Jo Dawes

Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy

Kingston University & St Georges, University of London

Jo Dawes qualified as a physiotherapist from Glasgow Caledonian University in 1997. She has worked in various National Health Service and higher education settings. Between 2000 and 2007 she worked as a physiotherapist for Greater Glasgow Primary Care Trust, within a specialist health and social care team for homeless people. She moved to London in 2008, later joining the academic staff at St George’s, University of London, as a Senior Lecturer in physiotherapy. Jo has maintained an interest in homelessness and contributed to the work of Crisis, by developing a physiotherapy service within their annual volunteer event ‘Crisis at Christmas’. She has also contributed to the Faculty of Homeless and Inclusion Health’s “Standards for commissioners and service providers”. Jo has a diverse interest in research, completing an MPhil, evaluating the benefits of exercise in substance misuse rehabilitation; and, working in Zambia (with Voluntary Services Overseas) to evaluate HIV educational programmes in the farming and mining industries.