Miriam is a Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham based within the Division of Rehabilitation, Ageing and Wellbeing. Miriam also practices as a Senior Orthotist at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust. She completed her Master’s in Public Health in 2015 and is currently undertaking a PhD as part of a Stroke Association Doctoral Fellowship exploring the delivery of orthotic intervention following stroke.

I qualified as a Prosthetist/Orthotist BSc (hons) at Salford University in 2002 and have worked for Steeper Group since qualification. I have specialised in paediatric orthotics and worked in and around Leeds within both the NHS community clinics and in the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. In 2016 I completed the NIHR/HEE pre-masters clinical research internship, and was introduced to the world of clinical research. I am currently undertaking the NIHR/HEE MSc in clinical research methods at the University of Leeds, and hope to continue on the integrated clinical academic pathway to further my research career.

Qualifying with a Diploma in Orthotics from Salford in 1983 I have always been a clinician with an interest in research. This lead to doing a Masters in 2008 whilst chairman of ISPO UK and invitations to be part of a number of European funded research projects. However, it was more recently ,when trying to get funding to enter more formally into independent research that I understood the complexity of gaining funding and how the academic and research world functions. The difficulty I encountered in getting NIHR funding gave me the idea of creating a group to support other BAPO members to access a career in Research and promote research by members of our profession.

Joshua Young is an orthotist with an interest in research. He specialises in paediatrics with John Florence Limited, covering centres including the Evelina London Children's Hospital and The Children's Trust. He has work published, or in press, in peer reviewed journals including the Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics and the Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association. You can follow his work here: www.researchgate.net/profile/Joshua_Young15

I qualified as a Prosthetist/Orthotist BSc (hons) at the University of Salford in 2017. I am currently undertaking a Masters by Research in Biomechanics, Biomedical Engineering and Human Movement Science, with an interest in upper limb prosthetics, adolescents and sport. I am a member of the Human Movement Technology Research Group within the university. My ambition is to become a clinical prosthetist with an interest in research

After qualifying as a Prosthetist Orthotist in 1999 I worked in clinical roles in both the UK and overseas before taking up my current post in 2012 as a Teaching Fellow at Strathclyde. I became interested in research whilst studying part-time for my Masters degree which I completed in 2010. It was then that I realised how little evidence there is within our field, and saw the potential for us to improve this situation and the services that we provide. My main interests are in upper limb prosthetics, socket design and treatment pathways. I am currently undertaking a part-time PhD in which I am examining the demographic profile and treatment given to the amputee population in Scotland