Meet our 2016 Judges’ Choice winner

Georgia Richards

At just 22, Georgia was on a mission to improve the quality of life of those who live and suffer with chronic pain, particularly Australian military veterans. Since winning WOTF in 2016, Georgia, now 23, has presented at the World Congress on Pain in Japan, will participate in the World Science Festival in Brisbane in 2017 and has been accepted into a PHD course at the University of Oxford, which begins in September.

“I really could not have made this happen without the support of the Award,” says Georgia, a chronic pain scientist and researcher.

“I was amazed at the number of people living with chronic pain, 1 in 5 Australians, and the suffering it brought to their lives, not to mention the $35 billion per annum it costs our economy,” says Georgia.