Studying the Demographic Consequences of Medical Progress
Join Marcus Ebeling’s Medical Demography Group to study how medical progress changes disease burden, ageing and population vulnerability. Themes include the distinction between disease presence and impact, diffusion of medical advances, and population resilience. Postdocs contribute to the shared programme while developing an independent research direction, with collaboration across demography, medicine and epidemiology. This vacancy belongs to the September 2026 Max Planck Postdoc Program call, which accepts applications until 13 October 2026 at 12:00 CEST through the official application platform.
The BHP Chronic Pain Health Integration Team: Helping those with chronic pain to access the support they need / A bit of a To and Fro with population pain science
Candy will provide an overview of Bristol Health Partners' Chronic Pain Health Integration Team which brings together clinicians, academics, patients and carers to focus on improving the lives of those with chronic pain and supporting those who provide chronic pain services or care. Tony will describe recent and ongoing studies that have been forward and reverse translating pain neuroscience from animal to human including functional imaging in patients, microneurography, industrial partnerships and trials of novel preventative approaches that are benefitting from the people, expertise and facilities available in Bristol and GW4.