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Usher Connects | Rebuilding lives after stroke: Global opportunities for collaboration and research
11.05.26 - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Organizing Committee Members: Professor Gillian Mead and Professor David Weller.
Speakers: Professor Craig Anderson will be among the Speakers.
This event aims to stimulate development of new collaborations in the area of stroke recovery and Life after Stroke.
Stroke is the leading cause of adult disability globally. With advances in acute treatments, more people are surviving a stroke. But many are left with significant disability including non-motor problems such as fatigue, mood disorders and cognitive impairment. There is an urgent need to find evidence-based solutions for the multitude of long-term problems experienced by stroke survivors, in the context of multiple long-term conditions and frailty. Professor Gillian Mead, Head of Ageing and Health at the Usher Institute, and a geriatrician and stroke physician, has championed research in ‘Life after Stroke’ and stroke recovery for many years.
In this networking event, we are bringing together researchers and clinicians with an interest in Life after Stroke. We will hear from international experts in this field, discuss research priorities and learn about the research methodologies needed to develop life after stroke research across the globe. We hope that this event will inspire new research collaborations in this crucial, but under-researched, field.
Main Topics:
- What are the research priorities in Life after Stroke?
- Methodology needed to do research in this area, including systematic reviews and clinical trials (including implementation research and platform trials), and using data linkage to explore long term outcomes after stroke.
- Implementation of complex interventions to improve outcomes after stroke into clinical practice-using exercise training as an example.
- The role of the World Stroke Organisation in supporting recovery after stroke
- Developing life after stroke research in Low and Middle income countries: an international collaboration between Edinburgh and Nepal
The event has been approved by the Usher Executive Group at University of Edinburgh.
Contact details
Usher Building, The University of Edinburgh,
5-7 Little France Road,
Edinburgh BioQuarter - Gate 3,
Edinburgh,
EH16 4UX,
United Kingdom
Website: https://usher.ed.ac.uk/events
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