Dr Joshua Pate

Dr Joshua W. Pate, PhD, is a senior lecturer in physiotherapy and a senior physiotherapist. His research and teaching focus is on the way that we understand pain; starting with kids but applicable to all. Josh is fascinated by how re-conceptualising pain according to contemporary science may change the way pain is treated. As part of his PhD he developed the Concept of Pain Inventory (COPI) and he is now working on developing and testing educational resources, particularly in schools. Josh recently gave a TEDx Talk, and he has worked with TED-Ed to make two online animations with millions of views. He has also co-founded a pain science interview platform (‘One Thing’), and he is now a children’s book author of five books about pain (Zoe and Zak’s Pain Hacks Book Series 1-5). Josh dreams of generational conceptual and behaviour change regarding the complexity of pain.Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy and a Senior Physiotherapist