MSc: Applied Psychology at the University of Aston in Birmingham, 1983.
PhD: "The role of psychological variables in the physical management of musculoskeletal disorders." Faculty of Science, United Medical & Dental Schools of St Thomas's & Guys Hospitals, University of London, 1994.
MCSP: Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, 1965.
The Pain Society
The Physiotherapy Pain Association
The Physiotherapy Research Society
The Society for Back Pain Research
The Society for Research and Rehabilitation
1992-97 Research Fellow, Centre for Health Economics, University of York.
1989-92 Founding Director, Physiotherapy Research Unit, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford.
1983-89 Deputy Superintendent Physiotherapist, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford.
1965-88 Physiotherapy posts in Oxford, Luton, UK; Switzerland; Austria.
1986-89 Oxfordshire Regional Health Authority Locally Organised Research Scheme £60,000 (Trial of cervical traction, Longitudinal study of back pain in student nurses).
1989-92 Arthritis and Rheumatism Campaign £50,000 (Trial of pulsed short wave for OA hips and knees).
1992-93 Department of Health £10,000 and National Back Pain Association £10,000. (Costs of Back Pain to Society).
1993-1996 Arthritis and Rheumatism Campaign £150,000 (Trial of an exercise programme for back pain patients).
1994-1996 Northern & Yorkshire NHS Executive £50,000 (Extension of above)
1996-1998 Kings Fund PACE programme with South Derbyshire & York Health Economics Consortium, University of York £8,000 (Evaluation of a back pain service).
1997-2001 Medical Research Council £2 million (Primary care trial to evaluate physical treatments for back pain in collaboration with York and London).
1998-2001 Northern & Yorkshire £150, 000 (Brief physiotherapy intervention for neck pain patients).