• Question: What are you hoping to achieve at the end of your research?

    Asked by anon-184165 to Tom, sarahhodge, Owen, Nathan, Lorna, Abbie on 7 Nov 2018. This question was also asked by anon-184457.
    • Photo: Abbie Jordan

      Abbie Jordan answered on 7 Nov 2018:

      This is a big question. If you mean overall, at the end of my career then I would like to see more effective treatments for young people who experience chronic pain and their families. We have some good treatments but they are not accessible to all (funding is tricky and it can take a long time for young people to get referred to the places that have such treatments). I think my research can help to develop the better treatments and educate healthcare professionals about pain and its impact on the lives of young people and their families. If we can treat earlier in the person’s experience of pain then we should more easily be able to turn around the negative impact on their lives and that of their families. Also, ensuring that treatment looks at what parents and siblings need too. We need better support for families of young people with chronic pain and this is linked to treatment and education of healthcare professionals about chronic pain and how it really can impact badly on people’s lives.

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      Nathan Hook answered on 9 Nov 2018:

      I’m not sure research ever really ends. It’s a coversation that will go on long after we have left the room, one way or another.

      I’m hoping to develop a new deeper understanding backed up by hard data of how to build strong identification from players/readers to fictional characters, to inform how films, games, etc. are made in the future. This might also generalise to other spheres, such as understanding how political leaders can get a population to identify with them.

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