Professor Rebecca Kearney - Leading Lights
Title:
Being a Super Woman, not Superwoman
Summary of talk:
I’m from a background where going to University was not the ‘norm’ and I now have three kids. So how did I get here? I will tell you a bit about me and the early experiences that shaped who I am today. I will explain why I am the type of person who does not accept what we are doing is ‘the best’ and refuses to be told what to do, or accept that there are ‘no other options’ (there are always options). I will describe the importance of being in an exceptional clinical and academic training environment; surrounded by innovative and inspirational leads.
There is no professional life without a personal life and separating the two is a waste of time. So I will also tell the parallel story of my family, getting married, having three kids and how they keep me grounded. There’s nothing like a big bear hug from three kids to quickly get over one of the many grant or paper rejections, they make me resilient in this tough world.
Biography
Professor Kearney is Associate Director of Warwick Clinical Trials Unit and an academic physiotherapist. She leads the design and delivery of research programmes that evaluate the clinical and cost effectiveness of interventions in the area of trauma and orthopaedic rehabilitation.
She has completed an Arthritis Research UK Fellowship (2009-2012), NIHR Clinical Lectureship (2013-2016) and is currently undertaking an NIHR Career Development Fellowship (2017-2022). She is currently Chief Investigator for a series of national multi centre randomised controlled trials underpinned by NIHR and musculoskeletal charity funding. Professor Kearney also strongly supports aspiring non-medical clinical academics nationally through the NIHR ICA mentorship programme, alongside promoting and highlighting physiotherapy research through wider national committee roles.
Date: 1 December 2020, 12.00 - 1.00pm
Location: Microsoft Teams
