The Team
Kate Grafton
Sheffield Hallam University
Co-Lead of the South Yorkshire CAHPR
Professional group – Physiotherapist
Contact details – k.grafton@shu.ac.uk
Twitter – Kate Grafton@kate_grafton
Research Biography
Currently Deputy Head of the Department of Allied Health Professions at Sheffield Hallam University, where I lead the department research capacity development work and am responsible for post-registration education.
In addition to the hub lead I am also on the national CAHPR Strategy Group and I am Vice-Chair of the CSP Research and Development Committee.
Areas of research interest include
- the evaluation of pain and functional outcome measurement
- musculoskeletal physiotherapy
- professional identity and the global migration of physiotherapists
- physiotherapy practice and knowledge translation in economically developing countries
Dr Angela Green
Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Hub Lead of the South Yorkshire CAHPR
Contact details – angela.green@hey.nhs.uk
Research Biography
I am Lead clinical research therapist in an acute NHS Teaching Hospitals Trust.
Co-lead NIHR Yorkshire and Humber Clinical Research Network AHP specialty research network
MSc in Health Practice at Salford University with a Northern and Yorkshire NHS Executive Research and Development Department funded project
PhD in Rehabilitation from Hull University in 2008 which explored patient involvement in physiotherapeutic consultations.
Currently involved in building AHP research capacity & helping to engage AHPs and service users in clinical trials. I chair the Trans Humber Consumer/ PPI Research Panel and supervise a PhD student.
Dr Alison Bruce
Bradford Institute for Health Research
Professional group – Orthoptists
Contact details – Alison.bruce@bthft.nhs.uk
Twitter – @alisonbruce201
Research Biography
Alison Bruce is a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) post-doctoral research fellow and leads the BiB research programme investigating children’s vision.
She is Head Orthoptist for Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and has considerable experience in clinical practice. Alison has held two NIHR fellowships her doctoral fellowship was based in the School of Vision Science and Optometry, University of Bradford and her research examined the structure of the eye using Ocular Coherence Tomography (OCT) in children and adults with poor vision (amblyopia).
Her current research programme is investigating the impact of vision on children’s early developing literacy, exploring reasons for non-adherence to treatment and developing programmes of applied health research in these areas.
Alison holds Honorary Research Fellow positions at the Dept. of Health Science, University of York and at the School of Vision Science and Optometry, University of Bradford.
She was awarded the Royal Society of Medicine Squint Forum Prize in 2016 for her research.
Sue Pownall
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Co-chair of the South Yorkshire CAHPR
Professional group – Speech and Language Therapy
Contact details – sue.pownall@sth.nhs
Research Biography
I am an active researcher with an interest in assessment and treatment interventions for dysphagia, health service research, implementation of research into clinical practice and educational approaches to skill sharing across professional boundaries.
I completed my PhD at the University of Sheffield in 2009 after investigating the management of patients presenting with dysphagia following stroke.
I am currently collaborating on an international research study evaluating a new intervention for treating chronic dysphagia using electrical stimulation and a study exploring a portable assessment for identifying aspiration in people with swallowing problems.
I also lead a study exploring ways to optimize nutrition and hydration for residents with dysphagia in care homes.