Following rigorous evaluations by an independent committee, her paper

Gillett, Jenna L., Karadag, Paige, Themelis, Kristy, Li, Yu-Mei, Lemola, Sakari, Balasubramanian, Shyam, Singh, Swaran P. and Tang, Nicole K. Y. (2023) Investigating mental defeat in patients with chronic pain : protocol for a longitudinal experience sampling study. BMJ Open, 13 . e066577. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066577 ISSN 2044-6055.

has been awarded the accolade "Best PhD Student Open Science Paper in 2023".

Very well deserved!

Congratulations to our fellow, @KristyThemelis who is shortlisted for 'best poster' and gave a fantastic presentation on our predictors of suicidality in #ChronicPain findings as part of the WITHIN study #BPSASM2023 pic.twitter.com/rTuP1yOOjC

— WITHIN Study (@StudyWithin) May 9, 2023

Very well done to @JennaLGillett and @KristyThemelis from the WITHIN team who have two posters at the @BritishPainSoc ASM in Glasgow! #BPSASM2023 pic.twitter.com/HRNUbd8ACz

— WITHIN Study (@StudyWithin) May 9, 2023

Congratulations to Dr Kristy Themelis, who has been awarded an IASP travel bursary to attend the World Congress on Pain in Toronto this Sept! We look forward to seeing her and her fabulous teammates presenting their posters (based on the MRC WITHIN study) in this most high-profile event in the field.

Congratulations to our Research Assistant

who co-presented some of her previous work today at #MHPNConf and won best Oral Presentation with Beth Morris! Their work looked at #IBD patients' information and support needs (pre-COVID) https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11

A few weeks ago I was nominated for the iPain International Hero of Hope Award in the category of Healthcare Provider.

From the 22 healthcare providers nominated the committee has selected the five finalists of which I am one. It now goes to the public vote for the final winner. I would really appreciate your time to have a look using the link below where you will find information on all finalists and where you can place your vote.

Link for information and to place the vote: https://internationalpain.org/hero-of-hope-awards/

Votes will count from each device that submits it 1x a day during the 5-day period. Voting will open 17th and end at 11:59pm July 21st (All Eastern time).

Thank you and I am really grateful for you hopefully place a vote. It is an absolute honor to be selected as one of the finalists.

Many thanks keep safe and well

With best wishes

Harbinder