Lead researchers
Professor Avril Drummond, Director of Research and Professor of Healthcare Research
Having qualified as an occupational therapist at Ulster University, Avril gained her MSc in Rehabilitation at the University of Southampton and her PhD at The University of Nottingham.
Avril is a Fellow of the College of Occupational Therapists, Chair of the UK Stroke Forum, and a member of the RCP Intercollegiate Working Party for Stroke.
Avril is interested in all aspects of rehabilitation research, with a particular focus on stroke rehabilitation and randomised controlled trials. Her past research has included systematic reviews within occupational therapy, evaluating stroke units, group treatments for MS, and trials of falls prevention.
avril.drummond@nottingham.ac.uk
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Dr Dominic O'Connor, Assistant Professor, FHEA, Director of Postgraduate Research
Dominic is a Clinical Exercise Physiologist. He completed his Ph.D (clinical exercise physiology) at University College Dublin (2017-2019) as a Marie Sklodowska Curie fellow, supported by a European Union Horizon 2020 grant.
His post doctoral work took him to Queens University Belfast (2020-2021) where his work was supported by Pancreatic Cancer UK. His research interests include designing and evaluating prehabilitation and rehabilitation interventions for individuals with chronic disease, with a particular focus on cancer.
dominic.o'connor@nottingham.ac.uk
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Dr Gillian Campbell
Gillian is a qualified physiotherapist working clinically in musculoskeletal and specialising in pelvic health.
She gained a PhD in Biomechanics in 2011 from the school of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Nottingham. Gillian is currently a Daphne Jackson fellow looking at urinary incontinence in athletic and sporting women.
gillian.campbell@nottingham.ac.uk
Dr Michelle Hall
Michelle joined The University of Nottingham as a lecturer in 2001, delivering and teaching modules on the BSc Physiotherapy course. She was also responsible for the delivery of the clinical component of the course and completed her MSc at The University of Nottingham in 2004.
Michelle delivers undergraduate teaching on the subjects of evidence-based practice, musculoskeletal disease and disorders, and physical activity and health, as well as supervising MSc students. Osteoarthritis is her principle interest in terms of research, though she has an appreciation for a wide range of musculoskeletal conditions.
michelle.hall@nottingham.ac.uk
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Dr Paul Hendrick, Lecturer
A qualified physiotherapist, Paul worked in sports rehabilitation, musculoskeletal rehabilitation and chronic pain management before taking his Graduate Diploma in Manipulative Therapy, MSc and PhD at the University of Otago, New Zealand.
Paul now lectures on musculoskeletal rehabilitation, manual therapy, pain management and evidence-based practice here at the University of Nottingham.
paul.hendrick@nottingham.ac.uk
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