Trustworthiness in pain research is essential. Developing and implementing the ENTRUST-PE framework See

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A scoping review of alterations in sensory and motor function, and body perception in women with Chronic Pelvic Pain See

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BiasShield: An AI Browser Extension Against Online Misogyny See

Online spaces frequently expose women to sexualised and objectifying content, with documented harms including body dissatisfaction, anxiety, and depression. Automated moderation algorithms compound this through gendered bias by disproportionately classifying benign images of women as sexualised. Deepfake techno...

Two stories and a metaphor: A Qualitative Study of Mid-Life Women’s Re-Entry into STEM Education See

This paper explores and showcases the return of two middle-aged women to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning, education, training and professions. We use the lenses of transformative learning theory and intersectionality to explore STEM identity development among our ...

Spatially Correlated Analysis of Infectious Disease Outcomes Based on Bayesian Functional Hierarchical Models See

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An audit and feedback intervention to reduce inappropriate citation of retracted literature in the anaesthesiology and pain fields See

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“A chronic headache and a couple of wonky eyes”: Understanding how strabismus relates to body image and body functionality. A thematic analysis of autoethnographic narratives See

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Socioeconomic inequity in extreme outcomes within very pre-term and/or very low birthweight infants: evidence from multi-national cohorts See

Background: Pre-term birth (<37 weeks’ gestation) is a major cause of neonatal mortality, with very pre-term (<32 weeks’ gestation) and extremely pre-term (<28 weeks’ gestation) infants facing the highest risks. While socioeconomic disparities in pre-term birth are well-documented, relatively ...

Beyond expansion: workforce absence, administration and the persistence of NHS elective backlogs See

Objective: To identify and quantify key factors driving the decline in efficiency of NHS elective care, focusing on medical workforce dynamics, resource allocation and systemic inefficiencies. We hypothesised that medical workforce sickness absence and administrative turnover significantly affect&#x...