Louise Connell

Professor Louise Connell is a Professor of Allied Health Rehabilitation at Lancaster University, affiliated with the Lancaster Medical School within the Faculty of Health and Medicine. Her research focuses on implementation science in neurological rehabilitation, particularly increasing rehabilitation intensity post-stroke and telerehabilitation innovations. She leads projects like the Walk ‘n Watch trial and NeuroRehabilitation OnLine (NROL), which explore scalable rehabilitation models. Her work bridges evidence-based practice with real-world clinical settings, emphasizing healthcare delivery improvement.

Key projects include a multi-site randomized controlled trial (Walk ‘n Watch) evaluating physical therapy intensity and a mixed-methods evaluation of NROL’s regional telehealth implementation. She has also investigated stroke survivors’ six-month follow-up practices and therapy staff experiences in Canada. Her research often employs mixed methods, combining clinical trials with qualitative insights from healthcare professionals and patients.

Publications span 2012–2025, addressing implementation challenges, intervention fidelity, and healthcare policy. She collaborates internationally, with studies in the UK and Canada. While no scientific awards are explicitly listed, her contributions to neurorehabilitation implementation science are widely recognized in peer-reviewed literature.

Her advisory and grant activities are tied to her research programs, though specific grants are not detailed. She is part of research groups focused on rehabilitation innovation and healthcare systems improvement. No student advisees are listed in the provided texts, and her email contact is l.connell2@lancaster.ac.uk.