The Global Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Rachel's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

About Rachel

I am a paediatric physiotherapist and academic with a special interest in posture, movement and respiratory health promotion for children and young people with neurodisability.

Prior to joining the University of Plymouth as a Lecturer in Rehabilitation, I worked in healthcare for 15 years, gaining extensive clinical experience in a wide range of paediatric specialities. This included oncology and haematology care at the Teenage Cancer Trust, University College London, cardiorespiratory and developmental care at the Children’s Heart Unit, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, in addition to neonatal, musculoskeletal, orthopaedic and neurology speciality care, working across acute hospital and community services.

I am dedicated to undertaking interdisciplinary and participatory paediatric research alongside children with neurodisability. I have been awarded multiple research grants, including the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Charitable Trust Novice Research Award (2019), the National Institute of Health Research Pre-doctoral Clinical Academic Fellowship Award (2021) and most recently, the Arts Health Interdisciplinary Fund (2022).

I sit on the National Committee for the Association of Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapy, as Publication Officer and core member of the Professional Development Group.

Contact Rachel

( InterCity Place, Plymouth Railway Station, North Road East,, Plymouth, PL4 6AB
+44 1752 587463
rachel.knightlozano@plymouth.ac.uk