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My guest for this episode is Professor Denis Martin, Professor of Rehabilitation. He is Director of the Centre for Rehabilitation, Lifestyle medicine and Human performance at Teesside university. With academic roots at the University of Ulster and Napier University, he forged an impressive career spanning roles at Sheffield Hallam University and Queen Margaret  University, Edinburgh. During his time in Scotland, he also served as a chair of the pain association, Scotland and vice chair of the Scottish Parliament cross party group. He is renowned for his research in pain, disability and rehabilitation, and has over £25 million pounds secured in funding and an extensive publication record. Prof. Martin has led significant projects, exploring the use of extended reality and digital technologies and rehabilitation, and he currently serves as the vice chair of the XR for rehab network and leads a research theme on physical, mental and social health in the Applied Research collaboration (ARC) NENC area of NE England.

The focus of this episode is the Citizens' Jury Report that Denis has led on at the North East Nprth Cumbria. This is going to be officially released on 13th Nov 2025 at NewCastle. 

More information of the work of HINENC is available here at https://healthinnovationnenc.org.uk/what-we-do/improving-population-health/medicines-optimisation/citizens-jury-pain-management/

A summary report is available at https://healthinnovationnenc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/CIT-JURY-SUMMARY.pdf

The link to the event on 13th November and further details on how to register can be found by clicking below

https://healthinnovationnenc.org.uk/event/citizens-jury-on-pain-management/

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The Pain Speak podcast is presented by Prof Deepak Ravindran, a NHS Consultant specialising in Pain and Lifestyle Medicine. Dr Ravindran is also the author of the book, 'The Pain Free Mindset'

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