Gary Macfarlane, PhD, is Dean for Research and Knowledge Exchange (LIfe Sciences and Medicine). He has also held the Chair in Epidemiology (Clinical) at The University of Aberdeen since 2005. He leads the Epidemiology group at the University of Aberdeen, which focuses its research in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD). His major research interests are in the Epidemiology of RMD, with a particular focus on pain (including fibromyalgia), fatigue and axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), and he also undertakes work in cancer epidemiology. In this podcast, Macfarlane speaks with PRF freelancer Francie Moehring, PhD, to discuss musculoskeletal pain from an epidemiological perspective.
