Blair Smith

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Biography

Holding a Chair in Population Health Science, Blair is an academic general practitioner, currently also practising clinically as a Consultant in Pain Medicine, NHS Tayside. He is also Clinical Co-director of Tayside Clinical Trials Unit. Graduating at the Universities of Glasgow (MBChB, 1987) and Aberdeen (MEd Distinction 1998; MD 2000), he held an NHS Primary Care Career Scientist Award (2000 to 2005) and was Professor of Primary Care Medicine at the University of Aberdeen until 2011.

His research on chronic pain and neuropathic pain has been published widely, specifically studying its epidemiology, primary care management and self-management. He is a Chief Investigator on Generation Scotland, a major programme for studying genetics and health, with over 30,000 volunteer participants. He is now actively exploring the opportunities that this and other collaborations bring to researching the biological mechanisms of chronic pain, from the laboratory to the community. He has established the Chronic Pain Research Group at the University of Dundee, based in the Division of Population Health and Genomics.

He is Past Chair of the International Association for the Study of Pain Neuropathic Pain Special Interest Group (NeuPSIG). He was formerly Treasurer of the Society for Academic Primary Care, and sat on the Editorial Board of the British Journal of General Practice, both from 1997 to 2007. He chaired the NHS Scotland / SGHD Chronic Pain Steering Group until June 2011, and established its Research Subgroup and the Scottish Pain Research Community (SPaRC). He was appointed to his current post in August 2011.

Blair was appointed on 1 May 2014 to the post of Lead Clinician for Chronic Pain working with the Scottish Government, and is Specialty Adviser to the Chief Medical Officer. He aims to facilitate improvement in the management of pain, in an evidence-based yet practical way.

In 2017, Blair received the award for Best Postgraduate Supervisor from the Dundee University Students' Association. In 2018, he was awarded the British Pain Society Medal and Annual Lecture, for "outstanding contribution to the field of pain".

Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Medicine, University of Aberdeen

Master of Education, University of Aberdeen

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, University of Glasgow

External positions

National Lead Clinician for Chronic Pain, Scottish Government

1 Apr 2014 → …

Consultant in Pain Medicine, NHS Tayside

1 Apr 2013 → …

Keywords

R Medicine (General)
Chronic pain
Primary Care Medicine
RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Epidemiology
Genetic epidemiology

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Projects 2011 2020

2 Not started
3 Active
10 Finished

Understanding Barriers to Increasing Physical Acitivity in Chronic Pain: An Exploratory Study to Develop the SUStainable Self Effective Exercise Development (SUSSED) Intervention (Health Improvement, Protection and Services Research Committee) (Joint with Queen's University Belfast, NHS Fife and Glasgow Caledonian University)

Colvin, L. & Smith, B.

1/10/19 → 30/09/20

Project: Research

DOLORisk: Understanding Risk Factors and Determinants for Neuropathic Pain (Joint with Oxford University and others)

Meng, W., Palmer, C. & Smith, B.

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

1/07/15 → 31/03/20

Project: Research

SHARE (Joint with University of Edinburgh)

Belch, J., George, J., Palmer, C., Smith, B. & Sullivan, F.

Chief Scientist Office

1/01/13 → 31/03/20

Project: Research

Sponsorship of 8th Annual SPaRC Meeting

Smith, B.

Project: Research

Benzodiazepine and Opioid Prescribing and Healthcare Use in Scotland

Smith, B.

Project: Research

Research Output 1991 2020

12412 Citations
52 h-Index
200 Article
16 Review article
13 Letter
12 Comment/debate
22 More

Translating clinical trials into improved real-world management of pain: Convergence of translational, population-based and primary care research

Gilron, I., Blyth, F. M. & Smith, B., Jan 2020, In : Pain. 161, 1, p. 36-42 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

7 Citations (Scopus)

35 Downloads (Pure)

A catalog of genetic loci associated with kidney function from analyses of a million individuals

