
Dr Dawn Carnes, PhD
Senior Research Fellow/COPERS Study Manager
email: d.carnes@qmul.ac.uk
Phone: +44 20 7882 2546
Fax: +44 20 7882 2552
Centre for Primary Care and Public Health
Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
Postal address:
2 Newark Street
Whitechapel
London E1 2AT
Dawn completed her PhD within the department in 2006. Her research focuses on chronic musculoskeletal pain. Since, she has been involved in both quantitative and qualitative research. Dawn has a back ground in Osteopathy and project management, and her first degree was in Human Psychology. Currently her research focuses on the self management of chronic musculoskeletal pain, she coordinates and manages several projects on a NIHR programme grant.
Publications:
Carnes D, Mars T, Mullinger B, Froud R, Underwood M. Adverse events and manual therapy: a systematic review. Manual Therapy 2009; in press
Carnes D, Gallagher J, Leak S, Underwood M. An evaluation of the implementation of a multidisciplinary persistent pain service in the inner London Borough of Tower Hamlets. PHCRD 2009; in press
Carnes D, Mullinger B, Underwood M. Defining adverse events in manual therapies: a modified DELPHI consensus study. Manual Therapy 2008; 1-5
Carnes D, Gallagher J, Herne S, Munday E, Ritchie S, Underwood M. Mapping care pathways and estimating the number and cost of musculoskeletal chronic pain patients to inform the development and implementation of a new service. PHCRD 2008;9:241-4.
Carnes D, Ashby D, Parsons S, Underwood M. Chronic forearm pain presents as a transient and indistinct pain site in a community setting: results from a UK population survey. Family Practice. 2008;
Carnes D, Underwood M . The importance of monitoring patient ability to achieve functional tasks in those with musculoskeletal pain. Int J Ost Med. 2008; 11(1): 26-32
Carnes D, Anwer Y, Underwood M., Harding G, Parsons S. Influence on older people’s decision making regarding choice of topical or oral NSAIDS for knee pain: qualitative study. BMJ. Jan 2008; 336: 142-145
Carnes D, Parsons S, Ashby D, Breen A, Foster N, Pincus T, Vogel S, Underwood M. Chronic Musculoskeletal pain rarely present in a single body site: results from a UK population study. Rheumatology (oxford) Jul 2007; 46(7):1168-1170
Carnes D, Ashby D, Underwood M. A systematic review of pain drawing literature: Should Pain drawings be used for psychological screening? Clin. J. of Pain 2006; 22 (5): 457 – 466
Parsons S, Carnes D, Pincus T, Foster N, Breen A, Vogel S, Underwood M. Measuring troublesomeness of chronic pain by location BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2006, 7:34
Published Reports
Underwood M, Ashby D, Carnes D, Castelnuovo E, Cross P, Harding G, Hennessy E, Letley L, Martin J, Mt-Isa S, Parsons S, Spencer A, Vickers M, Whyte K. Topical or oral ibuprofen for chronic knee pain in older people. The TOIB study. Health Technol Assess. 2008 May;12 (22):1
Carnes D, Parsons S, Ashby D, Underwood M. Predictors of Forearm Pain. AMS. 2006. ISBN: 978-0-9551179-1-6
Published Articles
Carnes D. First author, commissioned report. Non-drug management of chronic low back pain in primary care. Drugs and Therapeutics Bulletin. BMJ Group. 2009
Carnes D. Editorial: Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain. BJGP. August 2007
Carnes D. Underwood M. BMJ learning: Low back pain 2007
Carnes D, Underwood M. Need to know : Back Pain. Pulse. 6th July 2006

