New Director for National Council for Osteopathic Research

Dr Dawn Carnes appointed Director of National Council for Osteopathic Research

The National Council for Osteopathic Research (NCOR) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Dawn Carnes as its new Director.

Dr Carnes is a Senior Research Fellow at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry and will take up the part-time post as NCOR Director, in addition to her current duties, in May. Dr Carnes will succeed Professor Ann Moore who has led NCOR since its inception.

Dr Carnes trained and worked as an osteopath before embarking on her research career which has focused on exploring the evidence and research in the field of musculoskeletal pain. She has also been involved with Tower Hamlets Primary Care Trust over the last four years and helped set up a community-based, primary care chronic pain management service.

Dr Carnes said: “I am delighted to have been appointed Director of NCOR. I am committed to the development of research that can be used to promote the role that osteopathy has to play in healthcare provision.”

NCOR was set up by the General Osteopathic Council (GOsC), the British Osteopathic Association (BOA) and the UK osteopathic educational institutions (OEIs) in 2003 to foster research and raise the profile of osteopathy research findings. It is jointly funded by the BOA, GOsC, the OEIs and the Osteopathic Educational Foundation.

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Notes to Editors
For further information about NCOR please see: www.ncor.org.uk 

The General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) has a statutory duty to regulate the practice of osteopathy in the UK. Osteopaths must be registered with the GOsC in order to practise in the UK. We work with the public and the profession to promote patient safety by:

• registering qualified professionals
• setting, maintaining and developing standards of osteopathic practice and conduct
• assuring the quality of osteopathic education
• ensuring continuing professional development
• helping patients with concerns or complaints about an osteopath.

The statutory Register of Osteopaths provides a geographical index of all practising osteopaths, and is available to the general public and to healthcare providers online at: www.osteopathy.org.uk/register-search

The British Osteopathic Association (BOA) is the professional association of osteopaths. It promotes the understanding of the benefits of osteopathy and encourages its use on the NHS to Government and to public, in particular its effectiveness in helping to reduce the amount of workplace absence caused by musculoskeletal problems. For further information see: www.osteopathy.org 

There are currently 11 osteopathic educational institutions (OEIs) providing recognised training courses in osteopathy. For further information see: www.osteopathy.org.uk/training-and-registration/becoming-an-osteopath/training-courses

The Osteopathic Educational Foundation is an independent charitable trust set up to advance and promote the development of and education in the science and practice of osteopathy for the benefit of the public.