Dr Matthew Bagg is a clinical scientist and Physiotherapist, working to improve understanding and healthcare for people with pain and nervous system conditions. Matthew is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Notre Dame Australia and the Perron Institute in Perth, Australia. Matthew is also a Fellow at the Centre for Pain IMPACT at NeuRA (Sydney, Australia), and provides private clinical consultancy services in Perth.

A major focus of Matthew’s work is improved understanding and care for people with traumatic brain injury. Matthew works within national partnerships to co-design information collection that will support improved outcomes and healthcare for people with traumatic brain injury and their families in Australia.
A second focus for Matthew is improved treatment for persistent back pain. People experience little to no benefit, on average, from available treatments. Treatments targeting brain function are a promising, novel, approach to treatment of back pain. Matthew led the publication of recent clinical trial results in JAMA, which demonstrated a likely clinical benefit and minimal harm from treatment targeting brain function.

A third focus for Matthew is supporting the conduct of science. Matthew is an Ambassador for the Centre for Open Science and a founding member of OPeRA (Open Pain Research Appraisal and Advocacy). Transparent and open practice is important to allow users of research to understand and evaluate research whilst they use it.
You can follow Matthew’s research below, through ORCID, or through Google Scholar.

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