We are pleased to announce Dr Lauren Lucas as a winner of the 2025 OPSYRIS Rising Star award. Lauren is a Physiotherapist at the Northern Care Alliance NHS Trust and a PhD researcher at the University of Manchester. Her physiotherapy background is in Community Stroke and Neurological Rehabilitation, and she has recently returned to clinical practice after submitting her PhD in December 2024. Lauren’s PhD used mixed methods and qualitative research to understand how the working relationships between clinicians and stroke survivors relates to self-management in the community setting.