Dr Cormac Ryan is Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation at Teesside University. He graduated from the University of Limerick in 2002 with a BSc in Sports and Exercise Science and completed an MSc in Physiotherapy (pre-registration) at Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh. He was awarded his PhD from Glasgow Caledonian University in 2008 where he investigated the relationship between physical activity and chronic lower back pain. Cormac has published over 100 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles and obtained more than £1.4m in research funding from organisations including NIHR and Innovate UK. His primary area of research is pain management with a particular interest in pain education for people with pain, health care professionals, and the general public. He has been involved in developing guidelines and standards for a variety of organisations including the British Pain Society and the Faculty of Pain Medicine. In addition to his academic roles, he is a Community Pain Champion for the Flippin’ Pain™ campaign, which is UK wide a public health campaign run by Connect Health™. The campaign aims to improve public understanding of pain. He also likes to fish.
