Professor Jo Patterson is Chair of Speech & Language Therapy and Vice Dean for Research at School of AHP and Nursing, University of Liverpool, UK.

Jo leads the Survivorship theme for the Liverpool Head and Neck Centre, host to national, and international clinicians and academics, from pre-doctoral to early career researchers, supported by senior academics and the Liverpool Patient Research Forum.

Our research programme includes development and testing of holistic prehabilitation, enhanced recovery, psychosocial adjustment and support models, outcome measures and novel swallowing interventions. Jo is a Fellow and Professional Advisor for RCSLT; is the SLT representative on NIHR ENT national group, providing strategic direction for AHP research in ENT practice.