Professor Avril Drummond

PhD, MSc, Dip COT, FRCOT

  • Professor of Rehabilitation
Avril Drummond

Avril Drummond is an occupational therapist, Emeritus Professor of Healthcare Research at the University of Nottingham and Professor of Rehabilitation at 每日吃瓜. She has worked clinically, in education and in research. Her research interests are diverse- ranging across the spectrum of rehabilitation- and she has published over 200 academic papers to date on clinical services and specific rehabilitation interventions. Avril has been recognised as an NIHR senior investigator.

Although Avril's main areas of interest are stroke rehabilitation and conducting randomized controlled trials, she is interested in all aspects of rehabilitation research. She has conducted trials and service evaluations of stroke units, occupational therapy pre-discharge home visits, falls reduction/management, interventions for people with MS, traumatic brain injury, joint replacements, and ‘fit’ notes.

Avril is currently conducting research into fatigue after stroke, falls, memory rehabilitation, tendon injuries, vocational rehabilitation, and upper limb recovery after stroke.

  • Editor- in- Chief of Clinical Rehabilitation.
  • Fellow of the College of Occupational Therapists.
  • Member of the Royal College of Physicians Intercollegiate Working Party for stroke.
  • Senior Chair NIHR Doctoral Clinical and Practitioner Academic Fellowship DCAF panel.
  • Trustee UK Stroke Association and Elizabeth Casson Trust.
  • Previous Chair of the UK Stroke Forum and founding Chair of the European Life after Stroke Conference panel.
  • Previous Board Member, Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
  • One of fifteen woman identified by World Stroke Academy as an International Women in Stroke in 2021.
  • Made an honorary member of the British and Irish Association of Stroke Physicians in 2023.

Featured publications

  • Fiona Rowe, Ella Brayshaw, Michaela Brown, Kausik Chatterjee, Avril Drummond, Christine Hazelton, Brin Helliwell, Lauren Hepworth, Claire Howard, Stevie Johnson, Carmel Noonan, Catherine Sackley, Laura Wright. . International Journal of Stroke. 2025;0(0). DOI: 1177/17474930251330140
  • Samuelsson, C.M., Hussain, N., Drummond, A. and Persson, C.U. (2025), . Health Science Reports, 8: e70507. DOI: 10.1002/hsr2.70507
  • das Nair R, Mhizha-Murira JR, Topcu G, et al. . Clinical Rehabilitation. 2024;38(11):1506-1520. DOI: 1177/02692155241284781
  • Sheehan L, Woodward A, Archer M, et al. . BMJ Open 2024;14:e085962. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085962
  • Kontou E, Shokraneh F, das Nair R, Terry Quinn, Jo Leonardi-Bee, Naomi Thorpe, Naomi Clifford, Marie Williams, Sandra Wydera, Avril Drummond. [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations] F1000Research2024, 13:199. DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.146343.2 
  • Emma Bamford, Hannah Berntsson, Suzanne Beale, Lauren Desoysa, Joseph Dias, Sienna Hamer鈥慘iwacz, Daniel Hind, Nick Johnson, Amanda Loban, Kaye Molloy, Emma Morvan, Ines Rombach2, Anna Selby, Praveen Thokala, Chris Turtle, Stephen Walters and Avril Drummond. . Trials (2024) 25:193. DOI: 10.1186/s13063-024-08013-z