Dr Claire Nolan
Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy
Mary Seacole 301
- Email: claire.nolan@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 265949
- Physiotherapy
- Physiotherapy and Physician Associate
Summary
Dr Claire Nolan is a Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy in the Department of Health Sciences and an NIHR Advanced Fellow with clinical expertise in pulmonary rehabilitation.
Dr Nolan completed her PhD in Imperial College London in 2018 on gait speed and prognosis in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Dr Nolan’s research interests include strategies to increase engagement in and alternative models of rehabilitation programmes for people living with chronic lung conditions and multiple long-term conditions. She has expertise in intervention co-design, mixed-methodologies, as well as feasibility and randomised controlled trials.
Dr Nolan is Chair Elect of the American Thoracic Society Pulmonary Rehabilitation Assembly Programme Committee, a committee member of the NHSE National Respiratory Programme and the British Thoracic Society Quality Standards for Pulmonary Rehabilitation committee, and Impact Champion for the Department of Health Sciences, ͯÑÕÊÓƵ University.
Qualifications
PhD, Imperial College London (2018): Gait speed and prognosis in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
MSC, University College London (2015): Advanced cardiorespiratory physiotherapy (gold medal)
BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy (scholar), University of Dublin, Trinity College, Ireland (2006)
Newest selected publications
Liew, F., Efstathiou, C., Fontanella, S., Richardson, M., Saunders, R., Swieboda, D., et al. (2024) ''. Nature Immunology, 25 (4). pp. 607 - 621. ISSN: 1529-2908
Brighton, LJ., Spain, N., Gonzalez-Nieto, J., Ingram, KA., Harvey, J., Man, WD-C. and et al. (2024) ''. BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 11 (1). pp. 1 - 7. ISSN: 2052-4439
Lord, JM., Veenith, T., Sullivan, J., Sharma-Oates, A., Richter, AG., Greening, NJ., et al. (2024) ''. Immunity and Ageing, 21 (1). pp. 1 - 18.
Nolan, CM. (2023) ''. Journal of Physiotherapy, 70 (1). pp. 68 - 68. ISSN: 1836-9553
Man, W., Chaplin, E., Daynes, E., Drummond, A., Evans, RA., Greening, NJ., et al. (2023) ''. Thorax, 78 (Suppl 5). pp. s2 - s15. ISSN: 0040-6376