Audun Stubhaug is professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at University of Oslo and is Head of Department of Pain Management and Research at Oslo University Hospital, Norway. He has been combining clinical work and pain research for several decades. He is currently involved in research within pain epidemiology, as well as clinical studies and human experimental studies.  He is engaged in developing clinical registers and the documentation of societal impact of pain and developing cost-effective treatments. He has published 200 articles and book chapters in the pain field and is currently president of the Norwegian IASP-chapter.