New Gray chair aims to solve pain-limiting mobility problems  

Siobhan Schabrun, a researcher who studies chronic pain, is the Gray Chair in Mobility and Activity (Debora Van Brenk, Western Communications). Few people enjoy talking about, or even thinking about, chronic pain. But Siobhan Schabrun has made it her life's work to study this pressing challenge in health care. "Chronic pain is a massive global health burden. It also has an economic burden that is second only to cancer," Schabrun noted. And in human cost, it is one of the most pervasive - and limiting - of medical issues. It hampers mobility and impedes daily activity, disrupts mental health and affects quality of life.