Professor Jackie Campbell

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Professor of Neurophysiology

Contact Details

Office:
Thornby 2
Telephone: (01604) 892010
Email Address: jackie.campbell@northampton.ac.uk


BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, MInstP, CPhys is Professor of Neurophysiology (part-time) at The University of Northampton and is the research leader for the podiatry division.  She is also the Research Coordinator for the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists, Chair of the Research Forum for Allied Health Professions and a freelance health research consultant.    She is a qualified statistician and chartered physicist.  She has wide-ranging research interests and experience but is particularly involved in pain research and research relating to the professions allied to medicine, especially podiatry.

She has made a major contribution to the development of research in the professions allied to medicine, being involved in this work at national level in occupational therapy, arts therapy, podiatry, physiotherapy and ambulance services as well as representing the interests of all AHPs on the Faculty Implementation Group of the National Institute for Health Research and within the Trent Research Development and Support Unit.  She has considerable experience of research governance and sits as the external member of the Northampton General Hospital Research Governance sub-committee, having previously been the statistician member of an NHS Research Ethics Committee.  She is the Chair of the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Research Ethics Committee.

She has a substantial publications record, publishing in journals relating to  medicine, physiology, nursing, podiatry, computing, occupational therapy and psychiatry amongst others and has presented her work at many prestigious international conferences.  She is a member of the International Advisory Board of The Foot (International Journal of Foot Science) and is a referee for the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, British Journal of Podiatry, British Journal of Occupational Therapy, Australian Health Review and The Foot, She is a referee for grant applications for the Nuffield Foundation, Scottish Office, College of Occupational Therapists and Scottish Executive Health Department.

Professional / Academic Qualifications:

  • 1975 B.Sc(Hons) Radiation Physics with Earth Science (First Class), University of Liverpool
  • 1977 M.Sc Medical Physics, University of Surrey
  • 1982 Member of the Institute of Physics
  • 1985 Chartered Physicist
  • 1985 Ph.D University of Liverpool (Faculty of Medicine), 'Observations on somatosensory evoked potentials recorded from within the human spinal cord'.
  • 1992 Certificate in Education (FE/HE), Nene College /CNAA
  • 1997 Member of the Physiological Society
  • 1997 Personal chair conferred, Professor of Neurophysiology
  • 2004 MSc Applied Statistics (Distinction), Sheffield Hallam University

Present Position:

Oct 2004 - present.   0.3 fte Professor of Neurophysiology, School of Health, The University of Northampton and independent research consultant.

Previous Positions:

  • 1975-76 President, Liverpool University Guild of Undergraduates (sabbatical post)
  • 1977-87 University of Liverpool and Pain Relief Foundation, Basic/Senior Grade Medical Physicist and Research Fellow
  • 1987-91 Nene College, Northampton, Lecturer/Snr Lecturer
  • 1991-96 Head, School of Health and Life Sciences, Nene College, Northampton (Seconded as Research Degrees Director Feb-July 1994)
  • 1996-2004 Head of Research and Consultancy, Centre for Healthcare Education, University College Northampton           


Membership of external and professional bodies, national committees etc.:

