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Marcus Beasley

Marcus Beasley
Marcus Beasley
Marcus Beasley

PhD, MSc, BSc (Hons)

Research Fellow

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Email Address
m.beasley@abdn.ac.uk
Office Address
101 Health Sciences Building
Foresterhill Campus
Foresterhill
AB25 2ZD

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School/Department
School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition







Biography

Marcus Beasley is a postdoctoral research fellow with the Epidemiology Group at the 51cg. His research uses large population datasets, principally UK Biobank, to study the epidemiology of chronic pain and musculoskeletal conditions and their relationship with modifiable lifestyle factors such as body weight and physical activity.

His current work, funded by Orthopaedic Research UK, concerns the prevention of musculoskeletal disease. Using model-based standardisation, it describes how conditions such as osteoarthritis are distributed across the population in relation to modifiable factors — body weight, physical activity, and features of the local environment — to inform prevention at the population level.

He has previously contributed to a Versus Arthritis–funded project on the risk factors for high-impact chronic pain, and has coordinated a number of studies into chronic pain, including the PACFiND project on redesigning care pathways for fibromyalgia. He completed a PhD by publication at the 51cg, and holds an MSc in Psychological Research Methods and a BSc (Open) from the Open University.

Qualifications

  • PhD Epidemiology 
    2021 - 51cg 
  • MSc Psychological Research Methods 
    2012 - The Open University 
  • BSc (Hons) Open Open 
    2008 - The Open University 

Latest Publications

  • Global and regional reference curves for pain across the lifespan in 6.1 million individuals in 118 countries

    Fillingim, M., Tanguay-Sabourin, C., Neuert, L., Zare, A., Norman, J., Guglietti, G. V., Smith, E., Jones, G., Beasley, M., Macfarlane, G.
    Nature Medicine
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Factors Associated with Fibromyalgia Diagnosis amongst People Meeting Criteria: Results from UK Biobank

    Kim, S., Macfarlane, G., Beasley, M.
    Arthritis Care & Research
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • The Association Between Diverse Dietary Quality Measures and the Presence of Acute or Chronic Pain in the UK Biobank

    Elma, ?., Long, C., Nijs, J., Haldar, S., Williams, J., Beasley, M., Jiang, X., Macfarlane, G. J.
    The Journal of Pain, vol. 46, 106331
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  • Shifting the distribution of risk for high-impact chronic pain: targets for population-level interventions

    Beasley, M., Macfarlane, G., CHIPPS Team
    The Journal of Pain, vol. 37, 105573
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  • Optimising fibromyalgia criteria: evidence from the UK Biobank

    Kang, J., Timmins, K. A., Beasley, M.
    Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism, vol. 74, 152824
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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Research

Research Overview

Chronic pain and fibromyalgia; musculoskeletal epidemiology; lifestyle and behavioural risk factors; population-level prevention

Research Areas

Applied Health Sciences

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Research Specialisms

  • Epidemiology
  • Research Skills
  • Environmental and Public Health
  • Statistical Modelling
  • Health Sciences

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is , published under the licence.

Current Research

This research aims to find out the causes of high impact chronic pain. The findings will inform interventions to address people's individual needs.

PAtient-centred Care for Fibromyalgia: New pathway Design (PACFiND)

This project aims to find a better model of healthcare for people with fibromyalgia. This could lead to better outcomes by ensuring everyone has access to timely diagnosis and effective treatments.

Publications

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  • Prevalence of Pain Reporting in Different Ethnic Groups in the UK: Results from a Large Biobank

    Beasley, M., Jones, G., MacFarlane, T., Macfarlane, G.
    2014 American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting, pp. S29-S30
    Contributions to Conferences: Posters

  • A randomised controlled trial (RCT) of telephone delivered cognitive behaviour therapy (TCBT) and exercise in the management of chronic widespread pain (CWP): Identifying long-term outcome and who benefits from which treatment

    Macfarlane, G. J., Beasley, M., Keeley, P., Lovell, K., Hannaford, P., Symmons, D. P. M., Woby, S., Prescott, G. J., MUSICIAN Study team, Prescott, G. J.
    77th Annual Meeting of the American-College-of-Rheumatology / 48th Annual Meeting of the Association-of-Rheumatology-Health-Professionals, pp. S1221
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
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  • Do patients with ankylosing spondylitis have an excess prevalence of chronic widespread pain?: Results from the Scotland and Ireland Registry for Ankylosing Spondylitis (SIRAS) and the MUSICIAN study

