Plenary Session 6

Plenary Session 6

PLENARY SESSION 6 BONICA LECTURE – Dr Andrew Somogyi: Pain and analgesia in the era of genetics Prof Greg Crawford: Teaching medical students pain management in difficult end-of-life situations using simulation RISING STAR AWARD WINNER – Dr Melita Giummarra: Pain and psychological injury after trauma: Big data methods for big socio-economic problems PHD SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTATION…

Plenary Session 5

Plenary Session 5

PLENARY SESSION 5 Prof Stephen Hunt: Epigenetics and the challenge of chronic pain Prof Michael Sullivan: The psychology of adverse pain outcomes Dr Ivan Lin & Dr Juli Coffin: “His stoic indifference to pain” and other myths: Musculoskeletal pain in Aboriginal Australians Q & A

Plenary Session 3

Plenary Session 3

PLENARY SESSION 3 Dr Sean Mackey: Learning health systems: A new dawn in personalised pain care and real-world discovery research Dr Claire Ashton-James: In (certain) clinicians we trust TESS CRAMOND LECTURE – Dr Siobhan Schabrun: Non-invasive brain stimulation for treatment of pain: Therapeutic potential, limitations & controversies Dr Lee Gruner: A better MBS for all…

Plenary Session 2

Plenary Session 2

PLENARY SESSION 2 Dr Sean Mackey: Brain based biomarkers of acute and chronic pain Prof Mark Hutchinson: The “toll” of knowing you are sick: Implications for acute pain management and consequences for chronic agony SUNDERLAND LECTURE – Dr Judith Turner: Cognitive-behavioural treatments for chronic pain: Recent innovations, new insights & future directions