Our Experts

CHRIS COWLEY
Professional Interests:
Exercise induced leg pain
Personal Interests:
Climbing, Multi day cycle tours, Cats.

GREGORY LEHMAN
Professional Interests:
Pain, Biomechanics, Optimism.
Personal Interests:
Trampoline, Flipping, Climbing.

IAN GRIFFITHS
Professional Interests:
Foot Orthoses, Biomechanics, Injury Mechanisms.
Personal Interests:
Running, Golf, Pizza.

JONATHAN BELL
Professional Interests:
Knees, building teams and services, changing healthcare.
Personal Interests:
Ski, mountains not beach, learning anything new.

CLAIRE ROBERTSON
Professional Interests:
Patellofemoral Pain, Fat pad, ITB.
Personal Interests:
Hiking, skiing.

ERIK MEIRA
Professional Interests:
Biomechanics, Dynamical systems theory, knee rehab.
Personal Interests:
Travel, reading, swimming.

PETER MALLIARAS
Professional Interests:
Tendinopathy, evidence based medicine.
Personal Interests:
Running (slowly).

BRADLEY NEAL
Professional Interests:
Clinical research, Patellofemoral Pain, Knowledge Translation.
Personal Interests:
Baseball, Running, Coffee.

SETH O’NEILL
Professional Interests:
Tendinopathy and calf muscle injuries.
Personal Interests:
Kitesurfing, running and family.

KATE WILLIAMS
Professional Interests:
Lumbo-pelvic-hip injuries in rugby.
Personal Interests:
Sleep (mum to a 10 month old)!

ASHLEY JAMES
Professional Interests:
Occupational Health, Back Pain, Research, Resilience, Clinical Reasoning.
Personal Interests:
Rugby, American Football, Family, Exercise, Whiskey, Coffee.

DEREK GRIFFIN
Professional Interests:
Persistent pain, lower limb rehabilitation, health promotion.
Personal Interests:
Distance running.

CHRIS WORSFOLD
Professional Interests:
Neck Pain, Narrative Approaches to Pain.
Personal Interests:
Walking, Meditation & Music.

ROGER KERRY
Professional Interests:
Clinical Reasoning, Chronic pain.
Personal Interests:
Country, Americana and Folk music.

MARY O’KEEFE
Professional Interests:
Back pain, media, communication.
Personal Interests:
Sport, music, reading.

MIKE STEWART
Professional Interests:
Pain, communication, education.
Personal Interests:
Travel, guitar.

ROB TYER
Professional Interests:
Clinical Reasoning, The Hip, Tendinopathies.
Personal Interests:
Combat Sports, Music, Sci-Fi.

TOM JESSON
Professional Interests:
Radiculopathy, Pain, Clinical reasoning.
Personal Interests:
Bouldering, Hiking, Reading.

ANNINA SCHMID
Professional Interests:
Neuropathic pain, Entrapment neuropathies, Neurosciences.
Personal Interests:
Argentine tango dancing, Exercising in the outdoors with our dog, Exploring remote areas of our planet.

JACK MARCH
Professional Interests:
Rheumatology, Multiple Joint Pain, Osteoarthritis.
Personal Interests:
Cycling, Pizza, Harry Potter.

THOMAS MITCHELL
Professional Interests:
BAHT, Mulligan Concept Teachers Association; Lecturer on The Complete Upper Limb Course.
Personal Interests:
Strategies for improving active transport, Bleep and Bass music, SUFC.

ADAM MEAKINS
Professional Interests:
Upper limbs, Sports injury, Pain.
Personal Interests:
Strength & Conditioning, Social media, Winding up manual therapists!

DAN NICHOLLS
Professional Interests:
Clinical reasoning, Rehab, Shared decision making.
Personal Interests:
Swim, Bike, Run

KEVIN KUPPENS
Professional Interests:
Shoulders, Athletes, Pain.
Personal Interests:
Good music, Great coffee, Cycling.

