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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.

Read more here: UK Data Service Data Impact Fellows 2025: Michaela Pawley – Data Impact blogLink opens in a new window

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

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

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

Thu 13 Feb 2025, 14:21 | Tags: sleep, radio

Prof Tang talks to the New Scientist


"Highlight: We often obsess about nighttime routines for good sleep, but mounting evidence shows that what we do during our waking hours is also important – a more holistic view that could ease the modern pressure to create a perfect environment for when our heads hit the pillow"

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26535272-800-why-sleep-quality-is-so-important-and-so-difficult-to-measure/

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26535273-000-what-nine-sleep-researchers-do-to-get-their-best-nights-rest/

Fri 24 Jan 2025, 10:21 | Tags: news, sleep

New paper on mental defeat as a predictor of future suicide risk

Suicide risk is double in people experiencing chronic pain. What can be done to reduce this risk?
Our lab followed up people experiencing chronic pain for a year, and found those who feel most mentally defeated by pain (at the start) showed the greatest risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviour (at the end of the year). Existing symptoms of depression didn’t explain everything, instead they amplified the mental defeat-->suicide risk link. Implication: Mental defeat may be a worthy new treatment target for those struggling to cope with chronic pain.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejp.4779

Wed 15 Jan 2025, 09:33 | Tags: suicidality, paper, chronic pain, WITHIN

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