The Pain Management Research Institute (PMRI) is hosting a series of (free) Visiting Scholar Seminars, the first of these on Thursday 18 June from 5 to 6pm.  You are invited to attend and bring a friend or colleague.
 
Topic:  Pain as a barrier to social relationships: Understanding and the impact of pain on interpersonal functioning
Presenter:  Dr Claire Ashton-James
Time:  5pm to 6pm, with refreshments to follow
Venue:  The Kolling Auditorium, Royal North Shore Hospital
 
Dr Claire Ashton-James is a social psychologist with expertise in interpersonal processes and a particular interest in the social modulation of pain, and the impact of pain on the formation and maintenance of social relationships. She has recently returned to Australia from the Netherlands, where she was an Assistant Professor at the Free University of Amsterdam in both the Medical Center and the Department of Social and Organizational Psychology. Since moving into the field of pain research, she has published experimental work on the impact of nonverbal pain expressions on first impressions (judgments of a person's warmth and competence).
 
Following the Seminar, please join the speaker, staff, students and other Friends of PMRI for refreshments, including some lovely wines donated by Turners Crossing Vineyards.
 
For your diary, the next Visiting Scholar Program is on 23 July with Professor Ian Cameron speaking on Post Motor Vehicle Crash Pain.