Research
We undertake mechanistic research, clinical trials, methodology development (MRI, EEG and analytical approaches), with a particular focus on infant pain.
Join us
If you are interested in learning more about the development of the human infant brain then get in touch. We have lots of opportunities for students and staff to join our research group.
Our resources
We are very proud of our public engagement work - here we highlight our research through videos, podcasts, information leaflets and other resources.
What's new
Doctors learned how to save premature infants’ lives. They forgot about pain.
10 March 2022
Scientists are investigating how to treat pain in babies who can’t tell you when it hurts.
Why it's so hard to treat pain in infants
12 November 2021
For decades physicians believed that premature babies didn’t experience pain. Here’s what doctors know now – and the innovative solutions being embraced by today's caregivers.
Children’s pain ‘swept under the carpet for too long’ – Lancet Commission
22 October 2020
The launch of Lancet Child and Adolescent Health Commission - the first ever to address paediatric pain - aims to raise the profile of children’s pain from early years to early adulthood.
What happens to humans when we can't touch?
8 October 2020
Professor Rebeccah Slater explains how touch affects premature babies (external link to BBC Radio 4)
Latest publications
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Liberty and the Child: Review of Bester JC, The limits of parental authority: childhood wellbeing as a social good
Journal article
Wilkinson D., (2022), Bioethics
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Which Features of Patients are Morally Relevant in Ventilator Triage? A survey of the UK public
Journal article
Chan L. et al, (2022), BMC Medical Ethics
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Concurrent mapping of brain ontogeny and phylogeny within a common connectivity space
Warrington S. et al, (2022)
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The Unnaturalistic Fallacy: COVID-19 vaccine mandates should not discriminate against natural immunity
Journal article
PUGH J. et al, (2022), Journal of Medical Ethics