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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Seminar
AID-Spine
Professor Margreth Grotle, Oslo Metro University
Monday 18th March
5.15-5.45pm with Q&A and drinks reception to follow
Join us for a seminar with Professor Margreth Grotle, Professor at the Department of Rehabilitation Science and Health Technology / Director of Center for Intelligent Musculoskeletal Health (CIM), Oslo Metropolitan University who will briefly present ongoing activities in CIM (see Projects - Center for Intelligent Musculoskeletal Health (oslomet.no)) before presenting the largest project in detail. The AID-Spine project (Applying Artificial Intelligence in Developing Personalized and Sustainable Healthcare for Spinal Disorders (AID-Spine, part I) - OsloMet).
Professor Grotle started as a professor at the Department of Rehabilitation Science and Health Technology (previous Department of Physiotherapy) (Faculty of Health Sciences) in 2013, as head of the Master Programme in Physiotherapy at OsloMet. She established the MUSK Health research group in 2015 (www.muskhealth.com ), which has had rapid progress with several internal and external funded research projects. She has more than 20 years of experience in musculoskeletal pain research (epidemiological and randomised controlled trials), in particular spinal disorders, but also osteoarthritis and rheumatic diseases. The research has been carried out both in primary and secondary care.
Professor Grotle is visiting from Oslo, and this is a fantastic opportunity to hear her speak in person. Places are limited so please register as soon as possible to guarantee your place.
JS07, Smeall Building, St Luke’s Campus, Exeter and Online
For further information and to register for this event please click here
Professor Vicki Goodwin runs the Ageing Research Group every 2 months (on alternate Wednesdays and Thursdays). For further information and to be added to the mailing list, please contact Vicki Goodwin.
Professor Helen Dawes runs her TECTOC Journal Club fortnightly (usually on a Tuesday) to discuss planned and current projects and research outcomes for rehabilitation research, from across a wider research network across the University, Nationally and Internationally. We invite along a main speaker for each session to give a talk about their work within the field of Rehabilitation. Helen’s PhD student and collaborator, Íbis Ariana Peña de Moraes, facilitates each session.
To be added to the mailing list please contact Helen's PA Katie Briggs.
News
A major research award worth over £2.5 million has been awarded by the European Research Council (ERC) to support cutting-edge University of Exeter research involving virtual reality, aiming to find new ways to prevent older people from falling.
The interdisciplinary team is led by Principal Investigator Professor Sallie Lamb, and consists of three post-doctoral fellows, three PhD students and a group of experts from Exeter and Stuttgart. At Exeter the team includes Dr Genevieve Williams, Dr William Young, Prof Krasi Tsaneva, Prof Mark Wilson, Dr Bryon Creese, Prof James Brownjohn and Prof Helen Dawes, along with a considerable amount of time using the VSimulators facility.
Full story: £2.5 million European Research Council Advanced Grant to help reduce impact of falls
Our new Exeter NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (Exeter BRC) is now officially live, celebrating day one on 1 December 2022. Funded with £15 million from the National Institute for Health and Care Research, Exeter BRC is a partnership between the University and the Royal Devon University Healthcare Foundation Trust, working with other regional NHS partners. The Centre is led by Professor Sallie Lamb, with Lizzie Caughey appointed as Chief Operating Officer. The team will aim to improve diagnosis, treatment and care, in the South West and across the world, across five core themes: Neurodegeneration; Rehabilitation; Diabetes: Genetics and Genomics: Clinical Mycology.
Professor Vicki Goodwin and Dr Abi Hall are co-apps on the Maintain Study (led by Professor Louise Allan). "Maintaining Independence in People with Dementia who have had a fall: a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial". https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/2/e083494