ANDREW CUFF
Professional Interests:
Upper Limb; Red Flags; QI.
Personal Interests:
Cricket; Competing in Strongman competitions; Wine.

DEBS STANTON
Professional Interests:
Wrist and Hand Rehabilitation, Overseas Teaching.
Personal Interests:
Family travel and Diving, Reading.

VAL JONES
Professional Interests:
The elbow, the elbow and the elbow.
Personal Interests:
Love football, gin tasting and banana bread tasting.

JO GIBSON
Professional Interests:
Communication/Education/ All things shoulders.
Personal Interests:
Football/Wine/Horses.

ANJU JAGGI
Professional Interests:
Shoulder rehabilitation, research, leadership.
Personal Interests:
Cooking, zumba, yoga.

SIMON SMITH
Professional Interests:
Bike Fitting. Clinical Governance/APP practice. Sonography.
Personal Interests:
Cycling. Football (watching my boy and United). Rugby (watching my kids).

RACHEL BEVINS
Professional Interests:
Rehabilitation, Research, Parasport.
Personal Interests:
Cycling, paddle boarding, rock climbing.

JEMMA OLIVER
Professional Interests:
Creating support networks for therapists, Mental Health in Healthcare, Sports Medicine.
Personal Interests:
Coffee / Wine / My Puppy Ted

MADDY NICHOLSON
Professional Interests:
Motivational Interviewing, Persistent Pain, Movement.
Personal Interests:
Bouldering, skiing, paddle boarding.

KATIE KNAPTON
Professional Interests:
Evidence based & best practice, Patient engagement, accessible physio.
Personal Interests:
Wine, gin ( in moderation), Exercise (also in moderation) and reading.

PETE MOORE
Professional Interests:
Supporting people with long-term pain and HCPs that support them.
Personal Interests:
Riding my Harleys.

JOLETTA BELTON
Professional Interests:
Integrating the lived experience into the study, Research, Treatment of pain.
Personal Interests:
Nature, Reading, and Photography.

NEIL LANGRIDGE
Professional Interests:
Spinal Pain, clinical reasoning, service leadership.
Personal Interests:
Family, football, music.

HEATHER WATSON
Professional Interests:
Functional rehab, Mentoring, Occupational health physio.
Personal Interests:
Walking the dog, Swimming, Reading.

MEG LOWRY
Professional Interests:
Gerontology, cognition and the social determinants of health.
Personal Interests:
Social justice, environmental conservation and AFL.

GILL RAWLINSON
Professional Interests:
Education, workforce, adherence in physiotherapy.
Personal Interests:
Playing netball, baking and travelling.

MATHEW WYATT
Professional Interests:
Rehabilitation. Patient/ Public Education. Public Health.
Personal Interests:
Football. Family. Cycling.

FELICITY THOW
Professional Interests:
Persistent pain, reforming MSK practice.
Personal Interests:
Books, Body Pump.

ANN GREEN
Professional Interests:
Higher Education, Global PT community.
Personal Interests:
People, Outdoor Stuff, Food/Wine.

SARA HAZZARD
Professional Interests:
Communications Strategy, Health Inequalities, Campaigning.
Personal Interests:
Dance, Swimming.

SUSAN KAREN LAY
Professional Interests:
MSK, acupuncture, DataforImpact.
Personal Interests:
Beekeeping, sailing, healthy living.

EMMA SALT
Professional Interests:
Upper quadrant pain, AI in health care, Clinically applicable research.
Personal Interests:
Snowboarding, Surfing, drinking wine.

MARTIN DOCHERTY
Professional Interests:
Healthcare Regulation, Digital Health, Clinical Governance.
Personal Interests:
Beach, BBQs and Boxing.

PAULA DEACON
Professional Interests:
Rehabilitation, Governance, MSK reform.
Personal Interests:
Running, Salsa Dancing, Theatre.
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