21.02.2024
Mind The Gap study with CPNN+ & NIHR Exeter Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)
Mind The Gap: Steps towards precision rehabilitation in chronic pain
Our P.I (Prof. Ben Seymour) and one of our co-investigators (Dr. Sam Hughes) have collaborated with Dr. Will Young (Project Lead), Dr. Gavin Buckingham & Dr. Sonia Medina – Hernandez (Translational Fellowship) on a new study using VR technology to understand the neurobiological mechanisms of chronic pain to develop effective treatments.
The team hope to improve our understanding of the brain’s role in chronic lower back pain (CLBP) and develop a new method to measure changes in symptoms and underlying causes after treatments. For more information, please visit https://www.exeterbrc.nihr.ac.uk/research-projects/mind-the-gap/
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Join this free public talk on Thursday 12th February 2026 at 6pm-7pm at Rewley House in Oxford. No booking required.
Cardiff University and Arthritis UK Celebrate Research Impact
Displaying our CPNN+ 'What We Carry: Living With Pain' PPI project at the event, attended by our co-applicant, Valerie Sparkes.
‘What We Carry’ exhibited at The Corridor Gallery
Our recent chronic pain PPI project, 'What We Carry: Living with Pain' is currently on exhibition at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, within The Corridor Gallery until 6th December 2025.