Galway Bay fm newsroom – A major national Pain Research Network established by academics from NUI Galway and University College Dublin is being launched today.
The Irish Pain Research Network will bring together researchers from across Ireland to share their ideas on pain, and team up for collaborative studies.
The concept arose from discussions between NUI Galway researchers Professor David Finn and Dr Brian McGuire with a team of UCD academics.
The group recognised that while a number of institutions and hospitals have their own pain experts, there was no forum where they could come together to collaborate or share ideas.
Chronic pain affects up to 35% of the Irish population, and is increasingly recognised as a disease in its own right.
The network will be launched at a major pain conference in Dublin today by the President of the International Association of Pain.