Australian Pain Society’s First Webinar for health practitioners

The Australian Pain Society's inaugural webinar with Professor John F. Cryan, University College Cork, Ireland will be held in August. Professor John F. Cryan is Professor & Chair, Dept. of Anatomy & Neuroscience, University College Cork, Ireland and is also a Principal Investigator at APC Microbiome Ireland. His current research is focused on understanding the interaction between brain, gut & microbiome and how it applies to stress, psychiatric and immune-related disorders at key time-windows across the lifespan.

The presentation will focus on Gut Feelings: The Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis as a Key Regulator of Visceral Pain.  Visceral pain is a significant and prevalent feature of several disorders including the functional gastrointestinal disorder, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).  Treatment strategies are limited and often unsatisfactory which has opened up new research avenues into the aetiology of visceral pain.

This research has led to an increased appreciation of the role of the brain gut axis in modulating viscera pain responses.  More recently, the interactions between the gut microbiota and the central nervous system have emerged indicating that visceral pain related disorders may be prospective candidates for symptom relief via microbial manipulation.

In this talk Professor Cryan will highlight the enormous and exciting potential that targeting the microbiota-gut-brain axis has for visceral pain and associated co-morbidities.

As a tribute to the cancelled APS 2020 ASM, the APS is pleased to be able to provide this webinar complimentary to all APS members. Non-Members can participate for a nominal fee of $45. To learn more and register, click here.