painSTAR 2024 Delegate Report
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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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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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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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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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 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 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 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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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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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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