Research Project
Dr
Saurab Sharma
Current Appointments
Postdoctoral Research FellowKey Research Areas
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Dr Saurab Sharma is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at NeuRA and the UNSW School of Health Sciences. Saurab is supported by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) John J. Bonica Fellowship (2020). Dr Sharma received the Exceptional Thesis Award for his PhD by the University of Otago (2020). Before joining a PhD in 2017, Saurab worked as an educator and musculoskeletal physiotherapist in Nepal for a decade. Saurab has won multiple awards including The Otago Most Promising Pain Research Award (2021) and The UNSW School of Health Sciences Early Career Researcher of the Year Award (2022).
Saurab has published >65 peer-reviewed publications in top general medical (BMJ) and specialist journals (e.g., PAIN, J Physiotherapy). He currently serves as Associate Editor for JOSPT and Physiotherapy. He is one of the Commissioners for the Lancet Commission on Osteoarthritis. Saurab is a Development Group Member for the World Health Organisation’s initiative of developing rehabilitation intervention package for osteoarthritis. Saurab serves on 5 IASP committees and taskforces including Global Alliance of Partners for Pain Advocacy, Global Year Against Pain 2022 and 2023.
Saurab currently leads research theme on Equitable Pain Care – Globally (EQUIP-ALL) within the Centre for Pain IMPACT led by Professor James H. McAuley with an aim to improve pain care for underserved populations. Within this theme, Saurab currently chairs a Consortium for Low Back Pain in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) which consists of 65 multidisciplinary stakeholders from 35 countries. Follow Saurab’s work on Google Scholar.
Publications
2025, 01 Dec
Characterising acute and chronic care needs: insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1188406028
2025 Nov
Making underrepresented pain visible: Chronic pain disparities among immigrant adolescents in 30 European countries
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2025.105533
2025 Oct
Test-retest reliability and measurement error of the numerical rating scale and visual analogue scale in people with low back pain
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2025.105528
2025 Sep
Assessing pain intensity in people from non-western countries: A multicenter study comparing four pain scales in adults with musculoskeletal pain in Bhutan
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2025.105492
2025 Sep
Subjective Happiness Scale: Measurement properties of the online and paper-pen administrations in Nepali adults with musculoskeletal pain
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjpt.2025.101245
2025, 31 Aug
Prevention strategies and modifiable risk factors for spine, chest, abdominal and/or pelvic injury and pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis for the Female, woman and girl Athlete Injury pRevention (FAIR) consensus.
2025, 22 Aug
‘Identifying Social Factors that Stratify Health Opportunities and Outcomes (ISSHOOs) in Pain Research’: Explanation and elaboration to support the standardised reporting of equity-relevant data
View full preprint on https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/hm52q_v1
2025, 17 Jul
Identifying Social factors that Stratify Health Opportunities and Outcomes (ISSHOOs) in pain research: Consensus recommendations for the collection and reporting of equity-relevant data
View full preprint on https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/z29bk_v1
2025 Jul
Critically appraised paper: Adding healthy lifestyle management to guideline-based care improves disability for low back pain [commentary]
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphys.2025.05.005
2025, 04 May
Development of pain science education for chronic low back pain in India
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1080/10669817.2025.2456719
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