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Associate ProfessorPaul Wrigley

Conjoint Associate Professor

Faculty of Medicine and Health

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  • Conjoint Associate Professor
    Faculty of Medicine and Health

RESEARCH INTERESTs

Translational Research (clinical trials)

Models of care for chronic pain health services

Pathways of care for people frequently attend Emergency Departments

Sensory neurophysiology focusing on nociception (Quantitative Sensory Testing, nociceptive withdrawal reflex testing, nociceptive cortical evoked potentials)

Spinal cord injury pain particularly neuropathic pain.

Central neuroimaging (MRI and MRS)

FUNDED RESEARCH

  • GRANT
    Pathways to better pain management
    Ernest Heine Family Foundation1 Jul 2020
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    The effects of virtual reality on pain intensity and brain activity
    Australia New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA)5 Jan 2019
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    The long-term effects of spinal cord stimulation on neural function in chronic low back pain - a pilot study
    Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists1 Jan 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    • Cousins M,
    • Brooker C,
    • Wrigley P,
    • Russo M
  • GRANT
    Developing a pain modulation index in people with chronic pain: a pilot project
    Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists1 Jan 2016
    People funded by this grant:
    • Asghari A,
    • Siddall P,
    • Wrigley P
  • GRANT
    Optimising the neurophysiological assessment of residual thermonociceptive sensation following spinal cord injury
    Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists5 Jan 2015
    People funded by this grant:
    • Wrigley P,
    • Siddall P
  • GRANT
    Neurophysiological assessment of residual thermonociceptive sensation following spinal cord injury - a pilot study
    Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists1 Jan 2012
    People funded by this grant:
    • Siddall P,
    • Wrigley P
  • GRANT
    Regional changes in cerebral pefusion associated with persisent spinal cord injury neuropathic pain
    Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists1 Jan 2010
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Cortical and fibre tract changes in subjects with neuropathic pain following spinal cord injury
    Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists1 Jul 2008
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Development of an Australian spinal cord injury pain research data base
    Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists1 Jan 2007
    People funded by this grant:
    • Wrigley P
  • GRANT
    Structural alterations of the human brain following complete spinal cord injury in people with and without neuropathic pain - a pilot study
    Pfizer Neuro Science Res Grants1 Jan 2007
    People funded by this grant:
    • Wrigley P
  • GRANT
    Pfizer Neuroscience Grant
    Pfizer Inc (USA)1 Jan 2004
    People funded by this grant:
    • Wrigley P
  • GRANT
    ANZCA Research Grant
    Australia New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA)1 Jan 2002
    People funded by this grant:
    • Vaughan C,
    • Wrigley P
  • GRANT
    Postgraduate Research Support Scheme Grant
    University of Sydney1 Jan 2002
    People funded by this grant:
    • Wrigley P