School of Health Sciences and Social Work

Profile

Background

I initially started my career as an Operating Department Practitioner (ODP), graduating from Selly Oak ODP school in 1988. I later specialised in neurosurgery at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford. After a brief spell working abroad I returned to Oxford and specialised in functional neurosurgery for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease and chronic pain.

 In 2004 I graduated with a BSc in Anthropology from Oxford Brookes University where I studied hominin evolutionary processes, with a particular interest in the hominin brain and skull. In 2007 I obtained a DPhil from Brasenose college, University of Oxford after studying Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) and stereotactic targeting for deep brain stimulation treatment (DBS) in patients with movement disorders and pain.

I then spent three years as a post-doctoral research scientist at the University of Oxford and John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford performing gait analysis for freezing and falling symptoms and bradykinesia in patients with Parkinson’s disease.

My current position involves the integration of simulation activities in health science that assist students in developing skills and competencies for professional practice, and the development of new re-usable learning objects for use in simulation.

Research Interests

My research interests include creating simulation activities that enhance the development of skills for professional practice. I have a particular interest in the development of: 3D anatomical teaching aids, motion capture gait analysis, and video analysis tagging software for teaching and learning across the health sciences.

Recent Publications

More recent publications

Other Publications

Owen, S. L., Heath, J., Kringelbach, M. L., Stein, J. F., Aziz, T. Z. (2007) Preoperative DTI and probabilistic tractography in an amputee with deep brain stimulation for lower limb stump pain. Br J Neurosurg. 21, (5), pp. 485 – 490.

Owen, S. L., Green, A. L., Stein, J. F., Aziz, T. Z. (2006) Deep brain stimulation for the alleviation of post-stroke neuropathic pain. Pain. 120, (1-2), pp. 202 – 206.