2009 Seminars

The seminar program features clinical and basic science research from investigators at PMRI, and guests from Australia and overseas.

Seminars are held in the Pain Management Conference Room on Level 9 Main block Royal North Shore Hospital at 4 or 5pm every Thursday afternoon.

The programs are updated regularly.

Date	Time	Speaker	Title
19th February 2009	4pm	Professor Vaughan Macefield	The effects of deep and superficial pain on the autonomic and somatic nervous systems
5th March 2009	4pm	Dr Michelle Vincler	Targeting the α9α10 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor for the treatment of chronic pain
19th March 2009	4pm	Dr Paul Wrigley	The PMRI is hosting the Pain Medicine Specialist exams in November: what IMPACT will this have?
16th April 2009	4pm	Prof. Ian Gibbins	Painful connections: unmyelinated afferents and the organisation of the spinal dorsal horn
21st May 2009	4pm	A/Prof. Jill Cook	Understanding tendon pain: the holy grail of tendon research
4th June 2009	4pm	Dr Geoff Lambert	Central pain sensitization in migraine by inhibition of the pain control system
20th August 2009	4pm	Dr Karl Ng	Nerve excitability studies in the present era: observations in peripheral and central nervous disorders
26th August 2009	2 pm	Ms Clare Dominick	** 2 pm starting time** Patterns on chronic pain in New Zealand: psychosocial factors associated with or influencing the development and maintenance of chronic pain
3rd September 2009	8 am	Prof Gin Mahli	** 8 am starting time** "Depression and persistent pain"
17th September 2009	4pm	Dr Brett Graham	The functional properties of interneurons in the superficial dorsal horn of the spinal cord
1st October 2009	4pm	Ms Shelley Forrest	Central plasticity of primary afferent neurons after peripheral nerve injury
15th October 2009	4pm	Dr Stuart Mazzone	Insights into the sensory biology of coughing
19th November 2009	4pm	Prof Peter Cistulli	Sleep and persistent pain

2008 Seminars