Biography & Research:
Dr Alison Cowley is the Associate Chief AHP for Research & Innovation, Clinical Support Research & Innovation Divisional Lead and a clinical academic physiotherapist. She is an Honorary (Clinical) Assistant Professor in the Academic Unit of Injury, Inflammation and Recovery Sciences, School of Medicine at the University of Nottingham. She sits on the British Geriatrics Society England Council and the Nurse and AHP Council. In 2017, she was awarded an HEE/NIHR Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship (Integrated Clinical Academic Pathway) in which she explored the assessment of rehabilitation potential in frail older people in the acute healthcare setting. Alison developed an interest in working with older people living with frailty and models of rehabilitation both within the acute, elective surgical and community stetting. She has worked in a number of clinical, operational, transformational and research roles within the NHS and Academic Health Sciences Network.