Members

Investigating functional neuroimaging in health and disease specifically role of pharmaco-imaging. Assessing non joint pain in people with rheumatoid arthritis and response to novel treatment with QST and neuroimaging.
Device development-PI for the Wellcome Trust, Translation of Concept Scheme-Institutional Translational Partnership Award (ITPA) developing a novel MR safe quantitative sensory testing device to assess peripheral and central sensitisation in musculoskeletal chronic pain.
Impact of immersive VR on pain processing and pain related patient outcomes.
Interested in understanding and developing Wearable Sensor based Technology and Brain stimulation for treating pain and related phenomenon

I am a Rheumatologist with a clinical and research interest in musculoskeletal pain mechanisms. I use a combination of techniques, including neuroimaging and clinical pain quantification, to investigate pain related predictors of response to treatment in different forms of arthritis and fibromyalgia. My group is currently investigating the effectiveness of digital cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia in patients with fibromyalgia. This study is using online platforms to conduct questionnaire-based surveys and collect quantitative movement and cognitive learning data.

My work focusses on the development and use of virtual reality interventions for the management of chronic pain. This includes research into brain-computer interfaces, personalised approaches using sensor-based technologies (eye tracking, EEG, ECG etc), and machine learning.

My research area of interest is in the field of neurorehabilitation technologies for supporting people with neurological conditions or injuries to learn, re-learn, and recover motor functions, with special focus on gait, postural control, and upper-limb function.

Focus areas: functional electrical stimulation systems and rehabilitation robots to support gait rehabilitation and grasping of tetraplegic and hemiparetic patients, assistive technologies, assessment technologies, gaming technologies, and their combinations. Also, mechanisms that result on sensory-motor impairments and recovery after injury, including central pattern generators and neural plasticity.