Who Are We?
The APDP comprises experts in clinical and laboratory aspects of pain, psychologists, sociologists, and data specialists, linked to key academic and commercial facilities across the UK and beyond. At the heart of the APDP are people with lived experience of chronic pain, ensuring that together we meet their urgent needs.
Why is the Advanced Pain Discovery Platform needed?
Pain is a major unmet global public health challenge. It blights the lives of many thousands with chronic conditions such as arthritis, diabetes, fibromyalgia, headache, or diseases of the gut or uterus. It affects people of all ages and backgrounds. Pain is complex, and experts across many disciplines need to work together to better understand mechanisms of pain and improve treatments. Our approach will ultimately improve the lives of people living with pain conditions, their families and carers.
