Cara is a research assistant with the chronic pain research group and was appointed to her current post in September 2016. Prior to this she graduated from the University of Strathclyde in 2015 with a BSc(Hons) in Psychology and then completed an MSc at the University of Strathclyde in Clinical Health Psychology. Cara is currently working with Professor Blair Smith, Professor Lesley Colvin and Dr Paul Cameron to develop national outcomes for chronic pain services.