Professor Diane Cox, PhD
- Professor Emeritus of Occupational Therapy
- Institute of Health
- Health and Wellbeing

- Location: Off-Campus
Biography
I am an Emeritus Professor of Occupational Therapy affiliated to the Institute of Health and the Centre for Research in Health & Society. I am currently a co-applicant on a NIHR Programme grant project “SCENE: Improving quality of life and health outcomes of patients with psychosis through a new structured intervention for expanding social networks” RP-PG-0615-10004 with Queen Mary’s London – 1st April 2017 to 1st September 2022 - https://scene.elft.nhs.uk/About-SCENE/Co-applicants
I am a Fellow of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists, the highest honour the College can bestow on one of its professional members. In June 2017, I delivered the Dr Elizabeth Casson Memorial Lecture at the Royal College of Occupational Therapists Annual Conference. I was the Chair of Council of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists June 2019-2022.
I am an invited member of International Advisory Group and Ethics Board for EU H2020 Grant Agreement №. 101021274. PRAETORIAN is a CI-led, user-driven project, which will demonstrate its results in three international pilot clusters –some of them cross border– involving 9 outstanding critical infrastructures: 2 international airports, 2 ports, 3 hospitals and 2 power plants.2021-2023 Protection of Critical Infrastructures from advanced combined cyber and physical threats | PRAETORIAN Project | H2020 | CORDIS | European Commission (europa.eu)
ORCID ID - http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2691-6423
Qualifications and memberships
PhD, MSc, Dip COT, CLTHE, FCOT
Academic and research interests
- Occupational Therapy
- Occupational Science
- Long Term Conditions
- Fatigue Management
Research supervision
Current Research Students
- Kelly Fielden - Occupational Therapy Education
Awarded PhDs
- Carol Fitzsimons (Psychotherapist) New York. High Profile women and their experience of their menopausal years.2009
- Ken Erickson (Chiropractic) New York. Unintended and/ or unexpected consequences of chiropractic treatment.2011
- Karen Morris (Occupational Therapist/ Senior Lecturer) Occupational Engagement in a Regional Secure Unit 2012
- Helen Wilby (Occupational Therapist/ Senior Lecturer) A qualitative interpretation of the Structured Anchored Approach to functional assessment. 2012
- Anne Milston (Occupational Therapist/ Senior Lecturer, UClan) Living with Dilated Cardiomyopathy: The perceived effect on Occupational Performance.2013
- Sue Pemberton (Occupational Therapist) Time and Occupation in People with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.2014
- Bel Youngson (Occupational Therapist) Occupational Therapy Perspective on Diabetes.2016
- Malabika Ghosh (Occupational Therapist) Attention Deficits in Stroke: relationship with postural balance and independence with activities of daily living. 2018
- Joan Howarth (Occupational Therapist / Senior Lecturer, Derby) A Critical Investigation of the Meanings of Everyday Occupations. 2020
- Michelle Perryman (Occupational Therapist), Performance Profiling within the Occupational Therapy Profession. 2021 (On Supervisory Team)
Publications
Pattison, C. McKinstry, D. Cox, G. Boniface & N. McLennan(2022)Platinum anniversary – 70 years of highlights and influences of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists, World Federation of Occupational Therapists Bulletin, 78:1, 6-15, https://doi.org/10.1080/14473828.2022.2052623
Ghosh, M., & Cox, D. (2021). Innovation and invention: the role of virtual occupational therapy in the management of motor neurone disease. British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 17(6), 241-246. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjnn.2021.17.6.241
Laver-Fawcett A.J.; Cox D.L. (2021) Principles of Assessment and Outcome Measurement for Allied Health Professionals, 2nd Edition Wiley Blackwell
McLennan, N. & Cox, D (2020). A multi persepective approach to understanding the development of occupational therapy in the UK. The BMJ Opinion. https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/12/22/a-multi-perspective-approach-to-understanding-the-development-of-occupational-therapy-in-the-uk/
Perryman-Fox, M., & Cox, D. L. (2020). Occupational therapy in the United Kingdom: past, present, and future. Annals of International Occupational Therapy. https://doi.org/10.3928/24761222-20200309-03
Ana L. Borges da Costa & Diane L. Cox (2018): A experiência do significado na dança circular, Journal of Occupational Science, https://doi.org/10.1080/14427591.2018.1469380 (Portuguese translation of 2016 paper)
Howarth, J. T., Morris, K., & Cox, D. L. (2018). Challenges of teaching occupation: Introduction of an occupation focused teaching tool. Journal of Occupational Science, 25(1), 142-148. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14427591.2017.1397535
Cox, D. L. (2017). The Dr Elizabeth Casson Memorial Lecture 2017: Life as an occupational being. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 80(9), 525-532. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0308022617722331
Morris, K., Cox, D.L. (2017) Developing a descriptive framework for “Occupational Engagement” Journal of Occupational Science 24; 2: 152-164 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14427591.2017.1319292
Eastham, A.J., Cox, D. (2017) Dementia-friendly wards: A review of the literature and pilot study of patient interaction and daily activity engagement International Journal of Health Governance 2017 22; 1: 25-36 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/IJHG-05-2016-0027
Karen Morris, Diane L. Cox & Kath Ward (2016) Exploring stories of occupational engagement in a regional secure unit The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 27; 5: 684-697 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14789949.2016.1187759
Borges Da Costa AL, Cox DL (2016) The experience of meanings in circle dance Journal of Occupational Science 23; 2: 196-207 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14427591.2016.1162191
Caldwell, C., Twelvetree, T., & Cox, D. (2015). An evaluation of Therapy Outcome Measures (TOMs) in community rehabilitation. International Journal of Therapy And Rehabilitation, 22(7), 310-319. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/ijtr.2015.22.7.310
Youngson, A., Cole, F., Wilby, H., & Cox, D. (2015). The lived experience of diabetes: Conceptualisation using a metaphor. The British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 78(1), 24-32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0308022614561240
Pemberton S, Cox DL (2015) Synchronisation: Co-ordinating Time and Occupation Journal of Occupational Science 22: 3: 291- 303 (first online 08/12/2014) http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14427591.2014.990496.