Hello, my name is Niamh. I have joined the LUNA team as a post-doctoral research fellow, and am funded by the Research Sustainability Fund in the School of Health and Psychological Sciences.

I bring experience of clinical practice and aphasia intervention research. I was a senior specialist speech and language therapist in stroke rehabilitation in the NHS before a researcher on aphasia therapy research projects. Most recently I have completed a doctoral studentship at City, University of London developing an intervention and testing its feasibility and acceptability. I have experience of working within the medical research council’s framework for developing complex interventions to move interventions from theory-based ideas towards implementation into clinical practice.

I am thrilled to have joined this large, vibrant, international team of researchers with ambitious plans. The LUNA project mission statement outlining the commitment to inclusion and coproduction with key stakeholders and its record of publishing with stakeholders as co-authors are some of the reasons that I feel privileged to work with this team.