Research Areas
- Ageing 
 - Anaesthesia, Perioperative Medicine, and Critical Care
 - Cancer 
 - Cardiovascular
 - COVID-19 
 - Dermatology
 - Diabetes 
 - Ear, Nose and Throat
 - Gastroenterology
 - Genetics and Rare Diseases
 - Haematology
 - Hepatology 
 - Infectious Diseases 
 - Mental Health 
 - Metabolic and Endocrine 
 - Musculoskeletal Health 
 - Neuroprogressive and Dementia Network 
 - Ophthalmology 
 - Oral and Dental 
 - Paediatrics 
 - Pain 
 - Primary Care 
 - Regenerative Medicine
 - Renal
 - Reproductive Health and Childbirth 
 - Respiratory
 - Stroke 
 - Transplant 
 - 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.
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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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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 Edinburgh | 
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 Dr Andrew Bretherick; ECAT Clinical Lecturer, University of Edinburgh 
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 Cassandra Macgregor; Chronic pain physiotherapist and PhD student  | 
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 Mia Koponen; PhD Student, University of Dundee (Social media coordinator)  | 
                






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