I joined the Faculty in 2019 as Director for Research in the Centre for Allied Health, supporting research activity by staff across the Centre.
I am a Speech and Language Therapist with 30 years experience in the NHS working with adults with acquired speech, language and swallowing impairments, with specific expertise in critical care. I continue to work part time as a Consultant Speech and Language Therapist and was involved in the set up of COVID services at NHS Nightingale London and UCLH, delivering specialist interventions to patients with COVID-19. https://bit.ly/3dYWuBu
My research focuses on the identification of complex dysphagia (swallowing impairments) and its effective management in those with acute cervical spinal cord injury as part of a multi-disciplinary team approach. I have used mixed methods to identify clinical practices, lived experiences and expert consensus. http://daisyproject.info/
I am currently undertaking an NHSE/I clinical transformation project to develop education for healthcare staff working with spinal cord injury patients. This will focus on the translation of existing evidence into practice.
I mentor and supervise a number of awardees of the NIHR schemes and was previously an NIHR Training Advocate for Speech and Language Therapy. I am a clinical adviser and research champion for the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and sit on a number of expert panels revising our practices in the light of COVID-19.
In 2018 I won the Advancing Healthcare Award as HEE/NIHR Research Champion. My aim is to enhance research opportunities for our staff and develop the evidence that demonstrates the impact of our research in healthcare and education.
Please do make contact if you have a project to discuss. Twitter: @DrJackieM
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