Dr. Keogh is deputy director of the Centre for Pain Research (http://www.bath.ac.uk/health/pain/) at the University of Bath. His main area of research is the psychology of pain. He has a specific interest in sex differences in pain, with a focus on identification of potential mechanisms, especially psychological (e.g., emotions, coping, nonverbal expressions), which may help to explain the variability between and within men and women. A second interest is in the role that cognitions (attention) and emotions (anxiety) play in the experience of pain and pain-related behaviours. His focus is predominately on the use of experimental methods.
Dr Keogh would be keen to see applications that investigate sex differences in pain with a focus on psychosocial factors. In particular, he would like to consider proposals that wish to develop interests in nonverbal pain communication through facial, vocal and body cues.
Applications are welcome from anyone with a good undergraduate degree (2:1 or equivalent) in Psychology. Please see our website for further details, application procedures, open days and deadlines:
http://www.bath.ac.uk/study/pg/programmes/mphi-psyc
Funding Notes:
Dr Keogh will now consider applications for Entry 2013 from those applicants who are happy to compete for University and Graduate School funding or obtain external funding. Funding is difficult to obtain and highly competitive. You are responsible for researching sources of funding early (in some cases up to 12 months in advance) and applying (in conjunction with your agreed supervisor) for as many as possible. Please see the webpages at http://www.bath.ac.uk/hss/graduate-school/pgr-scholarships-studentships.html for further details.
References:
Keogh E. & Denford, S. (2009). Sex differences in perceptions of pain coping strategy usage. European Journal of Pain, 13, 629-634.
Bernardes, S. F., Keogh, E., & Lima, M. L. (2008). Bridging the gap between pain and gender research: A selective literature review. European Journal of Pain, 12, 427-440.
Keogh, E. (2008). Sex differences in pain. In Moore, R. (Ed). Biobehavioral Approaches to Pain. Springer.
Keogh, E., Hamid, R., Hamid, S., & Ellery, D. (2004). Investigating the effect of anxiety sensitivity, gender and negative interpretative bias on the perception of chest pain. Pain, 111, 209-217.
Keogh, E. & Herdenfeldt, M. (2002). Gender, coping and the perception of pain. Pain, 97, 3, 195-201.