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
Dr Ruth Strudwick DProf, MSc, BSc (Hons), CTCert, PGCE, SFHEA
Career Overview Ruth is an Associate Professor and the Subject Lead for Radiography and Interprofessional Learning in the School of Health and Sports Sciences at the
Members
Sarah Barker
Occupational Therapist, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Sarah is an experienced occupational therapist currently working on a project aiming to create clinical pathways and a set of recommendations
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
Steven Whitton
Steven currently works for Norfolk Community Health & Care NHS Trust in the role of Health Team Leader with the Community Learning Disabilities Team in
Jessica Blake
Senior Occupational Therapist / Research Assistant Jess is a community occupational therapist working as part of the Great Yarmouth and Northern Villages Primary Care Home
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
Mrs Angela Cobbold
Background Angela is a Healthcare professional who qualified as an Operating Department Practitioner (ODP) in the Armed forces in 1993. Developing a wide range of
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
Dr Helen Odell-Miller OBE
Dr Helen Odell-Miller OBE is a Professor of Music Therapy, and Director of the Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.
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