Dr Bethany Keenan
Postdoc RA for the Director of Engineering
- keenanb@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2068 7650
- Room S4.03, Adeiladau'r Frenhines -Adeilad y De, 5 The Parade, Heol Casnewydd, Caerdydd, CF24 3AA
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Bethany Keenan is a Post-doctoral Research Associate for the Head of School of Engineering. Her work involves various projects in the area of soft tissue mechanics. She works with industrial and clinical collaborators, and researchers from other Schools around the University (Bioscience, Mathematics, Dentistry, Psychology and CUBRIC) to gain experience in multi-disciplinary fields.
Dr Keenan is also the Deputy Research Staff Co-ordinator in Engineering and a STEM Ambassador.
Dr Keenan completed an undergraduate degree in Medical Engineering at Cardiff University in 2011. She then moved to Brisbane, Australia to read a PhD in Medical Imaging and Biomechanical Analysis of Scoliosis Progression in the Growing Adolescent Spine at Queensland University of Technology in May 2015. Her research project involved a ten month internship at Laboratoire de Biomécanique, Arts et Métiers ParisTech, France and entailed investigating the mechanics of the progressive scoliotic spine during the adolescent growth phase.
Anrhydeddau a Dyfarniadau
2017 - Image-Based Biomedical Modeling Fellowship, University of Utah, USA.
2015 - Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders ‘Most Influential Articles of 2015’ for the paper entitled ‘Gravity-Induced Coronal Plane Joint Moments in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis’.
2011 - Queensland University of Technology Supervisor Scholarship - a 3 year PhD project at QUT as part of the Florence Wilson Bequest, Brisbane.
Aelodaethau proffesiynol
Member of Cardiff Institute of Tissue Engineering and Repair (CITER) Research
Safleoedd academaidd blaenorol
2016 - Present: Postdoctoral Research Assoicate, Cardiff University
February - September 2015: Clinical Research Associate, QUT and Lady Cilento Hospital, Australia
Ymrwymiadau siarad cyhoeddus
2015
- XXV Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics, Scotland
- Asia Pacific Conference of Biomechanics, Japan
- Annual Scientific Meeting of the Spine Society of Australia, Australia
2014
- École Nationale Supérieure des Mines, St Etienne, France – Conférence IFRESIS Seminar (Invited Speaker)
- Laboratoire de Biomécanique Arts et Métiers, ParisTech, Paris, France (Invited Speaker)
- World Congress of Biomechanics, Boston (Poster Presentation)
- International Research Society of Spinal Deformities, Japan
- Annual Scientific Meeting of the Spine Society of Australia, Australia
2013
- International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, IFMBE and Biomedical Engineering Society, Singapore
- Asia Pacific Conference of Biomechanics, Korea
- Adelaide Centre for Spine Research, Symposium XI, Australia
- Annual Scientific Meeting of the Spine Society of Australia, Australia
Pwyllgorau ac adolygu
Early Career Research Network (ECRN) Committee member
BIOSI/ENGIN Committee member
2020
- Drahota, A.et al. 2020. Protocol for the SAFEST review: the Shock-Absorbing Flooring Effectiveness SysTematic review including older adults and staff in hospitals and care homes. BMJ Open 10(2), article number: e032315. (10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032315)
2019
- Braxton, T. M.et al. 2019. Thermoneutrality improves skeletal impairment in adult Prader-Willi syndrome mice. Journal of Endocrinology 243(3), pp. 175-186. (10.1530/JOE-19-0279)
- Keenan, B. E. and Evans, S. 2019. Biomechanical testing of hip protectors following the Canadian Standards Association express document. Osteoporosis International (10.1007/s00198-019-04914-x)
2018
- Drahota, A.et al. 2018. The SAFEST Review: The Shock-Absorbing Flooring Effectiveness SysTematic Review including older adults and staff in care settings. Study Protocol.. National Institute for Health Research. Available at: https://fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/17/148/11
2017
- Keenan, B.et al. 2017. Sequential magnetic resonance imaging reveals individual level deformities of vertebrae and discs in the growing scoliotic spine. Spine Deformity 5(3), pp. 197-207. (10.1016/j.jspd.2016.10.002)
- Newell, N.et al. 2017. A comparison of four techniques to measure anterior and posterior vertebral body heights and sagittal plane wedge angles in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing 55(4), pp. 561-572. (10.1007/s11517-016-1520-y)
- Grant, C. A.et al. 2017. A comparison of vertebral venous networks in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients and healthy controls. Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy 39(3), pp. 281-291. (10.1007/s00276-016-1709-7)
2016
- Newell, N.et al. 2016. Quantifying progressive anterior overgrowth in the thoracic vertebrae of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients a sequential magnetic resonance imaging study. Spine 41(7), pp. E382-E387. (10.1097/BRS.0000000000001265)
2015
- Keenan, B.et al. 2015. Gravity-induced coronal plane joint moments in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Scoliosis 10, article number: 35. (10.1186/s13013-015-0060-9)
2014
- Keenan, B.et al. 2014. Supine to standing Cobb angle change in idiopathic scoliosis: the effect of endplate pre-selection. Scoliosis 9 (10.1186/1748-7161-9-16)
- Keenan, B.et al. 2014. Segmental torso masses in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Clinical Biomechanics 29(7), pp. 773-779. (10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2014.06.002)
Guest lecturer in Biomechanics for Yr 2 and Yr 3 Medical Engineering students.
Mechanical, Manufacturing and Medical Engineering (MMM)
Research theme: Mechanics, Materials and Advanced Manufacturing
