Academic Departments

Professional Doctorate in Health and Social Care Disciplines

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sarah-owen  Dr Sarah Owen

Title: Senior Lecturer
Qualifications: ODP, BA (Hons) Anthropology, DPhil (Oxon)
Department: School of Health Sciences and Social Work
Address: James Watson West, 2 King Richard 1st Road, Portsmouth. PO1 2FR 

What is your role on the Professional Doctorate?

Research Supervision

What is your background?

Operating Department Practitioner.  BA (Hons) Anthropology - Evolution of the hominin brain. DPhil – MRI/Diffusion Tensor Iimaging (DTI) & Probabilistic Tractography for targeting in deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery.

What are your research interests?

Health science simulation, stereotactic targeting, neurosurgery/neuroscience, deep brain stimulation (DBS), pain, movement disorders. 

How many times have you supervised as:-

Director of Studies (completed supervisions only) - 0
2nd Supervisor (completed supervisions only) - 0

Current Projects:

Health science simulation

Past Projects:

Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) & Probabilistic Tractography for Stereotactic targeting in DBS, Changes in Gait in Parkinson’s Disease patients with freezing and falling symptoms undergoing DBS in the Ventero-posterior lateral (VPL) thalamus, and the Pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN).