Hi there,
I am working on a PhD proposal looking at using combined movement theory for
diagnostic purposes within a low back pain population.
Would this be an appropriate area to apply for one of your bursaries.
Thanks in advance.
John
>Dear Colleagues
>
>The Faculty of Health & Social Sciences at Queen Margaret University
>College, Edinburgh is establishing a three year rolling programme of
>funded PhD bursaries in key areas of its academic strength.
>
>For 2005/06 we are seeking to attract excellent candidates in
>Physiotherapy/Podiatry/Movement Analysis and in Speech & Language
>Sciences.
>
>I would be grateful if you could bring these opportunities to the
>attention of any of your colleagues or students who may wish to apply
>
>Full details are attached to the bottom of this email or can be obtained
>at
>
>http://www.qmuc.ac.uk/res/research_opportunities.htm
>
>Or
>
>http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/EH349.html
>
>I thank you for your help with this matter
>
>Yours sincerely
>
>Dr Phil Rowe
>
>
>Dr Philip Rowe
>Reader
>School of Health Sciences
>Queen Margaret University College
>Leith Campus, Duke St.
>Edinburgh, EH6 8HF, UK
>tel: 0131-317-3643
>fax: 0131-317-3815
>email: [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
>PhD Bursaries
>
>
>School of Health Sciences
>
>
>The Faculty of Health & Social Sciences
>
>
>The Faculty is establishing a three year rolling programme of funded PhD
>bursaries in key areas of its academic strength. For 2005/06 we are
>seeking to attract excellent candidates in
Physiotherapy/Podiatry/Movement
>Analysis and in Speech & Language Sciences.
>
>Dr Phil Rowe leads research staff in health sciences investigating
>movement at the level of individual joints and limbs, movement during
>speech production, movement to support functional activities, mobility
in
>the environment and movement as exercise for healthy living. We wish to
>significantly develop this work in areas such as:
>
>
>HSS.1 Efficacy of intra-articular steroid injection in improving
movement
>& function
>HSS.2 Effectiveness of functional semi-rigid foot-orthoses on the gait
of
>rheumatoid arthritis patients
>HSS.3 Foot pathology as a risk factor in falls for elderly people
>HSS.4 Orthotic management for children with cerebral palsy
>HSS.5 The role of post stroke spasticity in functional upper limb
>activities
>HSS.6 Activity and exercise in chronic stroke
>HSS.7 Evaluation of functional electrical stimulation in Parkinsons
>disease or multiple sclerosis
>HSS.8 The effect on gait of anti-pronatory orthoses for the treatment of
>osteoarthritis of the knee
>HSS.9 Mental practice in task-orientated upper limb training post stroke
>HSS.10 The influence of pain on exercise performance in people with
>peripheral arterial disease
>
>
>Professors Hardcastle and Gibbon have established speech science
research
>as one of the flagships of QMUC with the award of the Queen’s
Anniversary
>Prize in 2002 for work in this area acting as recognition of their many
>achievements. We want to continue to lead in this area through further
>significant PhD work in areas such as:
>
>
>HSS.11 Stuttering and motor control
>HSS.12 Disfluency, gesture and vocalisation
>HSS.13 Kinematics of speech & typing errors – implications for motor
>control theories
>HSS.14 The phonetics & phonology of Modern Hebrew
>HSS.15 Ultrasound study of tongue movements in speech
>HSS.16 An articulatory survey the vowel space
>HSS.17 Instrumental measurement of speech movements associated with
voice
>quality settings
>HSS.18 Expression of emotion by deaf children
>HSS.19 Cross-linguistic differences in vocal expression of emotion
>HSS.20 Articulatory investigation of pre-school children’s speech motor
>development
>HSS.21 Acquisition of speech motor control in young children
>HSS.22 Improving speech motor control in children with Down’s Syndrome
>using visual training techniques
>HSS.23 The effect of the Alexander Technique training on vocal
performance
>
>
>In addition we would particularly welcome applications which include an
>inter-disciplinary approach to any of the above projects or for the
three
>specific studies below:
>HSS.24 Sensorimotor control in Parkinson’s Disease – evidence from
speech
>& upper limb movements
>HSS.25 Vocal & gestural communication in old age and following
stroke
>HSS.26 A sociophonetic study of lip & tongue using ultrasound and
the
>VICON motion capture system
>
>
>For further information or application packs please contact the Research
>Degrees Office, Corstorphine Campus, Clerwood Terrace, Edinburgh EH12
8TS,
>or phone 0131 317 3228, or email [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]
>or see our web site at
>http://www.qmuc.ac.uk/res/research_opportunities.htm
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