Perth Conference Social Program
There will be many opportunities available for delegates to meet with their peers and build upon their professional networks, including the following social program that has been put together. Sunday...
View ArticleASM Perth 2016: International Keynote Speaker – Prof Frank Birklein
Professor Frank Birklein has been head of Peripheral Nerve Disorders, and Pain Research and Treatment at the Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Mainz, Germany since 2001. His research...
View ArticleASM Perth 2016: International Keynote Speaker – Dr Petra Schweinhardt
Dr Petra Schweinhardt received her medical degree at Ruprecht-Karls University in Heidelberg, Germany and she holds a Ph.D. degree from the University of Oxford in England in neuroimaging of chronic...
View ArticleASM Perth 2016: International Keynote Speaker – Dr Barry Sessle
Dr Barry Sessle received his dental training from the University of Sydney and his PhD in neurophysiology from the University of N.S.W. After postdoctoral studies at the NIH in the USA, he moved to...
View ArticleASM Perth 2016: International Keynote Speaker – Prof David Yarnitsky
Professor David Yarnitsky is the Chair of Neurology at Rambam Health Care Campus, and of the Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory in the Technion Faculty of Medicine, both in Haifa, Israel. He is widely...
View ArticleASM Perth 2016: International Keynote Speaker Profiles
Professor Frank Birklein Professor Frank Birklein has been head of Peripheral Nerve Disorders, and Pain Research and Treatment at the Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Mainz, Germany...
View ArticleNETWORK! SOCIALISE! RELAX! ENJOY!
APS 2016’s exciting social program provides an excellent opportunity to connect with colleagues and suppliers and most importantly, have fun. Welcome Reception – Sunday 13 March, 6.00pm Join us for...
View Article2016 Global Year Against Pain in the Joints
The 2016 Global Year Against Pain in the Joints has been officially launched by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP). To download a copy of the locally produced poster and to...
View ArticleConference Early Bird Deadline – 29 January 2016
Register before 29 January 2016 for Early Bird savings. Don’t miss out on the only conference in Australia offering multidisciplinary insights into the complex nature of pain management from a variety...
View ArticleTribute to the late Emeritus Professor Teresa (Tess) Rita O’Rourke Cramond...
22 February 1926 – 26 December 2015 Love for God, love for Humphry and love for people – passions that define the life of a unique lady. “Initially, I will miss the patients whose courage has so often...
View Article2016 Distinguished Members
At our Annual Scientific Meeting in Perth in March 2016 we inducted two new Distinguished Members: Professor Stephen Gibson Professor Philip Siddall Below are the biographies of these esteemed...
View ArticleNational Pain Week 2016: 25-31 July
The National Pain Week campaign, an initiative of Chronic Pain Australia (CPA), aims to: De-stigmatise the experience of chronic pain; Promote current thinking that explains chronic pain to the wider...
View ArticleProfessor Michael Cousins AO Retires
Professor Michael J Cousins AO has devoted his entire career and much of his personal life to improving the lives of people living with pain. His selfless commitment to this goal over the past four...
View ArticleAnnouncing the new APS/APRA/Seqirus #1 PhD Scholar
We are pleased to announce our newest PhD Scholar, Sherelle Casey. Sherelle was recently awarded the APS/APRA/Seqirus #1 PhD Scholarship and commences her studies in August 2016. Sherelle’s research...
View ArticlePresident’s Report – September 2016
Spring has sprung from Parliament House, or maybe it’s a sprung spring. Suggestions about how to use these tensions to further the community recognition and awareness of pain and its efficient...
View ArticleAPS/APRA/CFK #1 Clinical Research Grant – Deadline 30 November 2016
The Australian Pain Society (APS) is a multidisciplinary organisation aiming to relieve pain and related suffering through advocacy and leadership in clinical practice, education and research. The...
View ArticlePresident’s Report – SEP17
By Fiona Hodson With each incoming president, the Australian Pain Society (APS) board holds a face to face Strategic Planning Meeting (SPM). This year it was held in Sydney on the weekend of 19th to...
View ArticlePain Revolution Ride 2017 Feedback
By Professor Lorimer Moseley Pain Revolution 2017 saw us depart Melbourne a week before the APS Adelaide meeting. We rode 890kms and took in Ballarat, Lorne, Warrnambool, Mt Gambier and Murray Bridge....
View ArticleNSW ACI “Pain Management Programs – Which Patient for Which Program?”
By Tim Austin, NSW Director At the most recent face-to-face meeting of the APS Board on 19-20 August 2017 in Sydney, a resolution was passed to adopt the NSW Government Agency for Clinical Innovation...
View ArticleASM 2018 Sydney – International Keynote Speakers: Professor Liesbet Goubert
We are honoured to introduce the International Keynote Speakers for the 2018 Australian Pain Society 38th and New Zealand Pain Society Conjoint Annual Scientific Meeting, to be held at the...
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