Primary Care & Health Sciences

I came to work at the Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre in November 2009 as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. Prior to this, from 2005 I worked as a Research Associate and Assistant at the Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit at the University of Manchester. I also completed my PhD at Manchester in 2009.

I am employed as a Research Associate in Epidemiology on a large National Institute for Health programme grant investigating the management and symptoms of people with osteoarthritis. In particular, I am interested in comorbid anxiety and depressive symptoms in individuals with osteoarthritis and much of my time is spent working on a cluster randomised controlled trial in this area. My background is in the epidemiology of chronic pain, especially chronic widespread pain, and I continue that interest now with analyses into psychosocial and quality of life factors related to musculoskeletal pain.

I contribute and teach sessions on the following courses:

• Masters in Medical Science (Statistics and Epidemiology module)

• Medical Student Quantitative Research Methods SSC (Population epidemiology & public health component)

I am a member of the Society for Academic Primary Care and an invited reviewer for both national and international journals.

Grants: The course and prognosis of comorbid depressive and anxiety symptoms in older people with osteoarthritis. NIHR NSPCR. Mallen C, Peat G, Kendrick A, Nicholl B Nicholls E.