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Members

Operations Group

LWLTC Group Lead – Prof Dez Kyte PhD – Professor of Physiotherapy and course lead for the MSc (pre-reg) Physiotherapy programme, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of Worcester.

Deputy lead – Dr Kostas Papadopoulos PhD - Principal lecturer (physiotherapy) at the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of Worcester and the Head of Department for Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy & Nutritional Therapy.

Professor Eleanor Bradley PhD - College Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange (Health & Science) and a Professor of Health Psychology, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of Worcester.

 - Principal Lecturer, PhD Three Counties Medical School and the School of Psychology, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of Worcester.

 - MBChB Assessment Lead, School Teaching and Learning coordinator, School EDI Lead and Professor of Student Success and Medical Assessment at Three Counties Medical School, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of Worcester.

Current Projects 

 Funded Research Projects

• . NIHR RfPB Competition 43 Stage 2 - West Midlands, £249,540.

PhD Students

• Krista Easton: Co-occurence of autism among individuals living with bipolar disorder. Supervisor: Bere Mahoney
• Alice Clements: The postpartum phase for men living with bipolar disorder: clinical features and psychosocial factors.Supervisor: Bere Mahoney
• Beck Lowe: Self-diagnosis of autism: the role of social media. DoS: Bere Mahoney
• ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of Worcester.  Frances Chilton.  PhD Topic: Shared Decision Making: an exploration into the experiences of patients with early inflammatory / rheumatoid arthritis from symptom onset to first treatment year. Supervisor: E Bradley.
• ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of Worcester. Samita Kirve-PhD topic: Dementia education provision in pre-reg OT programmes in UK HEIs. Supervisor: Kostas Papadolpoulos.
• MDX London. Katherine Paice-PhD topic: The role of nutrition in improving performance and reducing injury in female netball players. Supervisor: Kostas Papadolpoulos.
• ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of West Attica. George Kypraios-PhD topic: The use of clinical Pilates in Shoulder Tendinopathy. Supervisor: Kostas Papadolpoulos.
• MDX London. Luca Maestroni – PhD topic: Strength and Power Assessment in Rehabilitation: Profiling the Athlete’s Return to Sport Journey Following ACL reconstruction – Supervisor: Kostas Papadolpoulos - PhD completed 2023/24.
• Nicola Anderson. Using patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) to promote quality of care and safety in the management of patients with established kidney disease requiring treatment with haemodialysis. ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of Birmingham, UK – Supervisor: D Kyte - PhD completed 2023/24.
• Birgith Engelst Grove. Remote symptom monitoring using patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures in patients with chronic kidney disease: The PROKID study. Aarhus ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, Aarhus, Denmark –External Supervisor: D Kyte - PhD completed 2023/24.

Outputs

Publications

• Kristina Newman, Rebecca Stack, Mike Rennoldson, Eva Zysk, Eva Sundin and Preethi Premkumar (2024) Health Psychology. In. Banyard Et al.  Essential psychology. Fourth Edition. SAGE Publications Limited. 
• Olatz Lopez-Fernandez, Rebecca Stack, Suvo Mitra and Louise A. Brown Nicholls (2004). Adulthood to Ageing. In. Banyard Et al.  Essential psychology. Fourth Edition. SAGE Publications Limited.

• Qualitative analysis of the impact of providing support and care for severe mental illness on informal carers (In press) Sud D, Bradley E, Tritter J, Maidment I BMC Psychiatry

• Christel McMullan; Ameeta Retzer; Sarah E. Hughes; Olalekan Lee Aiyegbusi; Camilla Bathurst; Alan Boyd; Jamie Coleman; Elin Haf Davies; Alastair K Denniston; Helen Dunster; Chris Frost; Rosie Harding; Amanda Hunn; Derek Kyte et al. . Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes (2023).

• Van der Veer SN, Kyte D, Chadwick H et al. . ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of Manchester (2023). 

• Anderson NE, Kyte D, McMullan C, et al. . BMJ Open (2023).
• Maestroni L, Turner A, Papadopoulos K, Sideris V, Read P. "" AMJSPORTS (2023).
• Maestroni L, Turner A, Papadopoulos K, Sideris V, Read P. "" Science and Medicine in Football (2023).
• Maestroni K, Turner A, Papadopoulos K, Cohen D, Sideris V, Graham-Smith P, Read P. (2023) "" Sports Health (2023).

• Gulshan T, Dobel-Ober D, Bradley E, Charnley C, Lambley-Burke R, Mallen C, Honeyford K, Kingstone T  (2024) Evaluating the impact of the Supporting The Advancement of Research Skills (STARS) programme on research knowledge, engagement and culture in a health and social care organisation in England BMC Medical Education 24: 126  

• Johnson J, Hope L, Jones L and Bradley E (2023) A mixed methods study to understand perinatal mental healthcare referral decisions among midwives and health visitors in the UK. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 

• Doughty, A., Keane, G., Wadley, A. J., Mahoney, B., Bueno, A. A., & Coles, S. J. (2024). Plasma concentrations of thioredoxin, thioredoxin reductase and peroxiredoxin-4 can identify high risk patients and predict outcome in patients with acute coronary syndrome: A clinical observation. International Journal of Cardiology, 131888
• Gordon-Smith, K., Hampshire, C., Mahoney, B., Perry, A., Lewis, K. J., Craddock, N., ... & Jones, L. (2024). Opportunities to engage in positive activities during the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives of individuals with mood disorders. Journal of Affective Disorders, 345, 186-191
• Hampshire, C., Mahoney, B., & Davis, S. K. (2022). Parenting styles and disordered eating among youths: A rapid scoping review. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 802567
• Lea, R., Davis, S. K., Mahoney, B., & Qualter, P. (2023). Do emotionally intelligent adolescents flourish or flounder under pressure? Linking emotional intelligence to stress regulation mechanisms. Personality and Individual Differences, 201, 111943
• Mahoney, B. (2024). Geography and breast reconstruction: the complex business of using travel time to understand how patients access care after surgery. Ann Breast Surg 2024; 8:13

PhD Projects

Available Self-funded PhD Projects

• Clinical Significance and Diagnostic Accuracy of Special tests in Rotator Cuff Related Shoulder Pain.
• Living with allergy during the transition to secondary school.
• Routine Monitoring of Depression and Anxiety in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD).
• The impact of extended waiting times for treatment and investigation in people Long-term conditions.

Collaborators

Dr Shirley Evans - Director of The Association for Dementia Studies, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of Worcester. 

Dr Chris Bowers - Head of Dept. Computing, Principal Lecturer, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of Worcester. 

 - Specialist renal dietician, Worcester Acute Hospitals NHS trust.