Michelle Eagle

Consultant Physiotherapist

Newcastle University

Position in Extended Committee - Physical Therapist Representative

Michelle initially specialised in Rheumatology and gained a masters degree in the clinical evaluation and development of outcome measures in Ankylosing Spondylitis. Since 1990 she has worked for the Newcastle Muscle centre where she is a consultant physiotherapist. Michelle has published on the management of various NMDs and her PhD in 1996 evaluated the impact of nocturnal ventilation on survival in DMD.

Michelle is a consultant for various pharmaceutical companies specifically relating to clinical evaluation including Wyeth, Santhera, PTC, Prosensa and AVI. She also has wide experience in the development of operational manuals and of training clinical evaluators for clinical trials.