  • Member, Physiological Society
  • Member, Institute of Physics
  • Member, International Association for the Study of Pain
  • Chair, Research Forum for Allied Health Professions
  • Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists, Research Coordinator (and co-opted member of Boards of Faculty of Undergraduate Education, Podiatric Medicine, Podiatric Surgery, Management)
  • Officer, College of Podiatrists Research and Development Committee
  • Member, Core Executive of the National Physiotherapy Research Network
  • Member, Steering Group of the UK Occupational Therapy Research Foundation
  • External member, Quality Assurance Committee, Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists
  • Health Professions Council, Lay Partner (member of registration appeals panels, health panels, conduct and competency panels, investigating panels,  lay visitor)
  • Member, National Institute for Health Research Faculty Implementation Group (to 2007)
  • Member, Steering Group, Primary Care Research Network East Midlands & South Yorkshire
  • External examiner, PhD, University of Reading
  • External Examiner, PhD, Sheffield Hallam University
  • External supervisor, PhD, Canterbury Christchurch University College
  • Member, International Advisory Board, The Foot (International Journal of Foot Science, Elsevier Publications)
  • Member, Skills for Health National Reference Group
  • Governor, Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy
    Chair, Nordoff-Robbins Research Ethics Committee
  • Chair, Nordoff-Robbins, Research Degrees Committee
  • External member, Northampton General Hospital Research Governance Sub-committee
  • Member, Older People's Research Programme Board, University Hospitals Leicester
  • Member, Musculo-Skeletal Research Network, LNR Strategic Health Authority
  • Member, University of Liverpool Court
  • Member of, and Secretary and Treasurer to, Cottingham cum Middleton Jury of Copyholders
  • Referee and reviewer: Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, British Journal of Podiatry, British Journal of Occupational Therapy, Australian Health Review, The Foot, Nuffield Foundation, Scottish Office, College of Occupational Therapists, Scottish Executive Health Department,  Arnold publications,
  • Abstract reviewer, World Federation of Occupational Therapists Conference
  • Curriculum adviser, Royal College of Nursing
  • Statistician member, Northamptonshire Local Research Ethics Committee (until July 2005)
  • External examiner (until June 2005) University of East Anglia (BSc Physiotherapy, BSc Occupational Therapy)
  • External examiner (until June 2005) London South Bank University (MSc Occupational Therapy)
  • Board member and research adviser to the research and development consortium for ambulance services (RDAC) (to 2000)
  • Member, National Working Group on NHS/HE IT (until 2004)
  • Educationalist Expert Member of Arts Therapists Board, Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine (Appointed by Secretary of State for Education) (and member of Arts Therapists Board Education and Training Committee, Disciplinary Committee and Joint Quality Assurance Committee) (until 2002)
  • Elected non-OT member, Research and Development Board, College of Occupational Therapists (1997-2000)

Experience of research and management in healthcare:

  • Senior manager in School of Health and Life Science and Centre for Healthcare Education, UCN, including extensive experience of contracting and commissioning for healthcare education. Budget manager for Centre for Healthcare Education (c. £3.5m p.a.)
  • Responsible for healthcare short course and third stream income generation (c. £650k in 2002-03)
  • Substantial personal research track record
  • Good record of attracting research funding
  • Successful research degree supervision and examination experience
  • Responsible for the development and implementation of the research degrees programme at University College Northampton
  • Experience of research management at both operational and strategic levels, including production of RAE submissions
  • Good project management abilities and considerable experience of staff management
  • Experience of research-related committee work at national level
  • Referee for grant applications: Nuffield Foundation, Scottish Office, College of Occupational Therapists, Scottish Executive Health Department
  • Wide knowledge of issues relating to health and social care services in the UK and of issues relating to Higher Education.
  • Proven ability to work developmentally with members of a wide range of health and social care professions and other public services, at all levels.
  • Successful record of establishing collaborative activity
  • Extensive experience of liaison with NHS and independent sector providers of health and social care
  • Experience of teaching research- and statistics-related topics at all levels
  • Currently Research Coordinator for the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists

Research grants: (only those = £10,000 are listed):

  • MRC 1977 (with Dr D Bowsher); £50,000
  • MRC 1980 (with Dr D Bowsher); £60,000
  • Sir Halley Stewart Trust 1983-85; £43,000
  • EU Framework IV 1996-99; (co-applicants with collaborators in Italy, France, UK, total grant 100,000 Euro, UCN received 16,500 Euro)
  • Anglia and Oxford Regional Health Authority 1996; £10,000
  • EPSRC (with Prof P Picton), 1997; £68,000
  • Northamptonshire Health Authority, 1998; £20,000
  • Eastern Region NHSE R&D Committee, 1998; £52,000
  • Bucks and Northants Education and Training Consortium, 1999; £183,000
  • NHSE, 1999; £100,000
  • Central and Eastern London Education Consortium, 2000; £80,000
  • Northamptonshire Health Authority, 2001; £54,000
  • Help the Aged, 2003; £31,500
  • Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists, 2005; £20,000

