Brian Hughes

Brian M. Hughes, Ph.D., is a specialist in stress psychophysiology and a Professor of Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland. He has written methodological critiques of the PACE Trial and other ME research, as well as conducting empirical research on treatment harm in National Health Service specialist ME centres in England. He is currently a member of the Republic of Ireland's National Working Group on ME, administered by Ireland's Health Service Executive. He is also an Advisor to the Northern Irish charity, Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI.

Education

 * 1993, B.A. degree in Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway
 * 1998, Ph.D. degree in Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway
 * 2009, Ed.M. degree in Science Education, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, US

Relevant Books

 * 2018, Psychology in Crisis
 * 2016, Rethinking Psychology: Good Science, Bad Science, Pseudoscience

Talks and interviews

 * October 2018, Invited lecture, Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI, Newry, Northern Ireland; Speech title: The PACE Trial and Psychology’s Crisis


 * September 2019, Interview, 'Medical Error Interviews' podcast, on  'Psychology in Crisis'
 * September 2019, Keynote Lecture, Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI Annual Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland; Speech title: Off the PACE and not NICE: Challenges facing evidence-based practice in ME/CFS
 * October 2019, Keynote Lecture, Sheffield ME and Fibromyalgia Group Autumn Conference, Sheffield, UK; Speech title: Controversies and cock-ups in ME research: The role of human failings

Articles

 * 2018, The triumph of eminence-based medicine


 * 2019, If you spend 20 years gaslighting your patients, perhaps you should think twice before accusing *them* of trolling *you*


 * 2019, The HRA report does not exonerate the PACE trial, it merely confirms that its Research Ethics approval was in order
 * 2019, The BMJ’s ambiguous editorial commitment to scientific rigour
 * 2019, Monitoring treatment harm in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A freedom-of-information study of National Health Service specialist centres in England - (Abstract)
 * 2019, Het HRA-rapport spreekt de PACE-studie niet vrij: Het bevestigt enkel dat de REC-goedkeuring in orde was (Dutch)
 * 2020, Post-Covid syndrome, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, and the recurring pseudoscience of mass hysteria
 * 2020, Postcovidsyndroom, Myalgische Encefalomyelitis en de steeds terugkerende pseudowetenschap van de massahysterie (Dutch)
 * 2020, Two takes on the expensive, unproven, and childishly-named quackery known as the Lightning Process
 * 2020, Could this actually be happening?
 * 2020, No More Mr NICE Guy…
 * 2020, No More Mr NICE Guy... (Dutch)
 * 2020, Expert reaction to the BMJ editorial calling for the abandonment of standards
 * 2020, Letter to the BMJ

Online presence

 * Twitter


 * Website


 * Blog
 * Blog Facebook page

Learn more

 * Curriculum Vitae