Research groups
Melanie Fleming
Associate Professor & Patient and Public Involvement Lead
I am a senior research fellow in the Plasticity Group. My primary interest is in the investigation of potential strategies for improving rehabilitation after stroke and brain injury. I co-lead a group investigating the role of sleep in learning and recovery, findings ways to improve sleep after stroke and novel treatments such as brain stimulation.
Vice Chair, Medical Sciences Interdivisional Research Ethics Committee
Chair, Patient and Public Involvement working group, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging
Committee member, Early career training programme, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging
College Advisor / Research Associate, St Catherine's College
Member of the Oxford Stroke Recovery Research Hub
Member of the International Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Alliance (ISRRA) Emerging Leaders Group
My collaborators include
- Dr Anton Pick and Dr David Henderson Slater from the Oxford Centre for Enablement (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust)
- Mrs Emma Garratt from the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire (BOB) Integrated Care Board
- Professor Helen Dawes from Exeter University
- Mrs Rachel Buckingham and Mr Tim Theologis from the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust)
- Professor Nele Demeyere, Translational Neuropsychology Lab
- Professor Charlotte Stagg, Physiological Neuroimaging Group
Summaries of our studies of sleep after stroke and brain injury
Read a summary of our study examining sleep in chronic stroke survivors
Read a summary of our study assessing sleep during rehabilitation from brain injury
Recent publications
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Bridging the gap between experimental control and ecological validity in human sensorimotor science.
Journal article
Tsay J. et al, (2024), J Physiol
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Improving sleep after stroke: A randomised controlled trial of digital cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia
Journal article
Fleming MK. et al, (2023), Journal of Sleep Research
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The effect of pulse shape in theta-burst stimulation: Monophasic vs biphasic TMS
Journal article
Wendt K. et al, (2023), Brain Stimulation, 16, 1178 - 1185
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Improving sleep and learning in rehabilitation after stroke, part 2 (INSPIRES2): study protocol for a home-based randomised control trial of digital cognitive behavioural therapy (dCBT) for insomnia
Journal article
Weightman M. et al, (2023), BMJ Open, 13, e071764 - e071764
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The effect of pulse shape in theta-burst stimulation: monophasic vs biphasic TMS
Preprint
Wendt K. et al, (2023)