Staff Profile
Susan Hillman
Research Assistant Medical Statistics
Background
I am a Research Assistant in Medical Statistics with the AGE Research Group in the Translational and Clinical Research Institute. Prior to this I was a clinical bioengineer in rehabilitation engineering in both the NHS and higher education. I have worked in service delivery, research and teaching, with a particular focus on special seating, gait analysis, mobility, prosthetics and orthotics, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), and aids for daily living.
For a comprehensive list of my publications, please see https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4860-671X.
I am also a trustee of the Posture and Mobility Group (PMG), which is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation which exists to advance expertise and practice in wheeled mobility services. I have been a member of PMG's executive committee since 2017, on which I hold the research portfolio.
Research
I am currently providing statistical support to a number of projects in the AGE Research Group, including the Muscle Ageing Sarcopenia Study (MASS_Lifecourse) into how risk factors throughout the lifecourse influence the development of sarcopenia.
Publications
- Dodds RM, Hurst C, Hillman SJ, Davies K, Roberts L, Aspray TJ, Granic A, Sayer AA. Advancing our understanding of skeletal muscle across the lifecourse: Protocol for the MASS_Lifecourse study and characteristics of the first 80 participants. Experimental Gerontology 2022, 166, 111884.
- Granic A, Cooper R, Dodds RM, Hillman SJ, Sayer AA, Robinson SM. Milk intake across adulthood and muscle strength decline from mid- to late life: the MRC National Survey of Health and Development. British Journal of Nutrition 2022, epub ahead of print.
- Dodds RM, Bunn JG, Hillman SJ, Granic A, Murray J, Witham MD, Robinson SM, Cooper R, Sayer AA. Simple approaches to characterising multiple long-term conditions (multimorbidity) and rates of emergency hospital admission: Findings from 495,465 UK Biobank participants. Journal of Internal Medicine 2022. In Preparation.
- Hurst C, Murray JC, Granic A, Hillman SJ, Cooper R, Sayer AA, Robinson SM, Dodds RM. Long-term conditions, multimorbidity, lifestyle factors and change in grip strength over 9 years of follow-up: findings from 44,315 UK Biobank participants. Age and Ageing 2021, 50(6), 2222-2229.
- Hillman SJ, Hollington J, Crossan N, Torres-Sánchez C. Correlation of ISO 16840-2:2007 impact damping and hysteresis measures for a sample of wheelchair seating cushions. Assistive Technology 2018, 30(2), 77-83.
- Hillman SJ, Hollington J. A quantitative measurement method for comparison of seated postures. Medical Engineering and Physics 2016, 38(5), 485-489.
- Hollington J, Hillman SJ, Torres-Sanchez C, Boeckx J, Crossan N. ISO 16840-2:2007 load deflection and hysteresis measurements for a sample of wheelchair seating cushions. Medical Engineering and Physics 2014, 36(4), 509-515.