2025 Australian Pain Society 45th Annual Scientific Meeting in the IASP Global Year about Pain Management, Research and Education in
Low- and Middle-income Settings13 - 16 April 2025 | Pullman Melbourne Albert Park, VIC

University of Melbourne

VIC Australia

Natalia Egorova-Brumley is an Associate Professor at the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences. She completed her PhD in cognitive neuroscience at the University of Cambridge, and received postdoctoral training in pain neuroimaging at the Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School.
After moving to Australia, she worked at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health before starting her own Pain and Cognition Neuroimaging Lab at the University of Melbourne as an ARC DECRA Fellow. She combines cognitive and clinical neuroimaging lines of research to understand how pain impacts the brain and how cognition alters pain processing. She is currently an ARC Future Fellow investigating the neurobiological mechanisms of the interaction between pain and sleep.

University of Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences

VIC Australia

Professor Amy Jordan is the Director of the Sleep Laboratory and a Professor at the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne, as well as an Honorary Fellow at the Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Austin Health. After completing her PhD at the University of Adelaide, she held a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston before joining the University of Melbourne in 2009. Her research focuses on several aspects of sleep, from the neural control of upper airway muscles, to the impact of sleep on pain, mental health and PTSD.

Monash University and Monash Addiction Research Centre

VIC Australia

Professor Suzanne Nielsen is an NHMRC Leadership Fellow and Deputy Director of the Monash Addiction Research Centre in Melbourne. With over 220 peer-reviewed publications and more than 80 invited presentations globally, her research has advanced the understanding of prescription, over-the-counter, and illicit drug-related harm. Prof. Nielsen has played a key role in shaping policy and legislative changes in Australia, including the rescheduling of codeine and alprazolam, expanding naloxone overdose prevention in primary care, and contributing to clinical guidelines for opioid agonist treatment in opioid dependence.

Metro South Persistent Pain Rehabilitation Centre Brisbane

QLD Australia

Kristin is a senior clinical pharmacist who has extensive experience in acute and persistent pain. She graduated with a Bachelor of Pharmacy from University of Queensland 2005 and undertook her pre-registration at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. She also holds a Bachelor of Biomedical Science (Hons) from James Cook University and a Master of Science in Medicine (Pain Management) at University of Sydney. Kristin is currently working at Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) and Metro South Persistent Pain Management Service. A passionate educator and mentor, Kristin works closely with multidisciplinary teams to improve patient care and advance pain management practices.