Working Group: Systematic Reviews
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 Hayley Leake, University of South Australia
Hayley Leake is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of South Australia. She qualified as a physiotherapist in 2013, and completed her PhD in 2023. Her thesis explored how to optimise pain science education across the lifespan. Hayley is interested in improving how pain is understood by individuals and society, by leveraging technology and co-design. Read more about Hayley here. |
Professor Lorimer Moseley AO, 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. |
Amelia Mardon, University of South Australia
Amelia Mardon is a third year PhD candidate within IIMPACT in Health at the University of South Australia. Amelia’s research is focused on optimising pain science education for females with persistent pelvic pain. She hopes her research will assist in making this information more widely accessible for people experiencing persistent pelvic pain. |
Dr Mark Catley, University of South Australia
Mark coordinates the pain sciences curricula at the University of South Australia's Allied Health & Human Performance unit. His research explores the assessment of people with pain and the role of pain education in pain management. Read more about Mark here. 
Professor Thais Chaves,
Federal University of São Carlos – UFSCar, Brazil Post-doctoral by the University of South Australia - Body in Mind Laboratory Researcher Leader - LabMovePain Laboratory My research interests are focused on measurement properties of questionnaires and scales, pain education and biopsychosocial approach in chronic musculoskeletal pain |
Niki Jones
I’m an advocate for people who live with pain, and also the benefits of effective self management. I have had severe Trigeminal Neuralgia for nearly 20 years but in the last few years I have found effective ways to manage it without drugs or surgery and have improved my quality of life dramatically. I’m Vice Chair of the Footsteps Festival which champions self management of pain. 
Samuel Browne
Sam Browne is a Physiotherapist and a National Institute of Health Research Pre-Doctoral Clinical Academic Fellow at the Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals in the England, UK. Working predominantly in Pain Management, he has a particular interest in Pain Science Education and supporting people to develop pain self-management skills. Read more about Sam here |
Rilind Shala, University of Prishtina
Rilind Shala is a Research Affiliate at the Innovation, Implementation & Clinical Translation (IIMPACT) in Health at the University of South Australia. He is a graduate student at the University of Prishtina and serves as an Associate Editor in the Bulletin of Faculty of Physical Therapy. He does research with the Body in Mind Group and serves as a supervisor in Publons." 
Dr Jagjit Mankelow,
Teesside University Middlesbrough, UK Jaj is a researcher in pain education and lecturer in rehabilitation science at Teesside University. She is also a first contact practitioner physiotherapist and is driven to improve lives marked by pain. |
Associate Professor Tory Madden, University of Cape Town
Tory Madden is a researcher and clinical physiotherapist based at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Her research focuses on understanding the influences of learning and psychoneuroimmune interactions on pain. Read more about Tory here 
Professor James McAuley, UNSW Sydney, Australia
Professor James McAuley is a psychologist, Professor in the School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health at UNSW and Senior Research Scientist at NeuRA. James’ research combines experimental, clinical and translational methods to develop and test new interventions to manage low back pain. Read more about James here |
Professor Felipe Reis, Instituto Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Felipe Reis is a professor at the Instituto Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), visiting research at McGill University (Canada) and visiting professor at Pain in Motion Research Group (PAIN), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium). His main research interests include the interaction between chronic pain, emotion, cognition, and behavior. Read more about Felipe Reis here (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9471-1174). |
Professor Katja Ehrenbrusthoff, PhD, University of Applied Sciences, Bochum, Germany:
Katja Ehrenbrusthoff is Professor of Physiotherapy at the University of Applied Sciences in Bochum, Germany. Her research focuses on understanding changes in endogenous pain modulation in people with chronic pain as well as on pain science education for people with chronic pain and health care professionals. Read more about Katja here: https://www.hs-gesundheit.de/profile/dr-katja-ehrenbrusthoff |
Chandan Poddar
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James watson, Lead ESP Physiotherapist – Pain Management
Integrated MSK and Community Pain Management North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust |