Dr Paul H Strutton

Paul Strutton is a Senior Lecturer in Neurophysiology and runs the Nick Davey Laboratory within the Human Performance group in the department of Surgery and Cancer. He received his BSc in Neuroscience and PhD in Physiology from King’s College London before taking up a post-doctoral position with Alison McGregor (Professor of Musculoskeletal Biodynamics, Surgery & Cancer) and the late Dr Nick Davey (Neuroscience) at Imperial College London investigating the central nervous system control of muscles in patients with low back pain. In 2003 he became the Principal’s Lecturer in Anatomy and in 2009 a Senior Lecturer in Neurophysiology.

His research interests include investigation of the brain control of movement using transcranial magnetic stimulation under normal and pathological conditions such as low back pain, osteoarthritis and fatigue. He has also performed a number of studies investigating parameters of muscle function using both EMG and isokinetic technologies. He is currently a member of the Society for Neuroscience, the Physiological Society, the Anatomical Society of Great Britain & Ireland and was on the Executive committee of the Society for Back Pain Research.

He teaches anatomy and neuroscience for the undergraduate medicine MBBS degree, Biomedical Science BSc, Pharmacology & Translational Medical Science BSc and the graduate entry MBBS degree.

He is the Director of Projects for the BSc in Surgery & Anaesthesia and the Course Leader for Anatomy of the Thorax (year 1 MBBS) and Neuroscience and Mental Health (year 2 MBBS).