Keynote speakers

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  Mary O'Keeffe Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney, Australia

  Mary O'Keeffe

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  1^st strand keynote: Innovative models of care in musculoskeletal and manual physical therapy

   

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  Curriculum Vitae

  Mary O'Keeffe, PhD
  Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney, Australia

  Dr Mary O’Keeffe is a physiotherapist, journalist, Research Fellow at the Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney, Australia and Research Projects Officer at the European Pain Federation (EFIC), Brussels, Belgium. She received her PhD in 2017 from the University of Limerick, Ireland. This examined the multidimensional nature of chronic low back pain and the effectiveness of Cognitive Functional Therapy compared to group exercise and education. In 2018 she received a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship from the European Commission to conduct research at the University of Sydney, Australia. She is an invited member of the Presidential Task Force for Early Career Researchers at the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), and Chair of Research Communication for IASP’s Musculoskeletal Pain Special Interest Group. She has >100 peer-reviewed publications (>3,000 citations). Her research on back pain and communication has been published in leading medical (The Lancet, JAMA Internal Medicine, British Medical Journal) and specialist (British Journal of Sports Medicine, PAIN, European Journal of Pain) journals, and has received numerous awards. She is very passionate about research in the media and contributed to news articles(x63), radio(x15), podcasts(x5) generated international attention reaching >10 million people (Isentia/Meltwater) including New Scientist, New York Times and The Guardian. She is currently leading the development of a guideline for the better reporting of health and medical press releases (Press-Release Reporting Exemplar).

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  Dave Nicholls School of Clinical Sciences AUT University in Auckland, New Zealand

  Dave Nicholls

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  2^nd strand keynote: Physical therapy futures - emerging areas

   

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  Curriculum Vitae

  Prof. Dave Nicholls PhD, MA, GradDip, MPNZ, SFHEA
  School of Clinical Sciences AUT University in Auckland, New Zealand

  For the strand “Physiotherapy futures – emerging areas”, we were able to win Prof Dave Nicholls, a physiotherapist who has been working on different areas of physiotherapy with a critical perspective for many years.
  As a founder of "Critical Physiotherapy Network" (CPN) Dave provided a space with a large international network for critical, informed thinking to challenge contemporary theory and practice.
  In his book entitled "The End of Physiotherapy", Dave demonstrated why it is necessary to critically engage in discussions about the past, present and future of the profession. In his subsequent book, "Physiotherapy Otherwise", he takes readers even further and deeper with sociological insights that point to the future for our profession and its practices. With his new project ParaDoxa, Dave looks to challenge, deconstruct and disrupt orthodox health care.This certainly makes Dave the person who will ask knowledgeable and theoretically sound questions and raise challenging thoughts in his keynote.We look forward to hearing how Dave will build bridges between his longstanding and profound reflections on physiotherapy and the current context of the IFOMPT community, leading us to several new and important questions for the future.

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  Annina Schmid Oxford University, UK

  Annina Schmid

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  3^rd strand keynote: Expertise in musculoskeletal and manual physical therapy

   

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  Curriculum Vitae

  Prof. Annina Schmid
  Oxford University, UK

  Prof Annina Schmid is a specialist musculoskeletal physiotherapist and a neuroscientist affiliated with the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences at Oxford University in the UK. She leads the Neuromusculoskeletal Health and Science Lab which uses a translational and interdisciplinary approach to study the pathophysiology of neuromusculoskeletal conditions with the ultimate goal to improve management for patients. Annina has a particular interest in entrapment neuropathies and neuropathic pain and the development of precision therapy for these patients. She has trained over 25 scientists and clinicians in her lab and maintains a strong international collaborative network.
  
  Annina has published her work in leading clinical and basic science journals and regularly presents her work at international meetings. Her research contributions have been recognised by the award of several prizes (most recently the Emerging Leaders Prize in Pain Research, Medical Research Foundation) and competitive fellowships. She was the first allied health professional to win a prestigious Clinical Research Career Development Fellowship from the Wellcome Trust.
  
  In addition to her research activities, Dr Schmid teaches postgraduate courses related to pain and neuroscience internationally. She also maintains a weekly caseload as a specialist musculoskeletal Physiotherapist both privately and in the NHS. Further information can be found at www.neuro-research.ch.