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Rachel qualified in 1995 from the University of Brighton. She completed her MSc at the University of Brighton in 2003. She is a committee member of the local branch of Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists and currently works as a senior lecturer at the University.
Rachel has held previous leadership roles in the NHS specialising for 13 years as the Lead Podiatrist in Wound Care, where she helped to improve documentation standards, implemented the Texas wound classification system into clinical practice and contributing to various referral pathways to improve patient care. Rachel has a large amount of experience in treating Diabetic Foot ulceration including VAC therapy, ulcers related to various connective tissue disorders and hard to heal post- operative wounds.
Rachel has various research interests and these focus mainly on wound care, microbiology and diabetic wounds. She is currently working within the DERMA project, which is a research project sponsored by Interreg 2 seas. The objective of DERMA is to develop new interventions for the management and treatment of dermal ulcers and related skin conditions, including stomas. By addressing market and patient need, the project will deliver advanced new technologies ready for use, by industry, to manufacture improved products for the treatment of patients.
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A biomimetic macromolecular platform for tissue healing and diagnostics at medical device interfaces: a personalised wound dressing model
Santin, M. (PI), Georgoulas, A. (CoI), Harris, P. (CoI), Crua, C. (CoI), Sarker, D. (CoI), Elsom, J. (CoI), Sandeman, S. (CoI), Forss, R. (CoI), Redhead, L. (CoI), Terrazzini, N. (CoI), Saberianpour, S. (PI), Melotto, G. (PI), Hesketh, A. (PI) & Sinha, A. (PI)
1/06/22 → 31/03/28
Project: Research Councils / Government Depts.
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GELL-P: Gravity effects on foot perfusion (GELL-P)
Forss, R. (PI), Miche, N. (CoI), Bernagozzi, M. (CoI), Santin, M. (CoI) & Cahill, S. (CoI)
1/06/23 → 31/05/24
Project: Research Councils / Government Depts.
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WHISKIES: Wound Healing In Space: Key challenges towards Intelligent and Enabling Sensing platforms
Marengo, M. (PI), Andredaki, M. (CoI), Miche, N. (PI), Forss, R. (CoI) & Otter, S. (CoI)
15/05/20 → 30/06/23
Project: EU / International
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DERMA: Design of Enabling-Regenerative Materials (DERMA)
Allan, I. (PI), Santin, M. (CoI), Gard, P. (CoI), Sarker, D. (CoI), Chatterjee, C. (CoI), Cooper, I. (CoI), Cragg, P. (CoI), Otter, S. (CoI) & Forss, R. (CoI)
1/09/16 → 31/05/20
Project: Grant
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A systematic in vitro study of the effect of normoglycaemic and hyperglycaemic conditions on the biochemical and cellular interactions of clinically-available wound dressings with different physicochemical properties
Saberianpour, S., Melotto, G., Forss, R., Redhead, L., Sandeman, S., Terrazzini, N., Sarker, D. & Santin, M., 24 Jan 2025, In: PLoS ONE. 20, 1, p. 1-19 19 p., e0317258.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring exudate absorption via sessile droplet dynamics in porous wound dressings
Sinha, A., Georgoulas, A., Crua, C., Saberianpour, S., Sarker, D., Forss, R. & Santin, M., 11 Jan 2025, In: Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science. 163, 111408.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Gravity effects on lower limb perfusion observed during a series of parabolic flights
Tansley, J., Miche, N., Bernagozzi, M., Cahill, S., Georgoulas, A., Santin, M. & Forss, R., 10 Jan 2025, In: Acta Astronautica. 229, p. 286-296 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring exudate viscosity: A rheological analysis of wound exudates
Melotto, G., Sinha, A. & Forss, R., 27 Aug 2024, In: Wound Repair and Regeneration. 32, 5, p. 671-674 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Harnessing the interactions of wound exudate cells with dressings biomaterials for the control and prognosis of healing pathways
Saberianpour, S., Melotto, G., Redhead, L., Terrazzini, N., Forss, R. & Santin, M., 23 Aug 2024, In: Pharmaceutics. 17, 9, 19 p., 1111.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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