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Dr Ross MacDonald

Dr Ross MacDonald
Dr Ross MacDonald
Dr Ross MacDonald

MMath, PhD

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Biography

Ross is a research fellow with the Epidemiology Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen. He is currently working on the CAPE (Consortium Against Pain InEqualities) project, aiming to investigate the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and chronic pain in later life. He has previously worked as a Research Assistant within the Epidemiology Group and has recently completed a PhD in Epidemiology investigating the role of lifestyle factors on treatment response to biologic therapies in patients with axial spondyloarthritis and psoriatic arthritis. Before joining the group, Ross received an MMath Mathematics degree from the University of St Andrews, with particular focus on Pure Mathematics and Statistics.

Qualifications

  • MMath Mathematics 
    2016 - University of St Andrews 

    Fast Track

  • PhD Epidemiology 
    2025 - University of Aberdeen 

    PhD thesis titled 'The role of lifestyle factors on response to biologic therapy in axial spondyloarthritis and psoriatic arthritis using robust missing data methods'

Latest Publications

  • Patterns of Healthcare Use, Comorbidities, and Treatment of Fibromyalgia: Insights from Survey and Administrative Healthcare Data in Scotland and Wales

    Hollick, R., Anderson, S., Black, C., Choy, E. H., Cooksey, R., Doebl, S., Warren, J., Jones, G., Lam, K. K., MacDonald, R., Macfarlane, G.
    PACFiND. 27 pages
    Books and Reports: Other Reports

  • Adverse Childhood Experiences and Health at Age 50 Years in the National Child Development Study

    Timmins, K. A., MacDonald, R., Beasley, M., Macfarlane, G. J.
    JAMA Network Open, vol. 8, no. 8, e2525708
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Handling of missing component information for common composite score outcomes used in axial spondyloarthritis research when complete-case analysis is unbiased

    Polysopoulos, C., Georgiadis, S., Ørnbjerg, L. M., Scherer, A., Di Giuseppe, D., Hetland, M. L., Nissen, M. J., Jones, G. T., Glintborg, B., Loft, A. G., Wallman, J. K., Pavelka, K., Závada, J., Yazici, A., Santos, M. J., Ciurea, A., Möller, B., Michelsen, B., Mielnik, P., Huhtakangas, J., Relas, H., Pirkmajer, K. P., Rotar, Z., MacDonald, R., Gudbjornsson, B., van der Horst-Bruinsma, I., van de Sande, M., Riek, M.
    BMC Medical Research Methodology, vol. 25, no. 1, 55
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Challenge of missing data in observational studies: investigating cross-sectional imputation methods for assessing disease activity in axial spondyloarthritis

    Georgiadis, S., Pons, M., Rasmussen, S., Hetland, M. L., Linde, L., di Giuseppe, D., Michelsen, B., Wallman, J. K., Olofsson, T., Zavada, J., Glintborg, B., Loft, A. G., Codreanu, C., Melim, D., Almeida, D., Provan, S. A., Kvien, T. K., Rantalaiho, V., Peltomaa, R., Gudbjornsson, B., Palsson, O., Rotariu, O., MacDonald, R., Rotar, Z., Pirkmajer, K. P., Lass, K., Iannone, F., Ciurea, A., Østergaard, M., Ørnbjerg, L. M.
    RMD Open, vol. 11, no. 1, e004844
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The relationship between lifestyle factors and outcome of treatment with TNFα inhibitors in axial spondyloarthritis: results from 14 European countries

    Jones, G., Rotariu, O., MacDonald, R., Michelsen, B., Glintborg, B., van der Horst-Bruinsma, I. E., Gudbjornsson, B., Geirsson, A. J., Relas, H., Isomäki, P., Závada, J., Pavelka, K., Rotar, Z., Tomšič, M., Nissen, M. J., Ciurea, A., Codreanu, C., Wallman, J. K., Kristianslund, E. K., Horskjær Rasmussen, S., Midtbøll Ørnbjerg, L., Santos, M. J., Østergaard, M., Hetland, M. L., Macfarlane, G.
    BMC Rheumatology, vol. 9, 88
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

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Research

Research Overview

Ross has conducted research in the epidemiology and treatment of disabling conditions including axial spondyloarthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and chronic pain.

Research Areas

Applied Health Sciences

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Research Specialisms

  • Epidemiology
  • Medical Statistics

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

Current Research

Ross is currently working as part of the Consortium Against Pain InEquality (CAPE). This study aims to identify causal links between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and chronic pain in later life.

Past Research

Ross has conducted a variety of research in the field of musculoskeletal health. This includes work analysing the effect of lifestyle factors on treatment response to biologic therapies in axial spondyloarthritis and psoriatic arthritis, the impact of fibromyalgia on treatment outcomes in patients with axial spondyloarthritis, the relationship between fear avoidance beliefs and treatment outcomes in distal upper limb pain, the influence of weather conditions on pain reporting, and the use of routinely collected healthcare data for identifying differences between rural and urban healthcare use.

Collaborations

Ross is part of the CAPE consortium investigating the impact of adverse childhood experiences on chronic pain in later life.

Ross has also been involved with the EuroSpA collaboration, which includes over a dozen registries collecting data on patients with axial spondyloarthritis and psoriatic arthritis from across Europe.

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