I am currently the Executive Dean for the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences at Bournemouth University and I have completed my tenure as a Non-Executive Director at Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust.  

I originally trained as an engineer (BEng Electrical and Electronics & PG Dip in Medical Instrumentation) from the Coimbatore Institute of Technology [Coimbatore, India]. I then worked as a clinical engineer at the Christian Medical College & Hospital [Vellore India] before travelling to read for a PhD in bioengineer [Bioengineering Unit, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow]. I then completed a five years postdoctoral training period at the Centre for Rehabilitation and Engineering Studies [CREST] at Newcastle upon Tyne (with Profs Garth Johnson and Mike Barnes). Prior to joining Bournemouth University, I worked at Keele University as Professor for Rehabilitation Technology and was responsible for transforming a single profession School of Physiotherapy into the School of Allied Health Professions.  

My primary research interests are in the development of technological solutions to alleviate the challenges faced by people with severe levels of activity limitations following a neurological injury (I am recognised for my work on spasticity and electrical stimulation). More recently my colleagues and I have been working on developing clinical decision-making algorithms and also exploring the digital barriers to accessing health and social care. 

I see the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences at Bournemouth University as being an anchor partner to our local health and social care organisations. My colleagues are well networked and I am now looking at strengthening existing local partnerships and, hopefully, facilitating the growth of many more. 

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