Dr Emma SuttonClinical Academic Co-lead
Dr Emma Sutton is a clinical-academic physiotherapist working in the United Kingdom.
Emma qualified as a physiotherapist in 2001 from the University of the West of England (UWE) Bristol. She completed a Masters in advanced practice at UWE in 2009, a PhD at the University of Leicester on quality improvement in surgery in 2017 and a clinical lectureship on improvement science in hip fracture care with the clinical trials unit at the University of Warwick in 2021. She is also a fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Emma’s current role is Clinical Academic Lead for University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust where she is based in the Institute of Translational Medicine.
Emma chairs the West Midlands Regional Hub for the UK’s Council for Allied Health Professions Research and she is a member of Q community – a connected community aiming to improve health care quality across the UK.
Emma has been appointed to chair the Hip Fracture Recovery Research (HFRR) Special Interest Group (SIG).
Emma provides regular peer review for the BMJ and BMJ Open Quality. Her publications cover a wide sphere including:
- patient and public involvement
- reducing re-admission after hip fracture
- prehabilitation for elective hip and knee surgery, and
- Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS)