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Ken Valyear

Ken Valyear

Dr

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9513-8445
  • Phone01248 382623, 07940 576268

  • 355 Brigantia Building
    Bangor University
    LL57 2AS

    United Kingdom

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

Current project topics include: (1) Peripheral nerve injury; (2) Upper-limb prosthesis control; (3) Action planning and selection. Primary lab methods include: fMRI; TMS; motion capture; clinical assessments of hand function. Interested applicants are encouraged to contact me: [email protected]

20032026

Research activity per year

Personal profile

Overview

Exquisitely designed for function, our hands are the primary instruments by which we interact with the world. They bring to life our experience of touch and make possible an extraordinary range and complexity of skilled actions. When brain or bodily injury impairs our ability to use our hands, their pivotal role in upholding our independence and quality of life is made painfully clear.

My lab is dedicated to advancing our understanding of the neuroscience of human hand function for the purpose of harnessing this knowledge to improve the lives of people who have difficulty using their hands.  

Lab Web: https://sites.google.com/site/kfvalyear/

Research

Two major areas of focus are peripheral nerve injury and stroke. A central aim is to understand the heightened state of plasticity that follows brain or bodily injury — and to harness this potential to promote recovery.

The lab brings together tools from neuroscience, experimental psychology, movement science, and rehabilitation science—combining brain imaging, brain stimulation, psychophysics, and clinical research.

Grant Awards and Projects

Research Grants

Welsh Government Ser Cymru III Enhancing Competitiveness Infrastructure Award

Improving child prostheses, and rehabilitation of peripheral nerve injuries, using movement science. 

Principal Investigators: Ken Valyear; Simon Watt

March 2020 

£64,472

Wellcome Trust Seed Award in Science (215186/Z/19/Z)

Mapping the consequences of peripheral nerve transection and repair on brain organisation and hand function.

Principal Investigator: Ken Valyear

December 2019 – May 2022

£94,063

Knowledge Exchange Skills Scholarships (KESS) II: PhD Studentship

The sensory and motor consequences of using an injured hand

Principal Investigators: Ken Valyear; Simon Watt; Edwin Jesudason

PhD candidate: Michela Paroli

June 2017 – 2020

£69300

Royal Society Research Grant (RG150098)

Specifying possible actions with objects: Paired-pulse TMS investigations of the underlying neural mechanisms

Principal Investigator: Ken Valyear

Co-investigator: Cosimo Urgesi

December 2015 – 2016

£15000

Contact Info

355 Brigantia Building
Office: 01248 382623
E-mail: k[email protected]
Web: https://sites.google.com/site/kfvalyear/

Teaching and Supervision

I teach rehabilitation neuroscience, brain stimulation, clinical and applied neuroscience, and methods in cognitive neuroscience. I supervise BSc, MSc and PhD student dissertations.

 

Related documents

Education/Academic qualification

Postgraduate, PhD, Neuroscience, Western University, Ontario

Award Date: 12 Feb 2011

Undergraduate, BSc, Physiology and Psychology, Western University, Ontario

Award Date: 27 May 2002

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