Pain Forum
Pain Forum is a quarterly, free public lecture series that we have maintained and hosted for more than 20 years.
We host high profile speakers from research and clinical practice in pain. We anticipate that our audience will be professionals, but anyone is welcome.
The lectures are delivered online via Zoom, to allow maximum access across the country and beyond. If you are interested, keep an eye on X (Twitter!) @BCPSBath, or email us at ruh-tr.RNHRDPainEducation@nhs.net to get on the mailing list.
Upcoming Presentations
Dr Lauren Harrison currently works as a postdoctoral fellow in the Biobehavioral Pediatric Pain lab in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine at Stanford Medicine. She will present her talk on Unequal Burden: Pain and Psychosocial Functioning in Sexual and Gender Minority Youth with Chronic Pain.
We look forward to inviting her to present to the Bath Pain Forum. We will look to record the talk so if you cannot make it on the night or want to watch it back, you can. We will aim to send out the link by the end of the week following the talk.
If you are not already on our mailing list to hear about future talks then please email us at
ruh-tr.RNHRDPainEducation@nhs.net to be added.
Previous Presentations
Online Lecture, Tuesday 3rd December 2024
The challenges of cannabis in paediatric medicine
Mr Bhumik Patel, Clinical Pharmacist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
Online Lecture, Tuesday 10th September 2024
Bread and Roses- Why we need both in pain care and research
Cassandra Macgregor, School of Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow
Online Lecture, Tuesday 25th June 2024
Pain and ageing - where are we now and what needs to be done?
Professor Pat Schofield, Professor of Clinical Nursing at the University of Plymouth.
Online Lecture, Tuesday 2nd April 2024
FND in Children.
Dr Majumdar (Consultant Paediatric Neurologist), Dr Falidah (Consultant Paediatric Neurologist) and Dr Eve (Paediatric Clinical Neuropsychologist) from Bristol Royal Children's Hospital
Online Lecture, Tuesday 5th December 2023
From magic pills to mindsets: Ethically harnessing 'Body Mindsets' to improve pain care in cancer, chronic pain, and beyond.
Dr Lauren Heathcote, Associate Professor of Health Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King's College London
Online Lecture, Tuesday 31st October 2023
Exploring pain within a broader psychosocial contex
Dr Ed Keogh, Bath Centre for Pain Research and Department of Psychology, University of Bath
Online Lecture, Tuesday 11th July 2023
"Sore knees and achy feet": Musculoskeletal pain in children and young people
Professor Kate Dunn, Professor of Epidemiology, Lead of the Centre for Musculoskeletal Health Research, Keele University
Online Lecture, Tuesday 6th December 2022
Functional Autoantibodies in Symptom-Based Conditions
Dr Andreas Goebel, Director of the Pain Research Institute, University of Liverpool
Online Lecture, Tuesday 18th October 2022
Changes to Visual Processing in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and Other Pain Conditions
Dr Janet Bultitude, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Department of Psychology and Centre for Pain Research, University of Bath
Online Lecture, Tuesday 29th March 2022 4.00 - 5.00pm
The Neural Underpinnings of Individual Differences in Pain
Dr Massieh Moayedi, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto; Co-Director, Centre for Multimodal Sensorimotor and Pain Research
Online Lecture, Tuesday 9th Nov 2021 4.00 - 5.00pm
Opioids in the treatment of Chronic Pain: An Overview
Professor Kevin Vowles, School of Psychology, Queen's University Belfast
Online Lecture, Tuesday 6th July 2021 4.00 - 5.00pm
Taking a broader perspective: Exploring the social and developmental contexts of paediatric pain
Dr Abbie Jordan, Reader in Psychology, University of Bath, Department of Psychology and Centre for Pain Research
Online Lecture, Tuesday 16th March 2021 4.00 - 5.00pm
Self-management of chronic pain (version 1,2 or 3): which one works best for you?
Jackie Walumbe, Advanced Practice Physiotherapist, UCLH, NIHR Doctoral Researcher, University of Oxford
Online Lecture, Tuesday 1st December 2020, 4.00 - 5.00pm
Work and Pain: A Lifespan Developmental Approach
Dr Elaine Wainwright, Reader in Occupational Health Psychology, Bath Spa University
Online Lecture, Tuesday 4th August 2020, 4.00 - 5.00pm
A huge thank-you to Dr Harriet Kemp, a Lecturer in Pain Medicine, at Imperial College London, who discussed "Pain following the onset of critical illness (including Covid-19)".
We had a great turnout for this online event from the UK and beyond!