My lab is dedicated to advancing our understanding of the neuroscience of human hand function for the purpose of harnessing this knowledge to improve patient rehabilitation.

We use a wide array of methods, including functional MRI and brain stimulation.  

Our current research targets two major clinical problems: (1) peripheral nerve injury, and (2) stroke.

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

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