Professor Sue Mawson
MCSP, BSc (Hons), PhD
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
Professor of Health Service Research
HSR Section Director
+44 114 222 8270
Full contact details
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
1.06, First Floor, The Innovation Centre
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
91探花
S1 4DA
- Profile
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I originally trained as a Physiotherapist at the Middlesex Hospital, affiliated to the University of London, becoming a Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. After my initial training, I went to South Africa to work at the Red Cross Memorial Children鈥檚 Hospital and subsequently as a physiotherapist working for the Western Cape Cerebral Palsy Society. It was whilst here that I learnt to develop novel seating and sleeping equipment for the children living in the Cape flats townships, out of cardboard boxes, see my inaugural lecture, 鈥榃hat do intelligent shoes and brain synapses have to do with NHS reforms鈥.
On returning to the UK I gained a BSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy in 1991 from 91探花 Hallam University where I developed and lead the Masters in Neurological Rehabilitation. In 1997 I completed my PhD study identifying the characteristics of motor recovery following a stroke.
I was appointed Professor of Health Services Research in the School for Health and Related Research at the University of 91探花, working within the Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology group and the newly established a Centre for Assistive Technology and Digital Healthcare CATCH.
My role is to develop stronger links between researchers at ScHARR, the NHS, industry and the voluntary sector with a specific focus on research into both novel interventions and technologies for people with disabilities, older people and people with long-term conditions and public health.
- Research interests
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My research focuses on improving the quality of life of people with long term conditions, particularly through exploration of the effectiveness of rehabilitative interventions and the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to support the self-management of the rehabilitation process. My research work, funded predominantly through the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council, and latterly the NIHR CLAHRC Y&H, has capitalised on new innovations in sensor and digital technologies and involves interdisciplinary work, integrating clinical rehabilitation researchers with engineering, design, mecatronics, informatics and digital media specialists.
Current projects
In 2008 I led the successful South Yorkshire application to become a National Institute of Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in applied Research and Care (CLARHC) pilot. This multi-disciplinary innovation community was driven by the needs of people with long term conditions, undertaking applied research, capacity development and knowledge implementation, identifying news ways of enabling the adoption and diffusion of evidence based practices and services through user-centred design methods and self-management principles.
In 2013 the NIHR launched a new call for region CLAHRC鈥檚 and I was appointed Director for the Yorkshire and Humber bid which was successfully awarded in July of 2013 for a further 5 years. This ward attracts an income of 拢10 million from NIHR with a current match funding portfolio form partners organisations of 拢14 million.
I was a principal investigator on a EU Framework 7 bid, the, with colleagues in Sweden, Italy and Poland the purpose of the research being to improve the implementation of ICT based models for chronic disease management in the areas of dementia, diabetes and stroke care.
Since 2003 I have worked on the EPSRC funded project with Professor Gail Mountain and Professor Mark Hawley to develop a self management system for people with chronic diseases. I specifically lead the evaluation aspects of the project, developing a Personalised Self-management Rehabilitation Technology (PSMrS) working closely with 鈥楰inematic鈥 a company based in Portugal and Boston, USA utilizing and adapting their multi sensored insole for walking re-education within the PSMrS.
- Publications
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Featured publications
Journal articles
- . Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(1).
- . BMJ Open, 9(10).
- . BMJ Open, 9.
- . Journal of Medical Internet Research.
- . Physiotherapy.
- . Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 61, e187-e187.
- . BMJ Open, 8.
- . JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies, 3(2).
- . Journal of Medical Internet Research, 18(10).
- . Clinical Rehabilitation, 30(7), 686-696.
- . BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 5(Suppl 3), A11.1-A11.
- . BMC Medical Informatics & Decision Making, 14.
- . Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 9(6), 521-528.
All publications
Books
Edited books
Journal articles
- . Implementation Science Communications, 4.
- . Physiotherapy.
- . JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies, 8(2).
- . Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(1).
- . BMJ Open, 9(10).
- . BMJ Open, 9.
- . Journal of Medical Internet Research.
- . Physiotherapy.
- . Health and Social Care in the Community.
- . Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 61, e187-e187.
- . BMJ Open, 8.
- . Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 19(5-6), 351-361.
- . IEEE Sensors Journal, 17(12), 3909-3920.
- . IEEE Sensors Journal, 17(10), 3142-3151.
- . Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 242, 401-408.
- . Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 242, 733-740.
- . JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies, 3(2).
- . Journal of Medical Internet Research, 18(10).
- . Sensors.
- . Clinical Rehabilitation, 30(7), 686-696.
- . Global Qualitative Nurse Research, 3, 1-9.
- . Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis && Frontotemporal Degeneration, 17(5-6), 313-324.
- . Ergonomics, 59(8), 1089-1099.
- . JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies, 3(1), e1-e1.
- . BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 5(Suppl 3), A11.1-A11.
