The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) is pleased to announce Andrew Emyedu, MBChB, MMED, FCA (ECSA), as the recipient of the 2026 IASP-sponsored position in the Fellowship in Clinical Pain Management at the Siriraj Clinical Pain Management Training Center, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, in Bangkok, Thailand.
The one-year fellowship will take place from 1 August 2026 to 31 July 2027 and will support Dr. Emyedu’s advanced training in clinical pain management. The fellowship is designed to strengthen clinical knowledge, hands-on skills, multidisciplinary care, and pain management capacity in settings where specialized pain services are limited.
Dr. Emyedu is an associate consultant in the Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care at the Uganda Cancer Institute and a trainer/lecturer with the College of Anaesthesiologists of East, Central and Southern Africa. He is also involved in teaching clinical pain management and regional anaesthesia at Makerere University and serves as head of acute pain management services at the Uganda Cancer Institute.
Through this fellowship, Dr. Emyedu aims to help establish the first multidisciplinary pain clinic in Uganda, expanding access to clinical pain management for patients with cancer and non-cancer pain. His goals include strengthening pain education for residents and health care professionals, supporting curriculum development at Makerere University and CANECSA, advancing research collaborations, and improving access to cost-effective pain care in Uganda and the broader East African region.
At the Uganda Cancer Institute, Dr. Emyedu’s work focuses on perioperative and acute pain management for patients undergoing cancer surgery. His fellowship training will help support the institute’s plans to expand pain services, including a dedicated pain clinic and interventional pain management capacity within its new multipurpose building.
IASP congratulates Dr. Emyedu on this recognition and looks forward to the impact his training will have on pain care, education, and capacity building in Uganda and across East Africa.