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.