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Professor Jackie Oldham PhD, BSc (Hons), RGN

Director, MIMIT (Manchester: Integrating Medicine and Innovative Technology)

Professor JA Oldham

MIMIT
Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre
The University of Manchester
131 Princess Street
Manchester M1 7DN
Telephone: +44(0)161-306-5130
Facsimile +44(0)161-306-8918 (please note this is a general fax number)
e-mail: jackie.oldham@manchester.ac.uk

PA's contact details:
Janice Richardson
Telephone: +44(0)161-306-5130
Facsimilie: +44(0)161-306-8918 (please note this is a general fax number)
e-mail: janice.richardson@manchester.ac.uk

 

Role

  • Director, Centre for Rehabilitation Science
  • Director, UK Clinical Research Facility Network
  • Director, Manchester: Integrating Medicine and Innovative Technology (MIMIT)
  • Director, MSc in Interdisciplinary Medicine and Engineering (MIME)
 

Memberships of Committees and Professional Bodies

  • Founder Member, Academy of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Visiting Research
  • Member, Royal College of Nursing
  • Member, Society for Research and Rehabilitation
  • Member, Society for Back Pain Research
  • Member, UKCRN Experimental Medicine Steering Group
  • Member, NCCRCD, Integrated Academic Training Pathway for Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professions: Implementation Group
  • Member, Arthritis Research Campaign Allied Health Professional Fellowship Committee
  • Chair, UK Clinical Research Facility Network Strategic Planning Committee

Methodological Knowledge

My methodological knowledge is quantitative in nature and resides in area of randomised controlled trials and the validity and reliability of quantitative outcome measures.  

 

Teaching

Director, MSc Interdisciplinary Medicine & Engineering (MIME)
 

 

Biography

Current Post

1996 - Director, Centre for Rehabilitation Science, The University of Manchester

1997 - Honorary Principal Investigator, Central Manchester Foundation Trust

2008 - Director, UK Clinical Research Facility Network

2008 - Director, Manchester: Integrating Medicine and Innovative Technology (MIMIT)

Previous Posts

1984          Staff Nurse, Mersey Regional Health Authority

1984-1987  Holt Fellow, Department of Physiology, Liverpool University

1987-1988  Scientific Officer, NeuroTech Research Unit, Liverpool Univeristy

1987-1988  Part-time Staff Nurse, Mersey Regional Health Authority

1988          Temporary Lecturer, Department of Nursing, Liverpool University

1988-1993  Lecturer, Department of Nursing, Liverpool University

1993          Senior Lecturer, Department of Nursing, University of Liverpool

1993-1997  Reader in Nursing, Manchester University / Co-Director, Rehabilitation Research Unit, Ladywell Hospital

1997-2002  Professor, School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Visiting, University of Manchester

1997-2002  Non-Executive Director, North Manchester General Hospital

2004          Strategic Consultant for Clinical Operations, UK Biobank, Manchester

2001-2006  Operational Director, Manchester Wellcome Trust Clinical Facility

2006-2007  Director of Strategic Development, Manchester Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility

 

 

Qualifications

Academic Qualifications

1983  BSc, Physiology, University of Liverpool

1987  PhD, Physiology, University of Liverpool

Professional Qualifications

1984  Registered General Nurse

 

Selected publications

2007

  • McCarthy C, Gittins M, Roberts C, Oldham JA. (2007). The reliability of the clinical tests and questions recommended in international guidelines for low back pain. Spine, 32( 8), 921-6. further details

2005

  • Koumantakis G, Watson P, Oldham JA. (2005). Trunk muscle stabilization training plus general exercise versus general exercise only: randomized controlled trial of patients with recurrent low back pain. Phys Ther, 85( 3), 209-25. further details

2004

  • McCarthy CJ, Mills PM, Pullen R, Roberts C, Silman AJ, Oldham JA. (2004). Supplementing a home-exercise programme with a class-based exercise programme is more effective than home exercise alone in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford), 43(7), 880-886. Full text doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh188 further details

2002

  • Lamb SE, Oldham JA, Morse RE, Grimley-Evans J. (2002). Neuromuscular stimulation of the quadriceps muscle after hip fracture: a randomised controlled trial. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 83(8), 1087-1092. Full text doi:10.1053/apmr.2002.33645 further details

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