LifeLines Cohort Study, Wuttke, M., Li, Y., Li, M., Sieber, K. B., Feitosa, M. F., Gorski, M., Tin, A., Wang, L., Chu, A. Y., Hoppmann, A., Kirsten, H., Giri, A., Chai, J-F., Sveinbjornsson, G., Tayo, B. O., Nutile, T., Fuchsberger, C., Marten, J., Cocca, M. & 33 others, Ghasemi, S., Xu, Y., Horn, K., Noce, D., van der Most, P. J., Sedaghat, S., Yu, Z., Akiyama, M., Afaq, S., Ahluwalia, T. S., Almgren, P., Amin, N., Ärnlöv, J., Bakker, S. J. L., Bansal, N., Baptista, D., Bergmann, S., Biggs, M. L., Biino, G., Boehnke, M., Boerwinkle, E., Boissel, M., Bottinger, E. P., Boutin, T. S., Brenner, H., Brumat, M., Burkhardt, R., Butterworth, A. S., Campana, E., Campbell, A., Smith, B. H., Köttgen, A. & Pattaro, C., Jun 2019, In : Nature Genetics. 51, 6, p. 957-972 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

Genetic Loci

Kidney

Glomerular Filtration Rate

Chronic Renal Insufficiency

Translational Medical Research

A multi-ancestry genome-wide study incorporating gene-smoking interactions identifies multiple new loci for pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure

LifeLines Cohort Study, Sung, Y. J., de Las Fuentes, L., Winkler, T. W., Chasman, D. I., Bentley, A. R., Kraja, A. T., Ntalla, I., Warren, H. R., Guo, X., Schwander, K., Manning, A. K., Brown, M. R., Aschard, H., Feitosa, M. F., Franceschini, N., Lu, Y., Cheng, C-Y., Sim, X., Vojinovic, D. & 40 others, Marten, J., Musani, S. K., Kilpeläinen, T. O., Richard, M. A., Aslibekyan, S., Bartz, T. M., Dorajoo, R., Li, C., Liu, Y., Rankinen, T., Smith, A. V., Tajuddin, S. M., Tayo, B. O., Zhao, W., Zhou, Y., Matoba, N., Sofer, T., Alver, M., Amini, M., Boissel, M., Chai, J. F., Chen, X., Divers, J., Gandin, I., Gao, C., Giulianini, F., Goel, A., Harris, S. E., Hartwig, F. P., Connell, J. M., Smith, B. H., Rotter, J. I., Franks, P. W., Rice, K., Elliott, P., Caulfield, M. J., Gauderman, W. J., Munroe, P. B., Rao, D. C. & Morrison, A. C., 1 Aug 2019, In : Human Molecular Genetics. 28, 15, p. 2615-2633 19 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Arterial Pressure

