• PhD candidate at UNSW and NeuRA
• Associate Lecturer, School of Health Sciences, UNSW Sydney (part-time)
• Accredited Osteopath

Sam BSc (Hons) BHsc/BAppSc (osteo) is a PhD Candidate at UNSW/NeuRA working with Prof James McAuley in the Centre for Pain IMPACT. Interested in complex pain conditions, best management practices, thorough and responsible research methodology and epidemiologic studies, Sam is currently working on the TITAN randomised controlled trial testing promising interventions for Phantom Limb Pain.

Previously, Sam worked as an Osteopath and gained clinical experience in managing patients with pain conditions across many demographics.

When not overseas or camping, Sam likes to spend his time with interesting and creative people, making music, playing a variety of sports, and training different martial arts disciplines; primarily boxing.

• Development of a Core Outcome Set for Phantom Limb Pain trials (PLP-COS)

Conference Presentations:

• Topical Session, International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO) World Congress 2025
• Topical Session, Australian Pain Society (APS) Annual Scientific Meeting 2025
• Free Paper Presentation, Australian Pain Society (APS) Annual Scientific Meeting 2024
• Free Paper Presentation, Australian Pain Society (APS) Annual Scientific Meeting 2026 (upcoming)