{"id":1150,"date":"2026-09-10T11:36:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T10:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.cardiffmet.ac.uk\/MISLToeSSD\/?page_id=1150"},"modified":"2026-09-29T17:12:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T16:12:58","slug":"dr-sam-burr","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/microsites.cardiffmet.ac.uk\/MISLToeSSD\/dr-sam-burr\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Sam Burr"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/microsites.cardiffmet.ac.uk\/MISLToeSSD\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/09\/SamBurr-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/microsites.cardiffmet.ac.uk\/MISLToeSSD\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/09\/SamBurr-1.png 450w, https:\/\/microsites.cardiffmet.ac.uk\/MISLToeSSD\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/09\/SamBurr-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/microsites.cardiffmet.ac.uk\/MISLToeSSD\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/09\/SamBurr-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sam Burr, BA, MSc, PhD<\/strong><br><br><strong>Research Fellow, Cardiff Metropolitan University<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am a qualified Speech and Language Therapist with almost 10 years clinical experience. Funded by a National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship, I completed my PhD in 2022. &nbsp;Within the BSLTRU team I have worked in a variety of roles including as Senior Research Associate coordinating the NIHR RfPB funded MISLToeSSD (Phase 1) study and facilitating the SSLiC study (University of Bristol). I currently lead Phase 2 of the MISLToe_SSD study in England (NIHR RfPB Tier 2) and Wales (HCRW IFS). I am also leading the PROSPER study, which is funded by a Health and Care Research Wales Advanced Fellowship and aims to improve speech outcomes for preterm-born children in Wales.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am a passionate advocate of clinical academic roles through my work as a Research Champion for the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) and former role as Clinical Academic Lead for Solent NHS Trust. I am a Clinical Academic mentor through the RCSLT offering support to clinical colleagues looking to explore the clinical academic career pathway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Current research<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Current and recent research projects include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>MISLToe_SSD Phase 2 England study (Chief Investigator)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MISLToe_SSD Phase 2 Wales study (Chief Investigator)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbt.nhs.uk\/bristol-speech-language-therapy-research-unit\/bsltru-research\/prosper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">PROSPER<\/a> (Chief Investigator)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Linked profiles of academic outputs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/0000-0002-4177-2459\" rel=\"nofollow\">Orcid ID<\/a> \u2013 ORCiD<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dr-sam-burr-61602a45\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Samantha_Burr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Research Gate<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Burr, BA, MSc, PhD Research Fellow, Cardiff Metropolitan University I am a qualified Speech and Language Therapist with almost 10 years clinical experience. Funded by a National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship, I completed my PhD in 2022. &nbsp;Within the BSLTRU team I have worked in a variety [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1150","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.cardiffmet.ac.uk\/MISLToeSSD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.cardiffmet.ac.uk\/MISLToeSSD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.cardiffmet.ac.uk\/MISLToeSSD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.cardiffmet.ac.uk\/MISLToeSSD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.cardiffmet.ac.uk\/MISLToeSSD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1150"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.cardiffmet.ac.uk\/MISLToeSSD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1265,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.cardiffmet.ac.uk\/MISLToeSSD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1150\/revisions\/1265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.cardiffmet.ac.uk\/MISLToeSSD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}