The UK Parliament Health and Social Care Committee has published more written evidence submissions to the Healthy Ageing: Physical Activity in an Ageing Society inquiry, including mine. I discussed our research involving patients with knee osteoarthritis. The fear of exacerbating their symptoms is a barrier to many individuals participating in exercise. In most cases, this […]
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Excited to begin the Data Science with Machine Learning & AI Career Accelerator with University of Cambridge Professional and Continuing Education and FourthRev this week. Over the next year, I’ll be building advanced skills in Machine Learning & AI (including NLP, predictive modelling, and generative AI), as well as Data Science for real-world challenges, through […]
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I am delighted to share that our systematic review of non-surgical interventions for arthrofibrosis following knee joint replacement has just been published in Clinical Rehabilitation. Our review, led by University of Nottingham’s Dr Michelle Hall, evaluated the effectiveness of non-surgical interventions for knee stiffness or arthrofibrosis after knee replacement surgery. Arthrofibrosis, a common complication, is […]
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Excited to announce our open-access paper ‘Association of serum biomarkers with radiographic knee osteoarthritis, knee pain and function in a young, male, trauma-exposed population – Findings from the ADVANCE study‘ has been published in this month’s Osteoarthritis and Cartilage journal. I am proud to be joint first author alongside Ollie O’Sullivan with joint senior authors […]
Read MoreOur first paper from the Running Through study comparing the reliability of self-reported running distance and pace with commercial fitness watch data has been published in this month’s JMIR Forumlative Research. Our study with co-first author Dr Garrett Bullock from USA’s Wake Forest School of Medicine compared running data from the commercial fitness watches of […]
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Our systematic review investigating knee MRI barkers associated with structural, functional and symptomatic changes at least a year after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury has been published in this month’s Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open. The review led by Dr Oliver O’Sullivan identified 11 studies involving 776 participants. Differences in tibia position, bone morphology, presence of […]
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I had an enjoyable and informative two days in Oxford attending the Centre for Osteoarthritis Pathogenesis Versus Arthritis’ Cutting Edge OA Conference (3-4th July 2023). I presented a poster I co-authored led by Oliver O’Sullivan on ‘Non-Acute Molecular and Imaging Biomarkers for Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review’. It combines data from two papers on molecular […]
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As part of the Policy Impact Pathway Program (PIPP) I joined the other 9 early and mid-career researchers from PIPP and PIAP (Policy Impact Accelerator Program)for an educational day in London. We met with a range of policymakers and influencers to discuss how to reach policy audiences with our research: Katie Thorpe, Head of Learning […]
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Honoured to win a poster prize at today’s NIHR Nottingham BRC conference for our Running Through research. We reported on NSAIDs use by recreational runners to manage joint pain, and the impact of Covid-19 on runners. Click to view an accessible version I also presented my PGCHE study results on the training of basic science […]
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I was very pleased to attend the University of Nottingham’s 2022 Volunteer Award event last night. I had nominated Marko Voß for his continuous efforts creating the HealthScout during the Covid-19 pandemic, and was thrilled that the award judging panel agreed with me and awarded him Community Volunteer of the Year. In March 2020 University of […]
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Excited to be presenting some of our Running Through study initial findings at the Congress of the European Pain Federation (EFIC) 2022, this week (April 27-30). The hybrid conference is online as well as live in Dublin, Ireland. I will be presenting a poster (#784) on ‘Self-reporting of joint pain by members of the running community’. Interested […]
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I was honoured to be invited to give a keynote presentation on Patient and Public Involvement in translational research on the final session of the two day NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Medical Research Virtual Conference 2022. As well as a brief introduction to translational research, I presented some cases of award-worthy PPI activities involving our musculoskeletal PPI […]
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Applications are now open for the Centre for Sport, Exercise and Osteoarthritis Research Versus Arthritis 2022 Summer intern scheme. The 8-week scheme, is open to health clinicians or health scientists due to graduate in 2022 or a medical student in the third year or later with an interest in sport, exercise and osteoarthritis. There is […]
