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Latest NewsSRR Summer 2010 President's Report Next meetingThe next Winter Meeting will be held at Cardiff University and hosted by Dr Chris Burton and Dr Robert Van Deursen on Tuesday 22nd February 2011. Approval has been sought for CPD Symposia will be: Synthesising evidence in rehabilitation: challenges and new approaches Dr Diane Playford - Senior Lecturer University College London & Chair NICE Guideline Development Group Professor Jo Rycroft Malone - Professor of Implementation & Health Services Research Bangor University Generating Evidence for practice: an Australian perspective Professor Kathryn Refshauge Deputy Dean Faculty of Health Sciences University of Sydney CPD credits are being sought from the Royal College of Physicians (5 credits) 8 Free Research Papers and WIP Abstracts For further details see our meetings page. Meeting programme and booking form NewsStroke Matters, The Stroke Association quarterly e-publication for professionals in health and social care was launched at the UK Stroke Forum in December 2008. The publication promises to deliver interesting and accurate news on stroke issues, carefully selected by an expert multidisciplinary editorial board comprising leading stroke specialists. The latest issue is due out on the 3rd February 2010
LAST SRR MEETINGAn excellent Summer Meeting was held at Sheffield Hallam University on the 7th & 8th July at the Colleigate Campus. The meeting was hosted by SRR Council member Professor John Saxton. Our thanks to local organisers, Jill Hitchenor and all at Confernce 21 for their hard work in administering this conference. A special thank you to the symposia speakers: Jane Petty, Anouska McConnell, Dr Helen Dawes, Prof Jane Noyes, Dr Esther Crawley, Prof Gail Mountain, Prof Peter Wright, Prof Chris Nugent Also a special thank you to the workshop facilitators: Prof Gail Mountain, Prof Marion Walker and Prof Tony Ward Previous MeetingAn excellent Winter Meeting was held at the Salford University on the 2nd February 2010. The meeting was hosted by Dr Sarah Tyson our new President. Our thanks to local organisers, Julie Connett and the CPD Unit, for their hard work in administering this conference. Also thanks to our symposia speakers: Prof Graeme Currie, Dr Helen Chin and Professor Alex Geurts. Symposia presentations are available for members to view on our membership page Implementation Research - "Making a difference: Implementing rehabilitation research into clinical practice" Nottingham University Business School Dr Graeme Currie and Dr Helen Chin - Practice Development Unit, University of Leeds "How does balance and gait recover after stroke? Implications for rehabilitation" Prof Alexander Geurts - University of Nijmegen, Netherlands 18 Research Papers - see published abstracts
VERNA WRIGHT PRIZES 20092009 Verna Prize Winners Congratulations to Sarah Demain for her presentation at the Summer meeting in Bath. She is the winner of the Verna Wright prize for oral presentation this year. Also congratulations to Ruth Turk for her poster presentation also at the Summer meeting in Bath. She wins the Verna Wright prize for the best poster presentation of the year. Prizes will be presented at the Winter meeting in Salford, 2010. COUNCILMarian Brady and Roshan Nair will join the council in 2010. Details of current council members are on the council page.
SRR Council member John Saxton was recently appointed Professor of Clinical Exercise Physiology at the University of East Anglia (UEA), Norwich. Previously a Reader in the Centre for Sport and Exercise Science at Sheffield Hallam University, he has joined UEA's School of Allied Health Professions in the Faculty of Health. John's research interests are focused on the role of exercise in the management of long-term conditions and the impact that habitual physical activity can have in the primary and secondary prevention of chronic diseases. He has received funding from various sources including the British Heart Foundation, American Institute for Cancer Research, Cancer Research UK, Food Standards Agency and the MS Society and is the senior editor of a new book on exercise and cancer survivorship recently published by Springer. John is hosting the SRR Summer Conference at Sheffield Hallam University on July 7-8th, 2010. |
