Personal profile
Research interests
Professor Christopher Eccleston directs the activities of the Centre for Pain Research.
Responsibilities
- Innovation in pain management
- Research, development and consultancy in pain and rehabilitation.
National Committee Positions
- Member of Scientific Research Committee (Marie Curie)
International Committee Positions
- Field Editor for Psychology, PAIN
- Coordinating editor: Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care Cochrane Review Group
Research interests
- Evidence based pain management
- Self-management of chronic illness
- Assistive Rehabilitative Technology
- Adolescent chronic pain and Parenting
- Attentional mechanisms of analgesia
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Psychosocial mechanisms of chronic pain
Keogh, E. (PI), Barry, T. (CoI), Eccleston, C. (CoI), Fincham Haines, T. (CoI), Fisher, E. (CoI), Jordan, A. (CoI), Kyprianou, A. (CoI), Lutteroth, C. (CoI), Ehrhardt, B. (Researcher) & Oporto Lisboa, L. (Researcher)
1/07/21 → 30/06/26
Project: Research council
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The predictive role of social justice appraisals in the onset of chronic pain in adolescents following injury sustained due to war-based violence. URSA Studentship.
Gibby, A. (PI), Fisher, E. (CoI), Eccleston, C. (CoI) & Pickering, A. (CoI)
Project: Research-related funding
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ENTRUST-PE: Enhancing Trust in Pain Evidence. ERA_NET NEURON.
O'Connell, N. E. (PI), Fisher, E. (CoI), Crombez, G. (CoI), Eccleston, C. (CoI), Ferraro, M. (CoI), Hood, A. (CoI), Keefe, F. J. (CoI), Knaggs, R. D. (CoI), Norris, E. (CoI), Palermo, T. (CoI), Rice, A. S. C. (CoI), Turk, D. C. (CoI), Vollert, J. (CoI), Wainwright, E. (CoI), de C Williams, A. C. (CoI), Wilkinson, J. (CoI), Belton, J. (CoI), Pickering, G. (CoI), Pogatzki-Zahn, E. (CoI), Soliman, N. (CoI), Stewart, G. (CoI), Tollersrud, T. (CoI), Richards, G. (CoI), Segelcke, D. (CoI) & Smart, K. (CoI)
Project: Research-related funding
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Factors critical to recovery after major trauma in children and adolescents. Imperial College London and Save the Children
Fisher, E. (PI) & Eccleston, C. (CoI)
Project: Research-related funding
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Entrepreneur in Residence
Ward, S. (PI), Eccleston, C. (CoI), Gill, R. (CoI) & Larijani, B. (CoI)
8/01/24 → 8/01/26
Project: Research council
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Building Causal Models in Pain Research: The Case of Executive Functioning and Transitions in Pain States
De Paepe, A. L., Gibby, A., Oporto Lisboa, L., Ehrhardt, B., Nunes, M., Fisher, E., Keogh, E., Eccleston, C., Woolley, C. S. C., McBeth, J. & Crombez, G., 28 Feb 2026, In: Pain. 167, 2, p. 414-427 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Measures of identity in adolescents/young adults with long-term physical health conditions: a systematic review
Rugg, T., Caes, L., Eccleston, C., Carter, B., Gauntlett-Gilbert, J., Pain, C. E. & Jordan, A., 13 Feb 2026, In: Journal of Pediatric Psychology. p. 1-26 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Measures of identity in young adults with long-term physical health conditions: A systematic review
Rugg, T., Caes, L., Eccleston, C., Carter, B., Gauntlett-Gilbert, J., Pain, C. E. & Jordan, A., 5 Jan 2026, (Acceptance date) In: Journal of Pediatric Psychology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Body movement as a digital biomarker in chronic pain rehabilitation: a real-world pilot study using virtual reality
Liikkanen, S., Jalkanen, T., Mäkinen, M., Huttunen, T., Kilpeläinen, R., Reijula, J., Heimonen, J., Mäkiniemi, A., Gentile, G. & Eccleston, C., 30 Jun 2025, In: Frontiers in Virtual Reality. 6, 1601823.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Changes in problem-solving style when pain does not resolve. A longitudinal analysis of adults with chronic pain after total knee replacement.
Gibby, A., Braun, M., Bertram, W., Crombez, G., Gooberman-Hill, R., Peters, T. J., Wylde, V. & Eccleston, C., 9 Sept 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Pain. 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003799.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Datasets
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Dataset for "Headache impairs attentional performance: an extension and replication"
Attridge, N. (Creator), Noonan, D. (Creator), Wainwright, E. (Creator), Eccleston, C. (Creator) & Keogh, E. (Creator), University of Bath, 2015
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00123
Dataset
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Dataset for Study 3 from Thesis: An identification and critical analysis of barriers to raising the topic of weight in general practice
Blackburn, M. (Creator), Eccleston, C. (Supervisor), Stathi, A. (Supervisor) & Keogh, E. (Supervisor), University of Bath, Dec 2015
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00162, https://vimeo.com/147830804 and 2 more links, https://vimeo.com/147715187, https://vimeo.com/147713258 (show fewer)
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Data set for "Taking aversive action: an experimental investigation into the negotiation of bodily limits"
Tabor, A. (Creator), Eccleston, C. (Researcher), Vollaard, N. (Researcher) & Keogh, E. (Researcher), University of Bath, 22 Mar 2019
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00516
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