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Gary J. Macfarlane is affiliated with the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on rheumatology. Their research covers various subfields including rheumatology, psychiatry and mental health, immunology, pharmacology, and hematology.

The scientist's body of work centers on several key topics within medicine. These include:

  • Spondyloarthritis studies and treatments
  • Rheumatoid arthritis research and therapies
  • Fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome research
  • Psoriasis: treatment and pathogenesis
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Autoimmune and inflammatory disorders research
  • Head and neck cancer studies

Gary J. Macfarlane has frequently published in several academic venues, including:

  • Lara D. Veeken
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Pain
  • UNC Libraries
  • Arthritis Care & Research

Their recent publications showcase a range of interests within clinical and epidemiological research. Selected recent papers include:

  • EULAR recommendations for cardiovascular risk management in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus and antiphospholipid syndrome (2022, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases)
  • The prevalence of chronic pain in children and adolescents: a systematic review update and meta-analysis (2024, Pain)
  • Alcohol drinking and head and neck cancer risk: the joint effect of intensity and duration (2020, British Journal of Cancer)
  • Polygenic Risk Scores have high diagnostic capacity in ankylosing spondylitis (2021, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases)
  • Epidemiology of neuropathic pain: an analysis of prevalence and associated factors in UK Biobank (2023, PAIN Reports)

Throughout their career, Gary J. Macfarlane has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Gareth T. Jones
  • Merete Lund Hetland
  • Lykke Midtbøll Ørnbjerg
  • Rosemary Hollick
  • Žiga Rotar

This profile outlines Gary J. Macfarlane's involvement in a range of research projects that contribute to understanding and managing rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, chronic pain, and autoimmune disorders, encompassing both clinical practice and epidemiological study.

Best Publications

  • A susceptibility locus for lung cancer maps to nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit genes on 15q25

    Rayjean J. Hung;James D. Mckay;Valerie Gaborieau;Paolo Boffetta

  • EULAR revised recommendations for the management of fibromyalgia

    G. J. Macfarlane;C. Kronisch;L. E. Dean;F. Atzeni

  • Outcome of low back pain in general practice: a prospective study

    Peter R Croft;Gary J Macfarlane;Ann C Papageorgiou;Elaine Thomas

  • A consensus approach toward the standardization of back pain definitions for use in prevalence studies

    Clermont E. Dionne;Kate M. Dunn;Peter R. Croft;Alf L. Nachemson

  • Global prevalence of ankylosing spondylitis

    Linda E Dean;Gareth T Jones;Alan G MacDonald;Christina Downham

  • Predicting who develops chronic low back pain in primary care: a prospective study

    Elaine Thomas;Alan J Silman;Peter R Croft;Ann C Papageorgiou

  • Risk factors for neck pain: a longitudinal study in the general population.

    Peter R. Croft;Martyn Lewis;Ann C. Papageorgiou;Elaine Thomas

  • Low back pain in schoolchildren: occurrence and characteristics

    Kath D. Watson;Ann C. Papageorgiou;Gareth T. Jones;Stewart Taylor

  • The Prevalence of Fibromyalgia in the General Population: A Comparison of the American College of Rheumatology 1990, 2010, and Modified 2010 Classification Criteria

    Gareth T Jones;Fabiola Atzeni;Marcus Beasley;Elisa Flüß

  • Epidemiology of low back pain in children and adolescents

    Gareth Jones;Gary John MacFarlane

  • Episodes of low back pain: a proposal for uniform definitions to be used in research.

    Henrica C W de Vet;Martijn W Heymans;Kate M Dunn;Daniel P Pope

  • The role of psychosocial factors in predicting the onset of chronic widespread pain: results from a prospective population-based study

    A. Gupta;A. J. Silman;D. Ray;R. Morriss

  • Features of somatization predict the onset of chronic widespread pain: Results of a large population‐based study

    John McBeth;Gary J. Macfarlane;Sidney Benjamin;Alan J. Silman

  • The epidemiology of chronic syndromes that are frequently unexplained: do they have common associated factors?

    Vishal R Aggarwal;John McBeth;Joanna M Zakrzewska;Mark Lunt

  • Predictors of Low Back Pain in British Schoolchildren: A Population-Based Prospective Cohort Study

    Gareth T Jones;Kath D Watson;Alan J Silman;Deborah P M Symmons

  • Risk of malignancy among patients with rheumatic conditions.

    Elaine Thomas;David H. Brewster;Roger J. Black;Gary J. Macfarlane

  • Patients' preferences within randomised trials: systematic review and patient level meta-analysis

    Simon J Adamson;J Martin Bland;Elaine M Hay;Ruth E Johnson

  • Low back pain in schoolchildren: the role of mechanical and psychosocial factors

    K. D. Watson;A. Papageorgiou;Gareth Tudor Jones;S. Taylor

  • Epidemiology of pain

    Gary J. Macfarlane;Gareth T. Jones;John McBeth

  • Employment and Physical Work Activities as Predictors of Future Low Back Pain

    Gary J. Macfarlane;Elaine Thomas;Ann C. Papageorgiou;Peter R. Croft

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan J. Silman
Alan J. Silman University of Oxford
Peter Croft
Peter Croft Keele University
Pagona Lagiou
Pagona Lagiou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Mia Hashibe
Mia Hashibe University of Utah
Elaine Thomas
Elaine Thomas Keele University
Antonio Agudo
Antonio Agudo University of Barcelona
Deborah P. M. Symmons
Deborah P. M. Symmons University of Manchester
Paul Brennan
Paul Brennan International Agency For Research On Cancer
Franco Merletti
Franco Merletti University of Turin

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