Sallie Lamb - Exeter Biomedical Research Centre

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Sallie is an internationally recognised scholar in ageing, disability and rehabilitation. She is also an experienced methodologist in the area of clinical trials and high quality evaluation of health care practice.

She was previously the Director of the Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit and Centre for Rehabilitation Research at the University of Oxford. In 2020 Sallie will serve as a panel member and inter-disciplinary expert for the Higher Education Funding Council of England Research Excellence Framework assessment phase. She has served as a Chair of the Health Technology Assessment Board and other senior roles in National Institute of Health Research and is a Trustee of the Versus Arthritis charity.

Sallie has a strong commitment to improving the lives of older people through excellent research that answers difficult questions and can inform policy making and commissioning. She works to ensure research is translated into practice and to drive up the quality of methods and reporting used in medical research. Sallie has mentored and supervised many early career scientists, and is a strong advocate for team working and gender equality in the work place.

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Research projects that Sallie has been involved in

Knee4Life: Empowering Knee Recovery After Total Knee Replacement Through Digital Health

Rehabilitation

Creating a tool for early detection of pain and stiffness which occurs in the recovery phase of up to 20% of total knee replacement patients

Mind The Gap: Steps towards precision rehabilitation in chronic pain

Rehabilitation

Using VR technology to understand the neurobiological mechanisms of chronic pain to develop effective treatments

Movement technology for home rehabilitation

Rehabilitation

Improving rehabilitation services using technology

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News involving Sallie

£2.5 million European Research Council Advanced Grant to help reduce impact of falls

March 30th 2023

A major research award worth over £2.5 million has been awarded by the European Research Council (ERC) to support cutting-edge University of Exeter research involving virtual reality, aiming find new ways to prevent older people falling.

Exeter wins £15 million NIHR funding for Westcountry’s first Biomedical Research Centre

January 6th 2023

More than £15 million in government funding will support a university-NHS partnership in setting up the Westcountry’s first Biomedical Research Centre, to translate scientific discoveries into tangible benefits for patients.