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NHS Research Scotland Pain Specialty Group/Scottish Pain Research Community (SPaRC) Annual Scientific Meeting

Date: 06/12/2024 to 06/12/2024 Venue: Malmaison, Dundee

The NHS Research Scotland Pain Specialty Group/Scottish Pain Research Community (SPaRC) 14th Annual Scientific Meeting will take place on Friday 6 December 2024 at Malmaison, Dundee

The 14th NRS Pain/SPaRC Annual Scientific Meeting will take place on Friday 6th of December 2024 at the Malmaison, Dundee. This will be an in-person only event.

We are delighted to confirm keynote speakers:

  • Professor Geert Crombez, Ghent University, Belguim
  • Professor Frances Williams, King's College, London

On the day registration commences from 9am with tea/coffee and networking.

Please contact Jacqueline Pearson (jacqueline.pearson1@nhs.scot) if you wish to request an exhibitor stand.

Event Programme

 
 

09:00 — 09:50

Registration, coffee and networking  

Opening Session

09:50 — 09:55

Welcome and Introduction to the Scottish Pain Research Community (SPaRC) 14th Annual Scientific Meeting

Lesley Colvin, Chair of SPaRC and Clinical Lead of the NHS Research Scotland Pain Network

09:55 — 10:05

Update on the National Framework for Chronic Pain

Nicola Rhind, National Clinical Lead for Chronic Pain, Scottish Government

Session One

                                                                                                                                               Keynote Presentation, Oral Presentations, Question and Answers and Datablitz

Chaired by Dr. Andrew Bretherick

10:05 — 10:35

Keynote Presentation One

The Contribution of Twin Studies to the Study of Chronic Pain

Professor Francis Williams, Kings College, London

10:35 — 10:50

Analysing the Impact of Gabapentinoid Reclassification on Prescribing Rates in the UK

Natalia Dygas

10:50 — 11:05

An Audit of Neurodiversity in Children with Chronic Pain

Ewan Wallace, Hadassah Buechner, Ginevra Bubani, Taufiq Hashim

11:05 — 11:30

Datablitz

Chaired by Professor Tim Hales and Dr Kathryn Martin  

11:30 — 11:50

Morning coffee break and networking

 

 
Session Two

Oral Presentations and Question and Answer

Chaired by Dr. Carole Torsney

11:50 — 12:05

Predictors of Neuropathic Pain Medication Prescribing, Adherence, and Discontinuation: A systematic review and meta-analysis 

Mia Koponen

12:05 — 12:20

Affective Pain in a Rat Model of SYNGAP1 Haploinsufficiency 

Ying Sze

12:20 — 12:35

 

Cassandra MacGregor

12:35 — 12:50

Factors Associated with Fibromyalgia Diagnosis in People Meeting Criteria: Results from the UK 

Marcus Beasley, Sung-A Kim

12:50 — 13:00

Enhancing Patient and Public Involvement in Pain Research across Scotland 

Line Caes, Kathryn Martin, Carrie Stewart and Heather Wallace

13:00 — 14:00

Lunch and poster viewing (poster vote using the QR Code)

Session Three

Keynote Presentation, Oral Presentations and Question and Answer

Chaired by Associate Professor Line Caes

14:00 — 14:30

Keynote Presentation Two

Pain Through a New Lens: Evolution and Future of the Biopsychosocial Model

Professor Geert Crombez, Ghent University, Belgium

14:30 — 14:45

Using the Storytelling Approach to Better Understand ACEs and Chronic Pain

Aikaterini Christogianni

14:45 — 15:00

Characterization of the Anterolateral System Class 1 (ALS1) Projection Neurons

Mai Abu Hajer 

 

15:00 — 15:15

Investigating Pain Related Medication Use and Contribution to Polypharmacy in Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: A systematic review 

Christine Pacitti 

15:15 — 15:35

Mid-afternoon coffee break

Session Four

Oral Presentations and Question and Answer

Chaired by Professor Blair Smith

15:35 — 15:50

Multimorbidity and Analgesic-related Harms: A systematic review

Christopher H Grant

15:50 — 16:05

Supporting Employees with Chronic Primary Pain to be in Work: Experiences of support among employees and employers in small-to-medium-sized enterprises 

Ronald O’Kane

16:05 — 16:20

Evidence for Detrimental Effects of Early Life Adversity on Later Life Responses to Morphine 

Alice Bakina

Closing Session

16:20 — 16:30

Prizes for Oral and Poster Presentations and Closing Remarks

Professor Lesley Colvin, Chair of SPaRC and Clinical Lead of the NHS Research Scotland Pain Network

 

Poster Showcase

  • Outcomes and Benefits of Supported Self-management for those Living with Chronic Pain within Ethnic Minorities and the Added Value Learning Experience within Multi-disciplinary Working for Students
  • The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Analgesia-related Outcomes: A systematic review
  • Professional-facing Digital Health Technology (DHT) Solutions for Care of Patients with Chronic Pain: A systematic scoping review
  • Clinicians Working with Emerging Adults with Chronic Pain for at Least One Year
  • Pain Clinic Letters Sent Directly to Patients: A GP perspective
  • Update from the QUICK study: The new questionnaire to measure the impact of chronic pain on work
  • Assessing Exposure to Childhood Adversity in Adults: A systematic review of the psychometrical quality of validated childhood adversity questionnaires
  • Ongoing Clinical Trials and Unpublished Studies to Prevent Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
  • Improving Connections in the Pain Care Journey: A quality improvement project
  • Patients’ Experiences of Digital Health Interventions for the Self-Management of Chronic Pain: A systematic review
  • Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Pain: Data from a single centre
  • The Alleviate Project: Providing federated discovery queries for pain data sets
  • Nucleus Accumbens Grey Matter Associations with Chronic Pain and Adverse Childhood Experiences
  • Chronic Pain Identification Through Using Electronic Records (C-PICTURE): The development of a pilot algorithm to identify people with chronic pain
  • Anatomical Characterisation of Somatostatin-expressing Neurons Belonging to the Anterolateral System
  • Characterisation of the Projection Neurons Innervated by Trpm8-expressing Afferents in Lamina I of the Mouse Spinal Dorsal Horn
  • A Systematic Review of Genetic Risk Factors for Neuropathic Pain in Adults with Diabetes Mellitus

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