Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 21/01/2026A very nice review of my book, that I only discovered today: bjgplife.com/stranger-wit...bjgplife.comStranger Within: Poems & Prose, by Blair Smith – BJGP Life 010
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 10/01/2026I will be honoured to deliver this lecture: www.dundee.ac.uk/events/dougl...dundee.ac.ukDouglas G Adamson Memorial Lecture 2026 | University of Dundee, UKDr Douglas G Adamson was a Consultant Physician and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Dundee until his sudden death in 1979. 021
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 31/08/2025Some of the team came to help celebrate my almost-retirement yesterday. What a great team to have led, and with whom to have had the privilege of working. www.dundee.ac.uk/cprg 030
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 25/08/2025In this paper, published in NATURE, we report a new gene associated with pain, and the mechanism by which its coded protein contributes to pain perception. This is a new target for therapeutic intervention in pain treatment. @cprg-dundee.bsky.social rdcu.be/eCfaSrdcu.beSLC45A4 is a pain gene encoding a neuronal polyamine transporterNature - The SLC45A4 gene encodes a neuronal polyamine transporter and is linked to pain response in humans and mice. 041
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 14/08/2025This aspect of the “crisis” receives less attention www.iasp-pain.org/publications...iasp-pain.orgIASP Statement on Humanitarian Crises and Access to Pain Relief in Gaza - International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)(August 8, 2025, Washington DC) The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) stands in solidarity with all individuals suffering from pain, especially in the context of humanitarian cris... 141
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Of my great-grandfather, Blair Smith I, upon his retiral (now that I’m effectively there myself): “Although he was a man of few words, those words were always such as went - bullet like - to the inwardness of things.” (Derry Sentinel, c1910) 020
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 03/08/2025…in which I feature on.soundcloud.com/tiexV50KYPwk...soundcloud.comVoices Fife Writes Volume 1Fife Writes Volume 1 A collaboration between Heids and Herts Scotland’s Sonic Museum initiative and the charity Fife Writes, this first volume brings together the voices of writers, poets, and playwri 000
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 11/07/2025My dining room was the studio for this recording of discussion and readings - a collaboration between Fife Writes and Heids & Herts. www.fifewrites.org.uk Fife Writes heidsandherts.com Welcome | Heids & Herts 020
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 10/07/2025My @cprg-dundee.bsky.social office is now complete! @partickthistle.bsky.social 020
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Hypertension is more likely to develop in people with chronic pain than those without, as we report in this paper, published online today. @cprg-dundee.bsky.social @dhan-senaratne.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...authors.elsevier.comScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books. 031
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 27/06/2025With other members of Dundee University’s Chronic Pain Research Group, I attended the PAINSTORM Research Consortium’s Annual Meeting in London last week Really interesting (and really hot!) @cprg-dundee.bsky.social 061
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 20/06/2025www.dundee.ac.uk/stories/dund...dundee.ac.ukDundee Professor honoured with national award for medical scienceThe prestigious prize celebrates Professor Blair H Smith’s contributions to medical science in Scotland 073
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 17/06/2025I was honoured to receive this award yesterday 150
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 06/06/2025This trial published in NEJM found that exercise greatly improved survival and recurrence rates after colon cancer. This is really close to my heart - I was that soldier. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....nejm.orgStructured Exercise after Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Colon Cancer | NEJMPreclinical and observational studies suggest that exercise may improve cancer outcomes. However, definitive level 1 evidence is lacking. In this phase 3, randomized trial conducted at 55 centers, ... 030
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Our new paper, based on UK Biobank, presents new genetic variants found to be associated with neck or shoulder pain. @cprg-dundee.bsky.social journals.lww.com/painrpts/ful...journals.lww.comA genome-wide association study identifies novel genetic... : PAIN Reportsts associated with neck or shoulder pain through a genome-wide association study (GWAS), using data from 430,193 participants in the UK Biobank. Methods: A genome-wide association study was perform... 042
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Unboxing our new portrait from Lyon, delivered today. @jehsmith.bsky.social 010
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 14/05/2025journals.lww.com/pain/pages/a... In this new paper, published in PAIN, we report several novel genetic variants associated with neuropathic pain. We hope this will guide the search for new treatments, which are much-needed.journals.lww.comGenetic associations of neuropathic pain and sensory... : PAINology of neuropathic pain. A standardised quantitative sensory testing protocol was used to categorize participants based on sensory profile. We performed genome-wide association study, and in a subse... 011
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 12/05/2025www.linkedin.com/posts/blair-... I was honoured to feature in this podcast, led by Callum Leese, on the role of physical activity in chronic pain. Poetry is from Stranger Within: lumphananpress.co.uk/product/stra... @cprg-dundee.bsky.sociallinkedin.comI was honoured to feature in Callum Leese’s podcast, along with Lee… | Blair H. SmithI was honoured to feature in Callum Leese’s podcast, along with Lee Vaughan. Poetry here is from Stranger Within https://lnkd.in/e9KNaZvp 021
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 06/05/2025It was an honour and privilege to sing in the world première performance of Stewart Warrender’s Requiem, at St Leonard’s Church, St Andrews, on Saturday. It’s a major, spiritual work, and was well received. 000
