About Us
The CAHPR's mission is:
“to develop allied health profession research, strengthen evidence of the professions’ value and impact for enhancing service user and community care, and enable the professions to speak with one voice on research issues, thereby raising their profile and increasing their influence.”
The aim of the East Anglia Hub is to deliver regular events that help develop a local network of AHPs with an interest in research. We also aim to run a small annual bursary scheme to support AHPs develop and disseminate their research.
The East Anglia Hub is led by Dr Ruth Strudwick, a Diagnostic Radiographer, and supported by a committee including Dietitians, Music therapists, Occupational therapist, Paramedics, Physiotherapists, Radiographers and Speech and Language therapists. The committee are all actively involved with undertaking or promoting research.
We support the following AHP professions based in the East with audit and research:
- Arts Therapists
- Dietitians
- Dramatherapists
- Music Therapists
- Occupational Therapists
- Orthoptists
- Osteopaths
- Paramedics
- Physiotherapists
- Podiatrists
- Prosthetists and Orthotists
- Radiographers
- Speech and Language Therapists
Committee Member Profiles
Chair
Professor Ruth M Strudwick DProf MSc BSc(Hons) CTCert PGCE SFHEA FCR
Professor in Diagnostic Radiography. Head of Allied Health Professions, University of Suffolk. Career Overview Ruth is Professor in Diagnostic Radiography and the Head of Allied
Members
Steven Whitton MSc Clin Res, BSc (Hons) MCSP
Health Team Leader, South Norfolk Community Learning Disabilities Team, Norfolk Community Health & Care NHS Trust. Clinical role and experience I work in a multidisciplinary
Suzahn Wilson, Respiratory Physiotherapist, West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Suzahn qualified as a Physiotherapist in 2012 and has worked in a variety of settings before specialising in Respiratory and Critical Care. In 2017 Suzahn
Katherine Paterson
Katherine Paterson Lead Cardiology & Obesity Dietitian / Associate Lecturer Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust / Anglia Ruskin University Katherine’s research interest
Pippa Hales
Chief Allied Health Professional at Royal Papworth Hospital and Professional Doctorate student at Anglia Ruskin University Pippa qualified, a little lack lustre, from University College
Helen Hall
I am a research paramedic working with the research team at the James Paget University Hospital in Gorleston helping to increase the capacity for home
Hollie Hadwen, Senior Lecturer in Diagnostic Radiography, University of Suffolk
Hollie qualified as a Diagnostic Radiographer in 2007. She worked in the modality specialism of Nuclear Medicine at the Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, before joining
Lynsey Spillman, MSc RD
Hepatology and Liver Transplant Dietitian and NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Clinical role and experience I work at