1st Oxford Health BRC 

Pain Conference 

From Theory To Practice


21-22 March 2024

at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, UK

Join us for an exciting two-day hybrid conference 

with expert presentations and conversations about cutting-edge pain research - and discuss with us how the latest insights could be applied in clinical practice

FREE admission - just register here! You can join us in person or online. 

Day 1: 

  • What 'Big Data' and deep phenotyping can tell us about neuropathic pain
  • Chronic pain and opioids: what's the problem?
  • Tailoring recovery: The art and science of personalised rehabilitation 
  • The journey through chronic pain: the patient perspective
  • Touch, trust and pain: the social connection

Day 2:

  • VR: a new frontier for understanding and treating chronic pain? 
  • Neural pathways: The role of  neuromodulation in pain management
  • Bridging the gap: Immune system insights into pain
  • Patient-reported outcomes, AI - or both?
  • Unlocking pain: is sleep the missing piece?
  • The bigger picture: flourishing, social prescribing and pain
  • The placebo effect: How can we understand and harnass its potential?

Find a more detailed programme here 

Keynote lecture by Prof. Irene Tracey:

"Taking on Pain: the Future is Bright"

(Vice-Chancellor, University of Oxford)

on 21 March at 6pm 

Keynote lecture by Douglas Nelson:

"Patients' experience of invalidation - and what we can do about it" 

(Past President of the Massage Therapy Foundation)

on 22 March at 2.30pm 



Speakers

Karin Jensen

Pranav Mahajan


Megan Jones


Merle Fairhurst


Jackie Walumbe


Shuangyi Tong


Louise Sell


Felicity Bishop


Jane Quinlan


Helen Dawes


Nicola Warrick


Temitayo Olugbade


Emily Stanyer


Stephanie Tierney


Samantha Cruz Rivera


Alex Green


Shafaq Sikandar


Willem Kuyken


Rebeccah Slater


Scott Lempka


Annina Schmid


David Bennett


Zameel Cader


Amanda Wall


John Dawes


Venue

Lady Margaret Hall

Norham Gardens

Oxford OX2 6QA

UK

The College is located to the North of the city centre, adjacent to the University Parks.


 Please contact us at Pain.OHBRC@ndcn.ox.ac.uk if you have any questions.

FREE admission - just register here! You can join us in person or online.