Chronic pain - Designing and testing an at home system for monitoring nerve health
Read about our research, which aims to design and test an at home system for monitoring nerve health.
Our current research projects
Chronic pain - Does nerve inflammation lead to chronic pain following whiplash?
Learn more about our research into nerve inflammation and Grade 2 Whiplash Associated Disorder (WAD2) symptoms, and its progression from acute to chronic.
Chronic pain - Improving detection and treatment of distress in people with chronic musculoskeletal pain
Learn about our research into identifying characteristics that differentiate pain-related distress from depression and helping GPs identify and treat it.
Chronic pain - Targeting and silencing spontaneous nerve signals of pain in musculoskeletal conditions
Read about our research, which aims to target and silence spontaneous nerve signals of pain in musculoskeletal conditions.
Chronic pain - Understanding endocannabinoid-induced pain relief and how to enhance its effects
Read about our research, which aims to understand endocannabinoid-induced pain relief and how to enhance its effects.
Chronic pain - Understanding the factors that cause sciatica to become persistent pain - the FORECAST study
Read about our research, which aims to understand the factors that cause sciatica to become persistent pain.
Chronic pain - Understanding the mechanisms of pain in long-COVID
Read about our research, which aims to understand the mechanisms of pain in long-COVID.
Chronic pain - Understanding the relationship between maladaptive learning and musculoskeletal pain
Read about our research, which aims to understand the relationship between maladaptive learning and musculoskeletal pain.
Chronic pain - What are the causes and risk factors associated with high impact chronic pain?
Read about our research, which looks at what the causes and risk factors associated with high impact chronic pain are.
Complex regional pain syndrome - Developing new, targeted drug treatments
Read about our research, which aims to develop new, targeted drug treatments for complex reginal pain syndrome (CRPS).
Complex regional pain syndrome - Understanding what causes pain in complex regional pain syndrome
Learn about our research into identifying the underlying mechanisms leading to the pain experienced by people with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS).
Complex regional pain syndrome - Using a sensory training system to combat persistent limb pain at home
Learn more about our research into developing a sensory training system to combat CRPS, or persistent limb pain, and restoring normal limb sensation at home.
COVID-19 - The effects of COVID-19 on the immune cells of people with rheumatoid arthritis
Read more about the effects of COVID-19 on the immune cells of people with rheumatoid arthritis treated with anti-TNF therapy.
COVID-19 - The role of the immune system in developing fatigue
Learn more about our research into the role of the immune system in the development, severity and persistence of fatigue following COVID-19 infection.