Australian Pain Society Rising Star: A Chat With Flavia Di Pietro

Pain Research Forum, 26 July 2018

Flavia Di Pietro, PhD, is a National Health and Medical Research Council C.J. Martin Early Career Fellow in the School of Medical Sciences at The University of Sydney, Australia. Her PhD research investigated cortical representation in complex regional pain syndrome using brain imaging. Di Pietro recently won the Australian Pain Society’s Rising Star Award for 2018, which showcases up-and-coming pain researchers in Australia. Di Pietro sat down to chat with Lincoln Tracy, a research fellow from Monash University, Australia, at the 2018 Australian Pain Society 38th and New Zealand Pain Society Conjoint Annual Scientific Meeting, which took place April 8-11, 2018, in Sydney, Australia. Di Pietro discussed her interest in brain imaging, why researchers should write for the public, her love of ocean swimming, and much more. Read more.