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Dr Gareth Jones
Senior Lecturer
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Epidemiology Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences
University of Aberdeen School of Medicine and Dentistry
Polwarth Building, Foresterhill
Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, U.K.
Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology
BSc(Hons), MSc.Econ, PhD
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Biography
Gareth graduated with a BSc(Hons) in Biomedical Science then an MSc.Econ in Health Service Management and Policy (with distinction), both from the University of Aberdeen. Thereafter, he worked as a Research Assistant in the University for two years, before moving to the ARC Epidemiology Unit at the University of Manchester. In Manchester, he gained a PhD in Epidemiology for work examining the aetiology of low back pain in schoolchildren. Following this, he was appointed as a lecturer in the unit and worked on a number of studies examining the aetiology and outcome of musculoskeletal pain disorders. He returned to Aberdeen in 2005 to take up the position of Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology where he currently leads the Musculoskeletal Epidemiology programme of research within the group.
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Research Interests
Gareth's main research interests are in the epidemiology and outcome of musculoskeletal disorders, with a major focus on (chronic) musculoskeletal pain. Previous work has included studies on the aetiology of pain in children, studies of the onset and outcome of whiplash and widespread body pain following motor vehicle accidents.
Within the Epidemiology Group he currently leads the programme of research on musculoskeletal epidemiology and is involved in a number of studies examining the role of early life experiences in pain in both childhood and adulthood; the epidemiology of pain in older persons; the aetiology and management of pain in rural settings; and the interaction of biological and environmental risk factors for musculoskeletal pain. In addition, he is chief investigator of a large multi-centre randomised trial looking at different approaches to the management of arm pain, and is one of the lead investigators of SIRAS (the Scotland and Ireland Registry for Ankylosing Spondylitis) and the BSR-ASR (the British Society for Rheumatology Ankylosing Spondylitis Register).
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Collaborations
Aberdeen Pain Research Collaboration
Founder member of the Aberdeen Pain Research Collaboration - a collaboration involving approximately 30-40 staff across the University of Aberdeen NHS Grampian with an interest in all aspects of pain research. For more information about the APRC, click here.
Musculoskeletal Research Programme
Principal investigator (epidemiology) within the Musculoskeletal Programme, within the University's Institute of Medical Science - a team of scientists and clinicians working together to seek a better understanding of bone, cartilage and muscle biology and physiology in health and disease. The programme ranges in scope from basic molecular and cell biological research, to population health studies, to develop new or better ways of diagnosing and treating musculoskeletal disorders. The Muskuloskeletal Research Collaboration has recently been awarded Centre of Excellence status by EULAR, the European League Against Rheumatism. For more information about the Musculoskeletal Programme, click here.
Complex Regional Pain Network (CRPS) UK Network
Member of the steering committe of the Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) UK Network - a network that brings together academics and clinicians from across the UK to further the understanding and treatment of CRPS in both adults and children. The Network has established a national CRPS Registry with a number of clinical centres contributing data. It is anticipated that data collected from this Registry will support epidemiological studies, facilitate therapeutic clinical trials, and enable collaborations with other similar international CRPS registries. For more information about the CRPS network, click here.
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Teaching Responsibilities
Post-graduate research students
Currently supervisor to four PhD students within the Epidemiology Group: (i) Dr Neil Basu - Quality of life in ANCA-associated vasculitis; (ii) Linda Morton - Epidemiology and outcome of ankylosing spondylitis; (iii) Elisa Flüß - Methodological issues in epidemiological studies of musculoskeletal pain; and (iv) Katie Druce - the role of pain and fatigue in inflammatory arthritis.
University curriculum
Course coordinator of the Epidemiology module for threeMSc programmes: (i) Health Services and Public Health Research; (ii) International Health and Management; and (iii) Global Health. In addition he is epidemiology tutor for the MBChB Special Study Module in Population Health.
External courses
Course coordinator and lecturer on the University of Aberdeen week-long Intensive Course in Applied Epidemiology. This course has been run in Aberdeen since 2007, having previously been run for around 15 years at the University of Manchester. The course is always rated very highly, and delegates travel from all over the world with recent attendees from as far afield as the Far East, South America and Australia. For further details, or to register for the 2012 course please contact epidemiology@abdn.ac.uk, or click here.
