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Congrats to Dr Nigel King

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. 🎉

Thu 02 Oct 2025, 22:34 | Tags: PhD, student

Pain Concern - Pain Matters

Celebrating the 30th Anniversay of Pain ConcernLink opens in a new window, 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.

Wed 24 Sept 2025, 13:58 | Tags: media, leaflet, chronic pain

New paper by Michaela Pawley

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

Wed 20 Aug 2025, 12:07 | Tags: suicidality, PhD, paper, sleep

Student successes!

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

Fri 06 Jun 2025, 10:16 | Tags: suicidality, PhD, Talk, chronic pain, award, sleep

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

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.

Fri 28 Feb 2025, 10:05 | Tags: sleep, student, mental health