Pain Week Free Public Presentation
Event Details
- Date:
- Tuesday, 22 July 2014
- Time:
- 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
- Room:
- Auditorium
- UQ Location:
- Queensland Bioscience Precinct (St Lucia)
- URL:
- http://www.imb.uq.edu.au/pain-week
- Event category(s):
Event Contact
- Name:
- Ms Kate Heffernan
- Phone:
- 3346 2224
- Email:
- imbevents@uq.edu.au
- Org. Unit:
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience
Event Description
- Full Description:
- Please join the IMB Centre for Pain Research as we host a free presentation and reception during National Pain Week.
One in five Australians live with chronic pain. Scientists at the IMB Centre for Pain Research aim to improve quality of life for these people by understanding how the body feels pain and developing drugs and diagnostics to treat pain. Our research focuses on treating pain that is difficult to manage, such as neuropathic, diabetic, chemotherapy, and cancer pain.
Speakers and topics:
The science of pain and recent advances in pain research
Professor Richard Lewis, Lab Head, Institute for Molecular Bioscience
Director, IMB Centre for Pain Research
New methods for managing severe and chronic pain
Professor Julia Fleming
Director, Professor Tess Cramond Multidisciplinary Pain Centre, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
Adjunct Clinical Professor, UQ School of Medicine
Can venoms provide the next generation of analgesic drugs?
Professor Glenn King, Lab Head, Institute for Molecular Bioscience
Reception - from 7 pm.
Parking UQ’s St Lucia campus is best accessed via bus and ferry. Parking details are available at www.pf.uq.edu.au/parking.
Parking for guests with mobility issues can be arranged by telephoning 07 3346 2222.
Register Now Online: www.imb.uq.edu.au/pain-week Email: imbevents@uq.edu.au Telephone: 07 3346 2222 Please register by 14 July.
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Directions to UQ
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- Directions:
- St Lucia Campus | Gatton campus.
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