Neuroscience and Pain Research
At the Kolling, we have world-leading expertise driving innovative research to better understand disorders that effect the brain, muscles and nerves.
Neurodegenerative disorders, mental health disorders and pain management represent some of the greatest health challenges today.
Our neuroscience research focuses on the diseases, disorders and injuries of the nervous system such as Parkinson’s, mitochondrial diseases, mental health disorders, spinal cord injury, brain cancer and pain.
Our pain management team is recognised as national leaders in pain research, effectively translating biomedical research into improved clinical care and education programs. An estimated one in five Australians suffer from chronic pain, locking many patients in to a cycle of medication, depression and bed rest, and costing the economy billions of dollars a year. We bring together a multidisciplinary group of clinicians, researchers and educators to improve our understanding of all forms of pain and their treatments, from acute to chronic pain and cancer pain management.
Areas of strength
Leadership Group
Professor Jose Antonio Lopez-Escamez
Professor of Meniere disease Neuroscience
Faculty of Medicine and Health, School of Medical Sciences
The Kolling Institute, University of Sydney
Associate Professor Sanaa Zaki
Postdoctoral Scientist
Leadership Group members:
Professor James Elliott
Academic Director Kolling Institute Academic Director Northern Sydney (Arabanoo) Precinct
Professor Sarah Hilmer
Conjoint Professor of Geriatric Pharmacology
Head of the Laboratory of Ageing and Pharmacology
Professor Lisa Harvey
Senior researcher
John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research
Professor Paul Glare
Head of the Pain Management Research Centre
Dr Edwin Tan
Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy
Dr Ryan Davis (BSc (HonsI), PhD)
Senior Research Fellow, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney
Visiting Scientist, Genomics and Inherited Diseases Program, Garvan Institute
Professor Gin Malhi MB ChB, MD, FRCPsych, FRANZCP.
Psychiatry Chair, Northern Clinical School
Professor Christine Lu
Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Health School of Pharmacy, University of Sydney
Chair of Clinical Pharmacy, Northern Sydney Local Health District
