About UK Stroke Forum
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The UK Stroke Forum is the UK's largest multidisciplinary conference for stroke care professionals.
About UKSF
The UK Stroke Forum is the UK's largest multidisciplinary conference for stroke care professionals.
UKSF fosters knowledge exchange, collaboration, and innovation in stroke prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation. The forum features a diverse range of activities, including keynote presentations from world-leading experts, interactive workshops, and the sharing of the latest research findings and clinical advancements.
3
Days
1,800+
Stroke professionals
70+
Session to choose from
UKSF Chair
Prof. Christine Roffe
Christine Roffe is a stroke physician at the Royal Stoke University Hospital and Professor of Stroke Medicine at Keele University. She is Chair of the UK Stroke Forum Conference Committee. She leads the UK National Institute for Health Research Hyperacute Stroke Research Centre Oversight Group and is vice chair of the European Stroke Organization Trials Alliance. Her key research interests are acute and hyperacute interventions for stroke and the prevention of stroke complications, such as hypoxia and pneumonia. She is the chief investigator for the Metoclopramide and for the Prevention of Pneumonia (MAPS-2) and the GEKO RCT for prevention of venous thromboembolism.
UKSF Chair Elect
Dr Lauren Hepworth
Dr Lauren Hepworth is an Orthoptic Research Fellow based at the University of Liverpool. She is Chair of the UK Stroke Forum Conference Committee. She is involved with numerous studies involving visual impairment following stroke. She is a steering group member on the British and Irish Orthoptic Society Stroke and Neuro Rehab Clinical Advisory Group and a panel member for the Secretary of State for Transport’s Honorary Medical Advisory Vision Panel.
UK Stroke Forum is hosted by
The UKSF Coalition
The UK Stroke Forum is a coalition of 32 organisations, all committed to improving stroke care in the UK. The coalition is underwritten by the Stroke Association and the British and Irish Association of Stroke Physicians.
Rachel Stockley
Rachel is an experienced neurological physiotherapist and an Associate Professor in Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation at the University of Central Lancashire. She has a particular interest in improving stroke rehabilitation and leads a team to deliver a programme of work examining digital health technologies to improve recovery of the upper limb after stroke as part of her UK Research and Innovation Future Leader Fellowship. She is a mixed methods researcher and has been involved in several national and international studies of neurological rehabilitation, including studies of virtual reality, apps, and wearable technologies. She was a member of the UK stroke guidelines development group and is an executive member of the International Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Alliance.
Dr Sarah Moore
I am a physiotherapist by background, a previous NIHR/HEE Integrated Clinical Academic Clinical Lectureship holder (2016-2020) and an International Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Alliance Emerging Leader. After working for 10 years clinically, I have spent the past 13 years undertaking clinical research in stroke rehabilitation. My PhD explored the metabolic impacts of exercise after stroke and led to the development and testing of a behavior change physical activity intervention for stroke survivors during my Clinical Lectureship. Alongside this work, I was awarded and successfully completed a Stroke Association project grant investigating auditory rhythmical cueing to improve walking after stroke. I am currently on the European Stroke Organisation Motor Rehabilitation Guidelines Group, represent the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Neurology (ACPIN) on the UK Stroke Forum Scientific Steering Group, and am on international advisory groups for the measurement of physical activity, mobility, and balance after stroke.
Association of Chartered Physiotherapists Interested in Neurology
