Jim Ashworth-Beaumont

Although I had accrued sufficient skills to take that on to a technical job within Halfords.

So I ended up going into retail, which was actually a blessing.

Well, what's always driven me a little bit is that thirst for knowledge, you know, that constant curiosity about things.

I'm often asked, why?

Why did you get involved in this career?

And really, it was the interest in technicality.

I'd gained some experience in engineering.

But particularly through the retail environment, actually, I found that I was really good at engaging with people, getting results there.

So combining the two was perfect.

We've talked about prosthetics and orthotics and the differences between them.

With prosthetics, the goal seems quite straightforward in that you are reinstating a limb.

In orthotics, it can be a little bit more nuanced.

We're dealing with a lot of different pathologies, like a problem arises from trauma or from disease or neurodegeneration, for example.

And your goal as an orthotist is really to take that information that you glean from the patient and their medical history

and then convert that into a solution which solves a practical problem.

Well, when we're taking a patient with a neurological problem, we're looking to maximise the potential to undergo therapy and improving their quality of life.

So I always had a thought on how we might develop technologies to help people improve their neurological status.

And from that, I gained an interest in non-invasive brain stimulation.

There are a few different methods of actually stimulating the brain non-invasively using magnetic fields or electrical stimulation.

Yeah.