    Atzeni, F., Beasley, M., Dean, L. E., Jones, G., Gibson, J., Sarzi-Puttini, P., Macfarlane, G.
    77th Annual Meeting of the American-College-of-Rheumatology / 48th Annual Meeting of the Association-of-Rheumatology-Health-Professionals, pp. S652-S652
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  • Modest Association of Joint Hypermobility With Disabling and Limiting Musculoskeletal Pain: Results From a Large-Scale General Population–Based Survey

    Mulvey, M. R., Macfarlane, G. J., Beasley, M., Symmons, D. P., Lovell, K., Keeley, P., Woby, S., McBeth, J.
    Arthritis Care & Research, vol. 65, no. 8, pp. 1325-1333
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Does primary care management of low-back pain differ in older persons?: Results from the MUSICIAN study

    Beasley, M., Schild von Spannenberg, S., Jones, G., Macfarlane, G.
    Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, vol. 72, no. Suppl. 3, pp. 1040
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Long-term effects of cognitive behaviour therapy and exercise for chronic widespread pain

    Beasley, M., Prescott, G., McBeth, J., Scotland, G., Lovell, K., Keeley, P., Hannaford, P., McNamee, P., Symmons, D. P. M., Woby, S., Gkazinou, C., Macfarlane, G. J.
    Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, vol. 72, no. Suppl3, pp. 131
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Long-Term Effects of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Exercise for Chronic Widespread Pain

    Beasley, M., Prescott, G., McBeth, J., Scotland, G., Lovell, K., Keeley, P., Hannaford, P., McNamee, P., Symmons, D. P. M., Woby, S., Gkazinou, C., Macfarlane, G. J.
    Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, vol. 72, pp. 1057
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Does primary care management of low-back pain differ in older persons: Results from the MUSICIAN study

    Beasley, M., Schild von Spannenberg, S., Jones, G., Macfarlane, G.
    Scottish Pain Research Community 3rd Annual Scientific Meeting
    Contributions to Conferences: Abstracts

  • The Prevalence Of Fibromyalgia In The General Population - a Comparison Of The ACR 1990, 2010 and Modified 2010 Classification Criteria

    Jones, G., Beasley, M., Atzeni, F., Fluss, E., Sarzi-Puttini, P., Macfarlane, G.
    Arthritis & Rheumatism, vol. 65, no. S10, pp. S358
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  • Cognitive behavior therapy, exercise, or both for treating chronic widespread pain

    McBeth, J., Prescott, G., Scotland, G., Lovell, K., Keeley, P., Hannaford, P., McNamee, P., Symmons, D. P. M., Woby, S., Gkazinou, C., Beasley, M., Macfarlane, G. J.
    JAMA Internal Medicine, vol. 172, no. 1, pp. 48-57
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  • The prevalence and management of low back pain across adulthood: Results from a population-based cross-sectional study (the MUSICIAN study)

    Macfarlane, G. J., Beasley, M., Jones, E. A., Prescott, G. J., Docking, R., Keeley, P., McBeth, J., Jones, G. T., MUSICIAN Study team
    Pain, vol. 153, no. 1, pp. 27-32
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Back pain

    Macfarlane, G. J., Beasley, M., Jones, E. A., Lovell, K., Prescott, G. J., Keeley, P., McBeth, J., Jones, G. T., MUSICIAN Study team
    75th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American-College-of-Rheumatology/46th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Association-of-Rheumatology-Health-Professionals, pp. S345-S346
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
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  • Maternal and perinatal risk factors and childhood cancer

    Beasley, M., Bhattacharya, S., Pang, D., Macfarlane, G.
    Society for Social Medicine 55th Annual Scientific Meeting
    Contributions to Conferences: Posters

  • Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Response to Mental Stress Predicts Chronic Widespread Pain Onset: Results from the SPICE Study

    Jones, G., Waiter, G. D., Beasley, M., Gkazinou, C., Macfarlane, G.
    Arthritis & Rheumatism, vol. 62, no. S10, pp. 649
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
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  • Few clinical parameters mark out anti-TNF use among patients with ankylosing spondylitis: Data from the Scotland and Ireland registry for ankylosing spondylitis (SIRAS)

    Jones, G., Beasley, M., Marshall, D., Gibson, J., Steven, M. M., Sturrock, R. D., Macfarlane, G. J., SIRAS Steering Comm
    Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 621
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
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