Versus Arthritis Centre for Sport, Exercise and Osteoarthritis
University of Nottingham
  

Professor Maria Stokes awarded an OBE

Maria Stokes, Associate Dean of Research and Professor of Musculoskeletal (MSK) Rehabilitation in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Southampton, received an Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her services to physiotherapy research.

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Maria commented: ‘An honour in recognition for research can only be achieved by a team, so I’m delighted to receive this award on behalf of colleagues in the active living and rehabilitation research group in the faculty of health sciences and all our collaborators.

‘This honour is a great endorsement of how highly the physiotherapy profession is regarded.’

Her research aims to optimise function and enable active living, by using multidisciplinary research into healthy ageing and physical management of MSK conditions.

‘We aim to keep people of all ages as active as possible, trying to find ways for them to exercise safely, so that their joints are protected from pain, injury and osteoarthritis,’ she said.

‘Much of our success is due to being based in the national Arthritis Research UK Centre for Sport, Exercise and Osteoarthritis.’

Professor Stokes added that she was grateful to all the students and research collaborators who had contributed to their research.

 

Posted on Thursday 10th May 2018