The Pain Relief Foundation started the Annual Lecture as a Millennium project. Each year an eminent pain physician or scientist is invited to lecture on a topic currently of interest, in pain research or management. The lecture is given each year in honour of a person who contributed much to the field of pain treatment or research during his or her career. A short presentation about their life and work is given before the lecture by a fellow academic or clinician.

The inaugural lecture was given by Russell Portenoy in the year 2000.

Continuing with the theme of Annual Lectures in which we explore all aspects of chronic pain, the 2016 Lecture “Joint Management for Joint Pain : bridging Rheumatology and Pain Research” will be presented by Professor Serge Perrot is a rheumatologist and a pain specialist. He currently heads the Pain Centre of Cochin Hospital, in Paris, France.

The 2016 Annual Lecture will take place on Thursday 20th October 2016 and will commence at 6.00pm. Click here to see the full announcement

The Lecture will take place at the Clinical Sciences Centre at University Hospital Aintree and refreshments will be served from 5.30pm. This Lecture will honour the life and work of Professor Jean-Marie Besson