Dr Emma Stokes

Associate Professor of Physiotherapy, Trinity College, Dublin

Emma Stokes PhD PT is a Fellow of Trinity College Dublin and was appointed to serve as the Vice President for Global Engagement in 2021. She qualified as a physiotherapist/physical therapist in 1990 and has been an educator for over 2 decades. In 2018 she moved to the Middle East to set up the academic department of Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation Science at Qatar University and led an international team who developed an innovative and future-oriented curriculum for the first program educating physical therapists in Qatar.

From 2015, she has served as the President of World Physiotherapy, working closely with the staff and board, and the wider global physiotherapy community, leading a transformation of the organisation. With a small group of committed colleagues, she was instrumental in the foundation of the Global Rehabilitation Alliance which was a precursor of the WHO World Rehabilitation Alliance. She has taught and lectured in over 40 countries in the world.

Qualifications:

BSc Physio, MSc (Research), MSc Mgmt, PhD

Fellow, Trinity College Dublin

Fellow, Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists