Natasha Hinwood (she/her) is originally from Zimbabwe, but now lives and works in Dublin, Ireland. She graduated from Trinity College, Dublin with a BSc in Physiotherapy in 2021. Natasha worked clinically as a physiotherapist for several months before starting her PhD at University College Dublin in January 2022. As an active member of the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists (ISCP), she has contributed to several sub-committees, including the ISCP Student Council and previously as the 2021 Student Observer to the ISCP Board. In 2021, Natasha was a panellist speaker at the 2021 World Physiotherapy Congress, worked as the Co-Chair of the 2021 ISCP Conference and was invited to join the World Physiotherapy 2023 Congress Planning Committee. She is an early career researcher, presently studying multidimensional pain profiles in people living with obesity.
- Year of PhD – 2022-2026 (Year 1)
- Supervisor(s) Dr. Keith Smart, Dr. Catherine Doody
- Title of PhD Multidimensional pain profiling in people living with obesity and attending weight management services: a longitudinal cohort study
PhD Summary
Pain is prevalent in people living with overweight and obesity. Obesity is associated with increased self-reported pain intensity and pain-related disability, reductions in physical functioning and poorer psychological well-being. People living with obesity tend to respond less well to pain treatments or management compared with people living without obesity. Mechanisms linking obesity and pain are complex and may variously include contributions from and interactions between physiological, behavioural, psychological, sociocultural, biomechanical and genetic factors. Our aim is to study the multidimensional pain profiles of people living with obesity, over time, in an attempt to better understand the relationship between obesity and pain.
Publications relating to your research
- KM Smart, N Hinwood, CG. Dunlevy, C Doody, C Blake, B Fullen, J O’Connell, CW. Le Roux, C Gilsenan, FM. Finucane, G O’Donoghue. Multidimensional pain profiling in people living with obesity and attending weight management services: a protocol for a longitudinal cohort study. BMJ Open, accepted for publication Oct 2022
Presentations
Posters
International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) World Congress, Toronto Sept. 2022. Multidimensional pain profiling in people living with obesity and attending weight management services: a protocol for a longitudinal cohort study. KM Smart, N Hinwood, CG. Dunlevy, C Doody, C Blake, B Fullen, J O’Connell, CW. Le Roux, C Gilsenan, FM. Finucane, G O’Donoghue.