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Collaborations:
- CRPS UK Network
- International Research Consortium for CRPS IASP Specila Interest Group for CRPS
- Bristol Health Partners
- Royal United Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Bath
Research staff:
- Chronic Pain conditions
- Pain mechanisms
- pain rehabilitation interventions
- Complex regional pain syndrome
- Consequences of cancer treatment
- Palliative and end of life care
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- Qualifications:MSc PhD RGN
- Position:Professor of Clinical Research and Practice
- Department:HAS - Nursing and Midwifery
- Email:Candy.Mccabe@uwe.ac.uk
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About me
Candy McCabe is Professor of Clinical Research and Practice at UWE, Bristol and Head of Education and Research at Dorothy House Hospice , Winsley. She is the previous South West Hub lead for the NIHR 70@70 Senior Nurse and Midwife Research Leaders programme and Director of the Bristol & Bath Chronic Pain Health Integration Team. She was a Florence Nightingale Foundation Clinical Professor in Nursing (January 2015 to June 2021).
Candy trained as a nurse at St. Thomas' Hospital, London and after working in a variety of specialties including ward based and research work she moved to the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases (RNHRD), Bath in the mid- 90's, which is now part of the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. During the 20+ years she spent at the RNHRD she established with colleagues the national centres for multi-disciplinary rehabilitation for those with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and for those suffering with Complex Cancer late effects. Candy joined Dorothy House Hospice in October 2019 as Head of Research and became Head of Education and Research in May 2021.
Candy is paasionate about promoting clinical academic careers and is the co-Lead of the NIHR Supported Incubator for Palliaitve and End of Life Care. Her research is foccused on improving the lives of those with life limiting conditions, through to end of life. She has published extensively on the impact of chronic pain on sensory and motor central processing, and innovative rehabilition techniques to address these changes.
Area of expertise
Candy’s research and clinical interests have foccussed on increasing our understanding of the mechanisms and potential therapies for those with chronic unexplained pain, such as CRPS, and cancer late effects. Current research seeks to improve the lives of people and their families at end of life.
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