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Excited to start work today on a new project linking with Nottingham University Hospital policymakers on Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMS), thanks to funding awarded to me from the QR Policy Support Fund through the University of Nottingham Institute for Policy and Engagement. We aim to adapt the HealthScout app in order to understand treatment outcomes […]
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My poster based on my 2019 OARSI Highest Rated Therapy Abstract was selected for oral presentation at today’s School of Medicine Research Gala. I was very proud to present my individual patient data (IPD) meta-analysis research which found that 75% of patients with knee, hand or hip osteoarthritis respond to placebo and to then win […]
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Our n-of-1 trial investigating individual responses to topical ibuprofen gel or capsaicin cream for painful knee osteoarthritis and led by Dr Monica Persson is published in this month’s Rheumatology Journal. We found the response to topical NSAIDs and capsaicin varies between individuals, but over half of people with painful knee osteoarthritis respond better to one […]
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After just one month we are excited to have recruited over 1500 participants to our Running Through study. The volunteers who have agreed to share their running data and complete weekly updates on their health status will help us investigate the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on runners training, injury, illness and recovery. We have […]
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I am excited to share the launch today of our new study ‘Running Through‘. Through inviting members of the running community to share their training data, we hope to examine changes in running habits associated with the current restrictions. COVID-19 is affecting all our lives. Through changes to our working, family or social circumstances, the […]
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With all the amazing work colleagues at all three University of Nottingham international campuses have been involved in during the Covid-19 pandemic, it was an honour to have been short-listed for the Nottingham Institute for Policy and Engagement Pandemic Award. This was a one-off award for 2020 which recognises any member of staff who has made an […]
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Honoured to be on the panel at the Research Data Alliance Virtual Plenary 16
to present on behalf of the community participation sub-group volunteers who contributed to the COVID-19 open data sharing guidelines.
Under public health emergencies, and particularly the COVID-19 pandemic, it is fundamental that data is shared in both a timely and an accurate manner. This coupled with the harmonisation of the many diverse data infrastructures is, now more than ever, imperative to share preliminary data and results early and often. It is clear that open […]
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This March's BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders journal features the protocol for our latest research from the musculoskeletal (MSK) theme of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre (BRC). The MSK theme undertakes research into health promotion and exercise in older people, prevention of falls, pain and rheumatism, molecular mechanism in osteoarthritis, muscle […]
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I am happy to announce that I have been recently awarded two grants from the Nottingham Hospitals Charity’s Nottingham Orthopaedic Walk Fund. This funding will allow me to expand my research on the diversity of gut microbiome in different UK populations. The gut microbiome is a vast ecosystem of microorganisms such as bacteria, yeasts, fungi and […]
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This February's Osteoarthritis and Cartilage journal features our latest research from the University of Nottingham's Pain Centre Versus Arthitis. In people over 55, long term knee pain is often due to osteoarthritis, which may be due to structural changes caused by wear and tear. Pain can also be intensified by signals to the brain via […]
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Would you like help with dealing with pain? Would you like to be on TV? Along with Pain Centre Versus Arthritis director Prof David Walsh, I am collaborating with the producers of a new Channel 4 health series that looks at the health topics we all want know about. From big public interest experiments and […]
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Great morning at the University of Nottingham graduation today. I got to support our former student Monica as she collected her PhD degree. I was involved with Monica’s doctoral research studies investigating topical treatments for OA and neuropathic pain. I was also able to meet meet my new colleagues, who I will start working with […]
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The Versus Arthritis ‘Pain Research in the UK: Combating musculoskeltal pain together’ event was held today in conjunction with Pain Centre Versus Arthritis at the University of Nottingham. MSK pain researchers from around the UK were invited to present elevator pitches to summarise their research and signpost us to their posters where their research was […]
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