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Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

Professor Bradley is open to wide-ranging PhD candidates from candidates with a clinical or allied health professional or other therapy background.
Her fields of interest include:
-Bronchiectasis
- Cystic Fibrosis
-Airway Clearance
-Exercise and rehabilitation
-Methods of optimizing clinical trials.
-Outcome assessment
Previous research experience is desirable although not essential

20072025

Research activity per year

Personal profile

Particulars

Professor Judy Bradley is currently the SRO/CEO iREACH Health. She is Director of the Wellcome Trust-Wolfson Northern Ireland Clinical Research Facility & is also a Co-lead Northern Ireland Clinical Research Network (Respiratory Health)

Prior to this, Professor Bradley held a joint appointment in Physiotherapy between Ulster University and Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. She completed her degree B.Sc. in Physiotherapy in Ulster University in 1994 after which she worked as a Physiotherapist within the UK. In 1999 she completed her PhD which focused on the development and testing of a field exercise test for CF.

In 1998 she was appointed as Lecturer Practitioner/Reader in Physiotherapy, between Ulster University and Regional Adult CF Centre, until 2012 when she was appointed as Professor in Physiotherapy at Ulster University. She joined Queen's University Belfast in July 2015 when appointed as Director of the Northern Ireland Clinical Research Facility. In March 2022 Professor Bradley was appointed SRO/CEO of iREACH Health which is One of the innovation projects within the BRCD.  iREACH Health will build a wider healthcare ecosystem to support the development of new treatments that will be rapidly assessed in early phase R&D programmes. This will allow the Belfast region to leverage additional industrial investment and funding for R&D, attract and retain skilled individuals to ensure sustainability in the Life and Health Science (LHS) sector, drive economic growth and ultimately deliver better treatments to patients in NI.

Achievements

Professor Bradley is currently lead applicant on a NIHR grant, in excess of £1million, evaluating the efficacy of mucolytic therapies in bronchiectasis and leads this trial within up to twenty sites across the UK.

Professor Bradely is a Co-investigators on the study iREHAB from January 2022 Remote multicomponent rehabilitation compared to standard care for survivors of critical illness after hospital discharge: a randomised controlled assessor-blind clinical and cost-effectiveness trial with internal pilot.

Research Interests

Professor Bradley’s research programme is focused on respiratory health. She is involved in several programmes exploring the effectiveness of therapies linked to optimising airway clearance via pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches as well as rehabilitation and adherence interventions. These programmes are funded for example by MRC, NIHR and are multi-centre and employ a wide range of trial designs (RCT, observational) and methodologies (both quantitative and qualitative methods).

Other

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

1994 - Present - Member Chartered Society of Physiotherapy 

1994 – Present - Member Health Professions Council 

1999 – Present - Member Association Chartered Physiotherapists in CF

2003 – Present - Member Association Chartered Physiotherapists in Respiratory Care

2012 - Present - Member of the European Respiratory Society

2012 - Present- Member of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society

2022 - Present ExACT-CF TSC Steer Group

2022 - Present CFSTORM Trial Management Group

2019 - Present NTM Network UK Steering Group

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

Education/Academic qualification

PhD - The assessment of disability and handicap in adult Cystic Fibrosis, Ulster University

Award Date: 24 Jun 1999

BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy (1st Class), Ulster University

19901994

Award Date: 24 Jun 1994

External positions

Co-Lead NICRN (Respiratory Health)

2008 → …

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