09:00 - 09:30

Registration, coffee and networking

Opening Session

09:30 - 09:35

Welcome and introduction to the Scottish Pain Research Community (SPaRC) 15^th Annual Scientific Meeting

Professor Lesley Colvin, Chair of SPaRC/Clinical Lead of NRS Pain Network

09:35 - 09:45

Update on the National Framework for Chronic Pain: Scottish National Framework for pain - where are we now and where are we going?

Jacquelyn Watson, National Clinical Lead for Chronic Pain, Scottish Government

Session One

Keynote Presentation, Oral Presentations / Q&A and Datablitz

Chaired by Professor Lesley Colvin

09:45 - 10:15

Keynote Presentation One

Human Pain Channelopathies

Professor David Bennett, Oxford University

10:15 - 10:30

Long-term opioid and gabapentinoid related harms among adults with chronic kidney disease and multimorbidity: a time-updated, population-based cohort study

Chris Grant

10:30 - 10:45

Characterisation of pain and tactile phenotypes in two rat models of SYNGAP1 haploinsufficiency

Katarzyna Mazur

10:45 - 11:10

Datablitz

Chaired by: Professor Tim Hales and Associate Professor Line Caes

11:10 – 11:30

Morning Coffee Break and Networking

Session Two

Oral Presentations and Q&A

Chaired by: Dr Andrew Bretherick

11:30 - 11:50

New and Noteworthy

Sng and sngception: a proposed novel pathway for fibromyalgia-like chronic pain

Dr Guy Bewick, University of Aberdeen

11:50 - 12:05

Shifting the distribution of risk for high-impact chronic pain: targets for population-level interventions

Marcus Beasley

12:05 - 12:20

Predictors of neuropathic pain medication prescribing and persistence in Scotland: Development and evaluation of multivariable prediction models

Mia E. Koponen

12:20 - 12:35

Injured primary afferent neurons drive ongoing, spontaneous neuropathic pain

Andrew Cooper

12:35 - 12:50

Adverse childhood experiences and chronic pain in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children: a Structured Life Course Modelling Approach

Ross MacDonald

12:50 - 13:05

PPI Session

Update and Example of PPIE in Pain Research across Scotland

Line Caes, Katie Allan, Gordon Liddle

13:05 - 14:00

Lunch and Poster Viewing: Poster vote using the QR Code

Session Three

Keynote Presentation, Oral Presentations and Q&A

Chaired by Ms Cass MacGregor

14:00 - 14:30

Keynote Presentation Two

Adding insult to injury: Spinal cord injury pain

Associate Professor Brona Fullen, University College Dublin

14:30 - 14:45

HSP90 inhibition improves morphine analgesia by restricting β-arrestin2 recruitment to μ opioid receptors

Sam Singleton

14:45 - 15:00

Associations of pain with reduced cognitive, and physical, performance in early relapsing remitting MS are not fully accounted for by sedative medications

Peter Foley

15:00 - 15:15

Analysing the Impact of Gabapentinoid Reclassification on Prescribing Rates of Antidepressants Recommended for Neuropathic Pain Treatment in the UK

Natalia Dygas

15:15 - 15:35

Mid-Afternoon Coffee Break

Session Four

Oral Presentations and Q&A

Chaired by: Professor Gary Macfarlane

15:35 - 15:50

The impact of adverse childhood experiences on DNA methylation age

Hannah Russell

15:50 - 16:05

Lessons in Implementation and Evaluation from a Systematic Review of Chronic Pain Policies in the UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand

Nabeeha Attique

16:05 - 16:20

Change in pain severity and cognitive decline in mid-to-later life

Salomé Andres

Closing Session 16:20– 16:30

Prizes For Oral and Poster Presentations and Closing Remarks

Professor Gary Macfarlane, University of Aberdeen