Hosted by the Centre for Pain Research at the University of Bath, who invite a leader in pain science to discuss with us their passions, their achievements, their struggles, and their ambitions.  

Professor Sullivan from McGill University in Canada is the world’s leading expert on anxiety process, chronic pain and disability. He has leading expert on anxiety process, chronic pain and disability. He has leading expert on anxiety process, chronic pain and disability. He has leading expert on anxiety process, chronic pain and disability. He has published extensively on the how our distressing fears about the future serve can keep us locked into distress. In a painful conversation with Christopher Eccleston we will discuss all things catastrophizing, and explore how it can work against you. 

Dr. Michael Sullivan is Professor of Psychology, Medicine and Neurology at McGill University. He is an international authority on the social and behavioural determinants of pain-related disability. Dr. Sullivan’s program of research addresses psychosocial risk factors for delayed recovery. Catastrophising has emerged as one of the most popular psychosocial constructs used both clinically and scientifically. Dr. Sullivan and his team have developed several instruments to assess psychosocial risk factors including the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS), the Injustice Experiences Questionnaire (IEQ), and the Perceived Deficits Questionnaire (PDQ). Dr. Sullivan also developed the Progressive Goal Attainment Program (PGAP); the first community-based intervention program designed specifically to target psychosocial risk factors for pain-related disability (https://www.pgapworks.com/en/). In 2011, Dr. Sullivan received the Canadian Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Profession. Dr. Sullivan completed his undergraduate training at McGill University and his graduate training at Concordia University.

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