Associate Professor Susan Evans has been a specialist, researcher, educator, innovator, advocate and CEO in pelvic pain for over 20 years.
As a gynaecologist, laparoscopic surgeon and pain physician, A/Prof Susan Evans saw the difficulties girls and women with pain suffered, and the lack of co-ordinated, effective services to help them.
Since then, her work has focussed on addressing the wide range of issues that reduce the ability of girls, women and men with pelvic pain to live to their full potential. This has involved PhD research into the lived experience and neuroimmune causes of period pain, pelvic pain and endometriosis, Co-founding the Pelvic Pain Foundation of Australia, co-developing the Periods, Pain and Endometriosis (PPEP Talk) Schools Program, and her current work with Alyra Biotech developing innovative new treatments for pelvic pain.
Dr Evans is a Springboard Enterprise 2020 Life Science Alum, Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and an Advisory Group Member for Australia’s National Endometriosis Action Plan.
In 2023 she was a finalist for Australian of the Year (SA)
Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain (and eBook) are available for purchase from the Pelvic Pain Foundation of Australia www.pelvicpain.org.au
Alyra Biotech
Pelvic pain is a field of medicine that has been left behind, missing out on the innovation seen in so many other areas of healthcare. Alyra Biotech was created to develop new and innovative products for women with pelvic pain. We target excess immune activation in the uterus to impact the Uterus-Brain Axis and reduce pain and pain-related symptoms in the central nervous system. Alyra Biotech is currently trialing a novel intrauterine device to modulate the immune system within the uterus and reduce immune activation of glial cells in the central nervous system.
Pelvic Pain Foundation of Australia
The Pelvic Pain Foundation of Australia (PPFA) is a not-for-profit charity, formed to promote education, research and advocacy for those suffering from pelvic pain. Our Periods, Pain and Endometriosis (PPEP Talk) Schools Program currently reaches around 25% of Australian High Schools and continues to increase reach across Australia. PPEP Talk also educates male students keen to better support the women in their life with pain.
PPFA educates health practitioner education across a wide range of disciplines. We care for both sides of the consultation desk to enhance the consultation experience for both patients and practitioners.
PPFA provides specialist education programs for workplaces, athletes, coaches, community groups, CALD and indigenous communities
Patient Information
Dr Evans retired from clinical practice in March 2024 to focus on her work with Alyra Biotech and the Pelvic Pain Foundation of Australia.
Member, Robinson Research Institute Advisory Board 2018-23