Dr Emma Sutton is a clinical-academic Physiotherapist working in the United Kingdom. Completed her PhD at the University of Leicester on Quality Improvement in Surgery in 2017 and a clinical lectureship with the clinical trials unit at the University of Warwick (2021). She is also a fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Emma’s current role is Research Assistant at the University of East Anglia working on the IMAB-Qi NIHR Programme Grant for Applied Research. From 2022-2025 Emma was clinical academic lead for University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (Institute of Translational Medicine) and an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Birmingham. Emma chaired the Fragility Fracture Network (FFN) Recovery Research SIG (2021-2025) and the West Midlands Hub for the UK’s Council for Allied Health Professions Research (2019-2023). Emma sits on the advisory board for the FFN Recovery Research SIG, the FFN European Steering Group, and for the NIHR SSCR funded grant “Understanding the costs and outcomes associated with Hospital Discharge” . Emma is also a member of Q community – a connected community aiming to improve health care quality across the UK. Emma has contributed to the book ‘Dysmobility in Geriatrics’ (Springer, 2024 Dysmobility in Geriatrics: Conceptualisation, Clinical Approach, and Aging Theory | SpringerLink). She was Chief Investigator on a HRA approved mixed methods Research Study called ARTHUR (avoiding readmission after hip fracture) which closed to recruitment in September 2024. Her publications and research covers a wide sphere including: patient and public involvement, reducing re-admission after hip fracture, prehabilitation for elective hip and knee surgery, and ERAS (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery).