Cathy Stinear

Cathy Stinear
Born	20. century
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Auckland
Thesis	Motor cortex inhibition in focal hand dystonia (2003)
Academic work
Institutions	University of Auckland

Cathy Maree Stinear is a New Zealand clinical neuroscientist, and is a full professor at the University of Auckland, specialising in stroke rehabilitation and techniques for prediction of stroke recovery. She was appointed Chair of the Neurological Foundation in 2021, and is the first woman to chair the organisation.

Academic career

Stinear did not want to go to university, and left school during her seventh form year to take a job in a circus. She then trained as a pilot, and worked as a flying instructor. At age 23 Stinear began studying at the New Zealand College of Chiropractic, before realising her interest lay in neuroscience, and transferring to a master's degree in physiology at the University of Auckland. Stinear followed this with a PhD titled Motor cortex inhibition in focal hand dystonia also at Auckland. Stinear then joined the faculty of the University of Auckland, rising to full professor in 2019. Stinear is Director of the Clinical Neuroscience Laboratory, deputy head of the Department of Medicine, and works in clinical practice at Auckland District Health Board’s Stroke Unit. She is also Pro-Vice Chancellor Equity at the university. Stinear chaired the Neurological Foundation's science advisory committee for four years, and was appointed Chair of their council in 2021, following on from Dr Barry Snow. She is the first woman to chair the foundation.

Stinear's postdoctoral research covered stroke rehabilitation, and she has continued to work in this area, using neurophysiological and neuromodulation techniques to work directly with patients, and to make individualised predictions for stroke recovery.

Selected works

• Cathy Stinear; Alan Barber; Peter R Smale; James P. Coxon; Melanie K Fleming; Winston D Byblow (1 January 2007). "Functional potential in chronic stroke patients depends on corticospinal tract integrity". Brain. 130 (Pt 1): 170–180. doi:10.1093/BRAIN/AWL333. ISSN 0006-8950. PMID 17148468. Wikidata Q48346969.
• Adam R Aron; Sarah Durston; Dawn M. Eagle; Gordon D Logan; Cathy Stinear; Veit Stuphorn (1 October 2007). "Converging evidence for a fronto-basal-ganglia network for inhibitory control of action and cognition". The Journal of Neuroscience. 27 (44): 11860–11864. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3644-07.2007. ISSN 0270-6474. PMC 6673355. PMID 17978025. Wikidata Q36989252.
• Cathy M Stinear; Alan Barber; Matthew Petoe; Samir Anwar; Winston D Byblow (10 June 2012). "The PREP algorithm predicts potential for upper limb recovery after stroke". Brain. 135 (Pt 8): 2527–2535. doi:10.1093/BRAIN/AWS146. ISSN 0006-8950. PMID 22689909. Wikidata Q46410643.
• Cathy M Stinear; Catherine E Lang; Steven Zeiler; Winston D Byblow (28 January 2020). "Advances and challenges in stroke rehabilitation". Lancet Neurology. 19 (4): 348–360. doi:10.1016/S1474-4422(19)30415-6. ISSN 1474-4422. PMID 32004440. Wikidata Q89467760.
• Cathy M Stinear; Winston D Byblow; Maarten Steyvers; Oron Levin; Stephan P Swinnen (3 August 2005). "Kinesthetic, but not visual, motor imagery modulates corticomotor excitability". Experimental Brain Research. 168 (1–2): 157–164. doi:10.1007/S00221-005-0078-Y. ISSN 0014-4819. PMID 16078024. Wikidata Q46632671.
• Cathy Stinear (27 October 2010). "Prediction of recovery of motor function after stroke". Lancet Neurology. 9 (12): 1228–1232. doi:10.1016/S1474-4422(10)70247-7. ISSN 1474-4422. PMID 21035399. Wikidata Q33733906.
• Lara A Boyd; Kathryn S Hayward; Nick Ward; et al. (1 July 2017). "Biomarkers of stroke recovery: Consensus-based core recommendations from the Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Roundtable". International Journal of Stroke. 12 (5): 480–493. doi:10.1177/1747493017714176. ISSN 1747-4930. PMC 6791523. PMID 28697711. Wikidata Q38659060.

External links

• Creative realities, Techweek NZ talk by Cathy Stinear, 5 July 2018, via YouTube