Global Pain Awareness Week
Understanding women’s pain - 30th Oct 2025
Explore the social burden and impact of chronic pain across a women’s lifespan through our webinars.
Psychological and Social Burden of Pain in Women - How Can We Bridge the Gender Gap? By Dr Philippa Kaye
What is the gender pain gap? Pain is highly prevalent in women, especially period pain and migraine, and has significant psychological and social impacts. Despite this, women’s pain is often under-recognised and under-researched. Understand how clinical research focusing on women’s unique pain experiences could improve understanding and lead to better treatments to bridge the gender pain gap.
Lecturer: Dr Philippa Kaye addressing the psychological and social burden of pain in women and the ways research can improve treatment.
Time: 1pm EAT
The Woman Pain Journey: How Chronic Pain in Women Evolves Across their Lifespan By Dr Pam Kushner and Professor Johannes Bitzer
Chronic pain is more prevalent in women, which is partly linked to fluctuations in estrogen levels over time, which can affect pain sensitivity. However, there are notable gaps in pain diagnosis among women compared to the overall population, underscoring the need to improve understanding and diagnostic practices.
Lecturer: Dr Pam Kushner and Professor Johannes Bitzer addressing how chronic pain in women evolves across their lifespan.
Time: 1pm EAT
2025-10-30
*There will be Q&A time after the lecture.
Meet the speakers
Dr Philippa Kaye (MA, MBBS)
Dr Philippa Kaye is a GP, author, journalist and as underlined in her website, a very busy mother. Following her medical school attendance at Downing College in Cambridge University, she returned to London to undergo clinical training at Guy’s, Kings and St Thomas’ medical school. She has worked in various London hospitals before qualifying as a GP in 2009 and establishing her practice working at The Golders Hill Health Centre in 2011.
Professor Philippa Kaye will speak on the psychological and social burden of pain in women and the ways research can improve treatment.
Dr Pam Kushner (MD, FAAFP)
Dr Pam Kushner is a Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at the University of California, USA. She is also a board-certified family physician who specialises in preventative medical care.
She remains involved in research primarily focusing on T2DM and its treatments. She is also involved medical associations as a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and has previously served as Chairperson of the AAFP Drugs and Devices Committee.
Dr Pam Kushner will explore how chronic pain in women evolves across their lifespan.
Professor Johannes Bitzer (MD)
Professor Bitzer is the Former Chairman and Professor Emeritus of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University Hospitals of the University of Basel and former president of the European Society of Contraception and the International Society of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology.
He is currently the member of the Executive Committee of the European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and a Fellow of the International Society for the Studies of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH).
Professor Johannes Bitzer will explore how chronic pain in women evolves across their lifespan.
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There will be time for Q&A after the lecture.
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