Ed Keogh

🚨 BPS Endorses the ENTRUST-PE Framework

The British Pain Society is proud to endorse ENTRUST-PE – a framework boosting the trustworthiness, transparency, and rigor of pain research.

🔗Read more: m.entrust-pe.org

The Divine Comedy, Bath 8/10/25.

Registration & Abstract Submissions NOW OPEN!

Join us at the British Pain Society Annual Scientific Meeting 2026 in Harrogate, a key event for anyone involved in pain management, research, and care.

Don’t miss your chance to be part of it!
Submit your abstract or register today: www.bpsasm.org

The Wedding Present live in Bristol (3/10/25). 40th anniversary. Fabulous, of course.

WRNTDP live in Bristol (27/9/25)

Excellent night seeing @warringtonruncorn.com in Bristol (27/9/25). And as an extra bonus @sulkrooms.bsky.social supporting. What more could you want?

Parallel Session Submissions Now Open!

We're now accepting proposals for Parallel Sessions at the British Pain Society 59th Annual Scientific Meeting 2026.

🗓️ Don’t miss the chance to share your expertise with the pain community.

👉 Submit here: www.bpsasm.org/session-proposal-submission/

Delighted that CRIISP has been Highly Commended in the ‘Involving’ category of the
@UniofBath
Vice-Chancellor’s Engage Awards!
Recognised for our commitment to involving people with lived experience in pain research criisp.uk #PublicEngagement #ChronicPain

Social influences in the experience of transition to or from long-term (chronic) pain: A systematic review of qualitative research studies Background Globally, around 30% of people live with long-term (‘chronic’) pain, with known impact on wellbeing, economic and social lives. Despite increasing attention to contextual and psychosocial a...

New systematic review from the #APDP @criispapdp.bsky.social project. Explored 71 qualitative studies to see how chronic pain is entangled with everyday social life. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Gary Numan live

Gary Numan live

Gary Numan live

Gary Numan live

Gary Numan at the Cheese and Grain, Frome. Glastonbury warm up (27/06/25). #garynuman

Lisa Austin representing @criispapdp.bsky.social at #RDF25! Sharing insights on pain research & the involvement of public contributors at the UK’s leading conference for research management #research #innovation #healthcare #chronicpain

Prof. Eccleston and team show early psychological support can rewire brain networks linked to chronic pain. The message? Treat pain early—transform lives.
www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...

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

📢 New paper alert! 📢

How do placebo and nocebo effects shape treatment outcomes? This scoping review synthesizes evidence from 306 systematic reviews & meta-analyses, uncovering key determinants—individual, clinical, psychological, and contextual factors.

🔗 Read more here: buff.ly/T331eXb

From Personal Struggle to Public Advocacy: My Experience with Chronic Pain and CRIISP My first real experience of prolonged pain was when I was 16 when I had a month of unexplained pains in my hands and feet following a bout of viral pneumonia. I would get similar extended periods o…

Living with chronic pain can feel isolating, but being a public contributor in research can provide purpose. This blog shares how working with CRIISP helped bridge the gap between researchers & people with pain. criisp.uk/2025/03/12/f... #PainResearch #PatientVoices

Holly Johnson at the Bath Forum (12/6/25). Magnificent. #hollyjohnson #fgth

🚨 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...

Emma Fisher - plenary lecture

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

Ohh - exciting times. All the best for the next phase.

What’s next?

Photo of Hurts live in London

Photo of Hurts live in London

Photo of Hurts live in London

Photo of Hurts live in London

Fabulous night seeing Hurts in London (22/5/25). Celebrating 15th anniversary of Happiness.

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...

Well that was splendid. And after very careful consideration, my favourite #Eurovision performances this evening were:
Luxembourg
Greece
Latvia
Finland
Germany
Netherlands
(And UK - of course)

Ahh..also missed it. Will keep an eye out for the second run, and get up earlier

Photo of 10 West, the Department of Psychology with the words 'hello' and the department logo

We are really excited to launch the Department of Psychology @uniofbath.bsky.social social media channels! Follow us to hear all about our research, staff and student experiences, and our exciting department, faculty and university-wide initiatives and projects.

#university #bathUK

Congratulations Professor

Very excited to share this news and would not have achieved this without the amazing support of @bathcpr.bsky.social and collaborators around the world!

Professor Emma Fisher

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

The @efic.bsky.social team seeing the results of their work in putting together the ‘EFIC village’ for #EFIC2025

Cubes in Lyon

Orange cube in Lyon

Resistance is futile (Lyon 04.25)

Use of Nonpharmacologic Interventions by Adults With High‐Impact Chronic Pain in the United States: A Cross‐Sectional Analysis Introduction: Few studies compare differences in the use of nonpharmacologic interventions (NPIs) between those with high-impact chronic pain (HICP) and low-impact chronic pain (LICP) or describe dif...

Just published: "Use of Nonpharmacologic Interventions by Adults With High-Impact Chronic Pain in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Analysis"

Congrats to Tasha Parman (@tp-pt.bsky.social) on her first, first-author manuscript! Great work.

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