New topical review on interoception and pain, from BCPR’s Chris Eccleston

🚨 New Resource Alert! 🚨🧪
We just launched a resource page packed with useful information about the Pain Self Perception Scale for pain researchers and clinicians. Access is free for non-commercial projects/activities. Check it out here 👉 warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/psyc...

Kicking off now a workshop on DAGs and causal modelling from @bathcpr.bsky.social

Excellent plenary lecture by @emmafisherphd.bsky.social on the topic of Blast Injury in Children at the @britishpainsoc.bsky.social 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting #BPSASM25

New @bathcpr.bsky.social paper: A review in The Lancet by Chris Eccleston and colleagues argues that psychological treatments can be used early on, when pain first emerges. Access details, and a link to the paper here: www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...

We are delighted to congratulate Emma Fisher who has recently been promoted to Professor. A fabulous achievement, reflecting significant international leadership in pain research. Very well deserved. @bathcpr.bsky.social

Interested in psychosocial aspects of pain? New fixed-term research assistant post working on the @criispapdp.bsky.social pain project (ends Dec 25). Join our team at @bathcpr.bsky.social - deadline 31st March. Details in link: www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...

🚨Job Alert!🚨

We're launching a funded study on how period pain impacts adolescent girls’ lives & school engagement. Join our team.

🔹 Research Associate 👉 (www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...)
🔹 Research Assistant 👉 (www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...)

Please share! #PeriodPain #PainResearch

Plenary Speaker at #BPSASM2025

Join @katelynnboerner.bsky.social from the University of British Columbia as she explores:
🔹 Gender and Inclusive Pain Management

Learn more: bit.ly/3WRTZZt

We also have a fixed term (3 years) senior lecturer post in Psychology Dept at @uniofbath.bsky.social.

Various areas, including pain @bathcpr.bsky.social

Deadline is 10th Feb.

www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...

Excited to announce the first of our #BPSASM2025 workshops!

🎓 Opioids in Clinical Practice
🗓️ Date: Tuesday, June 3, 2025
🕤 Time: 09:30 – 16:30

Secure your spot and learn from experts in the field: bit.ly/40hzJ4h

Suicide risk is double in people with chronic pain. What can be done to reduce this risk?

In our EJP paper, we found mental defeat a significant predictor of future suicide risk in people with chronic pain
🧪Open access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

NEW JOBS ALERT. Researching pain psychology and want to join us in Bath? New lecturer in psychology posts now being advertised. Other areas also. Deadline is 19th Jan. www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...

New @criispapdp.bsky.social blog from Diego Vitali and Amanda Williams - challenges and opportunities when using existing longitudinal cohorts to study the impact of chronic pain criisp.uk/2024/12/10/h...

Now also on Bluesky -

Bath Centre for Pain Research @bathcpr.bsky.social

Consortium to Research Individual, Interpersonal, and Social aspects of Pain (part of the Advanced Pain Discovery Platform):
@criispapdp.bsky.social

Our team features in two recent Nature Outlook articles on pain:

1. How pain is misunderstood and ignored in women www.nature.com/articles/d41...

2. A drug-free prescription for pain www.nature.com/articles/d41...

🌟A captivating episode of the What a Pain podcast with Chris Eccleston from Bath University! An influential academic, he unpacks the 4 key themes of the ground-breaking Lancet Commission: Making pain matter, understood, visible, and better. Listen in your favourite podcast app!

Account for the Bath Centre for Pain Research, based at the University of Bath (UK). Our team of interdisciplinary researchers are exploring the best ways of helping people learn how to live with pain. We focus on pain discovery, innovation, and training.