Charles Ward

Professor Charles Ward is affiliated with the School of Psychology at the University of Queensland. His research focuses on pain management, mindfulness interventions, and cognitive processes in chronic pain.

• Research Interests: Development of psychometric tools for pain assessment, mindfulness-based therapies, cognitive-behavioral mechanisms in chronic pain, and experimental pain studies.
• Publications: Recent work includes psychometric validation of the Therapist Quality Scale and Pain-Related Cognitive Processes Questionnaire, comparative studies of mindfulness and cognitive therapy for low back pain, and investigations into demographic influences on pain response.