- . Gait & Posture, 42(4), 575-579.
- . Physiotherapy, 101(3), 279-285.
- . Physiotherapy, 101, e1076-e1077.
- . BMC Palliat Care, 14, 17-17.
- . Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 217, 736-743.
- . BMC Medical Informatics & Decision Making, 14.
- . Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 9(6), 521-528.
- . Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 9(6), 529-538.
- . British Journal of Sports Medicine, 48(Suppl 2), A37.1-A37.
- . BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 14(1).
- . Physiotherapy (United Kingdom), 100(1), 80-85.
- . Physiotherapy (United Kingdom), 100(1), 54-60.
- . Disability and Rehabilitation, 35(15), 1284-1292.
- . Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 14(5-6), 414-423.
- . International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 20(4), 200-206.
- . Physiotherapy, 99(4), 358-362.
- . BMC Musculoskelet Disord, 13, 62.
- . Technology and Disability, 24(3), 233-243.
- . Journal of Physical Therapy Education, 25(1), 48-53.
- Issues and Challenges for the creation of an Evidence Base for Telerehabilitation Using the SMART Rehabilitation System for Stroke Self-Management. Journal of Physiotherapy Education, 25.
- . Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, 3073-3082.
- Exploring the usability of a prototype technology for upper limb rehabilitation following stroke. Journal of Engineering Design(2&3), 223-236.
- . Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 152, 121-139.
- . 2010 4th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, Pervasive Health 2010.
- . J TELEMED TELECARE, 16(4), 224-227.
- . J ENG DESIGN, 21(2-3), 223-236.
- . Journal of Research in Nursing, 14(2), 169-174.
- . MECHATRONICS, 19(2), 247-257.
- . Learning in Health and Social Care, 8(2), 123-134.
- The reality of homes fit for heroes: dsign challenges for rehabilitation technology at home.. Journal of Assistive Technology, 3(2), 35-43.
- . 2009 IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2009, 956-961.
- . IET Seminar Digest, 2009(12725).
- . ACM International Conference Proceeding Series.
- Telerehabilitation: enabling the remote delivery of healthcare, rehabilitation, and self management.. Stud Health Technol Inform, 145, 231-248.
- Smart: Developing information and communication technology for self management of stroke and chronic conditions at home. 21st International Symposium on Human Factors in Telecommunication, HFT 2008, 231-238.
- . Technology and Health Care, 16(5), 381-397.
- . Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, 16(2), 143-145.
- . Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 4554 LNCS(PART 1), 831-840.
- A pragmatic governance framework for differentiating between research, audit and service review activities. Clinician in Management, 15(1), 29-35.
- . DEV MED CHILD NEUROL, 48(6), 540-544.
- . International Journal on Disability and Human Development, 5(3), 271-276.
- Research,audit,practice development and service evaluation: Implications for research and clinnical governance. Practice Development in Health Care, 4(1), 33-38.
- . IFAC Proceedings Volumes, 37(14), 483-488.
- . Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B, 85(3), 419-422.
- . Physiotherapy, 88(12), 763-763.
- . Physiotherapy, 88(4), 240-240.
- TELER versus MAS: Validating TELER indicator definitions for use in the measurement of physiotherapy outcomes in acute stroke rehabilitation. Physiotherapy, 88(2), 67-76.
- . Physiotherapy, 82(8), 466-467.
- . Physiotherapy, 81(10), 641-642.
- . Physiotherapy, 81(4), 208-212.
- . Physiotherapy (United Kingdom), 79(11), 762-765.
- . Physiotherapy (United Kingdom), 79(11), 758-761.
- . Frontiers in Neurology, 11.
- . International Journal of Integrated Care, 13(7).
- . International Journal of Integrated Care, 13(7).
- . Gerontechnology, 11(2).
- . Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 48(6), 540-544.
- . Gerontechnology, 3(4).
- . BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care.
- . JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies, 8(3), e32418-e32418.
Chapters
- , Research Co鈥怭roduction in Healthcare (pp. 74-90).
- Service Design in Chronic Health In Tsekleves E & Cooper R (Ed.), Design for Health (pp. 216-240). Oxon and New York: Gower Publishing Company, Limited.
- , Design for Health (pp. 216-240). Routledge
- Services Service design in chronic health, DESIGN FOR HEALTH (pp. 216-240).
- The SMART project: an ICT decision platform for home-based stroke rehabilitation system In Nugent C & Augusto J (Ed.), Smart homes and bejond (pp. 106-113). Amsterdam: IOS press.
- In Glascock AP & Kutzik DM (Ed.), Essential Lessons for the Success of Telehomecare (pp. 237-257). IOS Press
- Promoting Behaviour Change in Long Term conditions using a Self-Management Platform UK: Springer-Verlag.
