Expert Panel

Roles and constitution

The notion of an expert panel to guide this project was introduced as a means of ensuring that the work meets national and international standards and requirements.

Current Panel Members

    Professor Tim Hendra Consultant Physician for the Elderly, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

    Professor Roberta Shepherd School of Physiotherapy, the University of Sydney

    Professor David Bradley Professor of Mechatronic Systems, University of Abertay

    Dr Avril Drummond Division of Rehabilitation and Ageing, The Medical School, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham

    Dr C. Eliezar Okirie Consultant Physician in Rehabilitation Medicine

    Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath

    Professor Cath Sackley School of Health Sciences, University of Birmingham

    Professor Paulette Van Osst Head of Department Experimental, Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Gent, Belgium

    Richard Gibson Multmedia software developer, Sheffield

Roles

  • To provide objective expert advice on aspects of the project, as requested by the project consortium
  • To appraise the project consortium of information that would assist the progress of the project
  • To comment upon the validity of scenarios of technology use constructed for focus group discussion
  • To comment upon reports produced by the consortium