Dr Ellen Castle
Honorary Senior Lecturer
Mary Seacole 301 Pod 8 Desk F
- Email: ellen.castle@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 266537
- Physiotherapy
- Physiotherapy and Physician Associate
- College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Summary
Dr Ellen Castle is an Honorary Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Physiotherapy in the Department of Health Sciences. In addition, she works at Curtin University, Western Australia, Australia as a Senior Lecturer in Teaching and Research.
Dr Castle’s research interests include the exploration of physical activity, exercise and wellbeing interventions for people living with long-term conditions. She is particularly interested in digital and face-to-face interventions, and participant experience using qualitative methods. Dr Castle works with Dr Greenwood who leads the King’s Renal Rehabilitation and Exercise Team at King’s College Hospital.
Qualifications
PhD Research, Transplantation- King's College London University, London, UK
Masters in Clinical Research Fellowship- King's College London University, London, UK
BSc Physiotherapy- Notre Dame University, Perth, Western Australia
Newest selected publications
Young, HML., Castle, EM., Briggs, J., Walklin, C., Billany, RE., Asgari, E., (2024) 'The development and internal pilot trial of a digital physical activity and emotional well-being intervention (Kidney BEAM) for people with chronic kidney disease'. Scientific Reports, 14 (1). pp. 1 - 21. ISSN: 2045-2322 Open Access Link
et al.Greenwood, SA., Young, HML., Briggs, J., Castle, EM., Walklin, C., Haggis, L., (2023) 'Evaluating the effect of a digital health intervention to enhance physical activity in people with chronic kidney disease (Kidney BEAM): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial in the UK'. The Lancet Digital Health, 6 (1). pp. e23 - e32. ISSN: 2589-7500 Open Access Link
et al.Annema, C., De Smet, S., Castle, EM., Overloop, Y., Klaase, JM., Janaudis-Ferreira, T., (2023) 'European Society of Organ Transplantation (ESOT) Consensus Statement on Prehabilitation for Solid Organ Transplantation Candidates'. Transplant International, 36. pp. 1 - 23. ISSN: 0934-0874 Open Access Link
et al.Coyne, E., Briggs, J., Loud, F., Bristow, P., Young, HML., Castle, EM., (2023) 'Achieving consensus on psychosocial and physical rehabilitation management for people living with kidney disease'. Clinical Kidney Journal, 16 (11). pp. 2185 - 2193. ISSN: 2048-8505 Open Access Link
et al.Walklin, CG., Young, HML., Asghari, E., Bhandari, S., Billany, RE., Bishop, N., (2023) 'The effect of a novel, digital physical activity and emotional well-being intervention on health-related quality of life in people with chronic kidney disease: trial design and baseline data from a multicentre prospective, wait-list randomised controlled trial (Kidney BEAM)'. BMC Nephrology, 24 (1). pp. 1 - 17. ISSN: 1471-2369 Open Access Link
et al.