Human Pain Research Group

Members of the Human Pain Research Group: Prof Anthony Jones, Kate Ryan, Dr Alison Watson, Dr Christopher Brown, Dr Andrea Power, Tim Rainey , Dr Wael El-Deredy, Ann Lenton, Dr Vishal Aggarwal, Abeer AlMarzouki, Dr Richard Brown, Dr Yvonne Boyle and Dr Bhavna Kulkarni.

Group members based in the Photon Physics Group in the School of Physics and Astronomy: Prof Terry King and Dr Mark Dickinson.

For information about previous and current PhD students under the supervision of Prof Anthony Jones, please click here.

	Professor Anthony Jones, Group Leader Room C206 Tel: +44 (0)161 206 4266 Email: anthony.jones@manchester.ac.uk Anthony's primary research interests are mechanisms of pain perception, and the treatment of musculoskeletal and neuropathic pain. Click here for Professor Jones' full CV (pdf 225kB)
	Dr Wael El-Deredy, Senior Lecturer Room C201 Tel: +44 (0)161 206 4528 Email: Wael.El-Deredy@Manchester.ac.uk Wael is a senior lecturer in the School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Manchester. He also works part-time within our research group. Wael is working on the development of signal processing tools for the analysis of brain dynamics in neuroimaging data.
	Kate Ryan, Group Secretary Room C204 Tel: +44 (0)161 206 4265 Email: kate.ryan@manchester.ac.uk
	Dr Alison Watson, Research Fellow Room C201 Tel: +44 (0)161 206 4529 Email: alison.watson@manchester.ac.uk Alison's research interests include analgesia, and the differential effects of opiates on the medial and lateral pain systems.
	Dr Christopher Brown, Research Associate Room C202 Tel: +44 (0)161 206 4528 Email: christopher.brown@manchester.ac.uk Christopher is being funded by the MRC to research the role of the brain's natural painkillers (opioids) in chronic pain. He has recently investigated the therapeutic effects and brain correlates of a mindfulness-based pain management programme in chronic pain. He is also interested in anticipation of pain the role of expectations and attention have on how pain is experienced in patients and healthy volunteers.
	Dr Andrea Power, Research Assistant Room C201 Tel: +44 (0)161 206 4259 Email: andrea.power@manchester.ac.uk
	Tim Rainey , Research Technician Room C201 Tel: +44 (0)161 206 0205 Email: timothy.rainey@manchester.ac.uk
	Ann Lenton, Research Nurse Room C201 Tel: +44 (0)161 206 4529 Email: Ann.Lenton@Manchester.ac.uk
	Dr Vishal Aggarwal, NIHR Clinician Scientist Room C201 Tel: +44 (0)161 206 4529 Email: Vishal.r.aggarwal@manchester.ac.uk Vishal completed his undergraduate studies in dentistry in 1998 following which he embarked on a 2 year general professional training scheme involving rotations within general practice, maxillofacial surgery and clinics at the Manchester dental hospital. Having encountered inadequacies in the management of chronic oro-facial pain he was successful in obtaining Wellcome fellowships to undertake an epidemiological investigation to classify the condition and identify risk factors. He obtained his PhD in 2006 and has since been successful in obtaining a 5 year NIHR clinician scientist award to translate his epidemiological findings into evidence based complex intervention for chronic oro-facial pain. His clinical role is as a general dental practitioner.
	Abeer Almarzouki, MRes Student Room C202 Tel: +44 (0)161 206 4528 Email: Abeer.Almarzouki@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
	Dr Minha Rajput-Ray, Clinical Fellow Room C202 Tel: +44 (0)161 206 4528 Email: Minha.Rajput-Ray@manchester.ac.uk Minha is a Walport NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow (ACF) in Rheumatology and is interested in developing generic clinical assessment tools for common musculoskeletal conditions which will provide useful information on patient quality of life, response to therapy and overall satisfaction with treatment.
	Dr Richard Brown, Lecturer in Clinical Psychology Division of Clinical Psychology Tel: +44 (0)161 306 0424 Email: richard.james.brown@manchester.ac.uk Richard's primary research interests are in medically unexplained illness, particularly the somatoform and dissociative disorders. His main focus is the cognitive basis of somatization and dissociation, as well as the development and assessment of treatment techniques in this area. He is also interested in the cognitive basis of emotional disturbance more generally, particularly the role of attentional bias and dysfunction, worry and cognitive avoidance (e.g. motivated forgetting, thought suppression etc). In addition, he retains active interests in consciousness, executive function, hypnosis and suggestion.
	Dr Yvonne Boyle, Neurophysiologist Room C202 Tel: +44 (0)1223 296 150 Email: yvonne.x.boyle@gsk.com Yvonne is an honorary fellow with the Human Pain Research Group, and works at the Department of Exploratory Medicine, GlaxoSmithKline. Yvonne is treasurer for the new British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience (BACN).
	Dr Bhavna Kulkarni, Clinical Research Fellow Room C201 Tel: +44 (0)161 206 4529 Email: bhavna.kulkarni@manchester.ac.uk Bhavna's research interests include: Fibromyalgia and other musculoskeletal pain disorders, cortical processing of chronic pain, the functional division of pain within the brain, and neuroimaging using positron emission tomography (PET).