Speakers at Congress 2008

Keynote speakers

We are delighted to introduce our keynote speakers

Professor Craig Allingham is Assistant Professor at Australia's Bond University and has worked with four Australian Olympic Teams. He is the former National President of Sports Physiotherapy Australia. Craig will also be delivering the Founders' Lecture.
Professor Patrick Doherty is Chair of Rehabilitation and Research at York St John University.
Professor Anne Shumway-Cook is Professor within the Division of Physical Therapy at the University of Washington.
Dr George Peat is Research Fellow at the Primary Care Sciences research centre at Keele University.

Other speakers

Penny Agent — Service Lead Physiotherapist at Royal Brompton Hospital
Bobby Ainsworth — Consultant Physiotherapist at Torbay Hospital
Ruth Allarton
Prof Marilyn Andrews
Helen Balcombe — Superintendent Physiotherapist at Worthing & Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust
Sarah Bazin — Head of Physiotherapy, Orthotic and Podiatry Services at Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust
Natalie Beswetherick — Senior Manager at Surgical Division for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Julia Bowey — Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist at Leicester University
Helen Bristow — CSP ACE Scheme project officer at Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Jakko Brouwers — Superintendent Physiotherapist at Specialist Rehabilitation Physiotherapy Team, Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust
Dr Mindy Cairns — Physiotherapy Research Lead at University of Hertfordshire
Lynne Caladine — Head of School of Health Professions at University of Brighton
Ian Cambray Smith — Health Professionals Manager at Prince’s Foundation for Integrated Health
Dr Lynn Clouder — Research Fellow at Centre for Interprofessional E-Learning (CIPeL) based at Coventry University
Professor Alastair Compston — Professor of Neurology at University of Cambridge
Elaine Conlin — Senior Physiotherapist at Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust
Sharlene Cook — Physiotherapy Clinical Lead Physiotherapist at King College Hospital
Robert Dudley — Prinicipal Lecturer at University of Worcester
Susie Durrell — Consultant Physiotherapist at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Petrea Fagan — Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist at Addenbrooke’s Hospital
Dr Morag Farquhar — Macmillan Post Doctoral Research Fellow at University of Cambridge
Billy Fashanu — Consultant Physiotherapist at Southend Hospital
Katie Ferguson — Clinical Lead Physiotherapist, Cystic Fibrosis at Kings College Hospital, London
Laura Finucane
Dr Jenny Freeman — Reader in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation at University of Plymouth, Devon and Institute of Neurology, London
Kate Gardner — Senior Physiotherapist at Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust
Ann Green
Sharon Greensill — Clinical Lead Specialist at Doncaster and South Humber Healthcare NHS Trust
Dr Faye Griffith-Noble — Senior Research Assistant at Swansea University Medical School
Lynne Gumery — Clinical Specialist in Cystic Fibrosis at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
Diz Hackman — Superintendent Physiotherapist
Fares Haddad — Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon - Clinical Director at UCLH NHS Trust
Karen Hambly — Senior Lecturer at London Metropolitan University
Nicola Hancock — Member of the Intercollegiate Stroke Working Party (ICSWP) at Royal College of Physicians
David Haslam — Clinical Director at National Obesity Forum
Dr Jill Higgins
Professor the Baroness Ilora Finlay of Llandaff (chair)
Dr Fiona Jones — Principal Lecturer at St Georges University London
Jenni Jones — Lecturer in Physiotherapy at Brunel University
Louise Jones — Head of Institute at University of Worcester
Simon Knighton — Chief Executive at Expert Patients Programme CIC
Joe Korner — Director of Communications at The Stroke Association
Prof Sallie Lamb — Director, Warwick Clinical Trials Unit at Professor of Rehabilitation
Clare Leonard — Head of Profession for Physiotherapy at Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Dr Jeremy Lewis — Consultant Physiotherapist, Visiting Reader, St George's Hospital, London; at Research Lead, Therapy Department, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London
Professor Domhnall MacAuley — Clinical Editor at BMJ
Marion Main — Superintendent Physiotherapist at Great Ormond Street
Darryn Marks — Consultant Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist at Barnsley PCT
Professor Sue Mawson — Reader in the Centre for the Health and Social Care Research at Sheffield Hallam University
Stephen May — Physiotherapy Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University
Dr Margaret Mayston — Senior Teaching Fellow at UCL
Professor Alison McConnell — Professor of Applied Physiology at Brunel University
David McWilliams — Senior Specialist Physiotherapist at Manchester Royal Infirmary
Prof Ann Moore
Jane Morris
Jane Morris — Principal lecturer at School of Health Professions, University of Brighton
Prof Peter O'Sullivan — Associate Professor, Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia: at Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist
Sue Parroy
Nikki Petty — Principal Lecturer Course Leader MSc Neuromusculoskeletal Physiotherapy at University of Brighton
Mark Potter — CPD Communications Manager at Health Professions Council
Bhanu Ramaswamy — Consultant Physiotherapist at Derbyshire County PCT
Dr Lisa Roberts — ARC Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy, University of Southampton at Superintendent Physiotherapist, Southampton University Hospital
Dr Mark Roberts — Consultant Neurologist at Wythenshawe Hospital
Prof Trudie Roberts
Dr Alison Rushton — Lecturer and Director of Postgraduate programmes at University Of Birmingham
Stephanie Saunders — Director at Orthopaedic Medicine Seminars
Professor Graham Scambler — Professor of Medical Sociology at Royal Free and University College Medical School
Dr Ruth Sewell — Lecturer in Cancer, Sprituality and Psychotherapy
Dr Devla Shamley — Senior Lecturer Physiotherapist and Assistant Director for Research at School of Health and Social Care, Oxford Brookes University
Dr John Shneerson — Director of the Respiratory Support & Sleep Centre at Papworth Hospital
Professor Julius Sim — Professor of Health Care Research at Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University
Hollie Smith — Physiotherapist at RehabWorks, Basildon
Gail Sowden
Dr Jacquelyne Todd — Physiotherapst consultant in Lympodoema
Dr Thierry Troosters — Associate Professor at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Helen Tyler — Lead Physiotherapist and Therapies Service Manager at Cardiff University
Dr Paulette van Vliet — Research Fellow at School of Health Sciences at the University of Birmingham
Professor Paul Watson — Professor of Pain Management and Rehabilitation at University of Leicester