Our team are at the British Pain Society ASM in Harrogate this week! Check out the below schedule to find us 👋

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#BPS2026 #ChronicPain

💼 Research Assistant #Quantitative
We are seeking to appoint a Research Assistant with strong quantitative skills. The postholder will contribute primarily to quantitative analyses of epidemiological and registry datasets. Closing date: 15 April 2026. Find out more and apply at: lnkd.in/e8_SJe7X

💼Research Fellow #Qualitative
We're seeking an experienced qualitative researcher to take a lead role across our research, helping to shape improvements in care pathways and service delivery for people with MSK conditions. Closing date: 14 April 2026. Find out more and apply at: lnkd.in/eBUeXaSj

We're #hiring! 🔬 We have two exciting new opportunities to join our team, with a particular focus on supporting and delivering work investigating geographical inequalities in access to care, and the impact of musculoskeletal conditions on work participation.

📊 Help us improve how chronic pain is measured more consistently in populations!

Please share your feedback on our draft questions — takes 5–10 mins! 🔗

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#ChronicPain #PublicHealth

Yesterday's office #egghunt was a good reminder that "Opportunities at work are a lot like hidden eggs - Easy to miss unless you’re actively looking for them"

Watching how people approached it was interesting, it felt a lot like problem-solving at work🧠
#Epidemiology #Aberdeen #TeamCulture

🗺️ Check out some highlights of 20 years of the Epi group — in maps! From our global team to patient partners, to registry participants & course attendees across 47 countries!🌍

#Epidemiology #PublicHealth #20for20

🎉 Delighted to announce our PPIE team has been shortlisted for a UoA Principal’s Prize for Research Excellence!

A wonderful reminder of what's possible when we work together as true partners! 🙏

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#PPIE #PatientAndPublicInvolvement #UniversityOfAberdeen

That's a wrap! Our Aberdeen Short Course in Epidemiology is done for this year! 🎉 Huge thanks to our fantastic delegates from across the UK and beyond. Already looking ahead to 2027!

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Analyst wanted! 📈

Lead analysis of the BSR-PsA national psoriatic arthritis registry. PhD in epi/stats/data science required. Find out more and apply here:

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🌟 New Publication from the #PANDOS (Pain and Opioids after Surgery) Research Group!

📄 Latest conceptual, methodological, and clinical advances in chronic pain.
📚 Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology - March 2026
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At this month’s Aberdeen Anaesthesia Research Meeting, we were pleased to hear from Samuel Bennett,Teaching Fellow, University of Aberdeen.
Samuel presented research exploring cross-cultural perceptions of pain and the use of over-the-counter painkillers in the #UK and #Taiwan
#MixedMethods

This international collaboration is examining patterns of pain and opioid use following surgery, helping to inform safer and more effective perioperative pain management.

Learn more about the study here:
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📊 Study Update #PANDOS Pain and Opioids After Surgery
🔹Nearly 9,000 patients recruited so far
🔹Over 3,500 participants in the UK
🔹Almost 190 centres involved
🔹14 countries participating across Europe
#Epidemiology #PainResearch #OpioidResearch #Aberdeen

This #InternationalWomensDay2026, our team reflected on the theme “Give to Gain.”
What can we give today so women at work can gain tomorrow? It was inspiring to hear colleagues share their thoughts and experiences in this video.
#InternationalWomensDay #IWD2026 #GiveToGain #WomenAtWork

UK Antimicrobial Resistance- Progress thus far YouTube video by Epicomms

🚀 Epicomms has officially launched its #YouTube channel!

👉 Watch this space for more exciting content to come.

🎥 Our first video is now live, featuring a plain language summary of the recent publication in JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance on the UK Antimicrobial Registry (#UKAR)
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👏Congrats to the research team at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for hitting their #UKAR recruitment target! 🎉A true team achievement led by Dr Sajeevan R. and colleagues whose dedication & teamwork have driven the study forward with quality and momentum.
#UKARstudy #NHSResearch #Teamwork

Building Rural-Urban healthCare Equity for Scotland (BRUCES) | Epidemiology Group, University of Aberdeen 🏞️ 🤝 BRUCES update: Quarterly Meeting Insights Last week, the #BRUCES team (Co-led by Dr Rosemary Hollick and Prof Peter Murchie from Academic Primary Care, University of Aberdeen) met for their quar...

Last week, the #BRUCES team met for their quarterly in-depth extended meeting, where the package leads gave updates on the progress so far and shared learnings!

📣 Watch this space for more #BRUCES updates coming soon!

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What's going on here? 🎬Dr Rosemary Hollick is under the lights filming an interview as part of the key outputs from the PACFiND study.

Full details will be revealed soon – watch this space! 👀

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#Fibromyalgia #HealthcareResearch #PatientCentredCare #PACFiND

As we mark two decades of impactful epidemiological research, we’re proud to highlight five major studies from our Epidemiology Group that have shaped understanding, care, and outcomes in musculoskeletal and rheumatic conditions.
#Epidemiology #ResearchImpact #20YearsofEpidemiology

🔬✨ Today, on International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we’re proud to highlight a blog post from our very own Dr Rosemary Hollick!

Read the post here: lnkd.in/ebTuzVry

#WomenInSTEM #Epidemiology #HerVoiceInScience

How common is chronic pain in the general population? Actually, this is a difficult question to answer as the reporting tools are not standardised. Collaborators across 4 continents have a draft proposal shortly available for feedback
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Royal College of Anaesthetists Anaesthesia is the largest single hospital specialty in the NHS. The RCoA is the professional body responsible for the specialty throughout the UK, and it ensures the quality of patient care through t...

🤖📘The meeting also highlighted:
• Widespread use of AI in education and clinical practice (clinician input essential)
• Maturing clinical guidelines (airway management, malignant hyperthermia, GLP-1 agonists)
• The need to integrate RCT evidence with real-world observational data
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🧠 Professor Forget presented an update on the PANDOS Study:
• Strong UK capacity for multicentre perioperative research
• National coordination supported by the ACE team in Aberdeen
• Early discussions highlighting important variation in perioperative care
#PANDOS #PerioperativeResearch

📊 A consistent message across the programme was the central role of data:
• Data-driven practice is now foundational
• Large, collaborative datasets are essential
• National and international research collaboration is critical #Epidemiology #DataDrivenHealthcare #HealthData #ResearchCollaboration

Royal College of Anaesthetists (@rcoanews.bsky.social) The RCoA is the professional body responsible for the specialty of anaesthesia throughout the UK. Please DM for enquiries.

🎓 Our Epi Group member, Professor Patrice Forget, attended the Royal College of Anaesthetists’ Anaesthetic Updates 2026.
Key themes included:
• Rapid evolution in anaesthesia, perioperative & pain medicine
• Growing overlap between evidence generation and clinical practice
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Royal College of Anaesthetists Anaesthesia is the largest single hospital specialty in the NHS. The RCoA is the professional body responsible for the specialty throughout the UK, and it ensures the quality of patient care through t...

🤖The meeting also highlighted:
• Widespread use of AI in education and clinical practice (clinician input essential)
• Maturing clinical guidelines (airway management, malignant hyperthermia, GLP-1 agonists)
• The need to integrate RCT evidence with real-world observational data
www.rcoa.ac.uk