Lorimer Moseley

He is a pain scientist, clinician and educator.  He has made seminal contributions to how we understand pain and why it sometimes persists. He has developed treatments that are now considered front line interventions for chronic pain in clinical guidelines internationally.  He established and leads the not-for-profit initiative Pain Revolution.

Lorimer has authored 420 research articles and eight books, now in several languages.  His books are required reading for undergraduate and postgraduate training internationally.  His contributions to pain science, education and management have been recognised by government or professional societies in 14 countries, including the American Pain Society Prize for Public Service, the International Association for the Study of Pain Clinical Science Prize, and Australia’s most prestigious prize for innovation and potential transformation in medical or health research.

In 2020, he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia, that country’s second highest civilian honour, for distinguished contributions to humanity at large in the fields of pain science and pain medicine, science communication and pain education. 

He lives and works on Kaurna Country in Adelaide, Australia.