I work part-time in the role of Director for Research in the Centre for Allied Health, part of the joint faculty between Kingston University and St George's University of London. I am a Speech and Language Therapist by background with over 25 years experience in the NHS working with adults with acquired speech, language and swallowing impairments. I continue to work part time as a Consultant Speech and Language Therapist and recently set up and led the service at NHS Nightingale London delivering specialist interventions to patients with COVID-19. https://bit.ly/3dYWuBu
My research focuses on 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 was awarded two postgraduate training fellowships by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) - MClinRes (2010) and Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship (CDRF) (2014) using mixed methods to identify clinical practices, lived experiences and expert consensus. http://daisyproject.info/
I currently mentor a number of awardees of the NIHR schemes and have been appointed as 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.
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