I qualified as a Physiotherapist in 2002 from the University of Cape Town, and throughout my career, I have worked clinically and academically. I have eighteen years of experience in teaching in Physiotherapy. I took up a lecturing role at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2005, teaching on both Undergraduate and Postgraduate Physiotherapy courses, as well as teaching students from other disciplines including Occupational Therapy, Medicine, Psychology and Speech Therapy. During this time, I obtained an MSc in Paediatric Neurology as well as a PhD and have successfully supervised both MSc and PhD students to completion.
I have spent the twenty years in which I have been qualified as a Physiotherapist immersed in the
analysis of human movement in both clinical and research arenas. Every working day and
postgraduate course has given me deeper insight into normal and abnormal human movement,
from preterm general movements onwards, understanding components of movement, comparing
the clinical picture to imaging results, and looking at how movement translates into function, and
how to structure treatment in order to improve function. I have walked many journeys with patients
and families, sometimes decades long, and have a deep appreciation for what it means to live with a
long-term condition, and how this can be improved through rehabilitation. I ran my own paediatric practice for 15 years in Johannesburg. I have also worked in the NHS as a Band 8a Advanced Clinical practitioner in the field of paediatrics.
I currently hold a Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Association.