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Publications
Original research articles
Macfarlane GJ, de Silva V and Jones GT: The relationship between body mass index across the life course and knee pain in adulthood: results from the 1958 Birth Cohort Study. Rheumatology 2011; in press.Littlejohn C, Pang D, Power C, Macfarlane GJ and Jones GT: Is there an association between preterm birth or low birthweight and chronic widespread pain? Results from the 1958 Birth Cohort Study. European Journal of Pain 2011; in press. [Link to PubMed]
Docking RE, Fleming J, Brayne C, Zhao J, Macfarlane GJ and Jones GT: Epidemiology of back pain in older adults: prevalence and risk factors for back pain onset. Rheumatology 2011; 50: 1645-53. [Link to PubMed]
Jones GT, McBeth J, Nicholl B, Davies K, Morriss RK, Dickens C and Macfarlane GJ: Road traffic accidents, but not other physically traumatic events, predict the onset of chronic widespread pain. Arthritis Care and Research 2011; 63(5): 696-701. [Link to PubMed]
VanDenKerkhof EG, Macdonald HM, Jones GT, Power C and Macfarlane GJ: Diet, lifestyle and chronic widespread pain: Results from the 1958 British Birth Cohort Study. Pain Research and Management 2011; 16: 87-92. [Link to PubMed]Pang D, Jones GT, Power C and Macfarlane GJ: Influence of childhood behaviour on the reporting of chronic widespread pain in adulthood: results from the 1958 British Birth Cohort Study. Rheumatology 2010; 49: 1882-8. [Link to PubMed]
Macfarlane TV, McBeth J, Jones GT, Nicholl B and Macfarlane GJ: Whether the weather influences pain? Results from the EpiFunD study in North West England. Rheumatology 2010; 49: 1513-20. [Link to PubMed]
Basu N, Jones GT, Fluck N, MacDonald AG, Pang D, Dospinescu P, Reid DM and Macfarlane GJ: Fatigue: a principal contributor to impaired quality of life in ANCA-associated vasculitis. Rheumatology 2010; 49: 1383-90. [Link to PubMed]
Hocking LJ, Smith BH, Jones GT, Reid DM, Strachan DP and Macfarlane GJ: Genetic variation in the beta2-adrenergic receptor but not catecholamine-O-methyltransferase predisposes to chronic pain. Pain 2010; 149: 143-51. [Link to PubMed]
Jones GT and Macfarlane GJ: Predicting persistent low back pain in schoolchildren – a prospective cohort study. Arthritis & Rheumatism (Arthritis Care & Research) 2009; 61: 1359-66. [Link to PubMed]
Macfarlane GJ, Norrie G, Atherton K, Power C and Jones GT: The influence of socio-economic status on the reporting of regional and widespread pain: results from the 1958 British Birth Cohort Study. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2009; 68:1591-5. [Link to PubMed]
Jones GT, Power C and Macfarlane GJ: Adverse events in childhood and chronic widespread pain in adult life: results from the 1958 British Birth Cohort Study. Pain 2009; 143: 92-96. [Link to PubMed]
Jones EA, McBeth J, Nicholl B, Morriss RK, Dickens C, Jones GT and Macfarlane GJ: What characterizes persons who do not report musculoskeletal pain? Results from a 4-year population-based longitudinal study (The EpiFunD Study). Journal of Rheumatology 2009; 36: 1071-7. [Link to PubMed]
Preference Collaborative Review Group (Tilbrook H, Adamson S, Bland M, Hay E, Jones GT, Klaber-Moffett J, Macfarlane GJ, MacPherson H, Nelson L, Salisbury C, Thomas E and Torgerson D): Patient preferences within randomised trials: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis. British Medical Journal 2008; 337: a1864. [Link to PubMed]
Wiles NJ, Jones GT, Haase AM, Lawlor DA, Macfarlane GJ and Lewis G: Physical activity and emotional problems amongst adolescents: a longitudinal study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2008; 43: 765-72. [Link to PubMed]
PACTT; the Pakistan-Aberdeen Collaborative Trauma Team (Rana MH, Ali S, Yusufi B, Alexander DA, Klein S, Lee AJ, Jones GT and Macfarlane GJ): The psychological and psychosocial impact of the Pakistan Kashmir earthquake after eight months: a preliminary evaluation by PACTT. International Psychiatry 2008; 5: 43-6. [Link]
El-Metwally A, Mikkelsson M, Ståhl M, Macfarlane GJ, Jones GT, Pulkkinen L, Rose RJ and Kaprio J: Genetic and environmental influences on non-specific low back pain in children: a twin study. European Spine Journal 2008; 17: 502-8. [Link to PubMed]
El-Metwally A, Halder SLS, Thompson D, Macfarlane GJ and Jones GT: Predictors of abdominal pain in schoolchildren: A 4-year population-based prospective study. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2007; 92: 1094-8. [Link to PubMed]
Johnson RE, Jones GT, Wiles NJ, Chaddock C, Potter RG, Roberts C, Symmons DPM, Watson PJ, Torgerson DJ and Macfarlane GJ: Active Exercise, Education, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Persistent Disabling Low Back Pain. A Randomized Controlled Trial. Spine 2007; 32: 1578-85. [Link to PubMed]
Macfarlane GJ, Jones GT, Knekt P, Aromaa A, McBeth J, Mikkelsson M, and Heliövaara: Is the report of widespread body pain associated with long-term increased mortality? Data from the mini-Finland Health Survey. Rheumatology 2007; 46: 805-7. [Link to PubMed]
