Rate My Professor Manoj Sivan

Sivan's research focuses on pain medicine, autonomic medicine, rehabilitation technology, Long COVID, musculoskeletal conditions, neurorehabilitation, long-term conditions, sleep medicine, outcome measurement, global health, physiology of pain, dysautonomia interventions, post-COVID mechanisms, exercise medicine, robotic rehabilitation, ultrasound diagnostics, and integrated care pathways. Over the last six years, he has attracted £8.0 million in research funding, including £4.6 million as Chief Investigator on projects such as the 2021 NIHR LOCOMOTION study, NHS England and Scotland evaluations of Long COVID services, MRC validations of the C19-YRS scale, and the HERITAGE study on Long COVID and ME/CFS. He has supervised multiple PhD and MD students on topics including autonomic dysfunction, chronic pain in Long COVID, and brainwave entrainment for pain management. Awards include the 2024 ISPRM Sidney Licht Award for lifetime contributions to disability care, 2022 George Burniston Medal, 2022 Innovate UK Collaboration award, 2021 BMJ Clinical Leadership award, 2016 Jill Simpson clinical excellence award, and 2014 European Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine Prize. Sivan is Editor-in-Chief of Advances in Rehabilitation Science and Practice (SAGE) and the Oxford Handbook of Rehabilitation Medicine. He was President of the British Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (2022-2024), UK representative for ESPRM, Chair of ISPRM INFORM taskforce, RCP CPD lead for Rehabilitation Medicine, WHO Europe advisor, and National Rehabilitation Centre advisor since 2023. He contributes to MSc Sport and Exercise Medicine teaching and leads national musculoskeletal courses.