22.11.2023
11th Interdisciplinary World Congress on Low Back and Pelvic Girdle Pain in Melbourne, Australia.
Colleagues (past and present) from Cardiff University, Noudy Eleryan (Phd student), Dr Liba Sheeran and Dr Akushla Rathnayake (former Phd student at Cardiff, now based at Hertfordshire) recently attended the above event to present their work.
Noudy Eleryan – The effect of self-management interventions on musculoskeletal disorders in musicians: A scoping review.
Dr Akushla Rathnayake: Normalisation process theory (NPT) analysis of user experience of BACK-to-FITTM – A novel digital intervention to promote exercise self-management and physical activity in people with low back pain.
Dr Liba Sheeran: Assessment of spinal and pelvic kinematics using inertial measurement units in people with persistent low back pain. Co-production of BACK-on-LINETM, a work-based digital self-management of low back pain, for implementation and scaleup the rail industry. Phenotyping low back pain from video capture using computer vision and machine learning.
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Free online webinar on ‘Learning How to Get Old: A Balance of Immunity and Autoimmunity’ by Prof. Eoin Mckinney, University of Cambridge
This talk explores groundbreaking research on immune ageing, analysing data from over 6,700 individuals to reveal how immune traits change across the lifespan. Using machine learning, Eoin’s work identifies "immune age" as a predictor of mortality, independent of chronological age, and highlights key immune mechanisms linked to survival. Genetic analyses further uncover connections between immune ageing and autoimmune diseases, offering new insights into ageing and longevity.
University of Oxford – Vice Chancellor guest edit on BBC Radio 4
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Professor Irene Tracey’s guest edit was broadcast on 28 December 2024. The programme features our CPNN+ P.I (Professor Ben Seymour) who describes his own pain lab at Oxford. Professor Tracey, also a neuroscientist, reflects on her own research field in understanding and treating pain, and the broader role that Universities play in society.
‘Ouch! Solving the riddle of pain’
We all know what hurts, but why is it so difficult to describe? Emma Cook (Assistant Editor for The Observer magazine) meets the neurologists attempting to solve one of medicine’s most enduring issues and what it means for patients – and hears from a woman who has never felt pain.