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Dr Booth is a Clinical-Academic Neurological Physiotherapist. She is an Associate Professor with the School of Medicine (Rehabilitation and Ageing; Injury, Inflammation & Recovery Sciences AU3). She has a split role with Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust as the Associate Chief AHP for Research & Innovation where she supports the capacity and capability development of clinical-academic and research careers in the AHP workforce. She continues to practice clinically as a Physiotherapist within neurological rehabilitation, specifically on the Stroke hyper-acute and acute wards at NUH. She is currently the Research Workstream Lead for the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) project at UoN and chairs the NRC PPI Network, working alongside public contributors and colleagues from the University and NUH NHS Trust to realise the research ambition of this nationally important programme.
Dr Booth qualified as a Physiotherapist in 2005 and specialised in Neurology in 2008, working across different neurological rotations and patient groups within Nottinghamshire. She was one of the first cohort of NIHR-funded Master's Fellowships (2009-10, UoN) and completed her PhD (2014-17, UoN) through a Clinical Training Fellowship with the Alzheimer's Society, "Gait, Falls, and Rehabilitation in Mild Cognitive Impairment". She has been involved in the NIHR Programme Grant, "Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in people with Early Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment" (PrAISED, 2016-23) since its inception.
She recently completed an NIHR/HEE ICA Clinical Lectureship (now called the Advanced Clinical Academic Fellowship) to pursue her clinical-academic career aspirations and research interests in rehabilitation and exercise in complex neurological patients using realist methods of enquiry. Her project, "Personalisation of exercise for people with dementia: What works for whom, under what circumstances and why?" used mixed methods and reflects her research skills in complex intervention development, realist methods of enquiry, and systematic reviews. She leads the @NottsRealism special interest group in realist research methods at UoN and has a growing portfolio of research grants where this expertise is utilised.
Dr Booth has supported a number of MSc, MPhil, PhD and post-doctoral researcher through her joint roles. She established the East Midlands hub of the Council of AHPs in Research (CAHPR) in 2018 and was co-lead until 2024. She is on the Editorial Board of the Advances in Rehabilitation Science and Practice journal (2022-current) and a panel member for the NIHR DSE Awards (2023-current).
Teaching Summary
Dr Booth gained a PGCHE in 2022 (University of Nottingham) and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (since 2020). She teaches across undergraduate and postgraduate courses within the… read more
Research Summary
Working-age workstream Deputy Lead on the NIHR HealthTech Research Centre in Rehabilitation, hosted by NUH NHS Trust.
PI on the "Understanding the impact, accessibility, and diversity of Nordic… read more
Recent Publications
DI LORITO, C., BOSCO, A., POLLOCK, K., HARWOOD, R., DAS NAIR, R., LOGAN, P., GOLDBERG, S., BOOTH, V., VEDHARA, K., GODFREY, M., DUNLOP, M. and VAN DER WARDT, V., 2020. External validation of the ‘PHYT in dementia’, a theoretical model promoting physical activity in people with dementia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(5), 1544 DI LORITO, C., POLLOCK, K., HARWOOD, R., DAS NAIR, R., LOGAN, P., GOLDBERG, S.E., BOOTH, V., VEDHARA, K. and VAN DER WARDT, V., 2019. A scoping review of behaviour change theories in adults without dementia to adapt and develop the ‘PHYT in dementia’, a model promoting physical activity in people with dementia Maturitas. 121, 101-113 BOOTH, V., HOOD-MOORE, V., HANCOX, J. E., LOGAN, P. and ROBINSON, K.R., 2019. Systematic scoping review of frameworks used to develop rehabilitation interventions for older adults BMJ Open. 9(2), e024185 DI LORITO C, POLLOCK K, HARWOOD R, NAIR RD, LOGAN P, GOLDBERG S, BOOTH V, GODFREY M, DUNLOP M and VAN DER WARDT V, 2019. Protocol for the process evaluation of the promoting activity, independence and stability in early dementia and mild cognitive impairment (PrAISED 2) randomised controlled trial. Maturitas. 122, 8-21
Dr Booth gained a PGCHE in 2022 (University of Nottingham) and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (since 2020). She teaches across undergraduate and postgraduate courses within the University of Nottingham and clinical courses at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. She is a personal tutor for the School of Medicine, currently providing pastoral support to students on the BMedSci undergraduate and previously to Health Psychology postgraduates. She is a clinical educator for undergraduate Physiotherapy students via clinical-academic/research placements in her NHS role.
She supervises taught students undertaking their independent research projects on the Rehabilitation Psychology (dissertation module) and BMedSci course (honours module). She has supervised seven MSc students to complete their independent research project module.
She has supervised three PhD students to completion:
- Chris Newton
- Annabelle Long
- Louise Howe
Dr Booth currently supervises six postgraduate research students, five undertaking their PhDs and one studying for their MPhil, in the field of rehabilitation, cognitive impairment, and complex intervention development:
- Laura Miller (PhD)
- Ahmet Bugra Selvi (PhD)
- Anna White (PhD)
- Natalie Gray (PhD)
- Sarah McCracken (MPhil)
- Julie Pollock (PhD)
She has been an internal examiner for UoN on three completed and three in-progress PhDs.
She also acts as a clinical-academic mentor on the HEE/NIHR East Midlands bridging scholarships, where she has supported AHPs to apply for further fellowships to progress their own research. She is currently supporting one scholar on the pre-doctoral bridging award: