James Czencz has experience in both public and private health and provides private disability therapy and services. Additionally, James is an early career researcher at the Australian Catholic University. James is particularly interested and passionate about physical activity-based interventions and rehabilitation. In his research, he focuses primarily on youth and adults with cerebral palsy, exploring how interventions based on physical activity can improve participation and quality of life across the life span.
Karen Brady
Karen Brady is movement scientist with a background in Sport Science, coaching and clinical work as a movement technologist in the Central Remedial Clinic, Dublin. Additionally, Karen is an early career researcher with a particular interest in physical activity participation among young people with physical disability. Karen’s research focusses on the perspectives of young people themselves exploring what really matters when it comes to physical activity participation.
Ailish Malone
Dr Ailish Malone (McDermott) is a Lecturer in Physiotherapy at Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), where she researches and teaches in neurology, rehabilitation, movement science and evidence-based practice.
Ailish’s research areas of interest are clinical neuroscience, rehabilitation of neurological conditions in adults and children, rehabilitation after serious illness, living with disability, movement analysis, and implementation of research evidence in practice.
She is Principal Investigator on a national study Youth Experience Matters: Participation in physical activity by young people with physical disability, co-funded by the Health Research Board and Central Remedial Clinic. In education, she has a particular interest in Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
Prior to joining RCSI in 2017, previously worked at the Central Remedial Clinic, Dublin, as clinical specialist physiotherapist in gait and movement analysis for people with neurological conditions and physical disability.
Douglas McAndrew
Douglas joined Digby Brown in 2022 as the Senior Welfare Rights Manager within the Serious Injury Team having spent seventeen years delivering welfare rights advice in the charity, local authority and housing sectors. He has an SVQ level 4 in Advice and Guidance and a COSCA Certificate in Counselling Skills.
The Welfare Rights Team is responsible for offering advice on benefit entitlement to clients and assisting with all stages of applications in order to maximise income, including representing appellants at tribunal hearings. In addition to this they deliver training on social security matters within the firm and provide support to our numerous charity partners and their service users.
Molly Tavella
Molly Tavella is the Project Coordinator of Gig Buddies Glasgow, a social project that supports adults with a learning disability and autistic adults to live the lives they choose and access live music in their communities. Molly has worked in the field of social inclusion for adults with a learning disability since 2014.