Workshop: New Insights Into Paediatric SCI Pain
Pleased to be presenting with
Prof. Kathy Zebracki, Shriner’s Children’s Hospital, USA
Kirsten Hart, National Spinal Injuries Centre, UK
Dr Alexander Rouse, National Spinal Injuries Centre, UK
Judy Peters, Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital, London, UK
Dr Julian Taylor
Ph.D.
Dr Taylor is Group Leader of Sensorimotor Function at the Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos (SESCAM), Toledo, and Honorary Research Fellow at Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford. A clinical scientist and physiologist, he has over two decades of experience in spinal cord injury, pain, spasticity and neuromodulation, and previously served as Director of Research at Stoke Mandeville Spinal Research. He co-chairs the ISCoS Paediatric Spinal Cord Injury Special Interest Group and sits on the ISCoS Scientific Committee, helping set global priorities for paediatric-onset SCI pain and rehabilitation.
His recent research combines mechanistic neurophysiology, quantitative sensory testing and genetics to explain why some children develop chronic pain after SCI and how to prevent or treat it. His team has defined paediatric SCI pain subtypes, highlighted cold hyperaesthesia and TRPA1 variants as key markers, and is developing neuromodulation trials, biopsychosocial assessments and remote sensory testing to inform personalised, multidisciplinary care pathways.