Research degrees experience:

  • Chair of the College Research Degrees Board 1992-2000
  • UCN Research Degrees Director 1994
  • Supervised 11 PhD students to successful completion
  • Examined 3 PhD and 1 MPhil

Research (Areas of Expertise):

Multidisciplinary pain research

  • clinical assessment of pain
  • pain management
  • quantitative sensory testing (monitoring of therapeutic outcomes on sensory system and investigation of underlying aetiology of neurological disease)
  • electrophysiological measurement of somatosensory and nociceptive pathways
  • psychophysical measurement of pain
  • electrical stimulation of neural structures for pain relief
  • mechanisms of trigeminal pain
  • computer modelling of electrophysiological systems
  • use of computer simulation in modelling pain
  • Podiatry research
  • Research in Allied Health Professions
  • Research design
  • Outcome measures
  • Statistics and quantitative data analysis
  • Production of research proposals
  • Healthcare ethics
  • Project management
  • Research development

Health-related education experience

  • External adviser on MSc curriculum development, Royal College of Nursing
  • External supervisor and mentor, MSc Evidence Based Healthcare, University of Oxford
  • External PhD examiner, University of Reading and Sheffield Hallam University
  • Lay visitor and member of the Conduct and Competency Panel, Health Professions Council
  • Member of Quality Assurance Committee, Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists
  • External examiner to Queen Mary's, University of London, London South Bank University and University of East Anglia (occupational therapy and physiotherapy programmes
  • Extensive validation experience as panel member (at University  College Northampton and external institutions) and as chair (> 20 validations) for undergraduate and taught postgraduate degree courses. Team leader and panel member for visiting panel CPSM Arts Therapists Board.
  • Appointed Educationalist member, Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine (Arts Therapists Board)
  • Member of Joint Quality Assurance Committee, CPSM Arts Therapists Board
  • QAA Institutional Nominee for Departmental Engagement, English UCN 2003
  • External curriculum development advisor (social and community care) for University of Gloucester
  • Education adviser to Sir Gordon Roberts College of Nursing for development and implementation of Project 2000 nursing and midwifery courses (Dip HE/RN, Dip HE/RM)
  • Education adviser to St Andrew's School of Occupational Therapy for development and implementation of BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy

Responsible for/adviser to curriculum development and implementation of :

  • BSc (Hons) OT Nene College
  • Diploma in Community Nursing,  Nene College
  • BA Community Healthcare Nursing, Nene College
  • part-time Dip HE/BSc (Hons) Nursing, Nene College
  • part-time BSc (Hons) Podiatry/ BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy/ BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy, Nene College
  • BSc (Hons) in Clinical Management, UCN
  • part-time Masters degrees in podiatry,  occupational therapy, midwifery, nursing and health studies, UCN
  • national pilot site programme for development of pre-registration curricula for nursing
  • MSc pathway in primary care development
  • Extensive teaching experience of physical science, statistics and research methods to students across a wide range of professions in nursing and professions allied to medicine and healthcare, both at pre- and post-registration levels.
  • Considerable experience of designing and running development workshops on research-related topics for academic staff, research students and healthcare professionals.

Other experience

  • Holder of full car licence, private pilot's licence
  • Certificated First Aider
  • Member of and Secretary to Cottingham cum Middleton Jury of Copyholders

Interests

  • Horse riding
  • music
  • reading
  • cookery
  • National Hunt racing
  • flying
  • sub-aqua diving
  • languages and travel
 

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