Tasha Stanton

I am a physiotherapist and a clinical pain neuroscientist. My research career (2011-) has been supported by highly

competitive research fellowships from health funding bodies in Canada and Australia. As co-Director of IIMPACT in

Health at UniSA, I lead over 108 members from 7 disciplines; 50 MCR or senior scientists; 21 ECRs; 47 HDR students; &

a research budget of ~$2.5M/yr. Internationally recognised for innovative research in chronic disease (pain, stroke

recovery, rural health; ~600 papers/yr, FWCI 1.4), IIMPACT forms a translation pipeline, taking experimental science

through to clinical/implementation research. I lead the Persistent Pain Research Group at SAHMRI of 16 people (2 postdoctoral

fellows, 7 PhD students, 2 Masters by Research students, 2 Summer Vacation Students, 3 research assistants)

evaluating chronic pain, perception, pain science education and virtual and mediated reality technologies. I have

received >$7.8m in competitive research funding and I have authored 111 peer-reviewed papers in high-quality pain

and medical journals. I have been first author or senior author on 52% of these papers and in 23% my postdoc has been

first or senior author (past 5 years). I have an h-index of 36 and my papers, the majority published since 2011, have

>6400 citations. I am an Associate Editor of the Journal of Pain, a primary journal in my field and I have received

numerous national and international awards for my research. I have given Plenary or Keynote lectures, all costs

covered, at >100 major international/national meetings. I have delivered >50 extramural lectures at the invitation of

13 universities and 9 hospitals in 6 countries. I have been invited by 11 allied health societies in 5 countries to upskill

their members, and by numerous societies and industry partners to guide curricula development. I am an Academy

Board Member of the European Pain Federation (EFIC Academy), invited as a leading pain educator. The EFIC Academy

creates pain curricula and provides education to ~20,000 physicians, researchers, nurses, physiotherapists,

psychologists, and other healthcare professionals from 37 countries across Europe.

VI International Congress of Physiotherapy and Pain 2024.

Organized by: SEFID and the Illustrious Official College of Physiotherapists of the Valencian Community.