- , The Engineering of Sport 7 (pp. 191-198). Springer Paris
- The Smart Project: A user Led Approach to Developing Applications for Domiciliary Stroke Rehabilitation. In Robinson P, Langdon P & Clarkson J (Ed.), Designing Accessible Technology (pp. 135-144). London: Springer..
- Physical Therapies, Handbook of Neurological Rehabilitation Publishers Psychology Press
Conference proceedings papers
- . Physiotherapy, Vol. 107 (pp e9-e9)
- . Poster presentations
- RICHARD Project: Regional ICT based Clusters for Healthcare Applications and R&D Integration.. International Journal of Integrated care, Vol. 13(3rd International Congress on Telehealth and Telecare), 1 July 2013 - 3 July 2013.
- . Proceedings of the 5th International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, 23 May 2011 - 26 May 2011.
- Integration of Assistive Technology to Support Self Management. Proceedings of the IET conference on Assisted Living. London UK
- Integration of Assistive Technology to Support Self Management. Proceedings of the IET conference on Assisted Living. London UK
- . Proceedings of the 3d International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, 4 August 2009 - 3 April 2009.
- Self management of stroke supported by assistive technology. 2009 VIRTUAL REHABILITATION INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE (pp 193-193)
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- Towards a Decision Support Personalised Self Management System for Chronic Conditions.. ICNSC (pp 1521-1524)
- Developing a telemonitoring system for stroke rehabilitation. Proceedings of Ergonomics Society Annual Conference. Nottingham UK
- The SMART Project: An ICT decision platform for home-based stroke rehabilitation system. International Conference on Smart homes and Telematics, 16 August 2006.
- Design requirements and user interfacing for a rehabilitation robot for the lower limbs. 2006 IEEE Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics, Vols 1 and 2 (pp 499-504)
- The design of an active exoskeleton to support rehabilitation. 3rd IFAC Conference on Mechatronic Systems (pp 505-510), 15 September 2004 - 17 September 2004.
- . International Journal of Integrated Care, Vol. 11(6)
- (pp 135-144)
Website content
Posters
- A personalised self-management system for post stroke rehabilitation; a multiple case study realistic evaluation.. The 1st International Conference On Realist Approaches To Evaluation And Synthesis: Success, Challen.
- Developing a personalised self-management system for post stroke rehabilitation: utilising a user centred design methodology. 8th World Congress for Neurorehabilitation: Towards New Horizons in Neurorehabilitation.
Presentations
- Stroke patients鈥 utilisation of extrinsic feedback from computer-based technology in the home: a multiple case study realistic evaluation.. The 1st International Conference On Realist Approaches To Evaluation And Synthesis: Success, Challen.
- Methodological considerations in the evaluation of technologies, drawing upon the experiences of the SMART projects. AAATE workshop, Assistive technology- technology transfer. , 91探花..
Preprints
- Research group
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My PhD students
Over the years I have directed and supervised nine graduating PhDs students and currently supervise 5 two of whom has been awarded an NIHR Doctoral Fellowships. My students are mainly physiotherapist, sports scientist and medical practitioners.
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Chris Littlewood: "I joined ScHARR in 2011 and in August of that year was awarded a National Institute for Health Research Doctoral Research Fellowship. Prior to this I was employed as a Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy at 91探花 Hallam University. I have previously worked as a physiotherapist in the NHS and private sector. I have recently completed a PhD relating to the assessment and management of rotator cuff tendinopathy."
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Thamer Ahmed Altaim: 鈥淐linical measurement of functional outcomes for individuals receiving physiotherapy management for chronic low back pain鈥. Thamer is a chartered physiotherapist from Jordan. He started his PhD in 2012 at ScHARR to develop a culturally sensitive clinical outcome measurement tool for individuals receiving physiotherapy for chronic low back pain in Jordan. Thamer presented his work in national and international conferences.
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Moe Kyi is a Consultant Physician in Respiratory Medicine at Doncaster Royal Infirmary. She is undertaking an NIHR-CLAHRC (YH) funded randomised control trial on individualised nutritional intervention and pulmonary rehabilitation on underweight patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This is her MD project.
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- Teaching activities
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My areas of interest are teaching research methods particularly around measurement theory, complex interventions and the implications of theory to the measurement of health care outcomes. Of particular interest to me are the concepts of clinimetrics and the importance of measurement on the individual as opposed to population-based measurement. I have extensive experience of the TELER methods of measurement and clinical note-taking with utilizing this method in my research as a valid and reliable tool for individual ( n=1) and group RCT mixed methods.
- Professional activities and memberships
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My original degree was in physiotherapy and I became a clinical specialist in paediatric neurology however I moved into a jointly funded NHS academic post in 1991 to undertake my PhD. I was President of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Neurology (ACPIN) for four years and sat on the NIHR RfPB funding panel for two terms.
I am an elected board member of the Health Services Research Network working with senior research leaders nationally to promote and develop a research culture within the NHS.