Research & Scholarship

Four decades of trials, methods,
and clinical translation.

Research interests

Primary care rehabilitation

Stroke, neurological and musculoskeletal conditions managed in community and primary-care settings.

Global health

Non-communicable disease and rehabilitation research in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Complex interventions

Design, evaluation and implementation of multi-component health interventions.

Health services research methods

Randomised controlled trials, cluster designs, cohort studies and consensus methods.

Funded programmes

Selected current grants

A working portfolio spanning UK trials and international capacity-building — totalling well over £20 million in competitive funding across her career.

2024Objective activity measurement in outdoor mobility after hip fracture (with K. Sheehan)Royal Osteoporosis Society£20,000
2023–25Outdoor mobility after hip fracture (with K. Sheehan)NIHR Research for Patient Benefit£249,000
2022–24Developing an intervention to reduce knee stiffness after TKRNIHR Research for Patient Benefit£149,000
2020–23SEARCH — vision after stroke (with F. Rowe)Fight for Sight£259,000
2020–23Severe stroke care in the community (with M. Walker)NIHR ARC£249,000
2018–23NIHR Global Health Group: stroke in Sierra LeoneNIHR Global Health Research£1.98M
2017–23ASSET — Health System Strengthening in Sub-Saharan Africa (with M. Prince et al.)NIHR Global Health Research£6.99M
2017–23GREAT — gait interventions for rheumatoid arthritis of the foot and ankle (with M. Steultjens)NIHR HTA£1.80M

Policy & Practice

Contributions to clinical guidelines

National Clinical Guidelines for Stroke — Royal College of Physicians
NICE Falls in Older People — Guideline Committee
National Clinical Guidelines for Multiple Sclerosis — NICE
Clinical Guidelines for Stroke — Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Cochrane Collaboration — Stroke Group and Musculoskeletal Group
European Huntington’s Disease Network — Physiotherapy and OT guidelines

300+

Papers & posters presented

25+

Completed PhD supervisions

£20M+

In competitive research funding

Four decades of trials, methods,and clinical translation.