Alison has worked as a clinician, researcher, educator and professional lead in the UK, and as a researcher and educator in the USA and Canada. Alison was an NHS modernisation manager leading service evaluation and improvement for Older Peoples’ Mental Health Services for 8 years and has undertaken consultation projects for the Care Services Improvement Partnership, Royal British Legion and the National Patient Safety Agency. Her current research relates to the development of the Activity Card Sort – UK version and ‘Models of Reablement Evaluation: a mixed models evaluation of a complex intervention’. She has published a number of articles and book chapters and is author of ‘Principles of Assessment and Outcome Measurement for Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists: Theory, Skills and Application’ (2007). Alison currently serves on the Editorial Board of the Occupational Therapy International Journal Alison represented the British Association of Occupational Therapists as the UK delegate on the World Federation of Occupational Therapists Council (2009-2011).