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Research Funding

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2011/12

Researcher:  Jill Riley, Gail Boniface, Jayne Cox and 3 other co-applicants
Funder: UK Occupational Therapy Research Foundation (UKOTRF) 
Amount: £31,602 
Title: The effectiveness of occupational therapy local authority social services' interventions for older people in Great Britain: A critical literature review.

Researcher:   Monica Busse-Morris, Lori Quinn, Anne Rosser (BIOSI), Katy Debono and 10 other co-applicants
Funder: Neil Glendinning Research Grant Huntington's Disease Association
Amount: £99,230
Title: Task Training in Huntington's Disease

2010/11

Researcher:  Deb Hearle and Nina Cogger
Funder: Higher Education Academy
Amount: £2,000
Title: An Evaluation of the Progress of Student Engagement in the Design and Delivery of the new Occupational Therapy Undergraduate Curriculum

Researcher:  Keren Williamson and Emma Pope
Funder: Heat 4 Wales JISC TechDis Service
Amount: £1,135
Title: Involving Cancer Patient Communities in Radiotherapy Education

Researcher:  Monica Busse, Anne Rosser (MEDIC)
Funder: Wales Office and Research and Development for Health and Social Care
Amount: £122,720
Title: Can Community Supported Exercise Benefit Subjective Wellbeing, Physical Activity Levels and Abilities in People with Huntington’s Disease

Researcher:  Robert van Deursen and Nichola Gale
Funder: Tenovus
Amount: £29,995
Title: The Role of Exercise in Patients with Cancer Cachexia: A Study of Preferences, Motivation and Outcomes of Importance in Patients with Advanced Cancer

Researcher:  Robert van Deursen and Alun Preece (COMCS)
Funder: NISCHR
Amount: £60,000
Title: Functional Recovery from Stroke during Rehabilitation in the Cardiff Stroke Unit and Home Environment

Researcher:  Susan Annetts and Geraldine Hastings
Funder: Higher Education Academy
Amount: £1,783
Title: A Scoping Exercise Investigating the Efficacy and Efficiency of Audio Feedback

Researcher:  Stephen Brooks (BIOSI), Stephen Dunnett (BIOSI), Anne Rosser (BIOSI) and Monica Busse
Funder: European Huntington’s Disease Network
Amount: £41,015
Title: A Translational Study in the Beneficial Effects of Exercise on Huntington’s Disease Symptomatology: The Development  of a Correlate of an Ongoing Patient Trial

Researcher:  Vic Duance (BIOSI), Deborah Mason (BIOSI), Daniela Riccardi (BIOSI), Anwen Williams (MEDIC), Bronwen Evans (MEDIC),  Simon Jones (MEDIC), Robert van Deursen (SOHCS), Cathy Holt (ENGIN), Sam Evans (ENGIN), Stephen Denyer (PHRMY) Daniel Aeschlimann (DENTL) Richard Wise (PSYCH)
Funder: Arthritis Research UK
Amount: £2,499,940
Title: Cardiff Institute of Biomechanics and BioEngineering Research

2009/10

Researcher:  Nichola Gale, Robert van Deursen and Stephanie Enright
Funder: Tenovus
Amount: £6,842
Title: A Pilot Study to Investigate the Effects of Choral Singing on Quality of Life and Lung Function in Patients with Cancer, and their Carers

Researcher:  Robert van Deursen and Karen Visser
Funder: Welsh Assembly Government
Amount: £75,000
Title: All Wales Rehabilitation Research Network

Researcher:  Monica Busse and Helen Dawes (Oxford Brookes University)
Funder: Oxford Brookes University
Amount: £1,500
Title: Establish Proof of Principal of the Ability of the GAIT to Detect Change in Movement Disorders not Currently Detectable with Clinical Measures

Researcher:  Robert van Deursen, Valerie Sparkes and Robert Letchford
Funder: rcbc Wales
Amount: £51,558
Title: A Study of Functional Recovery Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Researcher:  Sharon Simpson (MEDIC), Robert Newcombe (MEDIC), Eleri Owen - Jones (MEDIC), Nefyn Williams (MEDIC), Monica Busse (SOHCS)
Funder: Medical Research Council
Amount: £1,041,422
Title: Healthy Eating and Lifestyle in Pregnancy