Smoking

Genome

Blood Pressure

Genes

28 Downloads (Pure)

Associations of autozygosity with a broad range of human phenotypes

Clark, D. W., Okada, Y., Moore, K. H. S., Mason, D., Pirastu, N., Gandin, I., Mattsson, H., Barnes, C. L. K., Lin, K., Zhao, J. H., Deelen, P., Rohde, R., Schurmann, C., Guo, X., Giulianini, F., Zhang, W., Medina-Gomez, C., Karlsson, R., Bao, Y., Bartz, T. M. & 416 others, Baumbach, C., Biino, G., Bixley, M. J., Brumat, M., Chai, J-F., Corre, T., Cousminer, D. L., Dekker, A. M., Eccles, D. A., van Eijk, K. R., Fuchsberger, C., Gao, H., Germain, M., Gordon, S. D., de Haan, H. G., Harris, S. E., Hofer, E., Huerta-Chagoya, A., Igartua, C., Jansen, I. E., Jia, Y., Kacprowski, T., Karlsson, T., Kleber, M. E., Li, S. A., Li-Gao, R., Mahajan, A., Matsuda, K., Meidtner, K., Meng, W., Montasser, M. E., van der Most, P. J., Munz, M., Nutile, T., Palviainen, T., Prasad, G., Prasad, R. B., Priyanka, T. D. S., Rizzi, F., Salvi, E., Sapkota, B. R., Shriner, D., Skotte, L., Smart, M. C., Smith, A. V., van der Spek, A., Spracklen, C. N., Strawbridge, R. J., Tajuddin, S. M., Trompet, S., Turman, C., Verweij, N., Viberti, C., Wang, L., Warren, H. R., Wootton, R. E., Yanek, L. R., Yao, J., Yousri, N. A., Zhao, W., Adeyemo, A. A., Afaq, S., Aguilar-Salinas, C. A., Akiyama, M., Albert, M. L., Allison, M. A., Alver, M., Aung, T., Azizi, F., Bentley, A. R., Boeing, H., Boerwinkle, E., Borja, J. B., de Borst, G. J., Bottinger, E. P., Broer, L., Campbell, H., Chanock, S., Chee, M-L., Chen, G., Chen, Y-D. I., Chen, Z., Chiu, Y-F., Cocca, M., Collins, F. S., Concas, M. P., Corley, J., Cugliari, G., van Dam, R. M., Damulina, A., Daneshpour, M. S., Day, F. R., Delgado, G. E., Dhana, K., Doney, A. S. F., Dörr, M., Doumatey, A. P., Dzimiri, N., Ebenesersdóttir, S. S., Elliott, J., Elliott, P., Ewert, R., Felix, J. F., Fischer, K., Freedman, B. I., Girotto, G., Goel, A., Gögele, M., Goodarzi, M. O., Graff, M., Granot-Hershkovitz, E., Grodstein, F., Guarrera, S., Gudbjartsson, D. F., Guity, K., Gunnarsson, B., Guo, Y., Hagenaars, S. P., Haiman, C. A., Halevy, A., Harris, T. B., Hedayati, M., van Heel, D. A., Hirata, M., Höfer, I., Hsiung, C. A., Huang, J., Hung, Y-J., Ikram, M. A., Jagadeesan, A., Jousilahti, P., Kamatani, Y., Kanai, M., Kerrison, N. D., Kessler, T., Khaw, K-T., Khor, C. C., de Kleijn, D. P. V., Koh, W-P., Kolcic, I., Kraft, P., Krämer, B. K., Kutalik, Z., Kuusisto, J., Langenberg, C., Launer, L. J., Lawlor, D. A., Lee, I-T., Lee, W-J., Lerch, M. M., Li, L., Liu, J., Loh, M., London, S. J., Loomis, S., Lu, Y., Luan, J., Mägi, R., Manichaikul, A. W., Manunta, P., Másson, G., Matoba, N., Mei, X. W., Meisinger, C., Meitinger, T., Mezzavilla, M., Milani, L., Millwood, I. Y., Momozawa, Y., Moore, A., Morange, P-E., Moreno-Macías, H., Mori, T. A., Morrison, A. C., Muka, T., Murakami, Y., Murray, A. D., de Mutsert, R., Mychaleckyj, J. C., Nalls, M. A., Nauck, M., Neville, M. J., Nolte, I. M., Ong, K. K., Orozco, L., Padmanabhan, S., Pálsson, G., Pankow, J. S., Pattaro, C., Pattie, A., Polasek, O., Poulter, N., Pramstaller, P. P., Quintana-Murci, L., Räikkönen, K., Ralhan, S., Rao, D. C., van Rheenen, W., Rich, S. S., Ridker, P. M., Rietveld, C. A., Robino, A., van Rooij, F. J. A., Ruggiero, D., Saba, Y., Sabanayagam, C., Sabater-Lleal, M., Sala, C. F., Salomaa, V., Sandow, K., Schmidt, H., Scott, L. J., Scott, W. R., Sedaghati-Khayat, B., Sennblad, B., van Setten, J., Sever, P. J., Sheu, W. H-H., Shi, Y., Shrestha, S., Shukla, S. R., Sigurdsson, J. K., Sikka, T. T., Singh, J. R., Smith, B. H., Stančáková, A., Stanton, A., Starr, J. M., Stefansdottir, L., Straker, L., Sulem, P., Sveinbjornsson, G., Swertz, M. A., Taylor, A. M., Taylor, K. D., Terzikhan, N., Tham, Y-C., Thorleifsson, G., Thorsteinsdottir, U., Tillander, A., Tracy, R. P., Tusié-Luna, T., Tzoulaki, I., Vaccargiu, S., Vangipurapu, J., Veldink, J. H., Vitart, V., Völker, U., Vuoksimaa, E., Wakil, S. M., Waldenberger, M., Wander, G. S., Wang, Y. X., Wareham, N. J., Wild, S., Yajnik, C. S., Yuan, J-M., Zeng, L., Zhang, L., Zhou, J., Amin, N., Asselbergs, F. W., Bakker, S. J. L., Becker, D. M., Lehne, B., Bennett, D. A., van den Berg, L. H., Berndt, S. I., Bharadwaj, D., Bielak, L. F., Bochud, M., Boehnke, M., Bouchard, C., Bradfield, J. P., Brody, J. A., Campbell, A., Carmi, S., Caulfield, M. J., Cesarini, D., Chambers, J. C., Chandak, G. R., Cheng, C-Y., Ciullo, M., Cornelis, M., Cusi, D., Smith, G. D., Deary, I. J., Dorajoo, R., van Duijn, C. M., Ellinghaus, D., Erdmann, J., Eriksson, J. G., Evangelou, E., Evans, M. K., Faul, J. D., Feenstra, B., Feitosa, M., Foisy, S., Franke, A., Friedlander, Y., Gasparini, P., Gieger, C., Gonzalez, C., Goyette, P., Grant, S. F. A., Griffiths, L. R., Groop, L., Gudnason, V., Gyllensten, U., Hakonarson, H., Hamsten, A., van der Harst, P., Heng, C-K., Hicks, A. A., Hochner, H., Huikuri, H., Hunt, S. C., Jaddoe, V. W. V., De Jager, P. L., Johannesson, M., Johansson, Å., Jonas, J. B., Jukema, J. W., Junttila, J., Kaprio, J., Kardia, S. L. R., Karpe, F., Kumari, M., Laakso, M., van der Laan, S. W., Lahti, J., Laudes, M., Lea, R. A., Lieb, W., Lumley, T., Martin, N. G., März, W., Matullo, G., McCarthy, M. I., Medland, S. E., Merriman, T. R., Metspalu, A., Meyer, B. F., Mohlke, K. L., Montgomery, G. W., Mook-Kanamori, D., Munroe, P. B., North, K. E., Nyholt, D. R., O'connell, J. R., Ober, C., Oldehinkel, A. J., Palmas, W., Palmer, C., Pasterkamp, G. G., Patin, E., Pennell, C. E., Perusse, L., Peyser, P. A., Pirastu, M., Polderman, T. J. C., Porteous, D. J., Posthuma, D., Psaty, B. M., Rioux, J. D., Rivadeneira, F., Rotimi, C., Rotter, J. I., Rudan, I., Den Ruijter, H. M., Sanghera, D. K., Sattar, N., Schmidt, R., Schulze, M. B., Schunkert, H., Scott, R. A., Shuldiner, A. R., Sim, X., Small, N., Smith, J. A., Sotoodehnia, N., Tai, E-S., Teumer, A., Timpson, N. J., Toniolo, D., Tregouet, D-A., Tuomi, T., Vollenweider, P., Wang, C. A., Weir, D. R., Whitfield, J. B., Wijmenga, C., Wong, T-Y., Wright, J., Yang, J., Yu, L., Zemel, B. S., Zonderman, A. B., Perola, M., Magnusson, P. K. E., Uitterlinden, A. G., Kooner, J. S., Chasman, D. I., Loos, R. J. F., Franceschini, N., Franke, L., Haley, C. S., Hayward, C., Walters, R. G., Perry, J. R. B., Esko, T., Helgason, A., Stefansson, K., Joshi, P. K., Kubo, M. & Wilson, J. F., 31 Oct 2019, In : Nature Communications. 10, 1, p. 1-17 17 p., 4957.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

