Associate Prof. Melanie Fleming

I lead the NeuroRehabilitation Research group, where we investigate potential strategies for improving rehabilitation after stroke and brain injury. We are particularly interested in understanding the role of sleep in learning and recovery, findings ways to improve sleep after stroke and developing novel treatments such as brain stimulation. 

Alongside this I am the Academic Lead for Patient Involvement and Public engagement for the Medical Sciences Division

Other roles:

Vice Chair, Medical Sciences Interdivisional Research Ethics Committee

Patient and Public Involvement Lead, Medical Research Council Centre of Research Excellence in Restorative Neural Dynamics (MRC CoRE RND)

Chair, Patient and Public Involvement working group, Oxford Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging

Co-founder and Member of the Oxford Stroke Recovery Research Hub

Member of the NDCN Graduate Studies Committee

Member of the International Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Alliance (ISRRA) Emerging Leaders Group

My collaborators include

• Dr Anton Pick from the Oxford Centre for Enablement (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)
• Professor Helen Dawes from Exeter University
• Professor Nele Demeyere, Translational Neuropsychology Lab
• Professor Charlotte Stagg, Physiological Neuroimaging Group
• Professor Andy Sharott, Brain Network Dynamics Unit