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Relaxing in Lyon, after #EFIC2025, with my beautiful wife @jehsmith.bsky.social 051
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 25/04/2025It was an honour to deliver a Plenary Lecture, to a full auditorium, at #EFIC2025 today in Lyon. @cprg-dundee.bsky.social @efic.bsky.social 1155
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Ian-Ju presented her research in poster format at #EFIC2025 today in Lyon, and will deliver a talk tomorrow. @cprg-dundee.bsky.social @efic.bsky.social 172
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 24/04/2025@dhan-senaratne.bsky.social Dhan, Ian-Ju and I are sharing some of our research at @efic.bsky.social 2025 in Lyon 183
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Published today in Lancet Neurology. Updated treatment guidelines from @iasp.bsky.social NeuPSIG. A major international project, of which I was privileged to be a part. doi.org/10.1016/S147...doi.orgRedirecting 252
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 14/04/2025It was great to be part of the multidisciplinary team that wrote this paper. It calls for employers to recognise pain, not necessarily injury, and for researchers and clinicians to lead by example. link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comAdvancing Work-Related Musculoskeletal Pain Science in the Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation: Time to Fully Adopt Biopsychosocial Approaches? - Journal of Occupational RehabilitationJournal of Occupational Rehabilitation - 000
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Different day, different gig. @jehsmith.bsky.social 020
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Curtain call after tonight’s gig. A privilege to play for St Andrews Community Choir, and just lovely to accompany my beautiful wife. 110
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 08/04/2025That’s the next couple of years sorted. Back to my alma mater 020
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Summer comes to St Andrews, Fife. 🏴 By which I mean, I could walk the dogs without wearing my big coat! 020
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Signing copies of “Stranger Within” at The Fife Forge, Kirkcaldy, where it can now be purchased. Also available at www.blairhsmith.earth 030
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 09/03/2025This is our latest choral composition, published today; a collaboration between Hugh Levey and myself, for Lent/Good Friday. Words, score and music here: youtu.be/RZD2cgw3t9M?...youtu.beFather Forgive Them (Father Forgive Us) SATB Choir & piano by Hugh Levey & Blair H Smith.YouTube video by Woodwindly 010
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 06/03/2025For World Book Day, I dressed as the main character in my (currently unwritten) autobiography. 010
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Not after today’s display. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...you.38degrees.org.ukNo second state visit for TrumpThis is UNBELIEVABLE. Keir Starmer has just handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and I was so outraged when I he... 010
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Great initiative. I’ve signed. Note the €1 trillion crowdfunding effort. 😊 denmarkification.com?utm=.share.b...denmarkification.comHelp Denmark Buy California – Because Why Not?Buy it from Trump, the bigliest crowdsourcing ever 110
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 03/02/2025In an interesting departure, I’ve been half of the writing team in a new Christmas carol, just published, with Hugh Levey. Available in SATB with, or without organ accompaniment. YouTube synthesis below payhip.com/b/39V28payhip.comCandles of Advent - SATB & Organ - licensed for 10 copiesCandles of Advent - SATB Choir with Organ accompaniment - by Hugh Levey and Blair H. SmithCandles of Advent explores the Christian tradition of lighting a candle during each of the four Sundays in Adv... 100
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 02/02/2025My 3 children, with my granddaughter. This is everything life is about. 040
Reposted by Blair H SmithInternational Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) @iasp.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Hello BlueSky! IASP is the leading global organization supporting the study and practice of pain relief. We're excited to share knowledge and connect with an excellent network of international pain professionals. 54919
Reposted by Blair H SmithBJGP @bjgp.org · 21/01/2025The first UK study to explore primary care professionals' views and experiences of deprescribing both opioids and gabapentinoids in Deep End practices that cover significant deprivation ➡️doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... Follow @bjgpopen.bsky.social for more #DeepEnd #DeepEndGP 022
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Apparently, I’m 22,000 days old today. Somebody remembered! 110
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Proud grandparents! Here’s with the two most beautiful girls in Scotland. @jehsmith.bsky.social 160
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Today is Epiphany, celebrating the Wise Men meeting Baby Jesus. Suspend disbelief, therefore, and think of me as a wise man: what better day to meet my brand new granddaughter?! 030
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Tonight, we have the Aurora Borealis. Happy New Year from Fife, Scotland 🏴 030
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 29/12/2024Glasgow, to visit family and to run at stupid o’ clock am. I feel better for the former, and grudgingly admit also to doing so for the latter. 020
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Shipwrecked. Shortlisted for an award and not published by Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival. www.mhfestival.com/explore/writ...mhfestival.comShipwrecked by Blair H. Smith | Scottish Mental Health Arts FestivalI have had tics my whole life. Although never properly diagnosed, they are a part of me that is always present, (mostly) undetected by others, but an in/visible part of who I am. 020
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 22/12/2024Our dogs, Dougal and Flora, were among the 32 who visited Santa Paws this morning. 020
Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · 21/12/2024Happy Rush Day to all friends and family. Spring is on its way (in the northern hemisphere) and the meek shall inherit the Earth 010