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New paper on Mental Defeat

Tue, 12 May 2026 07:19:54 GMT

Out in PAIN : https://journals.lww.com/pain/abstract/9900/temporal_dynamics_of_mental_defeat_in_chronic.1171.aspx

Radio interviews with Fiona McNiven on BBC Radio 4 Women's hour available here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002vxcy

Sleep Health Measures

Fri, 01 May 2026 08:55:09 GMT

Our new paper on the performance of two leading multidimensional sleep health measures and frameworks, RU_SATED and Sleep Health Index. This is an important output through international collaboration, led by Runtang Meng at Hangzhou Normal University, China.

The paper is out in Sleep Medicine Reviews https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smrv.2026.102296

Protocol of a new RCT

Fri, 01 May 2026 08:47:00 GMT

Led by collaborators at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, our protocol for a new RCT - testing a stepped care strategy for CBT-I for chronic spinal pain - is out in SLEEP Advances. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleepadvances/zpag040

Congratulations to Dr Pawley!

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 16:11:09 GMT

Congratulations to Michaela Pawley on passing her PhD viva! Michaela’s PhD showed that specific sleep behaviours in adolescence are meaningful risk factors for later self-harm and reported suicide attempts, making sleep health a potential target for prevention.

Congrats to Dr Nigel King

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 21:34:19 GMT

Dr Nigel King successfully passed his PhD by Published Work viva yestereday - with no corrections.

Nigel is consultant clinical neuropsychologist based in Oxford. His thesis brought together 8 of his published papers on mild traumatic brain injury and post-concussion symptoms. His work has made a significant contribution to advancing the field, particularly in terms of the assessment and treatment of MTBI.

Many congratulations, Dr Dr King. 🎉

Pain Concern - Pain Matters

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:58:00 GMT

Celebrating the 30th Anniversay of Pain Concern, the Pain Matters editorial team has put together a comprehensive evidence-based manual for navigating pain (issue #89). Our lab's updated leaflet - Getting a good night's sleep - was one of the featured articles.

Pocketmags offers a smart phone friendly digital version of the full Pain Matters. This is for a cost of £1.75/issue for subscribers. This comes with access to our whole digital back catalogue and audio option at no extra cost. Every subscription supports our work. At the end of October, issues 88 and 89 will become 'special' issues — and remain — free of charge on Pocketmags.

New paper by Michaela Pawley

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 11:07:00 GMT

Hot off the press! Click here for a summary or here for the full paper (open access).

Student successes!

Fri, 06 Jun 2025 09:16:07 GMT

Very happy that students in the lab are thriving and enjoying what they do! Occasionally, their daily grind gets recognised.

Congratulations to :

- Michaela Pawley for winning the PGR day best presentation award

- Peter To for securing funds to host and lead a R-workshop

- Lauren Wilkinson for winning the William Campbell Prize at the British Pain Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Newport, Wales

What's it like to be a Data Impact Fellow?

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 10:05:00 GMT

Michaela Pawley wrote down her thoughts in her first blog post as a UK Data Service Impact Fellow. She reflects on her clinical and academic background, current PhD research, and future plans to expand her impact beyond academia.

What counts as a good night’s sleep? A NPR radio interview

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 14:21:00 GMT

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Professor Nicole Tang about sleep quality and why it's difficult to define and measure.