About Steve
Associate Professor Steve Kamper (Senior Research Fellow, Lead-paediatric pain theme in the Musculoskeletal Health Sydney research group, School of Public health, University of Sydney) will be visiting Otago as a guest of Pain@otago from the 10 -13 July.
Steve Kamper is a former environmental scientist and physiotherapist, and via a few detours is now a health researcher. He works in the School of Public Health at the University of Sydney where he leads a program of research on pain in children and adolescents. Steve is particularly interested in where pain fits in the picture of health generally. Our society is, rightly, concerned about things like obesity, physical inactivity, mental health and substance use in children, but what, if any, part does pain play in this story? This question has given birth to a search for what we know about pain in children, and numerous studies that fill Steve's day at work, he has published his research in more than 100 journal articles and presented across the world.
Aside from work in children's pain, Steve is involved in the Pain Revolution, an initiative that combines cycling, public health education and clinical training aimed at improving services for people with chronic pain living in rural areas. Steve indulges his passion for sharing science and knowledge by teaching clinicians about how to use scientific research when treating their patients, and via The ICECReam, a networking and support hub for young researchers he set up in 2010.
Programme
Workshop for new and emerging researchers in pain research - 10 July
About the workshop
Date and time: July 10th, 1 -4,
Venue: School of Physiotherapy Boardroom and https://otago.zoom.us/j/968240908
Duration: 3 hours
Audience: Research students (honours/Masters/PhD), postdocs, early-career staff (lecturers) working in the area of pain research.
Steve will start the presentation with an overview of ICECReam, a networking and support hub for young researchers he set up in 2010.
He will follow this with a focussed workshop (90 minutes) focussing on preparing a small grant application and peer review and tips for developing and sustaining new collaborations!
RSVPs required to pain@otago.ac.nz 8 July. Priority will be given to members of Pain@Otago
Pain in Children and Young People: What do we know? - 11 July
Steve will be part of a panel discussion topic on Pain in children and young people. This event is part of the International Science Festival
Venue: St David Lecture Theatre
Time: 6 - 7.30pm
Pain@Otago Seminar 'Musculoskeletal pain in children?' - 12 July
Venue: School of Physiotherapy, Room 1.02
Time: 12 -1pm
Available via zoom https://otago.zoom.us/j/475679927
For any further enquires please email pain@otago.ac.nz