Working Group: Public Health
Professor Cormac Ryan, Teesside University
Professor Cormac Ryan is Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation at Teesside university and the Community Pain Champion for the Flippin’ Pain public health campaign. Cormac’s primary area of research is pain management, with a particular interest in Pain Science Education within the public health setting. Read more about Cormac here |
Dr Joshua Pate, University of Technology Sydney
Dr Joshua Pate is a Senior Lecturer of Physiotherapy at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Josh researches paediatric pain, and pain science education in particular. He dreams that the next generation of humans can have access to the amazing science of pain. Read more about Josh here here |
Professor Lorimer Moseley, University of South Australia
Lorimer is Bradley Distinguished Professor, Professor of Clinical Neurosciences and Foundation Chair in Physiotherapy at the University of South Australia, Australia. His contribution to the science and management of pain and to pain education has been recognised by Australia’s second highest civilian honour - Officer of the Order of Australia. Read more about Lorimer here. |
Dr Emma Karran, University of South Australia
Emma is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Body in Mind Research Group at the University of South Australia, Australia. Her current research interests relate to exploring relationships between the social determinants of health and persistent pain, and developing guidance to improve the collection of equity-relevant data in pain research. Read more about Emma here. |
Dr Sarah Wallwork, University of South Australia
Dr Sarah Wallwork is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the University of South Australia. Sarah completed her PhD in 2016 with Prof Moseley (UniSA) and Prof Iannetti (University College London) in pain neurophysiology. Sarah's current research aims to make a generational shift in the way young children understand pain and injury, to promote recovery and resilience after injury, and to reduce unhelpful misconceptions about 'how pain works'. 
Dr Mary O'Keefe, University of Sydney
Dr Mary O’Keeffe is a physiotherapist, journalist, Research Fellow at the Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney, Australia and Research Projects Officer at the European Pain Federation (EFIC), Brussels, Belgium. She has >100 peer-reviewed publications (>3,000 citations). Her research on back pain and communication has been published in leading medical (The Lancet, JAMA Internal Medicine, British Medical Journal) and specialist (British Journal of Sports Medicine, PAIN, European Journal of Pain) journals, and has received numerous awards. |
Nick Livadas, Teeside University
Nick is a Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy at Teesside University, UK. He combined his academic role with a clinical caseload and is currently studying for his PhD which aims to evaluate a public health campaign related to persistent pain called Flippin Pain. 
Professor John Troumbourau, Deakin University, Melbourne
Professor Toumbourou is the Chair in Health Psychology at Deakin University. His health promotion research and advocacy has led to reductions in school-age alcohol and drug use across Australia’. Read about John here |
Associate Professor Brona Fullen, University College Dublin, Ireland
Brona Fullen is an Associate Professor in the UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, Dublin, Ireland. She is President of the European Pain Federation EFIC (2020-2023). In 2022 Brona’s contribution to Physiotherapy was recognized by World Physiotherapy Europe Region Award for outstanding service to Physiotherapy in Europe. Read more here |
Professor Paul Cameron
Paul is a Professor of Pain Rehabilitation and member of the Chronic Pain Research Group based in Dundee. He Chairs a number of pain-related committees, and is passionate about the advocacy of pain management. He is the Specialty Advisor to the Chief Medical Officer in Scotland and past National Coordinator for Chronic Pain with the Scottish Government. 
Dr Deepak Ravindran, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Deepak Ravindran is a full time NHS Consultant in Pain, Musculoskeletal Lifestyle Medicine at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, Reading, UK. He is Author of the Amazon Bestseller “Pain Free Mindset”. He serves as the Deputy Editor of E-Pain Platform at Health Education England. He is an active physician researcher and established the research unit within his department and holds a lecturer role at the University of Reading and a Honorary professor role at Teesside University. He has Helped set up 2 award winning NHS services in Berkshire: for community pain in 2015 and Longcovid in 2020. Read more about Deepak here. |