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Professor Diane Cox, PhD

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

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

  1. Carol Fitzsimons (Psychotherapist) New York. High Profile women and their experience of their menopausal years.2009
  2. Ken Erickson (Chiropractic) New York. Unintended and/ or unexpected consequences of chiropractic treatment.2011
  3. Karen Morris (Occupational Therapist/ Senior Lecturer) Occupational Engagement in a Regional Secure Unit 2012
  4. Helen Wilby (Occupational Therapist/ Senior Lecturer) A qualitative interpretation of the Structured Anchored Approach to functional assessment. 2012
  5. Anne Milston (Occupational Therapist/ Senior Lecturer, UClan) Living with Dilated Cardiomyopathy: The perceived effect on Occupational Performance.2013
  6. Sue Pemberton (Occupational Therapist) Time and Occupation in People with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.2014
  7. Bel Youngson (Occupational Therapist) Occupational Therapy Perspective on Diabetes.2016
  8. Malabika Ghosh (Occupational Therapist) Attention Deficits in Stroke: relationship with postural balance and independence with activities of daily living. 2018
  9. Joan Howarth (Occupational Therapist / Senior Lecturer, Derby) A Critical Investigation of the Meanings of Everyday Occupations. 2020
  10. 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.