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Dr Thilo Kroll

Dr Thilo Kroll is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Nursing & Midwifery at the University of Dundee and a core member of the Alliance for Self Care Research. He is also the Deputy Director of the Interdisciplinary Disability Research Institute (IDRIS) at the University of Dundee.

Before coming to Scotland Thilo worked at the National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH) Research Division in Washington DC. He has conducted disability-related health services research in the United States, the UK, Germany and Scandinavia. His professional background in psychology has led to a variety of research studies combining quantitative and qualitative research methods. Thilo has a strong interest in advancing participatory research and training opportunities for people with disabilities (e.g. spinal cord injuries) and chronic conditions (e.g. pediatric cancer, arthritis). Currently, he serves as the Co-PI of an ESRC funded multidisciplinary study that examines the role, application, and use of advanced technologies in the lives of people with disabilities. Other research interests include homelessness and disability, self care and disability, exercise and physical activity, social exclusion and disability and inclusive research designs and methodologies. Thilo is particularly interested in peer-to-peer interventions for people with disabilities and the consumer-directed education programmes for health care professionals. He currently serves as a Consultant to the federally funded Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Spinal Cord Injury: Promoting Health and Preventing Complications Through Exercise in the US. Thilo received his doctoral degree is psychology from the University of Bremen, Germany.

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