Brian Pulling

Brian is a completing PhD candidate, studying health-related conceptual change with the Persistent Pain Research Group (PPRG) and Body In Mind with IIMPACT in Health at UniSA. He works as a course coordinator at UniSA and as an Epidemiologist and Research Associate at the Registry of Senior Australians (ROSA) at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI).

He completed a masters by research with Body in Mind in 2019, and is course coordinator for pain science course work at UniSA. He previously worked as a clinical research coordinator at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

His research interests lie in how we teach and learn about health. As a clinical health scientist, Brian's work aims to identify new targets for treatments to make learning about health easier. These interests extend to academic learning - Brian is a course coordinator in the pain sciences and regular tutor/facilitator for a variety of health and research related courses including Pain Mechanisms and Management, Pain Education, Pain Theory and Science, Advanced Evidence Based Practice, as well as introductory courses including Intro to Psychology and Intro to Research Methods.

Brian has presented his research at national and international conferences, and regularly presents invited and public lectures. Research communication and dissemination is a critical part of research and learning - Brian has a background in science communication with organisations including the PainRevolution and PainChats. He has seven peer reviewed publications, and has received more than $150,000 in competitive scholarship and grant funding.

Australian Pain Society

International Association for the Study of Pain