Rate My Professor Jane Chalmers

Dr. Jane Chalmers is a Senior Lecturer in Pain Science in the School of Allied Health and Human Performance, College of Health, at Adelaide University. She completed her PhD at the University of South Australia from 2013 to 2018 and her Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours) from 2008 to 2011 at the same institution. Since 2020, she has held the position of Senior Lecturer in Pain Science, previously at the University of South Australia prior to the merger forming Adelaide University. Her academic background in physiotherapy underpins her contributions to pain research and education.

Dr. Chalmers leads the pelvic pain theme in the Innovation, Implementation and Clinical Translation in Health (IIMPACT) research concentration. Her research specializes in pain, physiotherapy, women's and maternal health, with a primary focus on understanding pelvic pain in women and men through basic science and implementation studies. She investigates the efficacy of pain science education and physiotherapy interventions in pelvic pain recovery. Key publications include 'Recommendations for patient education in the management of persistent pelvic pain: a systematic review of clinical practice guidelines' (Mardon et al., Pain, 2024), 'Pain science education concepts for pelvic pain: an e-Delphi of expert clinicians' (Mardon et al., Frontiers in Pain Research, 2025), 'Screening psychological factors in pelvic pain: validation of the pelvic pain psychological screening questionnaire (3PSQ)' (Chalmers et al., Journal of Pain, 2025), 'Evidence of impaired proprioception in chronic, idiopathic neck pain: systematic review and meta-analysis' (Stanton et al., Physical Therapy, 2016), and 'The effects of graded motor imagery and its components on chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis' (Bowering et al., The Journal of Pain, 2013). She has supervised several Honours, Masters, and PhD students to completion. Dr. Chalmers actively disseminates science through articles for The Conversation, media interviews, and conference presentations on pelvic pain and women's health.