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Chrissy Bibby
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist & Events Lead
The MiNT Academy
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Chrissy has worked in the field of adult acquired neurological speech and language therapy for over 15 years, initially in the NHS before joining Hobbs Rehabilitation, where she leads the Speech & Language therapy team. Clinically, she has a special interest in motor speech disorders and rehabilitation of the facial nerve.
Chrissy trained as a teacher before embarking on her career in neurological rehabilitation and enjoys using her teaching skills in all areas of her work with Hobbs Rehabilitation and MiNT.
As Events Lead for The MiNT Academy, Chrissy is embracing the opportunity to discuss with fellow clinicians, academics and industry partners the benefits of using neurotechnology with our communication impaired clients, while encouraging further development in this vital area.
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Caroline Gill
Highly Specialist Physiotherapist
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
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Caroline Gill is a Highly Specialist Physiotherapist in stroke and neurology in Leeds
Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, and Research Physiotherapist in the University of
Leeds. She was awarded a BSc(Hons) in Physiotherapy at Leeds Metropolitan
University (now Leeds Beckett University) in 2003 and a Post Graduate Certificate in
Health Research from the University of Leeds in 2023.
Caroline has worked across the rehabilitation pathway, in Leeds Teaching Hospitals
and Leeds Community NHS Trusts, for the majority of her career. She has also
worked in Calgary in neurological, neurosurgical and spinal rehabilitation.
Her current research is funded by NHS Transformation and UKRI. This work is
exploring the use of augmented reality glasses to deliver physiotherapy-based
exercises and activities to improve mobility and quality of life for people with
Parkinson’s disease.
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Dr Rachel Stockley
Physiotherapist & Associate Professor in Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation
Univeristy of Central Lancashire
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Rachel is an experienced neurological physiotherapist and researcher. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Central Lancashire, in the UK where her work focusses on researching rehabilitation after stroke. She currently leads a programme of work examining digital health technologies in upper limb rehabilitation, spanning the life cycle of technology from design, development, evaluation and implementation. She has been involved in a range of studies of rehabilitation nationally and internationally, including trials of virtual reality, applications and wearable technologies. Rachel is driven to raise the profile of rehabilitation research, serves on the executive committee of the International Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Alliance and supports several allied health clinicians and researchers at a range of career stages.
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Dr Damon Hoad
Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine at Inspire Neurocare Worcester
Inspire Neurocare Worcester
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Dr Damon Hoad PhD MRCP AKC is Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine at the Central England Rehabilitation Unit, Associate Clinical Professor of Neurological Rehabilitation at Warwick Medical School and Associate Editor of Clinical Rehabilitation. His doctoral training was at the Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, Institute of Neurology. His research uses neurophysiological markers of neuromodulatory and neuroplastic processes to improve outcome after acquired brain injury.
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Gernot Greimler
Co-CEO & CTO
tech2people
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Gernot has amassed extensive experience in the realms of data, data-driven learning, data science, and artificial intelligence through his work with major corporations like Erste Bank and T-Mobile (now Magenta), as well as in a startup he co-founded. He is now eager to apply this expertise to enhance therapeutic approaches and has found the ideal platform for this endeavour at tech2people. Currently, the team is developing 'Abilitate', an innovative app designed to measure and ensure the quality of therapy.
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Ellis Parry
Co-founder and CEO
neumind
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Ellis is CEO of neumind, a startup developing cognitive assistive technologies to improve the lives of people with neurological conditions and their care circle. He founded neumind after his identical twin brother suffered a traumatic brain injury. In collaboration with top services and experts, neumind are building a platform to help professionals deliver efficient care that is more personalised, engaging and connected. Neumind were previously awarded the Mike Barnes Award for Innovation (UKABIF), and are supported by the Health Foundation and NIHR. Ellis was awarded UK Young Innovator 2021, he has a PhD in Engineering Science from Oxford, and is an ambassador for the Royal Academy of Engineering.
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Alex Lewis
Quadruple Amputee
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Alex is a quadruple amputee with a passion for adventure, end user led research, his family (including a little wine and chocolate)and improving the lives of others with disabilities. If he’s not hand cycling through mountain ranges in Ethiopia, training to row across the North Atlantic or working in the Ukraine with injured veterans you’ll find him working with various universities up and down the UK. Alex gives his time and what’s left of his body to students studying anything from mechanical engineering to bio mechatronics and much more in the pursuit of the next best affordable prosthetic or wearable tech to monitor and treat neurodegenerative disorders “For me, the importance of my input leads to an end user driven design which we can then look to take to market and ultimately deliver a product which is not only beneficial but, more importantly, affordable to those who need it.
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Charlotte Vye
Specialist Neurological and Research Physiotherapist
Hobbs Rehabilitation
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Charlotte is a Specialist Neurological and Research Physiotherapist working for Hobbs Rehabilitation since January 2023. Charlotte has a background in the NHS working in Research and Development, where she was responsible for recruitment to NIHR funded orthopaedic studies. She has a specialist interest in research methodology and contributing to high quality research to improve patient outcomes, and has completed a masters module in healthcare research methods and methodology. Joining the MiNT academy allowed Charlotte to apply her experience and knowledge of research into the world of Neurotechnology. She enjoys collaborating with technology companies to support the development and clinical testing of new devices. Clinically, Charlotte frequently uses a range of neurotechnology with clients during their intensive treatment packages in Bristol.