Profile
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7045-3644
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Hello there, thank you for visiting. My name is Dylan Morrissey and I am a Consultant Physiotherapist and Professor of Sports and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy at Bart's and the London NHS trust / Barts and the London Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). I am academic lead for Sports and Exercise Medicine (SEM) at QMUL, comprising an inter-disciplinary team of 14 people.
My career goal is to combine the best of educational, research and clinical practice to develop, disseminate and deliver step-changes in care for musculoskeletal conditions.
A key research theme is the link between movement and pathology, whether that link serves as a diagnostic tool, treatment modality or outcome measure. Tendinopathy is a key area of expertise. I am privileged to lead an academic team of 14 and deliver the oldest MSc programme in SEM in the world, the largest intercalated BSc at QMUL and an inter-disciplinary cadre of doctoral students. Developing artificial intelligence to support clinical reasoning, and digital solutions to improve care is an expanding avenue of work. To those ends, I have gained more than £12m in research funding, with a third as lead applicant, and authored ~ 140 peer-reviewed full papers.
Leadership of research ethics at QMUL enables me to scratch my human rights itch.
My enduring passion is clinical physiotherapy with working in Paralympic Sport being a career privilege, while leading specialist centres for dance and tendon injury rehabilitation is my daily contribution.
Research
Summary
My overarching career objective as a clinical academic is to combine the best of educational, clinical and research practice in order to develop and deliver high-quality evidence-based physiotherapy for patients with musculoskeletal disorders. The link between movement and pathology, tendinopathy, clinical reasoning, digital innovation and education are particular interests.
Group members
Research staff:
- Dr Jose Inacio Salles Neto (Senior Research Fellow)
- Ms Adele Hill (Doctoral research fellow)
- Mr Josh Cosgrove (CRN funded fellow)
- Mr Rodrigo Rabello Da Silva (industry funded)
- Ms Theano Vikatou (industry funded)
- Mr Julian Leong (industry funded)
PhD students (completed):
- (jt 1st supervisor) Dr Saira Chaudhry: 2008-2012: (funded by Lahore University) to study: ‘Biomechanical modelling of eccentric and concentric loading of the triceps surae complex’. Became a lecturer at QMUL.
- (1st supervisor) Dr Victoria Tzortziou-Brown OBE: 2010-2016 p-t: (funded by an ARUK educational research fellowship) to study Professional interventions for musculoskeletal conditions. Now an NIHR ASCL at QMUL.
- (1st supervisor) Dr Paulina Kloskowska: 2012-2016: (Self and grant funded) ‘The biomechanical determinants of sports related groin pain in athletes.’ Now senior lecturer at Kings College London
- (1st supervisor) Dr Colm Daly: 2011-2016 p-t: (Self and grant funded) to study ‘Biomechanical factors associated with previous hamstring injury in high level sprinting athletes’. Now clinical scientist in his native Ireland.
- (1st supervisor) Dr Simon Lack: 2012-2017 p-t: (Self and grant funded) to study ‘The interaction of hip and foot biomechanics in the presentation and management of patellofemoral pain’. Now senior lecturer at QMUL.
- (2nd supervisor) Dr Chineye Princess Udeze: 2013-2017, (ORS funded) to study ‘The role of high frequency loading in the treatment of tendinopathy’. Now in industry.
- (1st supervisor) Dr Jack Shih-Fan Tu: 2013-2017 (Self and grant funded) to study ‘Effects and Mechanisms of Kinesio-taping for Low Back Pain’. Now a post-doc at Oxford university.
- (jt 1st supervisor) Dr Bairu Zhang: 2014-2018 (Principal’s fellowship) to study ‘Functional Data Analysis in Orthogonal Designs with Applications to Gait Patterns’. Now in the pharmaceutical industry.
- (1st supervisor) Dr Brad Neal: 2014-2019 p-t: (Self and grant funded) to study ‘The role of running re-education in the management of Patellofemoral Pain’. Now a lecturer at the University of Essex.
- (1st supervisor) Dr Halime Gulle: 2017-2021, funded by a full Turkish government scholarship to study ‘Outcome predictors for plantar heel pain’. Now a post-doc with Dr Irene Davis in Florida.
- (1st supervisor) Dr Abdulhamit Tayfur: 2017-2021 funded by a full Turkish government scholarship to study ‘Outcome predictors for Patellar Tendinopathy’. Now an academic in Istanbul.
- (1st supervisor) Dr Mehmet Delen: 2017-2021 funded by a full Turkish government scholarship to study ‘Outcome predictors for Shoulder rotator cuff pathology’. Now an academic in Ankara.
- (2nd supervisor) Dr Gamalendira Shivapatham: 2018-2022 (HBLB funded) ‘Development of slip-plane elastography’ now a Senior Clinical Scientist
- (2nd supervisor) Dr Beyza Tayfur: 2018 – 2022 funded by a full Turkish government scholarship to study Neuromuscular and Biomechanical Markers of Early Post-traumatic Knee OA.
- (1st supervisor) Dr Igor Sancho Amundarian: 2016 - 2023. Biomechanics of Achilles tendinopathy. Now a lecturer in San Sebastian.
- (2nd supervisor) Saleh Al-Saleh: (Saudi government funded). Started Sep 2018 – submitted Dec 2022 to study The Effects and Mechanisms of Rehabilitation Interventions for Patellofemoral Pain.
- (1st supervisor) Anna Hebda-Boon: p-t (Self and grant funded) .Sep 2017 start, Submitted September 2023: to study ‘Improving physiotherapists’ gait analysis of children with cerebral palsy’.
PhD students (current):
- (1st supervisor) Tobias Bremer: p-t (Self and grant funded) Jan 2018 start: to study ‘Outcome predictors for lateral hip pain’.
- (2nd supervisor) Amy Dowse: (EPSRC funded) to study: Mobile Health Technology for Patients Suffering with Anxiety and Chronic Pain.
- (jt 1st supervisor) Fatma Bosnina: (Libyan government funded F-T). Started Apr 2021 to study The Diagnostic Criteria for Exercise-Induced leg pain.
- (1st supervisor) Cabella Lowe: (Industry funded) Started 2020 PT To study Digital triage of musculoskeletal conditions
- (2nd supervisor) Rebecca Phillips: (NHMRC funded) to study Rehabilitation adherence
- (1st supervisor) Adele Hill: (Barts Charity funded) to study Decision support for low back pain.
- (1st supervisor) Merve Bodur: 2022 – 2026 funded by a full Turkish government scholarship to study outcome predictors for lower limb conditions.
- (1st supervisor) Nouf Bindiran: 2023 – 2027 funded by a full Saudi government scholarship to study the association of nutrition with injury in elite female dancers and athletes
- (1st supervisor) Ricarda Tillmann: (Barts Charity funded) 2024-28 studying dance interventions to increase physical activity in young people with cerebral palsy
Teaching
I am privileged to lead an academic team of 14 and deliver the oldest MSc programme in SEM in the world, the largest intercalated BSc at QMUL and an inter-disciplinary cadre of doctoral students.
