Irene Tracey MA, DPhil., FRCA, FMedSci

Irene Tracey, DPhil is Director of Oxford Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain (FMRIB) Centre; Nuffield Professor of Anaesthetic Science; and Head of the Nuffield Division of Anaesthetics at the University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK. She is a co-author of the highly regarded Wall & Melzack’s Textbook of Pain, 6th Edition.

After earning a DPhil at the University of Oxford and a serving in a postdoctoral position at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Tracey returned to Oxford to co-found the FMRIB Centre. She became Director and Professor of Pain Research, and was appointed to the Nuffield Professorship.