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david.keene@ndorms.ox.ac.uk


+44 (0)1865 223121

David Keene

BSc (Hons) MSc DPhil MCSP MMACP

Kadoorie Professor of Trauma Rehabilitation

  • Senior Research Fellow, Lincoln College

Prof Keene is a clinical academic physiotherapist specialising in the development and evaluation of complex interventions to improve the management of musculoskeletal injuries. He was appointed to the Kadoorie Professorship of Trauma Rehabilitation and as a Senior Research Fellow at Lincoln College in 2025. He is also a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust.

Prof Keene has held a National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Postdoctoral Fellowship and a Developing Skills Enhancement Award and is currently Chief or co-Investigator on several NIHR-funded multicentre clinical trials. His research has been published in high-impact general medical journals (Lancet, JAMA and BMJ) and in leading speciality journals.

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