2008/9

Researcher:  Robert van Deursen, Kate Button
Funder: rcbc Wales
Amount: £121,122
Title: Development of a Rehabilitation Service Model for Knee Injury Patients

Researcher:  Jill Riley
Funder: College of Occupational Therapists
Amount: £4,000
Title: Occupational Therapists Careers in Social Services Departments in Scotland

Researcher:  Keren Williamson, Hywel Rogers, and Lynne Mundy
Funder: Society of Radiographers
Amount: £5,000
Title: Utilising Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) to support and Enhance the Clinical Learning Environment for the Benefit of Student Therapeutic Radiographers and Practice Educators

Researcher:  Gareth Morgan, Richard Oliver (DENTL),Francesca Sartorio (CPLAN), Lisa Barton (CARBS), Paul Prickett (ENGIN)
Funder: British Council Wales
Amount: £3,000
Title: The Nature and Penetration of Erasmus Activities

Researcher:  Dawn Pickering, Karen Visser and Lyn Horrocks
Funder: Nancie Finnie Charitable Trust
Amount: £42,550
Title: Pedal Power – Does Participation in Adapted Dynamic Cycling Affect Lower Limb Muscle Function, Activity Levels and Quality of Life in Children with Cerebral Palsy.

Researcher:  Una Jones, Anne Rosser (MEDIC)
Funder: Physiotherapy Research Foundation
Amount: £8,575
Title: Respiratory Function in People with Huntington’s Disease

Researcher:  Stephanie Enright, Monica Busse, Robert van Deursen and Una Jones
Funder: rcbc Wales
Amount: £51,558
Title: Respiratory Function in People with Huntington’s Disease: A Cross Sectional Study

Researcher:  Patricia Price, Kavita Vedhara (University of Nottingham)
Funder: National Institute for Health Research
Amount: £10,120
Title: Development of a Cognitive-Behaviour Intervention to Reduce the Risk of Re-ulceration in Patients with Diabetes

Researcher:  Monica Busse and Jonathan Gillard (MATHS)
Funder: European Huntington’s Disease Network
Amount: £31,537
Title: Reliability and Minimal Detectable Change of Measures of Participation, Functional Activities and Impairments in Individuals with Huntington’s Disease

Researcher: Robert van Deursen
Funder: Wales Office of Research via Wales Centre for Primary Care Research
Amount: £20,000
Title: Scoping for Opportunities to develop rehabilitation research in Wales 

Researcher: Keren Williamson
Funder: JISC TechDis
Amount: £1,776
Title: An Exploration of use of personal digital assistants to deliver learning resources 

Researcher: Mike Smith
Funder: rcbc Wales
Amount: £9,000
Title: Scapulohumeral assessment in the clinical setting: the development of a robust measurement tool 

2007/8 

Researcher: Carly Reagon
Funder: Carmarthen,Merthyr Tydfil and Neath Prot Talbot Local Health Boards
Amount: £46,752
Title: An Evaluation of three condition management programmes in Wales

Researcher: Shaaron Pratt
Funder: Society of Radiographers
Amount: £5,000
Title: Information Management and Technology

Researcher: Monica Busse
Funder: Chief Medical Officer WAG
Amount: £9,938
Title: Development and Evaluation of a Falls Management DVD resource for people with a neurodegenerative disease 

Researcher: Karen Jones
Funder: Physiotherapy Research Society
Amount: £495
Title: Development & evaluation of a falls management DVD resource for people with a neurodegenerative disease 

Researcher: Jill Riley
Funder: College of Occupational Therapists
Amount: £64,836
Title: Occupational Therapy in Social Care in England: Workforce sustainability and practice development in adult services 

2006/7 

Researcher: Monica Busse
Funder: Physiotherapy Research Society
Amount: £500
Title: Mobility and Falls in Huntington's Disease 

Researcher: Sue Delport
Funder: Chief Medical Officer WAG
Amount: £8,000
Title: An Exploratory study of the role of teachers in assisting children with coordination problems in a Welsh Valley 

Researcher: Tina Gambling
Funder: The College of Radiographers
Amount: £5,000
Title: Acute Fatigue in Breast Radiotherapy Patients and its relationship to irradiated volumes, BMI & Biological Factors 

Researcher: Jill Riley
Funder: College of Occupational Therapy
Amount: £5,000
Title: Occupational Therapists Careers in Social Services Departments