Stroke for the future: The Vision for Comprehensive Stroke Care Pathways

The conference will be led by the iPASTAR (Improving pathways for acute stroke and rehabilitation) research team and include keynote speeches from leaders in the stroke community, including Prof. Michael Hill, University of Calgary, Canada. Prof. Bo Norrving, Lund University, Sweden. Prof. Peter Langhorne, Emeritus Professor, University of Glasgow. Prof. Peter Kelly (Former President of the European Stroke Organization). Prof. Peter McMeekin, North Cumbria University, and Prof. James Faulkner, University of Winchester.
iPASTAR (Improving pathways for acute stroke and rehabilitation) is a collaborative doctoral training award funded by the Health Research Board of Ireland, Collaborative Doctoral Awards Programme 2019, and hosted by RCSI and UCD. It is led by Prof. David Williams (RCSI) and Prof. Frances Horgan (RCSI).
The iPASTAR PhD research scholars will present an update on their research findings, which are focusing on the delivery of stroke care for patients, from the hospital to rehabilitation in the community, and living well after stroke. The conference participants will hear from our PPI partners and hear perspectives from stroke survivors on their experience of life after stroke and being involved in iPASTAR.