phenotype

Phenotype

Inbreeding

social factors

fertility

Author Correction: New genetic signals for lung function highlight pathways and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease associations across multiple ancestries

Understanding Society Scientific Group, Shrine, N., Guyatt, A. L., Erzurumluoglu, A. M., Jackson, V. E., Hobbs, B. D., Melbourne, C. A., Batini, C., Fawcett, K. A., Song, K., Sakornsakolpat, P., Li, X., Boxall, R., Reeve, N. F., Obeidat, M., Zhao, J. H., Wielscher, M., Weiss, S., Kentistou, K. A., Cook, J. P. & 33 others, Sun, B. B., Zhou, J., Hui, J., Karrasch, S., Imboden, M., Harris, S. E., Marten, J., Enroth, S., Kerr, S. M., Surakka, I., Vitart, V., Lehtimäki, T., Allen, R. J., Bakke, P. S., Beaty, T. H., Bleecker, E. R., Bossé, Y., Brandsma, C-A., Chen, Z., Crapo, J. D., Danesh, J., DeMeo, D. L., Dudbridge, F., Ewert, R., Gieger, C., Gulsvik, A., Hansell, A. L., Hao, K., Hoffman, J. D., Hokanson, J. E., Smith, B. H., Tobin, M. D. & Wain, L. V., Jun 2019, In : Nature Genetics. 51, 6, p. 1067 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Lung