My research interests are around a) evaluating complex therapeutic interventions for neurological patients, with a particular emphasis on interventions for the hemiplegic upper limb and its recovery; and b) life after stroke and the psychosocial effects of upper limb dysfunction.I supervise PhD students researching those areas and other areas of applied clinical neurological rehabilitation with other populations including Parkinson's and Multiple Sclerosis, Trauma / Traumatic Brain Injury.
I have a particular interest in the role of somatosensory stimulation and retraining of proprioception and touch post stroke. I lead a research group of UG and MSc students, PhD students, and post-doctoral researchers. I have developed ongoing collaborations with researchers at other UK Universities and with clinical partners, and welcome potential collaborations from other like-minded researchers and enquiries from PhD students in such topics as outlined here. I have received funding for my research from Research into Ageing, the Stroke Association, and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).