Dr Josephine Ampiah

I am the course leader for the BSc and Integrated Masters Physiotherapy programmes at LSBU. I lead and contribute to modules within the College of Health & Life Sciences. I mainly teach research methods, pain and musculoskeletal physiotherapy. I also serve as the admissions tutor for all Physiotherapy courses at LSBU. My research interests are qualitative and mixed methods research focused on pain education, chronic pain management, biopsychosocial/interprofessional approach to care, assessment of service delivery and health promotion. My current research is focused on understanding how sociocultural and professional/health systems affect chronic pain management, to facilitate change implementation, especially in low resourced settings and minority ethnic groups. Adittionally, I am leading/contributing to research on the impact of pain neuroscience education on the beliefs and attitudes of healthcare students.
I am a member of the International Association for the Study of Pain- Early Career Network education committee (IASP-ECN). I have served as reviewer for Wellcome and NHIR funded grant applications. The contributions of my PhD were recognized with the Dean Moore Award- an endowed prize at the University of Nottingham in 2021. I have been a recipient of grants from the IASP and the Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness.

Course Leader- Bsc/Integrated Masters Physiotherapy

Admissions Lead- Physiotherapy Dec 2021- August 2022; September 2023- August 2025

Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, Pain, Research Methods