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Brunel University London

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4.08/20/2025

Always positive and motivating in class.

5.04/30/2025

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About Claire

Dr Claire Nolan is a Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy in the Department of Health Sciences, College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, at Brunel University London. She is also an NIHR Advanced Fellow with clinical expertise in pulmonary rehabilitation. Her academic qualifications include a PhD from Imperial College London in 2018, titled 'Gait speed and prognosis in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis'; an MSc in Advanced Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy from University College London in 2015, awarded with a gold medal; and a BSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy from University of Dublin, Trinity College in 2006, as a scholar. Dr Nolan's research focuses on developing strategies to increase engagement in rehabilitation programmes and exploring alternative models for people living with chronic lung conditions and multiple long-term conditions. She employs expertise in intervention co-design, mixed-methodologies, feasibility studies, and randomised controlled trials. Current projects include the co-design and feasibility testing of a very brief behavioural change approach to assist healthcare professionals in discussing pulmonary rehabilitation with COPD patients, funded by the National Institute for Health Research (January 2024 - December 2027), and co-design of a financial incentive intervention to increase pulmonary rehabilitation referral, uptake and completion, funded by Brunel University London (August 2023 - July 2024).