Rate My Professor Paul Wrigley

As Head of the Sensory-Neurophysiology Research Laboratory within the Pain Management Research Institute at the Kolling Institute, Paul Wrigley dedicates his efforts to advancing understanding and treatment of chronic pain. His research specializations encompass chronic pain, clinical trials, and clinical neurophysiology, with a focus on improving quality of life for patients. Wrigley's scholarly impact is evidenced by over 2,957 citations on Google Scholar. Key publications include 'New evidence for preserved somatosensory pathways in people with chronic complete spinal cord injury' (recognized with the FPM Best Free Paper Award), 'A Systematic Review of the Variation in Pain Catastrophizing Scale Scores across 11 Countries' (Pain and Therapy, 2022), 'A systematic review of cross-cultural validation of the pain catastrophizing scale and pain self-efficacy questionnaire' (European Journal of Pain, 2020), and 'Reduced Glutamate in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex Is Associated With Chronic Pain in Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury: A 1H MRS Study' (Frontiers in Neurology, 2019). His PhD research culminated in the book 'Cold Thermal Processing in the Spinal Cord: In Search of Endogenous Analgesia' (2009). Wrigley has received prestigious ANZCA research fellowships, including the St Jude Medical ANZCA Research Fellowship for neurophysiological investigations and the Mundipharma ANZCA Research Fellowship for studies on regional changes in cerebral activation during pain processing. He also contributes to pain education through supervision of training and involvement in postgraduate courses and multidisciplinary workshops at the University of Sydney.