Research Impact Award for LOCOMOTION Team

Our Long COVID research team were the winners at the University of Leeds Research Impact awards in the 'Health' category.

Health Impact Award

Research can improve health and wellbeing through the development of new technologies, processes, practices and guidelines. This award recognises research that has made a tangible difference to the lives of patients, users or related groups.

Winning Project – Impact of a research programme for Post COVID Condition or Long COVID (LC): Integrating translational science, clinical management and service delivery.

Long COVID is a global health crisis affecting millions. The multidisciplinary research team were the first in the UK to identify the condition, and together, we have delivered a research programme on the condition that has achieved global impact. Their patient reported outcome measure has been translated in >40 languages, adopted by WHO and recommended by NICE. Their digital outcomes platform is used in >60 NHS Trusts. Their Borg pacing rehabilitation algorithm is used globally. Their NHS England work has informed national LC policy, and their WHO work has informed global LC policy. Their £3.4 million NIHR LOCOMOTION study has produced best practice guidance used universally.

Lead – Professor Manoj Sivan (School of Medicine)
Research Team – Dr Darren Greenwood (LICAM and LIDA); Dr Adam Smith (LICAM and NHS England); Professor Ghazala Mir, Thomas Osborne, Barbara Silva Passadouro, Omar Khoja, Dr Joanna Corrado, Nafi Iftekhar, Rosie Solomon and Professor Daryl O’Connor (School of Medicine); Dr Stephen Halpin, Mike Horton, Amy Parkin, Madeline Goodwin, Angela Greenbank, Sarah Moses, Anika McKay and Professor Rory O’Connor (LIRMM); Roman Rocha Lawrence and Paul O’Brien (ELAROS 24/7); Professor Alex Casson (University of Manchester); Professor Brendan Delaney (Imperial College London); and  Joseph Kwon, Professor Stavros Petrou and Trish Greenhalgh (University of Oxford); and LOCOMOTION team.