Dr. Ruth Turk GradDipPhys, MSc, PhD
Lecturer / Clinical Academic Lecturer Intern

Dr Ruth Turk is a Lecturer within Health Sciences, University of Southampton and Deputy Programme Lead for the MPhil/PhD programme. Ruth’s clinical and published expertise is in neurological rehabilitation, specifically the use of technologies for clinically applicable assessment tools and rehabilitation interventions, and the mechanisms of sensory-motor recovery following stroke.
Wearable sensors can provide information about amount and quality of arm movement, giving feedback to patients and providing them with a powerful incentive to aid their recovery from stroke.
2012 to present - Lecturer in Physiotherapy in Health Sciences, with a special interest in neurological rehabilitation.
2003 - 2012 - Research Fellow including 2008 - 2011, Dunhill Medical Trust PhD Research Fellowship, Health Sciences, University of Southampton,
Projects included: Quantitative measures of arm impairment and functional activity post-stroke; the use of Assistive Technologies in Rehabilitation following Stroke; motivating mobility of the arm using interactive systems; Bion implanted FES system for post-stroke arm rehabilitation.
2004 - 2005 - Teaching Fellow, School of Health Professions and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Southampton
1998 - 2002, Senior Physiotherapist, Neurological and specialist Stroke service, Surrey and Borders NHS Trust
1994 - 1998, Physiotherapist and Management Advisor, Veterans International, Cambodia
1991 - 1994, Physiotherapist, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital