Research Areas
- Ageing
- Anaesthesia, Perioperative Medicine, and Critical Care
- Cancer
- Cardiovascular
- COVID-19
- Dermatology
- Diabetes
- Ear, Nose and Throat
- Gastroenterology
- Genetics
- Haematology
- Hepatology
- Infectious Diseases
- Mental Health
- Metabolic and Endocrine
- Musculoskeletal Health
- Neuroprogressive and Dementia
- Ophthalmology
- Oral and Dental
- Paediatrics
- Pain
- Primary Care
- Regenerative Medicine
- Renal
- Reproductive Health and Childbirth
- Respiratory
- Stroke
- Trauma and Emergencies
Steering Committee
The Scottish Pain Research Community (SPaRC) has a multidisciplinary steering committee to represent a wide range of expertise across basic science, clinical, and population health science.
The committee members are as follows:
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Professor Lesley Colvin (Chair) - Consultant Anaesthesia & Pain Management, Senior Lecturer, NHS Lothian, University of Edinburgh and Dundee, Royal College of Anaesthetists. |
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Professor Blair H. Smith - National Lead Clinician for Chronic Pain, Scottish Government, Professor of Population Science University of Dundee. |
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Mia Kopenen - PhD Student, University of Dundee (Early Careers member) |
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Professor Paul A. Cameron - Head of Pain Service and Clinical Lead |
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Professor Sue Fleetwood-Walker - Chair of Sensory Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh. |
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Professor Tim G. Hales - Director Institute of Academic Anaesthesia, Centre for Neuroscience, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School. |
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Professor Gary J. Macfarlane - Professor of Epidemiology, University of Aberdeen. |
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Dr Kathryn Martin - Lecturer in Epidemiology, University of Aberdeen. |
Heather Wallace - Pain Concern (PWLE member) | |
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Dr Line Caes - Lecturer in Psychology, University of Stirling. |
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Dr Carole Torsney - Reader in Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh
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Dr Carrie Stewart - Research Fellow, Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research Team, University of Aberdeen
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Dr Chloe Fawns-Ritchie - Lecturer in Psychology, University of Dundee |
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Dr Andrew Bretherick - ECAT Clinical Lecturer, University of Edinburgh
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