David Hohenschurz-Schmidt
@davidhosch.bsky.social
Pain and Clinical Trials Researcher, Imperial College London: Physical and Psychological Interventions for People Living With Pain, Diabetic Neuropathy, and Multiple Long-Term Conditions.
Are you a stakeholder in pain research? Would you like to explore innovative trial methods? Join our Delphi survey & interdisciplinary workshop on platform trials to share your insights and learn from platform trial experts. Learn more and get involved: imperial.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
PLATFORM-PR Survey | Exploring the role of platform trials in pain research
A Delphi and methodological workshop study
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Are you a stakeholder in pain research? Would you like to explore innovative trial methods? Join our Delphi survey & interdisciplinary workshop on platform trials to share your insights and learn from platform trial experts. Learn more and get involved: imperial.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
PLATFORM-PR Survey | Exploring the role of platform trials in pain research
A Delphi and methodological workshop study
imperial.eu.qualtrics.com
Get ready for our 2026 Scientific Meeting in Birmingham! ‼️ Abstract submissions are open until 04 March 2026 ‼️ We will be offering conference bursaries. Keep your eyes peeled for those! More details and abstract submission guidance at 🔗 lnkd.in/eDfdbFCH 😊
The submission period for 2026 #WorldCongressOnPain Topical Workshops is only open through 15 Oct 2025. Share your work with the international pain community and shape how we think about pain management for years to come. bit.ly/4fxTqMs #IASP2026 #PainEducation
Write Your Abstracts Carefully - The Impact of Abstract Reporting Quality on Findability by Semi-Automated Title-Abstract Screening Tools - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...
Write Your Abstracts Carefully - The Impact of Abstract Reporting Quality on Findability by Semi-Automated Title-Abstract Screening Tools
Evidence synthesis, such as the conduct of a systematic review or clinical guideline development, is time-consuming, laborious, and costly. This is largely due to the vast amounts of titles and abstra...
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September is Pain Awareness Month. We’ll be highlighting content from #PAIN related to weekly themes—stay tuned as we share more throughout the month.
Deliberately adding a few unusual twists to my application cover letters. Just making sure a well-written document doesn't create suspicions of AI use. 🤓
Balancing Rope GIF
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Serious question: What’s the point of making the reference list part of the word / page limit?
David Hohenschurz-Schmidt@davidhosch.bsky.social · last yr.You enter academia, worried if you can master the intellectual challenges, the pressure, the funding limitations. A few years in and your principal foe is the Word Limit!
Did you have a chance to catch @davidhosch.bsky.social, @neiloconnell.bsky.social, @jdwilko.bsky.social, @nadiasoliman.bsky.social, @lesleyuttley.bsky.social discuss “trustworthiness” in clinical trial data? Watch the recording here bit.ly/4luQVMS
The fact that even the most recent #CONSORT reporting guideline still uses grandad’s self designed MS Word flow diagram as official template is beyond me. Happy box-juggling with anything that's not a 2-armed, single time point study! 🤡
Have you wanted to understand what is meant by “trustworthy” research? Attend this #webinar where @davidhosch.bsky.social, @neiloconnell.bsky.social, @jdwilko.bsky.social, @nadiasoliman.bsky.social, @lesleyuttley.bsky.social, and more outline how to produce reliable evidence bit.ly/44GBtGP
Have you wanted to understand what is meant by “trustworthy” research? Attend this #webinar where @davidhosch.bsky.social, @neiloconnell.bsky.social, @jdwilko.bsky.social, @nadiasoliman.bsky.social, @lesleyuttley.bsky.social, and more outline how to produce reliable evidence bit.ly/44GBtGP
In this week’s #PAIN Featured Image, @laurasirucek.bsky.social et al. present clinical evidence for altered amygdala-medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC)-PAG connectivity patterns in chronic pain and potential consequences for PAG-driven descending pain inhibition bit.ly/4l2P2H1
Curious about trust in trials? FREE webinar: 21 July, 3pm UK, exploring what makes research trustworthy. Hosted by @iasp.bsky.social PRF & supported by the @jclinepi.bsky.social 👥 Speakers are leading trust and integrity researchers and journal editors. 💬 Plus live Q&A! shorturl.at/FEeMz
International Association for the Study of Pain: Improving Trust in Clinical Trials
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On a course on complex intervention development: ⚠️☠️ Serious risk of Death By Guidelines!
