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Living Proof: Experience as Evidence in Pain Research

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🎧 Welcome to Living Proof: Experience as Evidence in Pain ResearchPEPR (Partnership for the Engagement of People in Pain Research) is proud to share the official trailer for our new podcast exploring connections and opportunities to integrate lived experience as research evidence in the world of chronic pain. Hosted by a team committed to equity, collaboration, and change, Living Proof brings together researchers, partners, and people with lived experience to ask: What counts as evidence, and how is it shared?

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Episode 4: Engaging Marginalized POWer, Expertise, and Representation: EMPOWER 10.06.2026 1:11:13

What happens when people with lived experience lead? In the latest episode of Living Proof, guests Natasha and Dave share their journeys, highlighting the experience and impact of PEPR's EMPOWER Committee. Dive into a conversation about lived expertise, leadership, chronic pain, and relationality and reciprocity in research engagement. YOU ARE EVIDENCE. Share your thoughts! Nothing about us wi...

Episode 3 , Part 2: Cultural Pathways to Meaningful Engagement 16.04.2026 27:18

In part 2 of episode 3, co-hosts Desmond Williams and Emerald Asuncion continue the conversation with Dr. Vanessa Ambtman-Smith. They talk about honouring relationality and lived expertise as evidence while going deeper into Vanessa’s research on what happens when Indigenous healing spaces open within Western healthcare. They discuss the medicine wheel as a metaphor for imbalance and how bringing...

Episode 3, Part 1: Cultural Pathways to Meaningful Engagement 11.02.2026 1:12:17

Co-hosts Desmond Williams and Emerald Asuncion welcome Dr. Vanessa Ambtman-Smith to the PEPR podcast. This episode delves into Vanessa's work connecting Indigenous communities with healthcare systems and her pursuit to incorporate Indigenous knowledge into pain research. Highlighting her research on 'Weaving Indigenous Knowledge into Pain Research: Cultural Pathways to Meaningful Engagemen...

Episode 2, Part 2: Why Do We Need an EDID Lens in Pain Research? 21.11.2025 44:16

Inclusive Language, Structural Violence, and the Power of Community. In this engaging episode of 'Living Proof: Experience as Evidence in Pain Research,' co-hosts Desmond Williams and Emerald Asuncion continue a rich conversation with guests Mehmoona Moosa-Mitha and Jenny Lorca. They discuss the importance of inclusive language, the impact of structural violence related to colonialism and racism,...

Episode 2, Part 1: Why Do We Need and EDID Lens in Pain Research? 04.11.2025 46:32

Co-hosts Desmond Williams and Emerald Asuncion welcome Jenny Lorca and Dr. Mehmoona Moosa-Mitha to the PEPR podcast. Together they delve into the critical need for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Decolonization (EDID) in pain research. Our guests share their expertise and lived experiences, highlighting the intersection of chronic pain with social inequities and structural violence. Join us as w...

Episode 1: Exploring Meaningful Engagement with Fiona Webster, Kate Rice, and Laura Connoy 09.09.2025 53:06

Co-hosts Desmond Williams and Emerald Asuncion welcome Dr. Fiona Webster, Dr. Kathleen Rice, and Dr. Laura Connoy to the PEPR podcast. Together they introduce their work on meaningful engagement of people in pain research and how the PEPR Partnership came to exist. PEPR (Partnership for the Engagement of People in Pain Research) is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of C...

[TRAILER] Living Proof: Experience as Evidence in Pain Research 09.09.2025 0:36

🎧 Welcome to Living Proof: Experience as Evidence in Pain ResearchThis is the official trailer for PEPR's new podcast exploring connections and opportunities to integrate lived experience as research evidence in the world of chronic pain. Hosted by a team committed to equity, collaboration, and change, Living Proof brings together researchers, partners, and people with lived experience to ask...