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Comprised of unique multidisciplinary collaborations between military medical officers and civilian engineers and scientists, the Centre attracts outstanding researchers and students from around the world, all of whom are dedicated to addressing the difficult research issues surrounding blast injury with a clinically-led approach.

Academic Staff

	Professor Anthony Bull, Bioengineering (Centre Director) Professor of Musculoskeletal Mechanics, Head of Department of Bioengineering
	Professor (Col) Jon Clasper CBE, Bioengineering Visiting Professor, Clinical Lead
	Dr Robert Dickinson, Surgery & Cancer Senior Lecturer
	Dr Mazdak Ghajari, Dyson School of Design Engineering Senior Lecturer
	Dr Claire Higgins, Bioengineering Senior Lecturer
	Dr Angela Kedgley, Bioengineering Senior Lecturer in Orthopaedic Biomechanics
	Dr Andrei Kozlov, Bioengineering Senior Lecturer in Auditory Neuroscience and Biophysics
	Dr Spyros Masouros, Bioengineering Senior Lecturer in Trauma Biomechanics
	Professor Alison McGregor, Surgery & Cancer Professor of Musculoskeletal Biodynamics
	Dr Andrew Phillips, Civil and Environmental Engineering Senior Lecturer
	Dr Bill Proud, Physics Reader in Shock Physics
	Professor Sara Rankin, National Heart & Lung Institute Professor of Leukocyte and Stem Cell Biology
	Dr Tobias Reichenbach, Bioengineering Reader in Biophysics of Hearing and Sensory Neuroscience
	Professor Andrew Rice, Department of Surgery and Cancer Professor of Pain Research
	Professor David Sharp, Brain Sciences Professor of Neurology
	Professor Mark Wilson, Department of Surgery and Cancer Clinical Professor of Brain Injury

Associated Academics

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	Professor Martyn Boutelle, Bioengineering Professor
	Dr Jonathan Jeffers, Mechanical Engineering Senior Lecturer
	Dr Emily Mayhew, Bioengineering Visiting Researcher
	Dr Arul Ramasamy, Bioengineering Honorary Research Fellow

Research Staff

	Dr Michael Bruyns-Haylett, Bioengineering How blast-induced injury affects the excitation-inhibition balance and its regulation in auditory cortex.
	Dr Thuy-Tien Nguyen, Bioengineering Characterisation of a shock tube for blast injury studies.
	Dr Matt Hopkins, Surgery & Cancer Evolution of the smart amputee socket
	Dr Zepur Kazezian, Bioengineering The development of a model of Heterotopic Ossification related to blast injuries
	Dr Pouya Amiri, Bioengineering Developing computational musculoskeletal models for lower limb military amputees

Professional Services Staff

	Dr Lucy Foss, Bioengineering Research Programmes Manager (responsible for the management of the Centre)
	Miss Cecilie Skaarup, Bioengineering Centre Administrator
	Mr Satpal Sangha, Bioengineering Technical Supervisor

Students

Name	PhD	Supervisor
Josh Kaufmann	Bone health in amputees.	Professor Alison McGregor, Dr Andrew Phillips
Eduardo Rebelo	Modelling of injury and protection of the foot & ankle in mounted blast	Dr Spyros Masouros
Marina Saiz Alía	Development of an objective diagnosis of hidden hearing loss and application in the armed forces	Dr Tobias Reichenbach
Xiancheng Yu	Improving helmet design to protect against the effects of blast exposure	Dr Mazdak Ghajari
Biranavan Sivapuratharasu	Understanding Spinal Loading in Amputees	Professor Alison McGregor
Martin Ramette	Influence of the mechanical loading environment on the development of Heterotopic Ossification	Professor Anthony Bull
Kirstie Edwards	Optimising an offloading orthosis for severe foot and ankle injuries	Dr Spyros Masouros, Dr Arul Ramasamy
Emily Ashworth	Searching for Civilian Surrogates for Military Blast Traumatic Brain Injuries	Professor Mark Wilson
Hazel May	Understanding neuropathology of blast traumatic brain injury	Professor David Sharp, Dr Magdalena Sastre, Dr Mazdak Ghajari
Adriana Azor	Effect of blast waves on the brain’s structural and functional integrity; a neuroimaging study of blast traumatic brain injury	Dr Mazdak Ghajari, Professor David Sharp
Peter Le Feuvre	Defining a future rehabilitation pathway for lower limb military amputees: a consensus of clinicians, healthcare managers and patients.	Professor Alison McGregor, Professor Anthony Bull
Louise McMenemy	Preventing amputation: Optimising treatment in complex foot and ankle injuries	Dr Spyros Masouros
Iain Alexander Rankin	Dismounted Pelvic Blast Injury	Dr Spyros Masouros, Professor Col Jon Clasper
Shruti Turner	Understanding the clinical utility of prosthetic socket sensors to improve prosthetic fit and rehabilitation	Professor Alison McGregor, Professor Anthony Bull
Sarah Dixon-Smith	Blast Injury and Chronic Pain: Treatments and Outcomes, a Very Long-Term Cohort Study	Dr Emily Mayhew, Professor Andrew Rice
Enrico Varano	Audiovisual Hearing Aids for APD Treatment	Dr Tobias Reichenbach
Sarah Stewart	Osteogenic effect of blast waves on stem cells and bone marrow	Dr Arul Ramasamy, Dr Claire Higgins, Dr Spyros Masouros
Alastair Darwood	From front line to fracture – harnessing the destructive power of blast waves in orthopaedic surgery	Dr Arul Ramasamy, Dr Spyros Masouros
Brieuc Panhelleux	Biomechanical outcomes of through-knee amputation for implications in surgical decision-making, prosthetic socket design and long-term health	Professor Alison McGregor
Konstantinos Tsikonofilos	Understanding blast-induced damage of auditory cortex at the level of neuronal circuits using EEG	Dr Andrei Kozlov
Krystyna Broda	Models of inappropriate bone formation	Dr Claire Higgins
Lucas Low	The combined behaviour of pelvis with lumbar spine in underbody blast	Dr Spyros Masouros
Diana Toderita	The biomechanical effect of prosthetic design – a combined experimental and computational study	Professor Anthony Bull

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