Editorial team
Dr Alison Rushton EdD MSc MCSP DipTP MMACP - Editor-in-Chief
Alison 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.
Olivia Wood, BA(hons)- Editor
Having graduated from the Queen’s College, Oxford University with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, Olivia converted to law at City University, London, and was called to the Bar in July 2007. She has been Sub-Editor for the British Journal of Nursing, and Managing Editor of the International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation since August 2009.
Joanna Bakewell, BSC- Consultant Editor
Joanna studied Physiology at the University of Sheffield before going on to graduate from King's College London with a Physiotherapy degree. She has been the Managing Editor of International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation since May 2007.
Editorial board
Australia
Michelle Lincoln - Head of Speech Pathology, University of Sydney
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
Gavin Williams - Senior Physiotherapist, Epworth Rehabilitation, Melbourne
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
India
Gajendra Narayan Karna - Honorary President, Society for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies, New Delhi
Israel
Eli Carmeli, PhD - Associate Professor, Physical Therapy Department, Tel Aviv University
New Zealand
Julie Reeve - Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy, Auckland University of Technology
Terence Bradshaw - Principle Podiatrist and Senior Partner, Access Podiatry Ltd, Upper Hutt, Greater Wellington
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
Brandon S Shaw, PhD MPhil - Research Chair, Department of Sport, Rehabilitation & Dental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria
Sweden
Ellika Schalling - Lecturer, Speech Language Pathology Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
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
Daniel Kerr – Lecturer, Physiotherapy, University of Ulster at Jordanstown
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
Gaye Powell - Head of Speech & Language Services (Adults and Children), Plymouth Teaching Primary Care Trust
Julia Ritchie, MBE MRCSLT MSc(HPsych) - 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 - Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Northeastern University, Boston
Surya Shah - Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy
The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