You enter academia, worried if you can master the intellectual challenges, the pressure, the funding limitations. A few years in and your principal foe is the Word Limit!
Delighted to share our first paper on the NeuOst intervention 😊 I’ve grown very passionate about this integrated physical and psychological approach for people w/ painful diabetic neuropathy. ...Results are coming soon! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A multimodal intervention of manual therapy, exercise, and psychological management for painful diabetic neuropathy: intervention development and feasibility trial protocol
Therapeutic options for people experiencing neuropathic pain from diabetic peripheral neuropathy are limited, and impact can be severe. Physical and psychological interventions remain under-explore...
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Funder and authors’ financial conflicts of interest information in trial publications: adequacy of reporting and obtaining missing information - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...
Funder and authors’ financial conflicts of interest information in trial publications: adequacy of reporting and obtaining missing information
To assess the adequacy of reporting of funder and authors’ financial conflicts of interest information in randomised trial publications of drugs or devices, and to assess to which degree the missing i...
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Just got a manuscript back from a journal: 3 very manageable comments from reviewers - and 28 (!) from the editor about formatting and gimmicks like highlights etc…
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Alignment between the research question, design and terminology is required in manual therapy trials - a methodological study. - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...
Alignment between the research question, design and terminology is required in manual therapy trials - a methodological study.
The study aimed to assess the design, reporting, and risk of bias in effectiveness trials in manual therapy, comparing pragmatic with non-pragmatic trials and trials with and without placebo controls.
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New Publication 📣: Alignment between the research question, design and terminology is required in manual therapy trials - a methodological study by Roura, Alvarex, @davidhosch.bsky.social et al in @jclinepi.bsky.social www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...
Alignment between the research question, design and terminology is required in manual therapy trials - a methodological study.
The study aimed to assess the design, reporting, and risk of bias in effectiveness trials in manual therapy, comparing pragmatic with non-pragmatic trials and trials with and without placebo controls.
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New Publication 🔊: Investigating the trustworthiness of randomized controlled trials in osteopathic research: a systematic review with meta-analysis by @davidhosch.bsky.social et al in @jclinepi.bsky.social www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...
Investigating the trustworthiness of randomized controlled trials in osteopathic research: a systematic review with meta-analysis
To systematically investigate trustworthiness (methodological rigor, transparency, good governance, research integrity, and absence of misconduct) in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of osteopathic...
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Journal investigating placebo effect study following Retraction Watch inquiry into work @gidmk.bsky.social called "bizarre"
Journal investigating placebo effect study following Retraction Watch inquiry
An Elsevier journal is investigating a paper by a controversial author after a Retraction Watch inquiry about the article. The article concluded that “placebo effects have a significant impact on o…
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Interesting article suggesting the influence of predatory journal publications on back pain clinical practice guidelines isn’t huge: doi.org/10.1016/j.ms...
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What’s the connection between Lyon’s giraffes and pragmatic trials? Come to our 11am #EFIC2025 session to find out!
📢 We are excited to announce 3 NIHR Undergraduate Internships for students interested in pursuing a career in applied healthcare research or clinical trials. Interns will join our statistics, operations or data systems teams for 8 weeks this summer. www.imperial.ac.uk/clinical-tri...
NIHR Internships
We have funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Undergraduate Internship Programme to fund an exciting opportunity for three undergraduate students to undertake interns...
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Published an op-ed for @cnn.com: “Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger.” A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world. www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...
Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger | CNN
Dr. Ardem Patapoutian says he watches “with deep sadness as the United States’ remarkable scientific enterprise, which took generations of hard work and national investment to build, faces a concerted...
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@suziecro.bsky.social Introducing what is sure to be an exciting day ahead at the 2nd Contemporary Clinical Trials Methodology Meeting! #cctmm25
