Tasha Stanton

PhD MScRS BScPT

As associate Professor of Clinical Pain Neuroscience, Tasha leads the Persistent Pain Research Group at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI). She is also the Co-Director of IIMPACT in Health at the University of South Australia. Tasha’s research, spanning pain education to virtual reality, aims to understand why we have pain and why it doesn’t go away. She has won numerous awards from national and international pain associations, including the prestigious Ronald Dubner Award from the IASP. Recognised as a Top 5 under 40 Science Communicator in Australia, Tasha has also written over 100 articles, given over 90 keynote lectures at international scientific meetings, is an Associate Editor for The Journal of Pain, and is on the European Pain Federation Academy Board for Professional Pain Education.

Alongside Lorimer Moseley and David Butler, Tasha authored The Knee Osteoarthritis Handbook, a very enlightening and useful guide for anyone with painful knee osteoarthritis (OA), whether they have had treatment or surgery, or not.