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Editorial team

Dr Alison Rushton EdD MSc MCSP DipTP MMACP - Editor-in-Chief

Dr Alison RushtonAlison qualified from the Middlesex Hospital School of Physiotherapy in 1987. She then worked as a clinical physiotherapist specializing in manipulative physiotherapy. Since moving into education, Alison has worked at Coventry University and now holds the post of Senior Lecturer, Programme Director of the Postgraduate Programmes, and Programme Leader of the MSc Advanced Manipulative Physiotherapy at the University of Birmingham. Alison has an MSc in Manipulative Therapy, and a Doctorate in Education from The University of Warwick. She is actively involved in the Manipulation Association of Chartered Physiotherapists (MACP) in the UK as Chair of the Committee for Education and Approval. Alison is also Chair of the Standards Committee of the International Federation of Orthopaedic Manipulative Therapists (IFOMT) a sub-group of the World Confederation of Physical Therapy.

Alison was part of the team involved in the conception of the journal that was first published in 1994. Initially she was the Editor of the clinical section of the early publication known as the British Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation (BJTR). Subsequently she moved to the role of Editor-in-Chief as the Journal became established and evolved into the International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, reaching out to new markets and fulfilling new development needs for health care practitioners.

 

Joanna Bakewell - Editor

Joanna BakewellJoanna studied Physiology at the University of Sheffield before going on to graduate from Kings College London with a Physiotherapy degree. She has been the editor of International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation since May 2007.

 
 
 

Editorial board

Australia

Ann Marie Carr - Senior Lecturer, Curtin University of Technology

Chris Lloyd - Senior Lecturer, Division of Occupational Therapy, University of Queensland

Joan McMeeken - Professor & Head of Physiotherapy, Associate Dean, The University of Melbourne

Julie Pryor - Associate Director, Royal Rehabilitation Centre, Sydney

 

Canada

Beverley Padfield - Lecturer, Physiotherapy, University Western Ontario

 

Hong Kong

Gladys Cheing - Assistant Professor, Physiotherapy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Thomas Chiu - Assistant Professor, Physiotherapy The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Hector Tsang - Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy, The Hong Kong University

 

New Zealand

Julie Reeve - Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy, Auckland University of Technology

 

South Africa

Merle Futter - Senior Lecturer, Physiotherapy, University of Cape Town

Brenda Morrow - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town

 

United Kingdom

Karen Bunning - Senior Lecturer and Joint Course Director of Speech & Language Therapy, University of East Anglia

Alan Castle - Principal Lecturer, Radiography Education, University of Portsmouth

Swee Hong Chia - Senior Lecturer, School of Allied Health Professions, University of East Anglia

Sally Davis - Senior Nurse/Lecturer Practitioner, Oxford Brookes University

Julia Fitzgerald - Occupational therapist, Private practitioner /medico-legal expert, Newcastle

Anne-Marie Hassenkamp - Senior Lecturer, St Georges, University of London

Ruth Heames - Head of Occupational Therapy, Coventry University

Joanna Jackson - Principal Lecturer, Physiotherapy, University of Essex

Gill James - Lecturer, Physiotherapy, University of Birmingham

Jan Jensen - Occupational Therapy Professional Lead, Canterbury Christ Church University College

Andrea Lowe-Strong - Senior Lecturer, School of Health Sciences, University of Ulster at Jordanstown

Nick Miller - Senior Lecturer and Speech Language Clinician, University of Newcastle

Roger Minett - Associate Head of Nursing, Mathew Boulton College of Further & Higher Education

Theresa Powell - Chartered Clinical Psychologist, University of Birmingham

Julia Ritchie - Speech and Language Practitioner, Therapies Representative, Pembrokeshire Local Health Board

Carolyn Roskell - Lecturer, Physiotherapy, University of Birmingham

Phillip Scullion - Senior Lecturer, Department of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Care Coventry University

Victoria Sparkes - Research-informed Teaching Project Officer, University of Winchester

Elizabeth White - Head for Research and Development, College of Occupational Therapists, London

Maggie Whittaker - Lecturer, Physiotherapy, University of Essex

 

USA

Prudence Plummer D'Amato - Postdoctoral Scholar, Physiotherapy, University of California