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Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · Aug 31

Some of the team came to help celebrate my almost-retirement yesterday. What a great team to have led, and with whom to have had the privilege of working. www.dundee.ac.uk/cprg

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Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · Aug 25

In this paper, published in NATURE, we report a new gene associated with pain, and the mechanism by which its coded protein contributes to pain perception. This is a new target for therapeutic intervention in pain treatment. @cprg-dundee.bsky.social
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SLC45A4 is a pain gene encoding a neuronal polyamine transporter

Nature - The SLC45A4 gene encodes a neuronal polyamine transporter and is linked to pain response in humans and mice.

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Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · Aug 14

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Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · Aug 14

This aspect of the “crisis” receives less attention
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IASP Statement on Humanitarian Crises and Access to Pain Relief in Gaza - International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)

(August 8, 2025, Washington DC) The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) stands in solidarity with all individuals suffering from pain, especially in the context of humanitarian cris...

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Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · Aug 8

Of my great-grandfather, Blair Smith I, upon his retiral (now that I’m effectively there myself):

“Although he was a man of few words, those words were always such as went - bullet like - to the inwardness of things.” (Derry Sentinel, c1910)

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Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · Aug 3

…in which I feature
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Voices Fife Writes Volume 1

Fife Writes Volume 1 A collaboration between Heids and Herts Scotland’s Sonic Museum initiative and the charity Fife Writes, this first volume brings together the voices of writers, poets, and playwri

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Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · Jul 18

What an amazing painting! I didn’t know it, and am moved to tears by it now.

Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · Jul 16

I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. No interruptions when BBC defenders were speaking, and you weren’t allowed to complete a sentence. Most obvious was when she repeatedly interrupted you to tell you she wasn’t interrupting you. A flagrant demonstration of the point you were trying to prove.

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Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · Jul 11

My dining room was the studio for this recording of discussion and readings - a collaboration between Fife Writes and Heids & Herts.

www.fifewrites.org.uk Fife Writes

heidsandherts.com Welcome | Heids & Herts

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Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · Jul 10

My @cprg-dundee.bsky.social office is now complete! @partickthistle.bsky.social

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Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · Jul 10

Hypertension is more likely to develop in people with chronic pain than those without, as we report in this paper, published online today. @cprg-dundee.bsky.social @dhan-senaratne.bsky.social
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ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.

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Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · Jun 27

With other members of Dundee University’s Chronic Pain Research Group, I attended the PAINSTORM Research Consortium’s Annual Meeting in London last week Really interesting (and really hot!) @cprg-dundee.bsky.social

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Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · Jun 20

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Dundee Professor honoured with national award for medical science

The prestigious prize celebrates Professor Blair H Smith’s contributions to medical science in Scotland

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Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · Jun 17

I was honoured to receive this award yesterday

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Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · Jun 15

All her fathers

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Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · Jun 6

This trial published in NEJM found that exercise greatly improved survival and recurrence rates after colon cancer. This is really close to my heart - I was that soldier.
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Structured Exercise after Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Colon Cancer | NEJM

Preclinical and observational studies suggest that exercise may improve cancer outcomes. However, definitive level 1 evidence is lacking. In this phase 3, randomized trial conducted at 55 centers, ...

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Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · May 26

Our new paper, based on UK Biobank, presents new genetic variants found to be associated with neck or shoulder pain. @cprg-dundee.bsky.social journals.lww.com/painrpts/ful...

A genome-wide association study identifies novel genetic... : PAIN Reports

ts associated with neck or shoulder pain through a genome-wide association study (GWAS), using data from 430,193 participants in the UK Biobank. Methods: A genome-wide association study was perform...

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Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · May 19

Unboxing our new portrait from Lyon, delivered today. @jehsmith.bsky.social

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Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · May 14

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In this new paper, published in PAIN, we report several novel genetic variants associated with neuropathic pain. We hope this will guide the search for new treatments, which are much-needed.

Genetic associations of neuropathic pain and sensory... : PAIN

ology of neuropathic pain. A standardised quantitative sensory testing protocol was used to categorize participants based on sensory profile. We performed genome-wide association study, and in a subse...

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Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · May 12

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I was honoured to feature in this podcast, led by Callum Leese, on the role of physical activity in chronic pain. Poetry is from Stranger Within: lumphananpress.co.uk/product/stra...
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I was honoured to feature in Callum Leese’s podcast, along with Lee… | Blair H. Smith

I was honoured to feature in Callum Leese’s podcast, along with Lee Vaughan. Poetry here is from Stranger Within https://lnkd.in/e9KNaZvp

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Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · May 12

I had a Thistle team when I used to play Subbuteo - early 70s.

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Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · May 12

This is a great paper!

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Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · May 8

It was great to see you here! Keep in touch and come again soon!

Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · May 6

A very frustrating watch

Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · May 6

It was an honour and privilege to sing in the world première performance of Stewart Warrender’s Requiem, at St Leonard’s Church, St Andrews, on Saturday. It’s a major, spiritual work, and was well received.