Jones GT, Silman AJ, Power C and Macfarlane GJ: Are common symptoms in childhood associated with chronic widespread body pain in adulthood? Results from the 1958 British Birth Cohort Study. Arthritis and Rheumatism 2007; 56: 1669-75. [Link to PubMed]
Jones GT, Harkness EF, Nahit ES, McBeth J, Silman AJ and Macfarlane GJ: Predicting the onset of knee pain: results from a two-year prospective study of new workers. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2007; 66: 400-6. [Link to PubMed]
Wynne-Jones G, Jones GT, Wiles NJ, Silman AJ and Macfarlane GJ: Predicting new onset of widespread pain following a motor vehicle collision. Journal of Rheumatology 2006; 33: 968-74. [Link to PubMed]
Jones GT, Johnson RE, Wiles NJ, Chaddock C, Potter RG, Roberts C, Symmons DPM and Macfarlane GJ: Predicting persistent disabling low back pain in general practice: a prospective cohort study. British Journal of General Practice 2006; 56: 334-41. [Link to PubMed]
Atherton K, Wiles NJ, Lecky FE, Hawes SJ, Silman AJ, Macfarlane GJ and Jones GT: Predictors of persistent neck pain after whiplash injury. Emergency Medicine Journal 2006; 23: 195-201. [Link to PubMed]
Wynne-Jones G, Macfarlane GJ, Silman AJ and Jones GT: Does physical trauma lead to an increase in the risk of new onset widespread pain? Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2006; 65: 391-3. [Link to PubMed]
Wiles NJ, Jones GT, Silman AJ and Macfarlane GJ: Onset of neck pain following a motor vehicle accident: a case-control study. Journal of Rheumatology 2005; 32: 1576-86. [Link to PubMed]
Jones GT, Silman AJ and Macfarlane GJ: Parental pain is not associated with pain in the child: a population-based study. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2004; 63: 1152-4. [Link to PubMed]
Jones GT, Herrick AL, Woodham SE, Baildam EM, Macfarlane GJ and Silman AJ: Occurrence of Raynaud's Phenomenon in children ages 12-15 years: prevalence and association with other common symptoms. Arthritis and Rheumatism 2003; 48: 3518-21. [Link to PubMed]
Jones GT, Silman AJ and Macfarlane GJ: Predicting the onset of widespread body pain among children. Arthritis and Rheumatism 2003; 48: 2615-21. [Link to PubMed]
Jones GT, Watson KD, Silman AJ, Symmons DPM and Macfarlane GJ: Predictors of low back pain in British schoolchildren: a population-based prospective cohort study. Pediatrics 2003; 111: 822-8. [Link to PubMed]
Watson KD, Papageorgiou AC, Jones GT, Taylor S, Symmons DPM, Silman AJ and Macfarlane GJ: Low back pain in schoolchildren: the role of mechanical and psychosocial factors. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2003; 88: 12-7. [Link to PubMed]
Watson KD, Papageorgiou AC, Jones GT, Taylor S, Symmons DPM, Silman AJ and Macfarlane GJ: Low back pain in schoolchildren: occurrence and characteristics. Pain 2002; 97: 87-92. [Link to PubMed]
Jones GT: Indicator-based systems of performance management in the National Health Service: a comparison of the perceptions of local- and national-level managers. Health Services Management Research 2000; 13: 16-26. [Link to PubMed]
Editorials / Reviews / Book chapters
Jones GT and Botello AP: Pain in children. In Croft PR, Blyth FM and van der Windt D (eds): Chronic pain epidemiology: from aetiology to public health. Oxford University Press, 2010. ISBN: 978-0-19-923576-6. [Link to Amazon]
Blyth FM, Jones GT and Macfarlane GJ: Musculoskeletal health - how early does it start? Rheumatology 2009; 48(10): 1181-2. [Link to PubMed]
Jones GT, Pallawatte N, El-Metwally A, Macfarlane GJ, Reid DM and Dick FD: Associations between work-related exposure and the occurrence of rotator cuff disease and / or biceps tendinitis. A report commissioned by the Scientific Committee of the Danish Society of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and in response to a request from the Danish Working Environment Research Fund. [Link to Report]Macfarlane GJ, Jones GT and Hannaford PC: Managing low back pain presenting to primary care: where do we go from here? Pain 2006; 122: 219-22. [Link to PubMed]
Jones GT and Macfarlane GJ: Epidemiology of low back pain in children and adolescents. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2005; 90: 312-6. [Link to PubMed]
Jones GT and Macfarlane GJ: Epidemiology of pain in older persons. In Gibson SJ and Weiner DK (eds): Pain in older persons. IASP Press, Seattle, 2005. ISBN: 0-931092-59-0. [Link to Amazon]
Macfarlane GJ, Jones GT and McBeth J: Epidemiology of Pain. In McMahon S. and Koltzenburg M. (eds): Wall and Melzack’s Textbook of Pain. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh, 2005. ISBN: 0-443-06791-0. [Link to Amazon]
Jones GT: Clinical governance: a customisation of corporate principles – will it work? Clinician in Management 1999; 8: 89-91.
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