeks to identify and mitigate harms associated with...
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Fred Collin Fred Collin is a PhD student at the Laboratory of Neuroimmunology and Behaviour at the University of Sydney. He is investigating the effects of photobiomodulation in preclinical models of...
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Rebecca Robertson Rebecca is a Postdoctoral Research Associate the Brain and Mind Centre (BMC) at the University of Sydney. She completed her PhD in 2025 looking at underlying acute pain mechanisms in...
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By Meredith Smith Meredith is a physiotherapist who recently submitted her PhD the topic “Tailoring Chronic Pain Assessment to Children and Young People with Cerebral Palsy” at the University of...
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By Yanfei Xie Yanfei Xie is a research fellow at the RECOVER Injury Research Centre, the University of Queensland. Her research focuses on investigating the mechanisms underlying whiplash injury and...
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By Dr Ati Sadr Dr Ati Sadr is a practicing dental clinician (Dentist-endodontist) and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney. With over 22 years of clinical and teaching experience, she is...
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By Hannah Kennedy Hannah Kennedy is a clinician researcher at Gold Coast Health’s Interdisciplinary Persistent Pain Centre. She is co-lead PI investigating the impact of using Virtual Reality (VR) to...
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By Marina Vygonskaya Marina is a PhD Candidate at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), University of Queensland, working on neuroimmunology of neuropathic pain (basic...
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Nadine Smith Nadine is a physiotherapist who works in Kids Rehab WA at Perth Children’s Hospital. Her current research has focused on improving the psychosocial assessment of chronic pain in children...
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The following is a summary from the 45th Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) of the Australian Pain Society (APS), which took place in Melbourne from April 13-16, 2025. Since 2019, the ASM has featured a...
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By Alison Sim PhD Candidate, The University of Sydney. Alison is an osteopath who has worked in the area of chronic pain for many years. She has a master’s degree in pain management from The University...
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By Caitlin Jones Caitlin Jones is a postdoctoral research associate at the Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, the University of Sydney. Her research focus is investigating high-risk interventions...
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