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Vicky Booth

Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

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Dr Booth is a Clinical-Academic Neurological Physiotherapist. She is an Associate Professor with the School of Medicine (Rehabilitation and Ageing; Injury, Inflammation & Recovery Sciences AU3). She has a split role with Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust as the Associate Chief AHP for Research & Innovation where she supports the capacity and capability development of clinical-academic and research careers in the AHP workforce. She continues to practice clinically as a Physiotherapist within neurological rehabilitation, specifically on the Stroke hyper-acute and acute wards at NUH. She is currently the Research Workstream Lead for the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) project at UoN and chairs the NRC PPI Network, working alongside public contributors and colleagues from the University and NUH NHS Trust to realise the research ambition of this nationally important programme.

Dr Booth qualified as a Physiotherapist in 2005 and specialised in Neurology in 2008, working across different neurological rotations and patient groups within Nottinghamshire. She was one of the first cohort of NIHR-funded Master's Fellowships (2009-10, UoN) and completed her PhD (2014-17, UoN) through a Clinical Training Fellowship with the Alzheimer's Society, "Gait, Falls, and Rehabilitation in Mild Cognitive Impairment". She has been involved in the NIHR Programme Grant, "Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in people with Early Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment" (PrAISED, 2016-23) since its inception.

She recently completed an NIHR/HEE ICA Clinical Lectureship (now called the Advanced Clinical Academic Fellowship) to pursue her clinical-academic career aspirations and research interests in rehabilitation and exercise in complex neurological patients using realist methods of enquiry. Her project, "Personalisation of exercise for people with dementia: What works for whom, under what circumstances and why?" used mixed methods and reflects her research skills in complex intervention development, realist methods of enquiry, and systematic reviews. She leads the @NottsRealism special interest group in realist research methods at UoN and has a growing portfolio of research grants where this expertise is utilised.

Dr Booth has supported a number of MSc, MPhil, PhD and post-doctoral researcher through her joint roles. She established the East Midlands hub of the Council of AHPs in Research (CAHPR) in 2018 and was co-lead until 2024. She is on the Editorial Board of the Advances in Rehabilitation Science and Practice journal (2022-current) and a panel member for the NIHR DSE Awards (2023-current).

Teaching Summary

Dr Booth gained a PGCHE in 2022 (University of Nottingham) and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (since 2020). She teaches across undergraduate and postgraduate courses within the… read more

Research Summary

Working-age workstream Deputy Lead on the NIHR HealthTech Research Centre in Rehabilitation, hosted by NUH NHS Trust. PI on the "Understanding the impact, accessibility, and diversity of Nordic… read more

Recent Publications

Dr Booth gained a PGCHE in 2022 (University of Nottingham) and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (since 2020). She teaches across undergraduate and postgraduate courses within the University of Nottingham and clinical courses at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. She is a personal tutor for the School of Medicine, currently providing pastoral support to students on the BMedSci undergraduate and previously to Health Psychology postgraduates. She is a clinical educator for undergraduate Physiotherapy students via clinical-academic/research placements in her NHS role.

She supervises taught students undertaking their independent research projects on the Rehabilitation Psychology (dissertation module) and BMedSci course (honours module). She has supervised seven MSc students to complete their independent research project module.

She has supervised three PhD students to completion:

  • Chris Newton
  • Annabelle Long
  • Louise Howe

Dr Booth currently supervises six postgraduate research students, five undertaking their PhDs and one studying for their MPhil, in the field of rehabilitation, cognitive impairment, and complex intervention development:

  • Laura Miller (PhD)
  • Ahmet Bugra Selvi (PhD)
  • Anna White (PhD)
  • Natalie Gray (PhD)
  • Sarah McCracken (MPhil)
  • Julie Pollock (PhD)

She has been an internal examiner for UoN on three completed and three in-progress PhDs.

She also acts as a clinical-academic mentor on the HEE/NIHR East Midlands bridging scholarships, where she has supported AHPs to apply for further fellowships to progress their own research. She is currently supporting one scholar on the pre-doctoral bridging award:

  • Irene Morgan-Brown

Current Research

  • Working-age workstream Deputy Lead on the NIHR HealthTech Research Centre in Rehabilitation, hosted by NUH NHS Trust.
  • PI on the "Understanding the impact, accessibility, and diversity of Nordic Walking in People with Parkinson's disease after the Covid-19 pandemic", funded by the NRC and UoN
  • Co-applicant on the "Development and refinement of an online group-based clinical neuropsychology rehabilitation programme to improve psychological wellbeing and quality of life after acquired brain injury", funded by the NIHR RfPB.
  • Co-applicant on the "Preventing job loss for people with multiple sclerosis: Implementing vocational rehabilitation in the NHS", funded by the MS Society
  • Future Leader and member of the organisation panel for the "Next Generation Rehabilitation Technologies" Network Plus, funded by the EPSRC and jointly hosted with University of Nottingham and Loughborough University
  • Co-applicant on the "Understanding how exercise changes outcomes of importance in patients with low back pain: a realist review of prioritised treatment targets of exercise", funded by ORUK to Dr Lianne Woods
  • Primary Supervisor on "The development of an evidence-based protocol for early mobilisation of spinal cord injury patients (SCION)", funded by the NRC and UoN to Natalie Gray.
  • Co-applicant/Supervisor on the "Pre and post-operative voice therapy: Complex intervention development and feasibility of a voice therapy programme for adults undergoing phonosurgery for benign vocal fold lesions", funded by NIHR/HEE ICA CDRF to Anna White.
  • Co-applicant/supervisor on "The DEMFIT-Toolkit: characteristics and core components needed to implement an exercise class for people with dementia in the community", funded by the Alzheimer's Society Clinical Training Fellowship to Annabelle Long.
  • Co-applicant/supervisor on the "Feasibility of delivering a specialized mouth care programme for patients with dementia and swallowing problems", funded by the Alzheimer's Society to Julie Pollock.
  • Co-applicant on the "Impact of a Post-Critical Illness Rehabilitation Class", funded by Nottingham Hospitals Charity to Eleanor Douglas.

Past Research

  • NIHR/HEE ICA Clinical Lecturer (NUH NHS Trust and UoN) conducting study: "Personalisation of exercise for people with dementia: What works for whom, under what circumstances and why https://fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR300433
  • Intervention Development Work-Package Advisor on the Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment (PrAISED) NIHR Programme Grant https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/healthofolderpeople/projects/praised/index.aspx
  • Co-applicant on the Cognitive Functional Therapy for persistent low back pain: A mixed methods feasibility randomized controlled trial, funded by the PRF to Chris Newton.
  • Co-applicant on the Impact Evaluation of a Dementia-Friendly Exercise Class, funded by University of Nottingham.
  • Award holder of an Alzheimer's Society Clinical Training Fellowship: Developing a programme to reduce the risk of falls in people with dementia: 2014-17.
  • Award holder of an NIHR CLARHC East Midlands Gold Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards for Clinical Academics: 2018-19.
  • Research Physiotherapist on the Balance and the Mind, NIHR Programme Development Grant: 2012-14.
  • Co-applicant on the Investigating the use of Virtual Reality in Falls Rehabilitation, funded by Nottingham Hospitals Charity: 2010-11.

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