Alison McGregor | |
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Alma mater | University of Surrey King's College London |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Imperial College London |
Thesis | The assessment of spinal motion and its relevance to low back pain (1997) |
Alison Hazel McGregor is a British physiotherapist and biomedical engineer who is a professor at Imperial College London. Her research is focused on the musculoskeletal system and the mechanisms/impacts of injury. She has previously served as the President and Secretary of the Society for Back Pain Research.
McGregor studied physiotherapy at King's College London. [1] She graduated with a diploma in physiotherapy in 1989, then moved to the University of Surrey for her graduate studies. Her doctorate in bioengineering concentrated on human biomechanics. [2]
In 1997, McGregor started working at Imperial College London, where she started to study back pain. [3] She is a leading member of the MSk Lab, where she develops better diagnostic tools, surgical interventions and understanding of human movement on the musculoskeletal system. [4] She has previously served as the President and Secretary of the Society for Back Pain Research. [1]
McGregor joined an interdisciplinary research team providing physiotherapy to the rowers of Imperial's Boat Club. [5] In particular, McGregor was interested in identifying the ideal technique that could minimise the risk of injury. [5] [6] Through the Imperial College Boat Club, McGregor became involved with British International Rowing. [7] She has shown that the hip position is critical for rowing, and that a slumped position can limit transfer of power. [8] [9]
In 2012, McGregor and two students were chosen as Imperial College London Olympic flame torchbearers in the build-up to the London Olympic Games. [10] She was selected because of her contributions to the Imperial Boat Club. [10] In 2017, the Imperial College Boat Club recognised her twenty-year dedication to the club with an honorary party, where they named a boat after her. [7]
McGregor is interested in sports and photography. [2]