Hollie Birkinshaw

Hollie is an experienced researcher in chronic pain, focusing particularly on musculoskeletal pain and the integration of psychology in pain and health services research through multiple research projects:

- Leading a Cochrane review and network meta-analysis on the efficacy and safety of antidepressants for chronic pain.
- Exploring pain-related distress in chronic musculoskeletal pain and how to address this in primary care.
- Exploring the psychosocial mechanisms of chronic pain as part of the Consortium to Research Individual, Interpersonal, and Social mechanisms of pain (CRIISP, as part of the Advanced Pain Discovery Platform).
- Working within primary care randomised controlled trials for stratified care and clinician decision support systems.

Hollie’s has a School for Primary Care post-doctoral fellowship that was awarded the Elizabeth Murray award to explore the development of pain related distress in musculoskeletal pain.